From moskowi–(at)–anix.com Mon Jun 12 10:28:45 CDT 1995
Article: 1704 of alt.guitar.amps
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From: moskowi–(at)–anix.com (Len Moskowitz)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.amps
Subject: Re: Blackface vs. Silverface
Date: 11 Jun 1995 21:12:50 -0400
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References:
Dr Distortion
>I concur. I own several non-master silverfaces, all from 1971, and
>they’re good amps that are easily backdated to the blackface circuitry. I
>own a ’71 Super which I backdated, as well as a real blackface Super. The
>silverface sounds as good as the blackface, in my opinion.
I recently picked up a ’72 silverface Pro-Reverb and checked its
circuitry against the blackface schematics. Except for the value of a
few caps in the tone circuits, the phase splitter coupling cap value,
and the presence of the two 100 Ohm hum balance resistors near the pilot
light, and a nice sized electrolytic cap across the bias voltage it was
essentially identical, down to the all-RCA 6L6GCs (short with
hemispherical heads), 5U4 and pre-amp tubes. The changes that were in
there were all real improvements that it doesn’t make sense to delete.
The thing sounds as good as any blackface I ever played.
—
Len Moskowitz
Core Sound
moskowi–(at)–anix.com
