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Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 18:54:18 -0500
From: "Chris Hammond"
Subject: Re: Spirit Harp Pro or RI Bassman?

Yeah..... what he said

>From: "James D Rossen and Dina Janzen"
>Reply-To: harp~arp-l.com
>To: harp~arp-l.com
>Subject: Spirit Harp Pro or RI Bassman?
>Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 17:09:08 -0600
>
>
>Spend $800 on-
>
>A used Bassman RI- you are likely to find one in good shape for around
>$500.
>They are durable. Any mods you make to a new one will void the warranty.
>A 5R4 rectifier and two 12AY7s for the Bassman- $30
>A phone jack, phone plug and wire to rewire the Bassman speakers to use one
>phone jack rather than 4 RCA jacks- $4.35
>An attenuator for the Bassman like the Weber VST MASS (with true bypass)-
>about
>$130
>A Kalamazoo Model 1 (or 2), best harp tone bang for the buck- about $100
>New caps for the Kalamazoo- around $6.
>
>You're set!
>
>Jim R
>
>
>
>
>----------
> >From: owner-harp-l-dige~arp-l.com (harp-l-digest)
> >To: harp-l-dige~arp-l.com
> >Subject: harp-l-digest V10 #20
> >Date: Tue, Dec 31, 2002, 5:16 AM
> >
>
> > Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 06:36:35 +0000
> > From: "Dejon Hamann"
> > Subject: Spirit Harp Pro or RI Bassman?
> >
> > I'm looking to invest in a new harp amp and I've narrowed it down to
>these 2
> > choices. My question: which would you go with? I've got roughly 8
>bills
> > to spend (give or take). Would you take the "grab and go,"
> > "out-of-the-box-tone," studio/recording friendly 1x10 OR the
>ballsy-lowend,
> > stage confident, "tried-and-true," 4x10? Personally, I'm totally and
> > utterly split on the issue!!!!! On the one hand I've got a small,
> > tone-laden amp that I can fly to jams and sit-ins at the local bars AND
>on
> > the other hand I've got an amp that will hold it's own when my band
>plays
> > out and has the potential (w/ point to point and other mods) to ascend
>to a
> > psuedo-4+grand amp.
> >
> > What do you think?
> >
> > Also, If I we're to go with the bassman where could I get it modded?
>Point
> > to point and all that jazz. And how much would that run?
> >
> > Thankx everyone,
> > The Buffalo
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