as I mentioned before in another thread, this "must-have" musicians tool should not be neglected, too:

I use it and it helps!

I'm certain of it! Alternatively you could work on your air lap steel ... that's an area where we all can improve.

Were you to buy this and not get along with the lap model, there's nothing to stop you from plugging a Starfire into the BR-9. If it's in good condition, I'd rate the chances of your going back to your T1 at 50/50 ... the BR9 is reputed as smokey hot, fat, compressed, mid-rangy ... like a lot of Gibson 50's designs ... not like this ... but more like this (Gibson GA[?] on the right).

If you buy it, you'll need one of Michael's Talent pedals ... he sells them for several thousand Euros ... he might make you a deal (he's back-ordered now) ...

That good, eh? I've contacted the seller, we're tossing around some trade ideas.

Any idea on BR9 values? The pair together has a mojovibe that has that transcending dollars effect on me.


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Cool pedal krysh!!, If you can link the schematic, I know a friendly tech type guy whom I may ask to mod a good looks circuit into it. Brad Pitt knob
maybe, not the 'Fabio' mode he uses, though.

The price is at / over the top. I don't follow lap steel guitars but the amp by itself ... they run $325-$425 ... but the price driver is the matched thing. I think it's common for CLers to ask 110% of market on the first go-around.

The amp has a single 6SN7 twin triode preamp tube - like a 12AX7 but with an 8-pin base - twin 6V6 outputs, a 5Y3 rectifier and a very unusual autotransformer used as a phase inverter instead of another tube doing the same thing ... used by Gibson in one later model (GA25?) and by Fender in its good-selling '70-'82 Musicmaster amps. It also uses an 8" Field Coil speaker ... no permanent magnet in the speaker; current is brought from the chassis that changes a hunk of steel into an electromagnet ... anyway if any of it fails, it can be fixed.

The only other comments I have are that the frequency response will necessarily be limited by the circuit and the speaker ... won't get really bassy bass and tinkly highs but this thing will break up at 4/5 into the crunchy golden thing ... not 9/10 like the T1. The caps are original or an older re-cap job ... hard to tell by the pics but those caps haven't been around since the 60s so to get the maximoso out of it, you'd be looking at fresh caps which you ... with a little help from your friends ... can do but whether you want to carve up your new rig ... that's another matter.

Thanks John, we'll see if I end up with it, we'll see if he wants anything in my "trade stock"

Good luck Zac; it's a terrific-looking rig. J

sorry zulu, audio only. monty python experimented with an early looks-version without success,
here is the result:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqhlQfXUk7w

Oh that Flying Circus is one of my all time fav sketches- thanks Krysh.

That reminded me to search for this bit ( animation until 1:20, then the sketch )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqiUGjghlzU

very cool zulu, thanks. this one had completely passed out of my mind.