Roland Bolt 60? Anyone familiar with this one?
Lawrence Logic
a solid-state pre-amp and a tube power amp, and probably doesn't appeal to
me (although the Peavey Mace was an absolute classic with a similar
configuration). A girl at work has one that her father owned for about 30
years. It buzzes and farts like a thing that buzzes and farts a lot, and is
probably a pile of poop. Is it worth consideration?
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jtees4
<lawrence-Omit...@amd-p.com> wrote:
>Apparently Andy Summers used one with The Police in the early 80's. It has
>a solid-state pre-amp and a tube power amp, and probably doesn't appeal to
>me (although the Peavey Mace was an absolute classic with a similar
>configuration). A girl at work has one that her father owned for about 30
>years. It buzzes and farts like a thing that buzzes and farts a lot, and is
>probably a pile of poop. Is it worth consideration?
I looked at a Bolt 100 about a year ago. I liked it a lot (I don't
know how well it translates to the 60). It was heavy, it was loud, it
sounded nice clean and the distortion was bad or good depending on the
guitar. I remember it sounding very nice with humbuckers, maybe not so
nice with singles. It was too big for me which is why I passed. It
switched between 100 and 50 or 60 watts. I don't think I knew it was
an ss pre at the time so I wasn't being snobby about it....so bottom
line is...I liked it. I know they were made to compete with Mesa
Boogie...but I think they had their own sound....whether it was a good
or bad sound is open for debate. I'd buy one if it was cheap.
boardjunkie1
If the price is right, I'd grab it. They take pedals well but the
onboard overdrive kinda blows. The problem is likely an easy fix.
Check the plate load resistors in the phase inverter......they were a
weak spot in the design that caused the symptoms you describe.
Lawrence Logic
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> Lawrence Logic wrote:
>
>> Apparently Andy Summers used one with The Police in the early 80's. It
>> has
>> a solid-state pre-amp and a tube power amp, and probably doesn't appeal
>> to
>> me (although the Peavey Mace was an absolute classic with a similar
>> configuration).
>
>
>> A girl at work has one that her father owned for about 30
>> years. It buzzes and farts like a thing that buzzes and farts a lot, and
>> is
>> probably a pile of poop. Is it worth consideration?
>
> description.
>
I think you're not far from the selling price. If it's dirt cheap, I might
grab it.
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"jtees4" <jte...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Thanks. I'll see how much she wants for it and snap it up if it's virtually
nothing.
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Lawrence Logic
> On Mar 25, 7:31 am, "Lawrence Logic" <lawrence-OmitThisBit-lo...@amd-
> p.com> wrote:
>> Apparently Andy Summers used one with The Police in the early 80's.
>> It has a solid-state pre-amp and a tube power amp, and probably
>> doesn't appeal to me (although the Peavey Mace was an absolute
>> classic with a similar configuration). A girl at work has one that
>> her father owned for about 30 years. It buzzes and farts like a
>> thing that buzzes and farts a lot, and is probably a pile of poop.
>> Is it worth consideration?
>>
>
> onboard overdrive kinda blows. The problem is likely an easy fix.
> Check the plate load resistors in the phase inverter......they were a
> weak spot in the design that caused the symptoms you describe.
>
There's a site at http://bolt60.no.sapo.pt/ that mentions a few mods for
reducing hum and altering tone. It's a bit lacking in detail but I guess
it's a starting point.
Apparently there was a design flaw in the standby switch where it turned off
the plate voltage but not the screen voltage, causing excessive screen
current. That seems like an "oops" moment if ever there was one!
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