Webster PA/2204 Build

[gldtp99]

I gutted and rebuilt a 1955 Webster PA head into a 2204 based circuit----- Fender Super Reverb type PT, 1988 Drake 784-139 OT, turret board wired.

Looks like this:
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Sounds like this:

Clean-
http://youtu.be/jM4t6z6mpJA

Dirty-
http://youtu.be/C_m88muDGfw

[M Fowler]

Nice amp I like the looks of old cage amps wish I could find a metal fab vendor that could make retro cages like that. Good job!

Mark

[Reeltarded]

Love it!

Agreed, Mark. There is more to life than the same old.

[gldtp99]

Thanks, guys !!!
Here's another non-standard build I did several yrs ago--- the vid was done yesterday.
A 14 watt, EL84 x 2, Cathode Biased, 2204 #34 Mod (w/my own tweaks).
Has Gain, pre-PI MV, Treb, Mid, Bass, Presence, and Guts (variable NFB in this case).
Also has a Pentode/Triode switch to drop power down to 7 watts--- I thought that maybe at 7 watts it could be cranked up in my apartment and not be too loud---- I was very wrong, it's still too loud at 7 watts to be an apartment/living room/bedroom amp.
It does record well and I've rented it out several times to local bands for recording use.
Vid was done on the 14 watt setting----- the player that did the vids said that this amp was his favorite amp that we recorded that day------ maybe because it can be cranked up without being uncomfortably, blastingly loud like the 50 watters.

Rhythm:

http://youtu.be/dbn9MIcBdzA

Lead:

http://youtu.be/XiuwSyg_T34

Vid is guitar straight into amp--- no pedals or post processing.
Guitar is a Gibson LP Baritone and speakers in the 1960A cab are WGS ET65's.

[Bob S]

Reeltarded wrote :
Love it!
Agreed, Mark. There is more to life than the same old.

I also agree - but don't tell the wife.