New Old Amp Day Selmer goodness

sweepy

Well, I was given a lovely old Selmer Treble and Bass 50 from an old mate of mine, it was unloved and very tired but OMG what a sound ! Took it to Chris @RiftAmps  who did his usual magic giving it a service and fitting a variable bias resistor, new valve bases and  replacing tired caps, sprinkling with pixie dust etc . What a sound, I have heard these are are classic “sleeper” amps and I can see why, absolutely roars with a 335 and yet doesn’t make your ears fall off with a Telecaster ! Happy Bunny indeed 

all the pics are pre service, it’s a LOt tidier now as you’d expect from Chris 

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slacker

Wonderful amps. Get it in a rehearsal room and run it really loud. Thank me later.

sweepy

slacker said:

Wonderful amps. Get it in a rehearsal room and run it really loud. Thank me later.

Oh, I cranked it full at Rift Amps, even the lads at ThorpyFx pedals could hear it

springhead

I have the non reverb version MKII which I’m restoring at the moment. They make a good noise!  When I clicked on the link to see the innards of yours imgur asked me to confirm I was over 18. That’ll be amp porn then…

impmann

Best raw rock sound I’ve ever had was a Selmer TnB (slightly older model with the Syd Barrett grille cloth) wound right up, with a Burns treble booster and my old Yamaha SG2000. Turn the guitar down and cleaned up lovely, open the taps and the roar was insane. 

Bonkers loud through an old 4x12, with so much thump but complete clarity (no flubb).
Genuinely loved mine! 

Aidanspaghetti

Old selmers rock! Congrats...
I've an old seller tv15 which I documented here
 https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/42747/new-very-old-amp-day/p1
Which reminds me I must get it looked at... 
Always made me wonder, where are the old recordings with these classic amps doing their thing?! Guess it was frowned upon and non musical back then....

Mr_Claw

OMG WANT!!! Given as a gift?! That's one hell of a gift!

Literally about my favourite guitar tone is Syd's Esquire into the Selmer on Piper. Angular, clanging and primative, but tonnes of character.

roberty

Missed this. They are really good amps if you don't need channel switching etc. Yours is a more desirable model but I read that the circuits are all the same

One of mine has been modded with a master volume which helps.  I find there's quite a range between where it starts to compress and where it starts clipping. I use it as a pedal platform, there's plenty of bass and low mids if you want them which is something I struggle to get out most guitar-voiced amps.  The one on top here still has the original power tubes allegedly

Been using my LA30BL recently which is a lot dirtier, will be interesting to go back to the Selmers. I think a lot of UK amp designs from that era are based on various Bassman circuits, certainly the ones with two bright and two dark inputs

sweepy

Mine had the variable bias mod done as the original Brimar valves were running ridiculously hot, its lovely to have a uncompromising valve amp sat behind me running through a rather lovely PRS 2x12 cab

english_bob

slacker said:

Wonderful amps. Get it in a rehearsal room and run it really loud. Thank me later.

I did that once with an old bandmate's T&B. 

Shiiiiiit.