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Topic: Sho~Bud "Christmas Tree" amp, Info wanted: |
J D Sauser
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Wellington, Florida
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Posted 1 Apr 2000 9:02 pm |
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I presently own two Sho~Bud "Christmas Tree" amps and like them quite a bit  .
Not too long ago, there was an unrelated post with a picture of Buddy Emmons standing in the Sho~Bud store (?) in front of a stack of amps. One of these amps was a Sho~Bud Christmas Tree and it seemed to have a tan/beige/blond tolex covering. I like that color!
Question:
Did I see right? Was that a standard option?
Does anybody know what brand of covering this was? Can it be bought still today and where?
Was the speaker grill of a brown color on tan/beige/blond amps or was it black like on black tolex amps?
Does anybody have the schematics to these amps?
Thanks...
BTW, I have the same topic running on the Bar Chatter Forum: http://www.b0b.com/forum/Forum1/HTML/008949.html
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Bob Metzger
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Waltham (Boston), MA, USA
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Posted 2 Apr 2000 4:54 pm
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I've heard that term before but I don't really know what the 'christmas tree' variety is. What are it's distinguishing characteristics? I have a Sho-bud amp with 1-15" and a horn; it is a solid state amp. I have a schematic but it isn't exactly the same; some stages are very different.
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J D Sauser
From:
Wellington, Florida
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Posted 3 Apr 2000 5:39 am
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Hi Bob. Thanks for your answer:
This is a "Christmas Tree":
It's called that way because the controls are lit in green, red and yellow from the back.
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Bob Metzger
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Waltham (Boston), MA, USA
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Posted 5 Apr 2000 1:06 pm
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How cool!!
My cabinet looks the same but the controls are recessed in, on the top of the face of the amp; it's a 'blackface', with 'jazz bass' type of generic knobs. And my Sho-Bud logo is in the upper right corner. Do you know the technical specs of this amp? Tubes or solid state? The picture looks like 15" spke, possibly JBL.
I found this guy on the net for Sho-Bud schematics and repairs:
Ron Neely II
The EH Man
Electro-Harmonix info at:
http://surf.to/electroharmonix
fx schematics and repairs
Regards,
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J D Sauser
From:
Wellington, Florida
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Posted 5 Apr 2000 4:07 pm
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Well Bob, this one is solid state, two channels, one reverb only and the other reverb and vibrato, JBL D-130. Yours could be a so called "single channel" if its solid state too, doesn't have vibrato, and yes, you guessed it, it had only one channel.
I'd love for you to e-mail me a picture of yours. And if you want to sell it I might be interested too.
Thanks a bunch for the schematics link!
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Mike Bagwell
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Greenville, SC, USA
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Posted 5 Apr 2000 6:52 pm
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JD
The single channel also has a middle control and the christmas tree model doesen't. IMHO the single channel is a better overall amp.
JD
I have schematics for both models and would be glad to fax you a copy of both.
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J D Sauser
From:
Wellington, Florida
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Posted 6 Apr 2000 4:30 am
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Well thank you so much Mike.
My FAX number is (561) 791-3416.
I sincerely hope that I can return the favor some time!
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