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JofZ

Pacomc79 wrote:

probably because they are expensive as hell. You'll have to e-mail him for that. That and he's probably not building anything right now because he's working on the book.

I'd like to try out the gabi's.

Yeah it said he is too busy writing to build anything oh well.

I saw Gabi's amps at the show a couple weeks ago, I didn't care for the yellow, they stick out though, you could spot his booth from across the floor.
From what I gather he is one of the few guys building true AC15 clones, and the Voxer is where the money is at, bluesbreaker and ac15 in the same box.

check the 18watt page there a ton of threads on him, and of course supporting a Chicago builder is a plus

mccreadyisgod

A fan is actually a great idea... the nice thing about having a separate speaker cab from your amp is that you can place the amp head in a place isolated from the cab for recording, and put a fan on the head, and not worry about overheating OR fan noise in your guitar track.

The big thing mfg's worry about with their amps being used with attenuators is the tendancy to play the amp cranked for long periods of time. Keep in mind the "wattage-before-distortion" theory for amp power ratings... that output level is what the electronics are optomised for. So, if you crank an amp enough to get overdrive, you're working your amp harder than it was designed for. It'll eat tubes a hell of a lot faster, and affect anything else electronic over time. The 2 biggest enemies of electronic equipment are heat and water, after all. So long as you know you're pushing limits, and take steps to minimize those effects, you should be fine. Most players will get an attenuator, plug it in, and spend three hours playing cranked power chords. I think most of us are smart enough to know better.

Ultimately, a fan is the cheapest and easiest way to protect your gear and still get that superfat drive/saturation. The second-best method: Isolation cabinets!