martin8708 Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 (edited) [attachment=58625:impact___tent_028.jpg]I am testing the water to see if there is any interest in a 120 Watt all valve British made amp . Impact was started in 1963 and their factory was in Wardour Street above the '' famous '' Flamingo Club . They were taken over by Dallas-Arbiter and the amps that were built were modelled on the Sound City amps . This one has 6 EL 34 Valves and Partrige transformers ( same as Hiwatt amps ) with point to point wiring . I have been using this one for weekly practice with a few mates -no gigging , and apart from the odd pot noise and some hum when it is turned on , it has been producing nice thick slightly fuzzy bass tones with a old P-bass . There seems to be plenty of power and all the tone knobs work and it has never let me down . I am playing it through a homemade Cab of 100 year old pine fingure-jointed at the corners (from my door frame of a Victorian house ) and 70 year old Mahogany as the front panel with a 15" eminence 300watt speaker . I am selling as I just have too much bass stuff . She sure is ugly and quite heavey , so this aint no Marshall Plexi , but if you fancy some Pure Valve tone on a shoe string , please drop me a message . I live on the Isle of Wight , I can deliver to Lymington, Southhampton or Portsmouth in person . I dont think my local Post Office will send this due to the weight , I am already persona non grata due to my posting cumbersome guitars . Edited October 31, 2010 by martin8708 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umph Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 great amps. these are essentially soundcity 120's so sound the dogs dangleys with bass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parker_muse Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 How loud is this? I've always wanted a valve head. Ohms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pentode Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 [quote name='parker_muse' post='954641' date='Sep 13 2010, 12:49 PM']How loud is this? I've always wanted a valve head. Ohms?[/quote] If you're thinking of cranking one of these, you might want to ensure you have a clean pair of pants handy..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parker_muse Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Would a 4ohm cab kill it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubs Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Are you able to meet in Portsmouth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pentode Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 (edited) Nah! These are good for 4 ohms - just set the selector on the back. Edited September 13, 2010 by Pentode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parker_muse Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Then if it's about in a couple of weeks i'll take it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tut Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Bargain - free bump! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 all these nice low (ish) wattage valve amps appearing at once. What is a boy to do? If you figure out a way to ship this bad boy, please let me know! Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin8708 Posted September 13, 2010 Author Share Posted September 13, 2010 Hi there , thanks for the comments, the amp is loud enough to compete with a Mesa Boogie dual rectifier amp played by a guitarist with partial hearing loss and a drummer who likes to thrash his Pearl Export kit. I'm sure that if you had a proper Cab that the amp will blow your windows out , as I am only playing through a home made cab , and I am no sound engineer . It has 4 / 8 / 16 ohm selector on the back and a '' sensativity '' switch ( for sensative players ? ) As I am stuck in the middle of the Solent , I can transport the amp only as a foot passenger which is alot cheaper option . To bring Amp + cab across ,I will need to bring a car across the Solent as I am too weedy to carry both . If you are primerily interested in the amp only , I can deliver to Mainland ports for £200 including my travel . To bring both , I may ask for some extra cash to help fund some of the ticket cost. The one quality that struck me about the amp is '' headroom '' , I never really appreciated it or believed it existed until I played through this amp - it just seems to have it . Many Thanks again for looking . Martin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parker_muse Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 My sister goes to uni in southampton... so she could get it... if it's about when she's back down south i'll bite your arm off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parker_muse Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Stuff it, this is mine, you sir have a PM. I can't wait for this with a barefaced!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parker_muse Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 I've had to pull out of this Whoever gets this gets a bargain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parker_muse Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Ummm... this is mine again hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tut Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 PM incoming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parker_muse Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Tut it's all yours, i can't really honestly excuse a massive rig with the limited transport i have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tut Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Cool bananas! Think it's gonna be my son's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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