Re: 1969 B-3

[Bt1955@aol.com]

In a message dated 96-04-04 22:11:29 EST, you write:

>>Seriously, for somebody contemplating a soldi state preamp, what is
>the value of the A0-28 out of an A100? 

Dallas as far as I am concerened if the preamp is working fine, I would say 
no less than $400 to $500 dollars. I might be wrong, but if you look at the
preamp
under neath most of it is hard wired. If you had to go out and buy lets say
a typical hand wired guitar amp lets say just the head alone, theese guys
charge about $1000 - $2000. So why should that preamp be any different. 

Sure maybe you change the caps in it, you spend about $100 if you do it
yourself.
The power transformer, output transformers, percussion transformers, to
replace
this stuff costs alot of cash. So if you have a good preamp they are worth
money.

There is a hell of a lot more to the original preamps VS the solid state
ones.
I love Bill beers solid state preamp, it sounds great, but no-body could ever
convince me that they are better than the originals.You can add a bass and
treble control to the original, there is a quality of tone that the solid
state ones
just cannot produce. You might not ever hear it if your playing with a band,
but when you are home with a couple of nice Leslies the difference is night
and day. That is my personal feeling. 

Tony