Here is a video by landminelenny on YouTube. Looks like he’s on the Stone’s road crew and got a good close up of the Twins in action. Every once in a blue moon a twin like this will come in the shop. Incredible amps.
57 Twin Tweed Amp Video
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I have a 1972 Twin Reverb and sounds good but doens’t sound loud compare to others Twin Reverbs ,What could it be????????????
Hi,
I would suspect the power supply or the output section if it’s sounding good. May be your tubes are worn or the bias on the tubes. Possibly have lost power (dc voltage) on the plates, usually that has noise from caps leaking though.
I don’t know where you are on your repair chops but the power is easy to check if you have a dummy load, scope, and volt meter. P=E(2)/R
You can use many things. A shot glass will work, so will a beer boltte. Slide players of the 20s and 30s used homemade slide made from bolttenecks (hence the name boltteneck guitar). You can find directions for making your own online. They also used knives fairly often. Tom Rush used part of a telephone housing on his recording of Bukka White’s Panama Limited. John Hammond uses a Craftsman deep socket I’ve used an old salt shaker, a piece of copper pipe, and a lighter. The lighter won’t work well for an acoustic though. Experiment with whatever you have laying around. Something that slides over your finger is generally better-it leaves your other fingers available for muting.