Hello Tom!
On 11 Apr 98, Tom Scioscia wrote to Rich Lockyer:
 TS>        I think you're right... I think that 12" is why I like the BJ so
 TS> much better. Just a bit more meat.
If you want meat, try it through a Carvin 4x10.  Mine grows HUGE balls when I 
plug it into mine.  It's got the Carvin VL-10 speakers, but is made from oak 
instead of birch ply, it's the same dimensions on the face, but mine is about 
an inch or two deeper.  Partial open back, like Carvin's.
 TS> But, other than the control circuitry,
 TS> aren't they the same amp electronicly?
Basically... though the BJ does have the fat switch, which activates an FET 
on the cathode of the first triode to increase the gain slightly, however, 
even though the two amps have identical power sections and basically the same 
preamp, the tone stack does have a major effect on both the tone and the 
gain. I built that little 30mw tube practice amp, and it could not be heard 
with a tone stack in place... an extra driver stage would have been needed to 
make up for the signal loss.
C-ya! Rich
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