Clark Piedmont with ceramic mic

[bareknuckles2u]

This is sooooooooo damn good!

[cjsach]

Great video. You do us harp nerds proud...sniff...

[Ev630]

1 dislike? Man, Thomas Fiacco just dogs me 'round...

[vibrolux56]

Drew, Is that Clark's standard build, as for a guitar amp, or is it tweaked for harp? I love my Clark, the best tweed clones around to my ears. James

[Ev630]

@vibrolux56

This is a standard Piedmont. The only thing ina sense different is I went for the Weber P10R's (copies of mid 50s Jensens), whereas guitarists tend to prefer the P10Qs and other speakers. The P10Rs are more ratty and lo-fi, and great for harp - but I am confident this speaker would be great for harp regardless of what speakers were used - AlNiCo, Ceramic, mid 50s, early 60s...

Season's greetings!

[Ev630]

@Ev630

Many thanks for the hat tip. :)

[Ev630]

@Ev630

Many thanks for the hat tip. :)

[Ev630]

James - meant I am confident "this amp" would be great for harp (and guitar) regardless of speaker choice.

Which Clark do you have?

[vibrolux56]

I have a Peidmont, with a couple of small tweaks. Love it, will never part with it, and Micheal and Jonas were wonderful to deal with. Listening to yours, It seemed there were some slight differences, and it got me curious. It does sound great, and so does mine. thanks, james

[Ev630]

Well it had the attenuator on...

And I was using a ceramic element in a JT30 shell, which isn't as hot as my CRs...

Maybe those factors had an impact? What are the mods on yours?

[Ev630]

James - responded to your email.

cheers

Drew

[strawwoodclaw]

How many Clark amps have you got?

They look/sound like great amps - Is this your favourite amp you have found for your Blues Harpin'

[Ev630]

I own two Clarks, the Piedmont (Bassman) and the Penrose (Pro). I dig them both and will NEVER sell them.

The Pro is great for small/medium gigs. The Bassman is great for medium/large gigs.

One of these days I may also get a Clark Lil' Bit LTD.

[strawwoodclaw]

Do you use them both for Blues Harp or guitar.

You should put a video of the Bassman type amp on you tube or is that the one with the 15" speaker. I like 15" speakers for Harp amp they sound excellent & are lighter than 4x10. i have just bought a 4x10 SJR i pick it up this weekend

[Ev630]

I may get an SJ 410 super Sonny one day. There's a clip of Sugar Ray doing Rocker on Youtube and it sounds fantastic.

[strawwoodclaw]

i just realised it is the piedmont in this clip. is that a copy of the old Bassmans before they went 4x10

[Ev630]

This clip is a 4x10 Bassman style amp. I have other clips of the 15. Search for Clark Amplification Pro.

[Ev630]

To add: the other amps you can see are a Retrosound Super I owned and since sold and a Retrosound Princeton.

I sold the Super because the amp is similar to the Pro, but I just enjoy the throaty bass of the Pro a little better. The 15 inch speaker has a great vibe.

[suonoblues]

Big Walter sound!!!!!!  Great Ev630!! Ciao! Paco

[Ev630]

:)

Thanks Paco!

[Ev630]

Just a note to add this is straight into Normal 1, with no channel jumpering.

[bluesjuke]

I saw it when you first posted about it but I figured you already have put a lot of hours on it!

[Ev630]

If I didn't have a job and kids to drive to soccer games, I might spend all day playing this thang...

[jayscott49]

if you have a job and kids to drive to soccer games, you deserve this thang! Dad's gotta live too! i speak from experience...

[Ev630]

Whoo-hoo! Soccer season is over! What's that, honey? Winter is over? Spring is here? I have to what? I have to mow the lawns every Saturday morning again? What? No, no, I wasn't playing "that amp" again.

[jayscott49]

'No, honey, that wasn't me, that was Little Walter!'

[bigdennism]

Can I borrow it for the rest of my life? Sounds great. d

[Ev630]

Thanks D. :)

[bluesjuke]

Man that Piedmont is sounding good.

I'll bet it's well broken in already!

[Ev630]

Thanks man. I've had it a week and it sounded like this out of the box.