'Stramp' brand amps/cabinets??
Kevin Morrison
diamond shaped badge... the whole thing seems vaguely British to me. There
is no other info anywhere on the cabinet. I would guess it as a 70's piece
except for the fact that it's covered in black carpet. No way to tell
what's in it without buying it and opening it up.
Anyone?
thanks
Kevin Morrison
John Stax
Gallagher had a few of his amps. His Stramp amps were Marshall knock-offs I
guess, hence the vague Brittish look :-)
I haven't got a clue what speaker types were used. I don't think Stramp amps
were mass produced so maby buyers could choose which speakers they wanted.
My best guess they are Celestions of some kind.
Check this link out: http://www.rory.de/stramp.html (I hope your German is
better then mine :-)
Sorry.. That's all I can share about Stramp...
Cheers,
John.
Kevin Morrison
found the Rory Gallagher/Stramp reference. Not much in the way of info,
though.
Any ideas what the company's life span was?
KM
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John Stax
> found the Rory Gallagher/Stramp reference. Not much in the way of info,
> though.
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> Any ideas what the company's life span was?
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> KM
You're welcome. No, I don't know the company's lifespan. The founder doesn't
make guitar amplifiers anymore, but he has another company (www.stramp.com
duh).. Maybe he'd like to answer some questions?? If so, please share it
with us!!
Cheers,
John.
Lovguitar
>From: "Kevin Morrison" ultr...@mindspring.com
>Date: 9/27/2001 12:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time
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There was a piece in VG a few years back about the Stramp amps. I will try to
find it. From the little I can recall, I believe that they were solid state but
well made.
If I find it in my archives I will let you know.
Paul
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Mike Shaw
Stramp. Rory Gallaghers bassist Gerry Mac Avoy also used Stramps and I
believe that John Entwhistle also was using a Stramp setup. Don't know much
else.... Mike
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Gary Higgins
I own a couple of Stramp 2100A heads. They are extremely loud and
powerful and very Marshall like in tone. In fact they were designed
to be the loudest most awesome sounding amps of their time.The VG
article was from '96 and it was written by Ken Fischer of Trainwreck
Circuits. It explains the short-lived history of the amps which I am
told were favorites of Ken's. They were produced from '69-'75 by Peter
Struven. They were tube amps that used a printed circuit boards and no
chokes in the amps. Basically they were laid out like a 100 watt
Marshall. In '75 Stramp entered into an agreement with Dynacord to
increase production. Dynacord changed everything about them and made
them solid state amps. It was all downhill from there. Periodically
they can be found for next to nothing in Germany and usually only need
a little work. OT's are still available from Stramp for around $200
USD. They will also provide a schematic. If you can get a copy of the
VG article from '96 it's very informative. Sorry I can't tell you the
month.
Regards,
Gary Higgins
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