Seymour Duncan amp?

[atilla]

A guitarist in my area has a Seymour Duncan convertible head he's offering to sell me for $350. I'm going to play it sometime this weekend. He says you can adjust it to any power between 5 and 100 watts. Sounds interesting.

If any of you are familiar with these, are there any quality issues they had? Any other thoughts would help. Thanks!

[data187]

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i never played one, but a couple of people on the other boards say they are a good quality, good sounding amp. I think it's a decent deal for $350.

[atilla]

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Thanks, man. I'm kind of surprised some of our gearheads haven't chimed in...but then again, I don't think we run into these just every day.

[etaeniura]

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i believe they were only offered for a very short time in the early to mid nineties. 350 for an all tube USA made head is a good deal.

[Twisteramps]

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I had one, it sounded like ****. Try before you buy...

Pete

[atilla]

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Pete, how was the build quality? I understands these convertibles allow a lot of tweaking, and I intend to do some good testing before I buy - fortunately, it's right near my rehearsal space!

I don't suppose you have anything that you'd like to unload, do you?

[vitovanhalen]

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I had one years ago and it was a pain in the ass. Very problematic, but it did sound pretty good, but not good enough to stay around. Kinda gimmiky.

[atilla]

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Thanks, Vito...that's good info. What sorts of problems did it give you?

[vitovanhalen]

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It's been a while, but I remember that I had to take it in for repairs probably 3 to 4 times over the course of the two years that I had it. What I remember most was lots of unusual noises and humming. Very unpredictable - moreso than a tube amp typically is.

[Twisteramps]

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Build quality was ok, nothing that great. PC board construction, with those gimmicky modules too. I'd pass on it, personally. Mine got decent clean tones and craptacular high gain - it just didn't sound that great. It was heavy as hell too.

let me put it this way - I had a WORKING one, and I took it apart for the transformers, that I'm going to use for a 100 watt Marshall killer someday. The transformers are about the best thing going on these amps, other than you can sell the modules for $50-$100 each on ebay. I sold the modules for what I paid for the amp, then stripped it. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Pete

[atilla]

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Pete and Vito, thanks for your info. I'll give it a look, but it's going to have to blow me away.

[Chuckracer]

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I don't think you are gonna be too impressed with it. I tried one way back when, and didn't play it for long. Didn't buy it, either.

[jgcable]

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Yuck. Cool concept.. crappy sound.

[jazzman]

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I remember those. It was quite some time ago, but I remember not diggin' it too much. But, it was a long time ago. I may like it less now! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] Seeing you have the chance to hear it now, I would at least do that.

[axeman81]

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probably a reason why SD stopped building them...nobody was buying [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]