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Post by marmur on Aug 20, 2008 14:23:21 GMT -5
Hi all,
What amplifier(s) do you use for your combo organ? I have a Lowrey T2 which came with its own (very nice) amplifier. But I am looking for something to make my Philicorda sound extra nice. Stereo would be ideal. I have an old Carvin PA system which is alright, and an silver Roland Cube 60 (the original model, not the new chinese ones). I got it on ebay for just over 100 bucks... those amps are a really good deal imho.
Mark
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Post by blair on Aug 20, 2008 18:08:29 GMT -5
My favorite has long been the Fender Twin Reverb. I've also gotten pretty good results with a Fender Bassman silverface combo and an Acoustic Model 164 tube amp.
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Post by fleshtonejm on Aug 23, 2008 6:49:22 GMT -5
I use a fender champion 110;
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Post by plateauphase on Aug 23, 2008 7:59:16 GMT -5
I'm all for sacrilege... I run my organ through a Digitech pedal with amp modeling directly into the mixer. I've played it through my Vox AD15VT amp live, though, and it sounded pretty good.
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Post by Time Lord on Aug 23, 2008 9:43:35 GMT -5
I'm all for sacrilege... I run my organ through a Digitech pedal with amp modeling directly into the mixer. I've played it through my Vox AD15VT amp live, though, and it sounded pretty good. I second this approach but would use a keyboard amp in the place of the Vox. We have a Roland KC-500 and the Panther sounds great this way. Plus the amp has the juice to compete with the guitar amps.
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Post by blair on Aug 23, 2008 14:44:43 GMT -5
I'm all for sacrilege... I run my organ through a Digitech pedal with amp modeling directly into the mixer. I've played it through my Vox AD15VT amp live, though, and it sounded pretty good. I second this approach but would use a keyboard amp in the place of the Vox. We have a Roland KC-500 and the Panther sounds great this way. Plus the amp has the juice to compete with the guitar amps. I used to use a Peavey KB 100 (or maybe it was a KB/A...Not sure, as it's been at a friend's house for a few years now). It was very...clean. I didn't really feel like the amp was an active partner. I guess that's fine, but when I got a beat-up 70s Twin Reverb for only $250 I realized how much happier I was. I think I'd still use the Peavey if I had to. But I'd probably run it through my re-issue Fender '63 Reverb unit first, just to tweak the sound a bit. Love that Fender reverb. (Just to be clear: That Peavey keyboard amp had reverb, but the Fender reverb unit has one that's more suited to my taste. It's much fuller and colors the sound nicely, too.)
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Post by bradx on Aug 24, 2008 0:40:54 GMT -5
i use a fender frontman 212 i bought about a year ago. solid state, 120 watts into 2 12" speakers. spring reverb.
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Post by mtwallet on Aug 24, 2008 10:17:04 GMT -5
I used to use a Fender Blues Junior but now I use a Laney 80 keyboard amplifier (with a reverb unit in it)
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Post by citadin on Dec 11, 2008 17:02:53 GMT -5
Do guitar amps work as well for combo organs? I'm looking to buy a starter amp for my Farfisa VIP233.
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Post by Franz on Dec 11, 2008 17:58:30 GMT -5
Short answer: sometimes.
The Farfisa Compact series sound absolutely righteous through tube guitar amps. Really, quite splendid. In my experience, the Farfisa Professional sounds mediocre... it has a lot more bottom end, so it sounds better through something more keyboard oriented (I use a Yorkville KBW100).
Once I heard a VIP 233 (your organ, Citadin) through a regular keyboard amp, and it sounded quite good. If you can, try to borrow a guitar amp from a friend, just to try.
Regardless, if you go the keyboard amp route, I'd suggest staying away from the Roland KC series. They're kind of expensive, and to my ears they're really muddy and crappy sounding. Oddly, I noticed that many Peavey bass amps sound really good with keyboards, so I suspect the keyboard amps are pretty good too (definitely durable).
Just my $0.02.
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Post by plateauphase on Dec 11, 2008 18:12:11 GMT -5
I borrowed two Behringer K900FX amps a couple of weeks ago from a friend to play a small [party] gig and I was very pleasantly surprised. I haven't been a huge fan of Behringer products -- though I do own a few -- but this is a pretty good budget amp. I ran the Vox, a couple of synths and the singer's mic through a mixer and in stereo through the two amps. The very top end was a bit brittle, but it handled the lows -- particularly the bass end of my JX8P's sountrack patch in unison mode -- very, very well. And there was very good differentiation between all the parts.
The Vox sounded great, but it was also going through the Digitech.
I was not super impressed by the Behringer build quality, though. The knobs felt flimsy and the stereo output jack was loose. But it sounded pretty good.
Yep. More sacrilege.
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Post by Franz on Dec 11, 2008 23:14:22 GMT -5
FIRSTLY, I STAND CORRECTED about the Professional through guitar amps. Although pairing it with my Fender Blues Junior, it sounded like crap... tonight, I tried it through my powerful Fender Blues Deluxe, and it sounded great... the best its ever sounded.
SECONDLY, I also have a Behringer K1800FX which I got about a year ago. For a practice amp, its okay. However, the horn is already starting to fuzz out. Also, the mids can be a little irritating. And although its supposed to be 180 watts, its not nearly as loud as my 100 watt Yorkville KBW1000.
THIRDLY, Mr. Phase, my first synth was a JX-8P. Soundtrack was my favorite patch...Internal bank number 17? Am I close?
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Post by plateauphase on Dec 12, 2008 11:09:38 GMT -5
Bang on. It's Preset 17. Great pad. Overused as all hell in the 80s, but it really just works to fill in those holes.
Well... I only used the Behringers that one time. They drove well, but they did sound more like 75w amps than 90w amps. I still have have them at my apartment -- haven't arranges to return them -- but I never use them. Everything goes through the board and out through phones or monitors.
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Post by citadin on Dec 12, 2008 14:15:08 GMT -5
Thanks for the tips Franz, I'll be shopping for an amp this week. My friend plays an old Roland (early 70s from the looks of it) through a bass amp, it's indeed a good sound.
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Post by marmur on Dec 23, 2008 9:50:03 GMT -5
Well I recently picked up another amp for my combo, I found a Sano amp on Ebay that looked pretty good, I think they are similar to old Ampegs. Its a #300R (stereo) 1-15"speaker + 2 -8' speakers, tremolo & reverb, 35 watts RMS. Its tube and sounds great. There is very little info on the web that I could find about Sano amps. There is a pic of the one I have here (second one from the top on the left) plus the "Sano story". www.larryjohnmcnally.com/sano_amps.htmlIts not true stereo as far as I can tell but the whopping 15 inch speaker in the front is great. Its got wheels too!
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