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Solid State Amplifiers => Amplifier Discussion => Topic started by: Puguglybonehead on January 11, 2014, 11:04:04 PM
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/1971-ELECTRO-HARMONIX-MIKE-MATTHEWS-FREEDOM-AMP-VINTAGE-ELECTRIC-GUITAR-AMP-FX-/310835229061?pt=Guitar&hash=item485f393185&_uhb=1 (http://www.ebay.ca/itm/1971-ELECTRO-HARMONIX-MIKE-MATTHEWS-FREEDOM-AMP-VINTAGE-ELECTRIC-GUITAR-AMP-FX-/310835229061?pt=Guitar&hash=item485f393185&_uhb=1)
Electro Harmonix actually had a portable amp in the early 70s. Looks like it would stomp all over a Pignose.
Definitely.
Although it would be an unfair competition.
The Pignose was powered by 8 AA batteries; the Electro Harmonix by a bank account busting 38 (yes, thirty eight, not a typo) D batteries. :duh
No wonder why they weren't exactly popular :lmao:
It was more of a publicity stunt than anything else and in fact most (as in 99.9%) of them were converted and sold as regular AC powered amps, with a crummy transformer, diode bridge and filter capacitor nailed to the bottom of the cabinet.
But they sported a *killer* Celestion Greenback speaker, so sound was actually very good.
This is the later cheaper wall powered version, also using a cheaper American speaker, notice the improvised PSU added to the bottom; somewhere I have a picture of the battery powered one: the walls and floor are *covered* with D batteries, it looks like a National Panasonic battery ad, no kidding.
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_9XMi2b5RCxA/TMOc1ylWpRI/AAAAAAAAACc/d6TvibfRWTE/eh%2520001.jpg)