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crowbgood1 wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2024 8:56 pm Nice score. There seems to be an reflux of old Jamsens on the market right now

I think the current economic situation is forcing a fair bit of rad old gear up past the lower eosophageal sphincter …

Kinda cool little piece of kiwi amp history. Ive had a couple of jansen heads before and theyv'e never stuck. Kinda gave up on the idea of Jansen as a usable amp. Then i tried bruces and Jeans (clone). Since then ive kept an eye out for a nice low watt combo. This is a 2x el84 driven 1x12 combo. It...

Slowy wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2024 8:24 pm

MikeC wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2024 8:06 pm There's some actual point to point wiring with the help of a few terminal strips. Scary!

Here's mine. befinitely look like they were put together by the same guy.

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Befinetely

Oh and if anyone has a jansen knob to replace the missing one on the presence thatd be ace

There's some actual point to point wiring with the help of a few terminal strips. Scary! After watching (too many) you tube amp restoration videos it would seem like this was pretty common before leo (im guessing) standardised a more 'orderly' approach with a board. But yes, scary. I probably wont ...

AiRdAd wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2024 7:57 pm I had a jansen 6 20. Ryan serviced it for me, and changed the speaker. He recommended a celestion 70/80, it was a great upgrade

The 6/20 ive played before and it was lovely. This is the first 6/16 ive seen. They did all sorts i think.
Anyone else seen one one of these?

Jay wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2024 8:02 pm Beautiful. Tone is in the old terminal strips, exposed component leads, fat earth wires and the Redfern transformers and choke.

It is beautiful, you're right. It runs exceptionally quietly too

Kinda cool little piece of kiwi amp history. Ive had a couple of jansen heads before and theyv'e never stuck. Kinda gave up on the idea of Jansen as a usable amp. Then i tried bruces and Jeans (clone). Since then ive kept an eye out for a nice low watt combo. This is a 2x el84 driven 1x12 combo. It ...

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I've become a total Greco Geek! This one is an absolute darling! She's been around the block a few times, which just adds to the mojo. Plays like butter, as all Greco's seem to, and I think she is mostly intact, though I will look under the hood later this week and see if the pickup's are the origi...