THD Yellow Jackets

David Ward · Post by **David Ward** » 8 Dec 2001 11:48 am

I play (at) a Carter S-10 through a Twin Reverb. I really like the warm sound of a slightly overdriven tube amp, but doing that with a Twin in the basement is not practical.

Has anyone tried the THD Yellow Jackets with a Twin, and to what results?

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Bob Hoffnar · Post by **Bob Hoffnar** » 9 Dec 2001 2:39 am

I have heard great things about the yellow jackets. You might want to look into the THD "Hotplate" for what you are describing.

Bob

Jon Light (deceased) · Post by **Jon Light (deceased)** » 9 Dec 2001 7:37 am

I read a lot of the tube amp boards and have only that to go on--I've wondered about these too. There is a surprising lack of reporting on the Yellow Jackets. I would expect them to cause a major stir. Just about all the negative reports seem to come from an orthodoxy that can't cope with the possibility that such an idea could work. But the positive reviews tend to be vague.

To the best of my understanding you would need 4. The volume reduction of only using 2 would be minor and I don't think it's recommended to pull a pair of your 6L6's. But also consider that whatever tube you converted to, running it to the sweet spot is still gonna be loud. Hence Bob's idea is a good one. There's really no other way to drive the tubes right and to reduce the output significantly.
Actually, the one other option is an enclosure--a big box to put the amp in. There are some commercially available.

Dan Tyack · Post by **Dan Tyack** » 12 Dec 2001 6:55 pm

Get a Hot Plate to get the sound of your twin on 4-5 at a reasonable volume. The Yellow Jackets are great! But they are mainly used to get a vox like sound out of a fender type amp. There is a volume drop, but that is incidental. You would probably still be too loud for late night playing.

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Greg Simmons · Post by **Greg Simmons** » 12 Dec 2001 8:28 pm

David, like Dan says

I see you're in B.C., so I suggest you give Ray Champagne a call here in Alberta @ 780-963-0320. He may even have some Hotplates in stock, and bonus is Alberta has no provincial sales tax.

Ray knows his stuff when it comes to tube amps etc., he actually studied some under Andy Marshall (the THD guy).

Ray's website is http://www.rebelsound.org

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