Dualling Champs!

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:25 am

I picked up the 1976 Champ in trade and was excited to compare it to my 1973 one. I had my '73 slightly modded and the also have two different speakers so I thought it would be cool to have variety. (One more stock and one modded.) The '76 is on the left. It has a Jensen speaker iirc, and my '73 has a Weber. My '73 has more gain and low end. The '76 is brighter. I have a back panel coming in for the '76 and some tube retainer clamps since the tubes in it are trying to slide out. Main thing I notice is that the pots in the '76 have plastic shafts instead of metal, the logo doesn't have the tail on it, and the grill cloth has a little red/orange hint in it along with the grey and blue. Here are the pictures.

20160312_184838 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

20160312_184851 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

20160312_184856 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

20160312_184949 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

20160312_184958 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

20160312_185159 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

gusman2x · Post by **gusman2x** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 7:38 am

One of the few guitar related items i still hanker for.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 10:13 am

Nice - I run my Vibrochamp and my Princeton in tandem like that (through a stereo delay). It's a lovely thing.

vojtasTS29 · Post by **vojtasTS29** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 2:06 pm

Can the SF champ gig wtha 10 inch replacement speaker? I am seriously considering one for an amp that i can transport via subway.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 8:12 pm

You could do that by either getting an rca to 1/4 jack adapter or by wiring a 1/4 jack in to it. My modded one has one of those so I could attach it to a speaker cab if I wanted. You could also have the place mic it and play through the house speakers?

vojtasTS29 · Post by **vojtasTS29** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 10:27 pm

I think every single venue in this country mics amps, but i was just asking if it is loud enough to be a monitor whithout a drummer with brush sticks.

henkstroem · Post by **henkstroem** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 11:42 pm

Nice pair. Really like my 75. Its kinda worn but sounds great. Cleanish up to 7-8 with humbuckers and all the way with low wound silvertone. Jensen c8r.

Cosmetics more like your newer one, metal shafts though.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Mon Mar 14, 2016 2:26 am

Cool. Not sure why (I guess cost) Fender would use plastic shaft pots on stuff....

I think it is loud enough if it was mic'ed.

Brandon W · Post by **Brandon W** » Mon Mar 14, 2016 12:51 pm

awesome

71Smallbox · Post by **71Smallbox** » Tue Mar 15, 2016 5:33 pm

You should get 2 more champs or vibrochamps so you can have wall of champs similar to Brian May's AC30s!

henkstroem · Post by **henkstroem** » Tue Mar 15, 2016 5:50 pm

71Smallbox wrote:You should get 2 more champs or vibrochamps so you can have wall of champs similar to Brian May's AC30s!

All champs from different years, then use ABCD box rhytmically and call it the "time machine"!

Brandon W · Post by **Brandon W** » Tue Mar 15, 2016 6:28 pm

benecol wrote:Nice - I run my Vibrochamp and my Princeton in tandem like that (through a stereo delay). It's a lovely thing.

In tandem means basically in "stereo" or tandem is more inline?

*edit.. could be the same thing i'm thinking*

71Smallbox · Post by **71Smallbox** » Tue Mar 15, 2016 7:30 pm

brandonwinmill wrote:
benecol wrote:Nice - I run my Vibrochamp and my Princeton in tandem like that (through a stereo delay). It's a lovely thing.
In tandem means basically in "stereo" or tandem is more inline?

*edit.. could be the same thing i'm thinking*

It's probably British slang for some kind of sex-act.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Tue Mar 15, 2016 10:17 pm

I split them through the stereo outs of a delay pedal (an El Capistan) so I can pingety-pong the Space Echo sounds from different corners of the room.

Brandon W · Post by **Brandon W** » Tue Mar 15, 2016 10:43 pm

benecol wrote:I split them through the stereo outs of a delay pedal (an El Capistan) so I can pingety-pong the Space Echo sounds from different corners of the room.

Yeah I do this also. I tried 3 way and it wasn't as cool as I expected. It's super handy with ehx stuff like the ravish sitar and you can run the drone strings to a whole different amp with its own effect chain. Sounds so badass.

Brandon W · Post by **Brandon W** » Tue Mar 15, 2016 10:46 pm

brandonwinmill wrote: I tried 3 way and it wasn't as cool as I expected.

Here robroe I can hear you giggling already

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Tue Mar 15, 2016 11:04 pm

71Smallbox wrote:You should get 2 more champs or vibrochamps so you can have wall of champs similar to Brian May's AC30s!

Yes!

71Smallbox · Post by **71Smallbox** » Wed Mar 16, 2016 7:10 pm

HNB wrote:
71Smallbox wrote:You should get 2 more champs or vibrochamps so you can have wall of champs similar to Brian May's AC30s!
Yes!

Another idea, you should mod one to have a switch to take out the Negative Feedback loop out of the circuit, so it can go to Tweed champ land.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 2:41 am

The new upper back piece came today.

Gotta protect them tubes.

20160316_193405 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 7:57 pm

The tubes in one were a little loose, so I decided to order and install some tube rings to help hold them in place. They installed super easy. Just unscrewed the two screws for the tube socket and screwed them back in with the ring there.

20160324_125008 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

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