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Epiphone Pee Wee amp

Started by Moby, May 28, 2011, 07:12:51 PM

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Moby

I have the little amp (and I do mean little) that came with the epiphone pee wee les paul.  It's a KIA3216S chip amp. I think it's about 1/2 watt.  Through the headphone output it sounds OK - nothing to write home about but it'll do.

The speaker is a horrible little 3" no name piece.  I could fit a 4" speaker in the enclosure but I don't know if there are any decent 4" guitar amp speakers out there?  A 5" speaker might fit but I don't know if they exist.  6" will never fit.

Anyone know of a decent 4" speaker?

J M Fahey

Smallest good one is the Mod 5", but you might use the amp as a head and plug it into an external speaker.

Moby

Thanks.  I didn't even know jensen made a mod 5.  I think it might have to much depth to fit in this pee wee box.  I only have 2.5 inches to work with.

I wonder what roland uses in the micro cube rx.  They're only 4 inches.

armstrom

good luck finding a Mod 5 :) I managed to find one at some obscure reseller about 4 years ago but I think they were discontinued. It's not a great speaker, but I have mine in a tiny open-backed cabinet. It would probably do better in a sealed cab to help the bottom end a bit.

J M Fahey

http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.amazon.com/Jensen-MOD5-30-Watt-Guitar-Speaker/dp/B00346WOTC&sa=U&ei=BwPlTfa-FJKjtgfG5oSnBw&ved=0CBIQFjAA&usg=AFQjCNFojvaZtxeaIeoJWIZg43Epmhp1EQ
Although it *is* almost 2.5" deep.
Light years ahead of what you have now, but you should really need a somewhat larger enclosure to make it shine.
You might make a simple larger enclosure, and transplant your chassis there, together with a larger speaker. 8|

joecool85

Quote from: J M Fahey on May 31, 2011, 11:13:28 AM
http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.amazon.com/Jensen-MOD5-30-Watt-Guitar-Speaker/dp/B00346WOTC&sa=U&ei=BwPlTfa-FJKjtgfG5oSnBw&ved=0CBIQFjAA&usg=AFQjCNFojvaZtxeaIeoJWIZg43Epmhp1EQ
Although it *is* almost 2.5" deep.
Light years ahead of what you have now, but you should really need a somewhat larger enclosure to make it shine.
You might make a simple larger enclosure, and transplant your chassis there, together with a larger speaker. 8|

I'd try the speaker swap first, might get him where he is happy.  Should be WORLDS better than what's in it now.

If he's going to build a new enclosure it would make sense to go with an 8" Jensen Mod or Weber.  Still small, but much better response and efficiency than smaller speakers.
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Moby

I think I might be better off trashing the amp.  It's really cheap crap through out.

joecool85

Quote from: Moby on May 31, 2011, 06:15:33 PM
I think I might be better off trashing the amp.  It's really cheap crap through out.

It is up to you and if you don't need a tiny amp, it may not be worth the effort.  That said, I've seen some tiny amps that sound pretty good.
Life is what you make it.
Still rockin' the Dean Markley K-20X
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