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Title: Walter Woods Amps
Post by: funkyjazzjunky on November 10, 2010, 11:40:37 AM: Anyone remember these? Now that I am playing double bass again, I want to buy one but they do not seem to have a web-site; wonder if they are still in business.
Title: Walter Woods Amps
Post by: hgregs on November 10, 2010, 12:15:29 PM: you can get them used, and from what i have heard, walter still makes them (but with very long lead times - if you can even figure out how to reach the guy).

but they come up on talkbass quite often. here's one http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=710399&highlight=walter (http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=710399&highlight=walter)
Title: Walter Woods Amps
Post by: hgregs on November 10, 2010, 12:16:44 PM: and another http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=667039&highlight=walter (http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=667039&highlight=walter)
Title: Walter Woods Amps
Post by: bigredbass on November 10, 2010, 11:20:06 PM: fjj, Will Gunn may have some insight about these . . . .

J o e y
Title: Walter Woods Amps
Post by: JimmyJ on November 11, 2010, 12:56:36 AM: Still using mine whenever I play around town. More info here:
http://www.doublebassguide.com/?p=144 (http://www.doublebassguide.com/?p=144)
Jimmy J
Title: Walter Woods Amps
Post by: pace on November 11, 2010, 05:47:26 AM: I bought one about a year ago off of a club member....

AWESOME little amp.

Uprights aside, WW's are also a great amp for summing the stereo signal of your Series instrument!
Title: Walter Woods Amps
Post by: funkyjazzjunky on November 12, 2010, 07:24:12 AM: If Jimmy Johnson uses a WW amp, I have to get one. Thank you for the link. Woods does not have a web-site but I got a phone #.
Title: Walter Woods Amps
Post by: JimmyJ on November 12, 2010, 10:15:02 AM: Here's my old 400w model. I only share this with you, my close friends, because you will understand and enjoy the special modification I coerced Walter into doing. (He swore never again so even I know it's a one-off.)
This is a mighty handy amp!
Jimmy J
(http://club.alembicguitars.com/Images/449/89305.jpg)
Title: Walter Woods Amps
Post by: David Houck on November 12, 2010, 11:01:19 AM: Nice mod!
Title: Walter Woods Amps
Post by: artswork99 on November 12, 2010, 02:00:18 PM: Very cool!
Title: Walter Woods Amps
Post by: pace on November 12, 2010, 05:43:13 PM: that is a very beautiful conception.....
Title: Walter Woods Amps
Post by: edwin on November 14, 2010, 03:17:09 AM: So, I take it each pickup has its own EQ section? I bet I could do something similar with the D-TAR Solstice preamp into a power amp. Hm, this is giving me ideas!

Very cool setup!
Title: Walter Woods Amps
Post by: terryc on November 15, 2010, 02:00:27 PM: JimmyJ..I guess the mod is the 5 pin XLR jack plus the phase & mix switches.
I love the simplicity of such amps, I went back to rotaries after years of confusion with 12 band graphic EQ's, pre sets and God Know's whatelse
Title: Walter Woods Amps
Post by: JimmyJ on November 15, 2010, 05:58:39 PM: Yes, Walter tapped off +/- 15 volts already in the amp to power the bass. Channel-1 is the neck pickup, channel-2 the bridge pickup. The 1/4 jacks are TRS so they can be used as insert points between the bass and amp, or just as normal inputs with a mono 1/4 cable. It's a switching amp and so may not be the quietest, most hi-fi rig, but I've found it tremendously handy in many situations. Easy to carry too!
Jimmy J
Title: Walter Woods Amps
Post by: terryc on November 16, 2010, 02:08:10 PM: Well I think it looks funky and it suits your needs which is the most important part.
As I said about the graphic eq's, I bought a 300W Ashdown combo, bass, mid & treble rotaries although there are two extra frequency controls and sub harmonic(sort of subtle octivider) but a lot less than the amps I had in the past.
I once had a 22 band graphic EQ, why I had it I don't know, it was tone overkill really.