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Topic: Polytone amps |
Chip McConnell
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San Francisco, California, USA
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Posted 24 Nov 2005 11:18 pm |
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| Anyone have any experience with these as steel amps? I have a chance to get a 100 watt 70's model, and for the price and weight seems well-built with good volume for steel. Secondly, would a competent tech be able to work on these? Thanks- |
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Chip McConnell
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San Francisco, California, USA
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Posted 24 Nov 2005 11:29 pm
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| whoops- did a search and there are a lot of old threads. If anyone has something new to add, by all means... |
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Darvin Willhoite
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Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 25 Nov 2005 6:12 am
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You probably saw my post in an old thread, but I had a couple of older Polytones. They sounded OK, but I had a problem with one of them and only found one tech in Texas that would work on it. I had to ship it to Dallas, and to find the problem and replace a couple of components, it cost around $250, and that was without shipping. That was more than what I paid for the amp. I sold it a few months ago before anything else happened to it.
The Peavey Nashville 112 sounded better, was lighter, and I know if something happens to it, I can get it repaired reasonably.
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Darvin Willhoite
Riva Ridge Recording
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jim milewski
From:
stowe, vermont
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Posted 25 Nov 2005 6:56 am
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| I bought one blown, put in two new output transistors (there are only two) and a bridge rectifier, then a Celestion 15". Can't remember if I liked the sound, but being a jazz amp it was clean for 100 watts, I think it was called a Mini Brute, very basic tone controls, what I did like was it was as small as you could make an amp and still house a 15" speaker, it had a rugged cover with a pocket in it, actually I wish I never sold it because it was light and with the new processors I bet you can get a good sound |
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Blake Hawkins
From:
Florida
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Posted 25 Nov 2005 1:04 pm
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The Jazz guys like these amps but don't expect any customer service from the manufacturer.
Blake |
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Chip McConnell
From:
San Francisco, California, USA
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Posted 26 Nov 2005 12:55 pm
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| Thanks for the responses. The reverb on this one is out of commish (along with the "octave" feature, so it appears to be an issue with the effects circuit). I believe I will pass rather than deal with getting it worked on. |
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Keith Cordell
From:
San Diego
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Posted 26 Nov 2005 2:54 pm
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| I had one with the same problem. Fortunatley I was able to return it, as Polytone's customer service is almost as bad as I have ever heard of in the music industry. There's worse; but not by much. |
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Michael Breid
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Eureka Springs, Arkansas, USA
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Posted 28 Nov 2005 11:21 am
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I play my Guild jazz guitar through a Polytone Mini Brute II, and it seems to be working fine for me. I don't think it could handle a steel though. I hope I never have to send it back to Polytone if their customer service is as lousy as you guys say it is. I'll keep me fingers crossed.
Michael in the Ozarks |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 28 Nov 2005 5:59 pm
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| I have one and I much prefer the Nashville 112. |
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