Weird Guitar Amps
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- I love weird and quirky gear so today we're gonna take a look at some of the stranger Amp heads in my collection. Comment below on what you liked best and let me know if you've ever seen some of these.
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Gear in this video:
1:35 BiLT Zaftig Semi-Hollow Body
2:24 MXR M133 Micro Amp
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3:07 Unidentified Amp
5:11 Satelite Gammatron
6:27 Japanese Amp
8:21 Newcomb PathFinder Amp
10:10 Quilter Interblock 45
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12:58 Sovtek Mig-80
Record Time:
David Burn and Brian Eno - My Life in the Bush of G
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turn that first amp into a pedal! I’d 100% buy that! Great fuzz sounds.
If you can find an old Systech Overdrive, that pretty much sounds like the first amp.
Immense sound. Needs to be a pedal!
Doesn't sound like fuzz, sounds like something electronically imploding. But great!
Great fuzz? Are you kiddin' me? That thing sounds like an angle grinder on a rusty gate! To me at least. But to each his own....
Challenge accept
I own a 1965 Sunn tube amp head, pre-model numbers. It was hand made in Conrad Sundholms garage. No one knows what it is worth but it sounds and records amazing...
NashBeach , I've heard that Leslie West used a Sunn PA head to record "Mississippi Queen" . Have you tried that riff ? Could it have been a amp like yours ?
You can always change resistor/capacitor values in the preamp/tone stack to get more breakup and more tone. If that doesnt get you there add another gain stage. Sunn amps converted to guitar are one of the best guitar tones of the 70's.
@@sheolboy it's probably a Marshall clone like the Model T, if so.
I have an RCA VICTOR MI-12291 PA from a school. The front panel has about a dozen switches so you could access different rooms or sets of rooms. Speakers are attached by screw terminals and have multiple ohm taps. I used if for my first band PA. It uses four 807 power tubes and puts out about 100 watts.
I've had some odd ones over the years ... especially early on. These included:
- A Gibson with the knobs on top and 4 10" speakers. I remember the smoke pouring out of the back of that amp. LOL.
- A Haynes combo with 2 12" speakers. I think it was solid state? Nice clean to it.
- A West Fillmore head with matching 4 12 cabinet cause Mark Farner had one! That thing weighed A TON! I don't recall the sound being particularly good ... but it sure looked cool.
Memories ...
Another vote for the Pathfinder. Just the right frequencies, clear but not harsh. Nice for a band out of the way of singer etc. I would like to hear a fuzz into it. BUT the biggest shocker is the Quilter perfect to sit on a pedal board, especially with the effects loop. One power cord, one guitar cable, one speaker cable...
That Pathfinder is awesome and sounds warm and definitely Voxy!
And that mini Quilter is LOUD! Don't under estimate small adorable little stomp boxes 😁
0:58 "...but, if you're super nerdy like I think you are..." Its so nice to be understood for a change. XD
I love that shirt, btw!
I love all things Electro-Harmonix/Sovtek so that was definitely my favorite. Plus it broke up really nice! I have a not so common amp (not too weird) that I love to play. A 1970 Fender Bantam Bass with original working Yamaha trapezoid speaker
Aaron Tackett I have the Bantam too! It sounds like what I wish a Super Reverb sounds like and you can jump the channels because they’re in phase. I use it with a reissue Fender reverb unit and it’s unbeatable. I love the speaker too.
William Nelson I need to get a reverb unit! I’m going to Carter Vintage tomorrow actually, maybe I’ll look for one.
I keep it pretty low most of the time but I love using it more than any pedal. It really gives me a feeling of goodness. I also have a Fender Musicmaster Bass amp that used to belong to Mary Kaye, as well as a Vibro Champ so depending on the room or my mood I can use the reverb tank with any of those. I’ve got other stuff but those are my favorites. I actually want another reverb unit to switch between lol
So let me ask you. Does this Mig 80 sound different from other Sovteks because holy crap i am in love with that Mig80.
I built a funky little 5w single ended amp using 6sn7 preamp tubes bootstrapped into a Pentode like configuration and added a feedback circuit based of the old fuzzface pedals. Also put an ampeg flavored baxandall stack in it and its all in an old reel to reel box complete with the og 6x9 speaker. Quite a strange amp and sounds pretty neat too!
They all sounded great! The first one was so heavy at high volume, the pathfinder was golden, the quilter sounded AMAZING!!! And that MIG80... the guitar/music shop in the town I grew up in sold Sovtek amps. Should have picked one up then. Oh well...
I listen to Bush of Ghost a couple times a year! Great record. Another one that's quirky but, in a completely different way is The Stranglers album Black and White. Love your videos. Just started building some pedal kits. Lots of fun.
That Quilter defies everything I thought I knew about amps.
I thought my little "HOTONE" amp heads were unusual (super small size with full features and great tube-like tone and feel for a tiny solid state).... but that Quilter rocks!!!
Great sounding amps. I really loved the album, and have started listening to more of Eno's ambient work. I had never heard of this before. Thanks so much for sharing.
Wow, listening to the 10" and 12" speakers is really instructive! My favourite amp was the Quilter. It sounds awesome and it fits in your hand; enough said. "Kid A" by Radiohead? It's epic, but when it came out some of my friends (and many other people) stopped liking Radiohead because they thought they were too weird. I know they're idiots, but it might count. In any case, if you haven't listened to Kid A for a while, you can do yourself a favour and remind yourself how good it is.
And, yay! "The Sovtek Episode" :-))))
You're knowledge is always sound, (pardon the pun) and I have been telling everyone about the 'true bypass' AND 'non bypass' pedals being needed on your board TOGETHER to make it sound better/cleaner signal.
Thanks again.
That 1st amp is a Voice of Music amp. Rated at 5 watts. I had a pair of them and they sound great if not turned all the way up.
The Pathfinder sounds perfect. Also, I had "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts" on cassette in the 1980s and I wore it out on my Sony Walkman. I haven't thought about that album in 30 years!
Finally a good album. That is one of the great albums. The Middle East meets The MidWest. Fripp's name is in the liner notes. So is Busta "Cherry" Jones. What more do you want.
the fuzz on that first thing is unreal
Loved the Pathfinder and Sovtek.
As far as album, Dog Problems by the Format. When it was released it didn’t sound like anything at the time and is super quirky.
My favorite odd thing is Adrian Belew's entire solo output, but I also love a bunch of stuff he did with Zappa, Talking Heads and King Crimson. Come to think, Adrian is from your neck of the woods, Josh. Maybe you two should collaborate on something, HINT, HINT.
Fav odd recording Steve Reich- Come Out. When the recording get out of phase the rhythms are amazing
I’ve got two Newcombs. A smaller Pathfinder the 10-E it users two 6V6’s and an actual guitar amp the G-12 from 1951. The G-12 has a circuit like a deluxe of the same era.
I love the compression of the first one.
The first amp grabbed me a lot, it was so Fuzzenstein... The Quilter surprised me it sounded so good. The Newcombe was my favorite, pretty easily.
Odd album-- I am sure I could do better but right now I am ruminating on Vendetta by The Brood. This was a 90s girl band, all in leather like punk bikers. The sound is kind of surf punk, driven by a cheesy Vox organ, but the songs are just great. Like the House band at a women's prison...
Odd amp - - in 1965, I wanted to be The Beatles so bad I "strummed" a long wooden block like a guitar, and sang along to Meet the Beatles and Beatles '65 on my little red Mattel Show n Tell record player (very odd - - look it up on eBay!). My mom took me to a local music store in Hawthorne CA and bought me an antique white Fender Mustang and an amp for $106.00. The amp was a St. George, made in China for a company in LA. The logo was a Knight's head. It had sparkle grill cloth and black tolex. It was probably the size of a Princeton. I cannot for the life of me remember how it sounded. In 1969, I traded it to twin bothers I knew for a couple hundred baseball cards from 1950-52, probably would be worth 15 grand now. Anyway - - St George. Very rarely seen.
Great vid, maybe my favorite so far. Good humor. I liked "The amp is so light it's falling through my hand". Maybe your hand would fall through the amp?
Oh man! There's a band called Hundredth!
They were a melodic hardcore band for almost 10 years, but then they decided not to make that music anymore and BOOM! They totally flipped the script in 2017 when they released a shoegaze album, entitled Rare!
Rare is DEFINITELY my favorite album by them, by far!
AHHHH ! didn't know there was a Mig 80! I had a Sovtek Mig 50 and it's the greatest amp I've ever played and I miss it so much.
If nobody mentioned it yet, first pressings of the Eno/Byrne album are the ones to go for. There are several samples on it that were pulled on later copies.
That Pathfinder sounds amazing. i really doubted the claim of better than Vox, but damn that thing rips. And the Mig has a very "Kim Thayil" sound to it.
First one was a Voice of Music Stereo Twin single 6v6 amp that came with a reel to reel Cool amp Champish
Model 168 right?
Model 8810. It's *kinda* like a champ, if only for the tube line-up. It's kinda a foreign design, as far as common guitar amps go. The volume knob comes BEFORE the input tube, it has negative feedback into the first triode stage, the tone controls change the negative feedback signal, and certain versions of it have a strange wiring of the 6v6's cathode, wiring it to one of the output transformer taps, creating another type of feedback circuit.
@@ldesmond6729 Will have to take another look....was housed in an enclosure that was brown and beige and it had a compartment to put the reel to reel tapes....ok yeah 168 it is :)
@@JulianA-tr6pt I wonder what the difference between the 168 and the 8810 are ? Will do a lil research on that
@@paulcowart3174 Well, not sure about the 168 but the 166 is just the whole assembled combo of the 8810 amp + speaker cab. The amp is always the model 8810, regardless of whether it came in a 166 or 168, or was ripped out and sold separately, as they commonly are on eBay. There are like 3-4 different versions of the 8810 though. Most of the variations are within the power supply.
oh ya...my favorite weird amp is a canadian 1982 traynor ts60b for bass. it's a single 15 combo that breaks up in a most amazing way. and they're dirt cheap and built like tanks.
This Heat - Deceit. Probably one of the all time greatest records ever (odd or not). Way ahead of its time. Still a shining light.
I love the first one..the gammatron didn't sound any where as nasty..I want that first one..I have a voice of music console 1964 model..
That Quilter sounds incredible.
The Crown Amp from Japan was my favorite and the Sovteck was just Bad Ass!⚡️🔊
I have a Guild amp, not too common.Youd probably like it.Best sounding amp Ive owned.
"My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts" IS one of my all time favourite albums of all time...
Lovin the 10"/12" dual mic'ing
Listened via the Dual Pan plugin in Presonus Studio One to get either in both ears.
Great nerdy fun.
god damn that pathfinder sounds incredible
I like the Crown. If I had the Crown I would place a ratty bandana around my receding hair line and join my local Doobie Bros tribute band.
Gammatron and Quilter are my favorites of this list.
Instructions not clear. Ripped off my left ear.
That Quilter is impressive! Yes, Creed sucks.
My odd recommendation today is the Jesus and Mary Chain’s “Psychocandy” album. Famous for it’s use of the Shin-ei Fuzz and distance mic-ing. Really a groundbreaking album
That Quilter actually sounds nice.
I love that album. The Jezebel Spirit is one of my favorites.
Josh, I actual have and enjoy "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts." I love experimental music, especially field recordings and "found sounds." My love started with the Minutemen's Double Nickels on the Dime" and their live CCR cover of "Don't Look Now" with the great background conversation...it's distracting and I hate it...but I can't help but listen. In the same weird vein, I propose Lou Reed's "Metal Machine Music." If one can sit through this album at full volume, one can listen to anything. Weirdest amp I've had was a cool 100 watt Danelectro DS head. I took it in for service to a local guitar shop. The service guy got sick and never finished the job. I called and called and asked about the guy, but the guitar shop said he was an independent and they wouldn't responsible for his work or loss of equipment. The store soon was out of business. Very cool sounding amp.
Hot damn! That Quilter kicks ass
I think you should call the first amp - which sounds great in a Neil Young kind of way - The Widowmaker.
Beck's Mutations album is unusual for him but is my favorite of his
I really dig the cabinet. What can you tell me about it? I'd love to know the dimensions, speakers used, impedance information and whether it's open backed or not. The Quilter sounds unreal through it. Thanks for the video, Josh!
I love my old National GA920P! Weird, FET, good. Instant vintage!
You should send the Model 8810 off to Uncle Doug to get a grounding plug added! He could make a video about it too.
Hey Josh, I’m loving these Vlogs have been a huge fan for years, first pedal I bought was the first run of the Panther. I have some ideas for future videos if it’s something you would be interested in doing.
1. A history/tutorial of your drive pedals, maybe with Stu G going over the kilt and some of your collaboration ideas.
2. A backstory to some “failed” projects or pedals that were not as successful as well as how you overcame some of those hurtles as a company
3. A vlog on running pedals through effects loops and some practical setups and completely unique ways of running.
4. As you’ve mentioned in several videos, more Fuzz education
5. Do another gear selection video with some of your favorite expensive gear next to a board of your favorite sleeper pedals.
Again, loving the information you put out on the Vlogs, can’t wait to hear more.
That Mig 80 sounds fantastic. Were those sovtec amps designed by Mike Matthews? If so, can anyone use his or her influence to get EHX to reissue them?
Any thoughts on the Simms Watts AP100? I have the chance to get one but there aren't any good demo videos on RUclips. Most interested in how the amp breaks up at higher volume compared to other amps from that era, and how it would react to a clean Boost (LPB-1 to be specific)
my favorite odd artist is hauschka. I think is way ahead from the contemporary clasical music esscene
Favorite odd album; Zaireka, Flaming Lips
Great weird amps, and some of them do really sound awesome. Check out the album of Gemma Hayes - Night on my side. One of my favourites! You might like it.
This probably doesn't count as weird, but I have a Rickenbacker clone of a Fender Twin. I've never seen another Rickenbacker amp, and this is very clearly trying to be Fender.
The MIG-80 looks like a Marshall Silver Jubilee head.
that first amp should be called the the HAIRY TURD.
That Mig is great....is it like a Sovtek....I wouldn't know??????
Dude! Please explain to us how the hell does a Quilter amp work. I have one and i still don't understand what is going on in there. Just does too much cool stuff
The schematics for all of these would be awesome. BAMA?
Please open the josh scott gear hoarder museum
Are there clones of the mxr micro amp? I know they aren't expensive but I'd like to do some comparison research.
I'm sad you didn't break out the "Oliver" combo, which is like an Ampeg Port-a-Flex that unpacks itself.
Also neglected is the "Excelsier Americana" which has two EL-34s powering a pair of 12s AND an EL-84 powering a 5" speaker, the latter being used only for the reverb circuit. There was one on St. Louis Craigslist not that long ago for a shockingly low (Fender Deville range) price.
Favorite "weird" album? The Resident's "Commercial" album; forty tracks, each about a minute long and consisting of a "verse" and a "chorus." The liner notes tell you to listen to each track three times to replicate the experience of a pop song.
For what it's worth: I'd rather listen to "Bush of Ghosts."
Pathfinder was awesome. Would have a pro, replicate a few for me.
The mug 80 has a heavy sound :). Also
The Quilter
my life in the bush of ghosts
Quilter, damn..!!
Quilter could put a horn on a jellyfish
An odd-masterpiece is Pink Floyd "ANIMALS" !!
Black Monk Time - the Monks ( lp )
The first amp is The Voice of Music Phonograph amplifier Model 8810, I have a few in my shop. Let me know if you need a schematic. This amp is a good candidate to make a Randy Bachman Herzog overdrive unit by Garnet Amps.
You sir. Went well beyond super nerdy.
Shhh! Yes, VOM phonographs and reel to reel decks are an excellent platform for parts-pulling and repurposing into guitar-amp builds ---- but I am always a little reluctant to tell everyone!
Ha ha. Nerrrrrrd
I know what you mean, they were my little secret back in the 90's VOM and Sony RtoR decks
Yes!! VoM!!
That first amp sounds like it's being punched in the gut every time you dig in hard.
lol
“...Until the Sovtek episode...”
shaffera17 please yes
Still waiting.... !!! Maybe it’s on route to post for Christmas 🎄. It would be a Christmas MiG 50 Miracle!
I was going to make that comment....
@@jordandangelo180 now 2020 Christmas is over..
It's literally 2021.
No wonder the MIG-80 weighs so much: "lead tube amplifier." Since when do we make them out of lead??
In Soviet Russia, all heavy metal music was played on lead amplifiers.
In Russia, amp plays you!
They had to do it after Chernobyl
I would pay so much money for the first amp as a fuzz box...
Yo man there's a rebuilt one on eBay for $450 Voice of music 8810
@@davidjairala69 I got drunk and ordered it.... here's hoping for the best hangover of my life haha
@@thestammer4586 was it a quality hangover
@@davidjameschamberlain But not a cheap one...
The Stammer how did it go? Does it sound as gnarly as the video?
Caution: When hitting an amp with a boost pedal, you must either throw the pedal at the amp, or swing the pedal by a guitar cable. If you hit the amp with the pedal, while still holding the pedal, you are likely to sprain your wrist.
Instructions not clear, tried hitting my pedal with an amp, forgot had my foot over it.
'We're not gonna _use_ the cab, as frankly it sounds like ｈｏｔ ｔｒａｓｈ" 😆
Andy 'Doog' Phipps
I like that he keeps the channel family-friendly
totallyfrozen he’s a class act
Andy 'Doog' Phipps
No doubt! He makes and sells pedals, but hardly ever even mentions his own stuff. He praises other makers’ stuff. Humility like that is hard to find.
@@totallyfrozen The dude just loves the stuff genuinely. Also, I think the guitar world is already sold on his stuff for the most part because of his rep with his business and circuit building philosophy and Customer service strength.
The Pathfinder is my favourite, the overdrive is lovely.
And the used market just exploded...
Matched the boost pedal nicely too! :-p
mine too, nice warm tone...
Totally agree.
Great Amp!!!!!!!!!!!
I paused the video to order that Quilter
I did not expect the tiny Quilter to sound so good. Especially after the boost was turned on.
Jared Meit right? Really considering getting one
Damn. I already had another window opened and was looking at Quilter Interblock on Reverb before he finished the demo.
My Quilter Interblock 45 showed up today. What a coincidence! Yes, it's really good and versatile.
I have 3 Quilters. 1 Micro Block 45 for practicing and two 101 Mini Heads pushing a Hendrix re-issue and an Alnico Gold. One is set up more like a blackface Fender, the other like a Marshall. The sound is big even at low volumes.
That quilter making me rethink my whole rig
I had an amp that my dad brought home from a tour in Japan that had "Tremolo" spelled "Tremoro". Was in the mid-sixties, but I don't recall the brand name.
You rying, Joe...
I know all about virtuosos... and trembalos... and arpeggios...
Japanese people pronounce the letter L as R.
@@florakovacs7043 - Thank you. Be well.
@@florakovacs7043 really, how fascinating.
Oddly enough, I thought the little Japanese Crown amp sounded the best out of all of them. Super rich and natural overdrive out of that one with lots of rich harmonics. When it comes to electronics....the Japanese know what they're doing.
That Japanese Crown tube head is money!
J Rodriguez, yep, easily my fav of the bunch.
I like it quite a bit
LOVED the crown. Couldn't find squat on ebay. It'd be nice to add to the collection.
I did sound really quite good didn't it. I had an old Courier bass amp many many many years ago when i first started playing bass and it sounded amazing through a single un branded 1x15 reflex cabinet.
The tone reminds me of a cheap Japanese 60s valve amp for a record players called "Star". My old hippie mate dug it out his garage, I plugged my guitar in and it was classic clean tone, I recorded a few songs thru it and then it blew up, kind of sounded like a really clean 50s sparkly fender amp with just a tiny hint of grit
That tiny pedal like amp was a pleasant surprise.
I'm buying that little pedal.
In other news, I got a $10 thrift store find that does NOT exist anywhere on the internet: A 1975, red tolex wrapped, hand soldered Japanese Pignose clone. Brand. New. Condition. Replaced dead speaker with an Eminence 6.5".
My GOD it is amazing and LOUD.
Want to see this
Newcombe Pathfinder was by far my favourite, sounded really sweet. Someone should copy that circuit and release it. I'd use it dime'd and roll in the guitars volume for clean/dirty tones :-)
I would LOVE to have a clone of that amp!
Same here. My fav. And would love a clone!
Well, if you like the converted PA amps, most of them that are converted for guitar use sound pretty similar. I mean the circuits are all pretty much the same and so it's pretty much just picking the input impedance and biasing that sounds good to you. Get rid of the negative feedback loop and (if it has it) the ultra-linear transformer and you are good to go!
Yes, it's the thick & beefy one of the bunch.
mootbooxle I watch your videos and seem to find you in the comments wherever I go. I believe you’re a wizard.
can you do a "cheap" practice amp episode? Crate, Line 6, some of the bundle pack amps "peavey or fender". Or maybe some super awesome ones like the old Gorilla!! Anything can sound decent in the right application and its not the brand name but how you shred it! Rock n Roll
Build a fender champ clone with an extra gain stage (12AT7) but with an adjustable feedback loop. D-Lab has the mods schematic.
Hah! I had a gorilla! Cheap, played the hell out of it for 20 years. I think that works out to $5.00 a year! Money well spent!
@@jonhenderson8837 ha the infamous Gorilla amps the Line6 Spiders of the 80's had a couple, (of both Gorillas and Line6Spiders)could never say I fell in love with them BUT I did have a cheap arse 5w Crate combo for about 5 years before going back to bass - tiny speaker was complete crap but if you jacked it in to a good cab (I mostly used a closed back Laney 2x10 Jensons and a open back greenback Vox cab) it sounded great, which is the opposite of my usual experience with crate valve amps
I think my favorite odd album is "Mr. Bungle - California"
I love that little Quilter amp too. So convenient. Sounds great.
these videos are one of the highlights of my week. :D
I agree! I'm watching the entire vlog like it's a Netflix series 😂🤘
Same
That Sovtek sounds so good. Head and shoulders above the rest.
The clean tone was stunning, big fat and sparkly, and then the drive tightens the whole thing up so it doesn't go flabby like a Fender. I am blown away.
I love my Mig 100. I had one when I was a kid that I got for $200. Sold it to buy a Marshall cab you could get anywhere. Took me 15 years to find another one and I’m never letting it go!
I can see Josh Homme using all of these amps.
Era Vulgaris era QOTSA would have had a field day with that first amp.
All of them. At once.
Literally exactly what I was thinking throughout this too, shame about the lack of a Tube Works head in here, or another JHS vid, but they’re undoubtedly very niche, even in comparison with the stuff featured here
Hey! That first amp! I own one. It is a Voice of Music 8810. They came out of a speaker box which was often connected to a tape machine (reel to reel I believe). Essentially, a PA amp. I have schematics, and I basically redesigned mine entirely, as it ran on the edge and had some burnt up parts inside. The output transformer is actually directly below the power transformer, but on the inside of the very cramped chassis. Some have small output transformers (I think the later cream colored ones like in the video do), but my 1959 grey one has a pretty large one that fills at least 1/3 of the chassis interior.
My main amp, an ~18 watt Stromberg Calson, was also originally a PA amp, but I did a conversion, and it really turned out to be something special.
WOAH! Could you send a link to the schematic?? It sounds sick
@@stanzaman2790 Which amp? The little voice of music?
@@stanzaman2790 Anyhow, here is the Voice Of Music shown in the JHS video, in stock form. elektrotanya.com/PREVIEWS/63463243/23432455/egyeb/voice_of_music_8810_sch.pdf_1.png
Neat circuit, but I decided to rebuild mine (different chassis too - original was too tight and very noisy) closer to a Fender champ which has higher gain. The VOM's tone circuit uses a decent amount of negative feedback, sent back to the first gain stage which really limits preamp distortion. The stock tone circuit also isn't voiced for guitar, so it doesn't change the sound all that much, although it is interesting.
The stock stromberg circuit can also be found online - it is the Signet 22 aka the SAU-22. I own 2 now and redesigned the circuits entirely. Instead of having two 12ax7 inputs for multiple mics, I wired them cascade. One is kinda a voxy/marshally circuit with a TMB tone stack while the other amp has a preamp similar to a Brown 6g3 deluxe, but with a framus mid knob.
Hi could you please send the schematics?
@@giannipalmisano8071 similar to the last comments I posted, I don't know of you're asking for the original amplifiers schematic or a schematic of what I did to the amp. Click the link in my last comment for the VOM 8810 original schematic.
After I modified it, I basically removed the negative feedback winding on the output transformer, converted the input 12AX7 stage to a more traditional cathode bias style (like a fender amp), and tweaked some resistor values to drop the B+ and run the tube at a safe level. I think I used two 750ohm resistors off of the power transformer before the rectifier. It originally used two 300ohms, but those aren't in that version of the schematic.
As of now, the amplifier was completely rebuilt into a different chassis and the schematic is similar to the Fender 5f2A tweed Princeton.
A bit late here, but my favorite “odd” record might be Warning by Green Day. While Minority was a hit that endures into their sets today, the rest of the material seems largely abandoned. It was by far their least successful record from 94-09, but it showed their range as songwriters. They achieve some really sweet guitar tones not unlike the beginning of the Satellite amp demo, and Misery is an outright folk tale with inspiration taken from Italian folk music, mariachi and surf rock. Worth a listen for sure!
Mort Garson "Plantasia." Can't seem to find it in any format other than vinyl.
My favorite amp here was probably the Pathfinder, followed closely by the Mig-80. In terms of favorite "weird" albums, for me it's probably Bad Religion's second album, 1983's Into the Unknown. They basically bailed from their punk beginnings and made a prog rock album that NO ONE liked at the time. It's since become a bit of a classic amongst BR nerds, and they even repressed it on vinyl for a box set collection of their early albums about 8-9 years ago. "Chasing the Wild Goose" is probably my favorite track on that album.