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Re: what is Pro/SuperTexan

1/7/1998 12:49 AM
Steve A.	Re: what is Pro/SuperTexan Stephen: >>> Opinion seems to be er...divided <<< That's a tactful way of putting it! Compared to the other amps I have owned, I _was_ very impressed with the SuperTexan mod I did last year and finally got around to putting in silver mica caps last weekend. I had done a lot of tweaks to his circuit and thought I better look them over to see exactly what I had done. I also tried out several combinations of tubes to see what effect they would have. Bottom line? The SuperTexan Clean channel is very nice (especially with a touch of reverb), although you don't want to crank it up much more than 7 or 8. (The Clean channel is virtually identical to his Reverb King amp that was reviewed in the Guitar Player roundup of boutique amps last February.) The OD channel has some nice smooth "dirty" overdriven tones, but it just doesn't have the CLEANER overdriven tones that I've been able to get out of a Peavy Classic 30 that I just modded. While I may experiment around with Dan's circuit a little bit more to see if I can clean it up to my own personal tastes, I think what I will eventually do is a total redesign of the OD channel, basing it on a '59 Bassman with an added gain stage that can be switched on for some Marshall-like sounds. If I can get that design off the ground, it will be one KILLER amp: BF Super tones (ala Mike Bloomfield) on the Clean channel, tweed bassman tones (ala Albert King) on the basic OD channel, and some mildly-distorted Marshall sounds (ala Eric Clapton/BluesBreaker) on the boosted OD channel. I already have several switching options for the output section (cathode/fixed bias and pentode/triode) which should work well with the different preamp modes. While I may have some mixed feelings about the SuperTexan mod, I have to say that Dan is a walking encyclopedia of tube amp mods! Steve Ahola

1/7/1998 12:49 AM

Steve A.

Re: what is Pro/SuperTexan

Stephen:

>>> Opinion seems to be er...divided
:-)

<<<

    That's a tactful way of putting it! Compared to the other amps I have owned, I _was_ very impressed with the SuperTexan mod I did last year and finally got around to putting in silver mica caps last weekend. I had done a lot of tweaks to his circuit and thought I better look them over to see exactly what I had done. I also tried out several combinations of tubes to see what effect they would have.

    Bottom line? The SuperTexan Clean channel is very nice (especially with a touch of reverb), although you don't want to crank it up much more than 7 or 8. (The Clean channel is virtually identical to his Reverb King amp that was reviewed in the Guitar Player roundup of boutique amps last February.) The OD channel has some nice smooth "dirty" overdriven tones, but it just doesn't have the CLEANER overdriven tones that I've been able to get out of a Peavy Classic 30 that I just modded.
    While I may experiment around with Dan's circuit a little bit more to see if I can clean it up to my own personal tastes, I think what I will eventually do is a total redesign of the OD channel, basing it on a '59 Bassman with an added gain stage that can be switched on for some Marshall-like sounds. If I can get that design off the ground, it will be one KILLER amp: BF Super tones (ala Mike Bloomfield) on the Clean channel, tweed bassman tones (ala Albert King) on the basic OD channel, and some mildly-distorted Marshall sounds (ala Eric Clapton/BluesBreaker) on the boosted OD channel. I already have several switching options for the output section (cathode/fixed bias and pentode/triode) which should work well with the different preamp modes.

    While I may have some mixed feelings about the SuperTexan mod, I have to say that Dan is a walking encyclopedia of tube amp mods!

Steve Ahola

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