Texosound Bernie

Kerouac

weird musical dildo
Seems to come in two models, the Custom and the Colin Cripps (Big Wreck, Kathleen Edwards, Ryan Adams, Wailing Jennys) model.

Custom specs:

•Bernie amp approx. 20 Watts
•Two EL84 Output, EZ81 Rectifier, (2) ECC83 Preamp Tubes
•Custom “Bernie” has larger filter caps & is less bright "No bright cap" & little more clean headroom then CC amp.
•Custom made N/C Aluminium Chassis & plexi panel
•All hand-wired PTP circuit board & silver Teflon wire
•Each component selected for its quality, tone and construction
•All Caps used are NOS Philips Mustard & Paper in oil Military Spec.
•Custom designed & hand-made Heyboer Power and Output Transformers.
•Smooth cover option: Passport Blue, Gray or British Racing Green.


The "Cripps" edition:

•Bernie amp approx. 15 Watts
•Two EL84 Output, EZ81 Rectifier, (2) ECC83 Preamp Tubes
•Hand made Power and Output Transformers.
•Custom made N/C Aluminum Chassis & plexi panel
•All hand-wired PTP circuit board like the originals
•Each component selected for its authenticity, tone and construction
•All Caps used are Paper in oil mil. Spec. & Allen Bradley Carbon comp resistors.
•Speaker 1x10” Celestion V10 / Cab size 18”x 16”x9"
•Covering in blood red rexine cloth. (only)

Some clips:





A few more clips here: http://www.texamps.com/colin_cripps.php

This one would look mighty fine with the McFeely and the Tweedy :love:

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THAT, my friend, is sex in a plywood box, so to speak.
And ...I am afraid I will now have to "kill" you because I can't buy another amp even though the blue one is the sexiest thing I have ever seen..
 
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Ahh. He was playing some kind of small head with a 1x12 cab last night. It sounded killer, even better when Scott McCaughey played through it. Scott's tone was unreal.

It was probably a Schroeder, like the ones that Nels and John play.
 
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