I picked up a well used Music Master cheap on ebay and
decided to improve this under-rated practice amp from the ‘70s.
Although originally sold as a Bass amp it has built a small
following of guitarists who tweak it for use as a guitar amp. Versatility is not this amps thing – just 12
watts of 6v6 powered tubey goodness.
It’s a simple amp design – a bit like a Champ but with a 12”
speaker.
The standard mods are well documented here. Essentially to tweak the Volume/Tone circuit
to mimic a Fender Harvard, the coupling
capacitors to fatten the tone, and replace the original crappy speaker.
The amp that I bought came all original, including valves,
so I also replaced them with TungSol 6v6s.
Sprague Atoms - expensive but good.
Speaker was replaced with Jensen P12Q Alnico.
I have not got round to recording a demo yet, but you can hear a stock model on youtube with single coils.. sweet bedroom amp.
Great sounding amp!
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