![]() ![]() I've never tried a ceramic Blue Pup, but have used other ceramic speakers from Weber, and they were all excellent. Also with Weber speakers you can choose the power rating, which helps tailor the compression and the treble response. Yeah ceramic should give you less speaker compression, if the amp power section is giving you all the compression you need. My recollection of this amp is it gets a little mushy sounding when pushed, so maybe the ceramic version would be better to maximize the clang? Jennings Musical Industries (JMI), the company that founded Vox in Dartford, Kent, UK, started to investigate the. The history of the Royal Guardsman follows. It's arrival forced the tube UK made JMI Vox AC-50 out of the US market. Not as loud as a 10F150T (what I would use if trying to maximise the Princeton Reverb angle).Īnd they are very reasonably priced, the alnico and the ceramic Blue Pup are almost the same price. The solid-state Vox Royal Guardsman guitar amplifier was produced by Thomas Organ in the US from 1966 through 1970. I don't have any figures on their efficiency but they seem pretty loud at 15 watts. With NFB they are a bit tamer, but still compress more than a ceramic magnet - they do push the Voxyness more than say a 10F150 would. The new Vox amps built by Thomas Organ would be transistorized. I think they sound great, especially with no negative feedback so the speaker is free to do it's thing without any damping. I've used a Weber Blue Pup alnico for a couple of EL84 amps. I like the sound in this comparison, and the efficiency (over 100dB) is appealing. The WGS Retro 10 seems like a potential contender. Maybe a Blue Pup? I don't have the budget for some massive alnico thing, and the amp is relatively shallow. If I go the modern route I'm a little stymied by the options. If I had the money to do both I'd likely nab the Bulldog just to have it and put in something modern and more efficient, but. These amps have gone up in value considerably, so the idea of returning it to an original condition is appealing, but I also want to use the thing. This amp has some American flavor to the sound (it was Thomas Organ-era Vox's attempt to compete with the Princeton Reverb), but I'd like to maximize its Voxyness.Īs it happens a local shop has a 10" Bulldog from this era kicking around. I think it just needs the caps done, and I'm going to have the tech install a 3 prong cord and do whatever else is needed to get it back up and running.Ī previous owner installed some meh Pyle 10" in place of the original speaker which I'd like to have the tech replace while they're in there. I believe mine is a 1966 as it has a black control panel. I have a Thomas Organ-era tube Cambridge Reverb. Here is a 1960s Vox Thomas Organ Royal Guardsman with a fresh recap playing through 2 Vox Wharfedale Speakers in a Royal Guardsman cabinet.
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