Champion 600 RI

Post by **Mike** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 11:29 am

I miss Sloan making demos, he was the king.

kypdurron · Post by **kypdurron** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:32 pm

I would say forget it that these 5 W tube amps may crank at a volume that is acceptable in a normal appartment house ... it's not. Sadly most of these come without master vol. That is why I changed to a Fender Blues Junior as home amp. It sounds much more flexible at both lower and higher volumes. And it has an EQ.

Besides that, among the 5 W - not EQ- no Master Vol amps the Fender is the best in my opinion. Maybe because it has a better stock speaker than the Epiphone Valve Junior, Fame Tube 5 and others.

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 2:36 pm

Mike wrote:I miss Sloan making demos, he was the king.

I want to do more, but my video card blew up and i can hardly watch DVD's on my comprruuuutaaa!!!
it's hard to be loud here too.

vivadeluxxe · Post by **vivadeluxxe** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:12 pm

I've just bought a Champ, it was delivered yesterday...
It was only Â£90 delivered from this place http://www.gjsguitars.com/index.jsp
However, when I checked the site this morning to get the link, I couldnt find the offer anymore, so they may have sold out already...
It's a great little amp, the infamous hum isn't half as bad as it was being made out in the reviews....

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:55 pm

vivadeluxxe wrote:I've just bought a Champ, it was delivered yesterday...
It was only Â£90 delivered from this place http://www.gjsguitars.com/index.jsp
However, when I checked the site this morning to get the link, I couldnt find the offer anymore, so they may have sold out already...
It's a great little amp, the infamous hum isn't half as bad as it was being made out in the reviews....

Naw the hum is fine, and it's a low hum so just put a low pass filter over any recordings you get it on and it's gone.

william · Post by **william** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 2:10 pm

Zaphod wrote:
vivadeluxxe wrote:I've just bought a Champ, it was delivered yesterday...
It was only Â£90 delivered from this place http://www.gjsguitars.com/index.jsp
However, when I checked the site this morning to get the link, I couldnt find the offer anymore, so they may have sold out already...
It's a great little amp, the infamous hum isn't half as bad as it was being made out in the reviews....
Naw the hum is fine, and it's a low hum so just put a low pass filter over any recordings you get it on and it's gone.

this should be the opposite. a high pass should get rid of low hum, right?

or did you mean low in volume?

anyway isn't all 60hz hum the same pitch? or am i confused?

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 2:15 pm

Ah yeah, I always forget which is which with high and low pass.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 12:46 am

I have one of these:

'66 Kalamazoo Model One

it's a vintage gibson champ copy. they can easily be found for around $200.