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Old 14th Aug 2019, 12:13 pm   #35
Paul JD
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Default Re: Convert Vintage Valve Radio to Guitar Amp

To give an idea of the sort of results that can be expected I have recorded a couple of short audio clips playing guitar through a valve radio. The radio is a Bush VHF61 and the guitar is plugged into the gram input. The audio output stage of the Bush is the typical single triode gain stage into a pentode output valve so is a similar topology to the radio that the OP is looking at using. The speaker in the Bush is a relatively small 6x4 elliptical speaker so not ideal but even so I don't think it sounds too bad.

Clip 1 is just the guitar straight into the radio, clip 2 is with an overdrive pedal (Ibanez Tube Screamer) set to boost the signal and overdrive the valves.

http://www.pjdamplifiers.co.uk/media/radio-amp.html
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