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Walter Woods Amps

Started by funkyjazzjunky, November 10, 2010, 11:40:37 AM

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funkyjazzjunky

Anyone remember these?  Now that I am playing double bass again, I want to buy one but they do not seem to have a web-site; wonder if they are still in business.

hgregs

you can get them used, and from what i have heard, walter still makes them (but with very long lead times - if you can even figure out how to reach the guy).
 
but they come up on talkbass quite often. here's one http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=710399&highlight=walter


bigredbass

fjj, Will Gunn may have some insight about these . . . .
 
J o e y

JimmyJ

Still using mine whenever I play around town.  More info here:
http://www.doublebassguide.com/?p=144
Jimmy J

pace

I bought one about a year ago off of a club member....  
 
AWESOME little amp.  
 
Uprights aside, WW's are also a great amp for summing the stereo signal of your Series instrument!

funkyjazzjunky

If Jimmy Johnson uses a WW amp, I have to get one.  Thank you for the link.  Woods does not have a web-site but I got a phone #.

JimmyJ

Here's my old 400w model.  I only share this with you, my close friends, because you will understand and enjoy the special modification I coerced Walter into doing.  (He swore never again so even I know it's a one-off.)  
This is a mighty handy amp!
Jimmy J

David Houck


artswork99


pace

that is a very beautiful conception.....

edwin

So, I take it each pickup has its own EQ section? I bet I could do something similar with the D-TAR Solstice preamp into a power amp. Hm, this is giving me ideas!
 
Very cool setup!

terryc

JimmyJ..I guess the mod is the 5 pin XLR jack plus the phase & mix switches.
I love the simplicity of such amps, I went back to rotaries after years of confusion with 12 band graphic EQ's, pre sets and God Know's whatelse

JimmyJ

Yes, Walter tapped off +/- 15 volts already in the amp to power the bass.   Channel-1 is the neck pickup, channel-2 the bridge pickup.  The 1/4 jacks are TRS so they can be used as insert points between the bass and amp, or just as normal inputs with a mono 1/4 cable.  It's a switching amp and so may not be the quietest, most hi-fi rig, but I've found it tremendously handy in many situations.  Easy to carry too!
Jimmy J

terryc

Well I think it looks funky and it suits your needs which is the most important part.
As I said about the graphic eq's, I bought a 300W Ashdown combo, bass, mid & treble rotaries although there are two extra frequency controls and sub harmonic(sort of subtle octivider) but a lot less than the amps I had in the past.
I once had a 22 band graphic EQ, why I had it I don't know, it was tone overkill really.