New to board: question about a 250-1 head [message #10502] |
Fri, 20 February 2009 17:19 |
plowkraut
Messages: 6 Registered: February 2009
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Greetings to everyone. I'm happy to have found such a great resource. A friend of mine uses a black 2x15 T&R setup for bass and his sound is great. I've always liked the look of these amps and have read a about them in various books ("AMPS!" comes to mind). I'm looking to get my feet wet and have a line on a 250-1 head (one jack needs to be fixed and both lights are out) for cheap. I'm curious, are the 250s any good for guitar and do they take well to overdrive pedals? Thanks for any input.
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Re: New to board: question about a 250-1 head [message #10505 is a reply to message #10502] |
Fri, 20 February 2009 22:36 |
plowkraut
Messages: 6 Registered: February 2009
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Thank you for the welcome. According to the owner, everything else is working, but I think I'll take it to a professional to clean it up if I like the way it sounds. Do the 250s do well with guitar? I'm not looking to get any distortion out of the amp, just a flat to warmish clean sound. I'm also a little concerned about running it through my current cabs (both are 100 watts, but I think the 250 pushes more than that). Perhaps I should hold out for a lower wattage t&r, but he's letting it go for pretty cheap ($100+ whatever I put into it to fix it up).
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Re: New to board: question about a 250-1 head [message #10509 is a reply to message #10508] |
Sun, 22 February 2009 01:30 |
BC
Messages: 583 Registered: March 2000 Location: Kentucky
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That 250 will make a great guitar head. Back in the late 70s a local guitar player had lost his Peavey Standard head in a fire. He was a working musician and had to have some gear so the cheapest thing he found was a 250-1 with the covering ripped off and the wood case painted black. He loved it, and it sounded great with his pedal array on the 6x10 PV cabinet. He later had a local shop wire in a master volume for additional control. It served as his main player for a few years. Time passed and he moved on to other gear. I saw the same old 250 in a pawn shop about a year ago still working and easily recognized by the rigged master volume. I went back the next week to try to get it but it had sold. Great for guitar.....buy it! BC
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