Shredder
6 posts
Oct 04, 2009
12:25 PM
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Just wanted to put this info. out there and maybe save some one else some time and $.
My lead guitarist had this amp as an extra and we thought we would try changing tubes to make it a harp amp. The botttom line is don't waste your time or money.
I have a 5 watt HooDoo and robbed some of the tubes for the Peavey and we bought a few more to try, about $40 worth. We got some good sounds with diffrent tube combonations but then tone was lacking some where else. Example, we had great bottom end and top end but the mid range was weak at best. Swapped tubes and got the mid range up but then the top and bottom were weak. We did get a good break up but the tone suffered.Feed back was still an issue also,I was using a Green Bullet mic.
I used the peavey 1/2 way thru practice and didn't like what I was hearing so we went back to the HooDoo and it was like night and day difference, the HooDoo ruled!
Wish the 30 watt HooDoo was avaliable. I emailed Hohner to find out what the hold up is. The 5 watt is great but I need more on stage as I use it as my monitor.
Any way we gave it a real honist try and just couldn't make the amp. work on harp. Hope this helps some one down the line.
Mike
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congaron
171 posts
Oct 04, 2009
7:32 PM
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Can you add a cabinet to the hoodoo? I use a dual 12 Jensen setup with my 5 watt Valve junior. It has amazing tone and volume for 5 watts. I mic it into the PA for bigger venues and stage volume is always enough. Maybe a cab would get you more stage volume.
Also, doesn't the hoodoo line into the PA? You could just use a monitor mix for you. I ran sound for a guy outdoors and he basically stayed behind the guitar amps and used his hoodoo as a monitor and lined into my mixer through a DI box. I was prepared to give him his own monitor mix if he had asked for it. he didn't.
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Shredder
7 posts
Oct 04, 2009
7:49 PM
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Yeah I guess I could add a cabnet but that's more stuff to pack around. I do use the line out and run a floor monitor from the board. That's the best way so far. I don't know if any one else does this but I try to get the HooDoo and the floor monitor set just right apart and stand in the middle to get a stereo effect.
It really helps my playing cause it's like having head phones on. The problem with the HooDoo wattage is I have to run it wide open and it dosen't give me any head room to adjust if the rest of the band is to loud.
We all know of the esclating volumes problem, singer wants more monitor then the guitar needs more then I need more. It's a viscous cycle.
Mike
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Scoltx
55 posts
Oct 05, 2009
3:48 AM
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I had a Classic 30 and tried the common tube swaps to make it more harp friendly, no dice. The thing was a feedback machine no matter what I tried. It had decent bass response but I couldn't get it to break up unless I was standing in another room. The only mods that might save it would have involved a soldering iron and some re-engineering. I sold it to a working guitarist who wanted an amp for smaller gigs and I bought an Epi Valve Junior with the cash. I'm happy, he's happy.
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MrVerylongusername
545 posts
Oct 05, 2009
3:56 AM
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I had a Classic 30 that I used for mandolin. I liked it a lot for mando, but it truly sucked as a harp amp - very bright and brittle sounding.
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DOCBLUES
1 post
Oct 26, 2009
7:06 PM
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Guys! I'm new to forum , nice to "meet" you !
I have gigged nicely with a classic 30(old style) for a few years.I was always frustrated with the sound until I found one of those volume boxes you see on E-Bay.Put it in the fx loop with the knob turned down.Then , turn the amp volume knob up to about 8 or 9 (you will find your taste) and then turn the volume box knob up until just before feedback.I got a lovely warm Chicago sound (Bass up full ,mid/treble about 2-3) that was loud enough to use as monitor on stage whilst micing through P.A. It was small and portable enough with enough kick for me to hear myself.Our band opened a blues festival on the main day and Paul Lamb himself complimented me on my tone(pissed the guitar player off big time!!).I only got rid because I was playing guitar and got a Marshall jtm45 for that.The Marshall has turned out to have a sweet harp sound by the way , but then it is rumoured to be a Bassman copy with less watts!!
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