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Topic: Fender Harvard amp |
Derrell Stephens
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Shreveport, La. USA
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Posted 23 Oct 2008 6:46 am |
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Searching for one of the old Fender Harvard tube amps. Broke or working.
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Ben Jack
From:
Fayettevillle, Ar. * R.I.P.
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Posted 23 Oct 2008 11:23 am harvard amp
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Hi Darrell, just curious, who will you get to repair one if it dont work??? JUST KIDDING,
Ben Jack |
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Ken Fox
From:
Nashville GA USA
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Posted 23 Oct 2008 7:13 pm
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| They rarely come up. I sold one a couple of months ago on eBay. |
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Nick Reed
From:
Russellville, KY USA
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Derrell Stephens
From:
Shreveport, La. USA
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Posted 24 Oct 2008 4:59 am
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Thanks for the replies folks. & Ben, if it needs fixing I was thinking of using your amp repair guy that is closest to me ... wonder who that is?
If y'all run across one, leme know!
hagd,
Derrell |
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Ken Fox
From:
Nashville GA USA
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Posted 24 Oct 2008 5:11 am
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Right now all I have that is close is a 1953 Deluxe I restored. Glad to help you out if you need a tweed amp or any older tube amp repaired.
We are headed for a Western Swing Show in Wagoner in a just over a week. We will be scouting out that area for old amps to buy and restore. You never know.
The Harvard I had was 1961 I found in Boise, ID while on vacation. Mine was 1961, the last of them to be made.
They sure have a sweet sound!! |
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Mike Brinkmeyer
From:
Houston, Texas
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Posted 25 Oct 2008 2:52 pm
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Not for sale, but here's a pic of an original 1957 I have - still in the box shipped from Fullerton, California . . .
Last edited by Mike Brinkmeyer on 30 Oct 2008 9:37 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Derrell Stephens
From:
Shreveport, La. USA
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Posted 25 Oct 2008 11:33 pm
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Mike, ura sorry devil ... teasing like that!
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Mike Brinkmeyer
From:
Houston, Texas
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Posted 26 Oct 2008 4:36 am
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Derrell, I know - I just couldn't resist. 
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John Purcell
From:
Florida, USA
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Posted 30 Oct 2008 3:02 pm
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Those are great sounding amps. I've read that Steve Cropper used one on a lot of the early Booker T and the MG's recordings.
Good luck. |
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Ken Fox
From:
Nashville GA USA
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Posted 31 Oct 2008 10:27 am
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They are rather unique. The other small amps (Deluxe, Champ, etc) had a cathode bias output section. The Harvard used a fixed bias.
It also had one channel, a 6AT6 (triode) tube being used there. The Deluxe is so similar, but has a 12AY7 (dual triode) for 2 channels. The amp could easily be reproduced, as the transformers are available from Mercury Magnetics. |
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