Q: What is the best 6V6-based amp?

[pepeng...@my-dejanews.com]

I'm targeting to buy a small (5-25 watt) amp that employ 6V6 power tubes.
Can anybody give their opinions on these or other 6V6-powered amps:

- Fender Champ (which version?)
- Kendrick Champ-clone
- Victoria Champ-clone
- Fender Deluxe Reverb
- Supro (orig Valco or Jester version)

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[Steven Levine]

My vote is the Deluxe Reverb.

Steve
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[Mike Rejsa]

You have both single-ended and push-pull amps listed. They do sound
different, so figuring out which you like will cut your list in half.

Also keep in mind that the Champ-like amps put out a lot less volume than
the push-pull units.

There are *lots* of old 6V6 amps out there, don't limit yourself to Fender
or Supro. harmony, Dan Electro, Alamo, lots more. My best sounding amp is
a Harmony push-pull 6V6.

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MY favorites are: '62 Brown Tolex Fender Deluxe, It really screams; '58 Tweed
Deluxe, also a screamer: '58 tweed Vibroluxe beutiful clean sound and vibrato,
screams whan fully cranked with distortion pedal; AND I have an old Valco with
some black metal preamp tubes, very funky but sounds AMAZING.
Steve Burgh

[Tremolux]

>- Fender Champ (which version?)
>- Kendrick Champ-clone
>- Victoria Champ-clone
>- Fender Deluxe Reverb
>- Supro (orig Valco or Jester version)
>

Deluxe Reverb. Princeton Reverb as a close second.

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Don't forget the Tone King Imperial and Continental amps. The Imperial uses
2 6V6's and the Continental uses 4 6V6's. Beautiful DR style amps. Wayne

pepeng...@my-dejanews.com wrote in message
<7dnjbp$qe4$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...

>I'm targeting to buy a small (5-25 watt) amp that employ 6V6 power tubes.
>Can anybody give their opinions on these or other 6V6-powered amps:
>

>- Fender Champ (which version?)
>- Kendrick Champ-clone
>- Victoria Champ-clone
>- Fender Deluxe Reverb
>- Supro (orig Valco or Jester version)
>

[pepeng...@my-dejanews.com]

Thanks for all yer replies, and pointing out considerations on push/pull.
Forgot to considre that.

I've since expanded my nominee list, although some of those mentioned go
beyond my means. My budget ceiling is $700 (I'm a farmer, is why! :-). What
could that kind of "change" get me in the 6V6-category? I would imagine it
would eliminate high-wattage choices, thus being limited to 1 or 2 tubes.

I'm really leaning towards the Jester-version of the Supro, but I'm wary that
it will sound too much like the Oahu I already have at home. It's circuit is
similar to a Jester-repro Oahu but w/ 6V6 duets instead of EL84s.

Further .02 are much appreciated. Thanks.

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[Tremolux]

>I've since expanded my nominee list, although some of those mentioned go
>beyond my means. My budget ceiling is $700 (I'm a farmer, is why! :-).
What
>could that kind of "change" get me in the 6V6-category?

How about a early SF Deluxe Reverb?

>I would imagine it
>would eliminate high-wattage choices,

There are no "high-wattage" 6V6 amps.

[Maurice Rickard]

In article <7ebnad$q0i$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, pepeng...@my-dejanews.com
wrote:

>
> I've since expanded my nominee list, although some of those mentioned go
> beyond my means. My budget ceiling is $700 (I'm a farmer, is why! :-). What
> could that kind of "change" get me in the 6V6-category?

You should be able to come in well under that, I'd think. I picked up my
Alamo Montclair Reverb (2 6V6s, 1 12AX7, reverb and tremelo, 12" speaker)
for $125. Deals are definitely out there. Definitely consider speaker
size as an important component of tone.

Best of luck,
Maurice

Maurice Rickard
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[Maurice Rickard]

In article <7ebnad$q0i$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, pepeng...@my-dejanews.com
wrote:

>

> Further .02 are much appreciated. Thanks.
>

As an additional FYI, there's an Alamo Montclair Reverb on Ebay right
now. (No affiliation with the seller; I'm just a happy Montclair owner.)
If you're interested, it's going for fairly low right now, ending in about
a day and a half.

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=88590395

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