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Offline fender_bender

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What is the difference between the solarus and sceptre heads?
« on: November 22, 2008, 11:01:08 am »
They appear to have the same features, and I'm pretty sure both had kt88/6550 tubes. The knob configuration seem exact on the face of the amps too. My reference btw is the sunn amp museum page http://sunn.ampage.org/site/museum/

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Re: What is the difference between the solarus and sceptre heads?
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2008, 11:17:32 am »
  Hi there,I've got a 68 or 69 Solarus that has EL 34's,(6CA7's).It's rated at 40 wrms,not 60 like the ones with KT 88's/6550's.It also has smaller transformers and no mid boost control,but I think everything else is the same.Either way they're both great heads,good luck,Mel.

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Re: What is the difference between the solarus and sceptre heads?
« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2008, 08:14:36 pm »
In 69 all the guitar heads had midboost. There should be a small piece of paper on the inside of the head box on the left side as viewed from the back with the amp's name and the tube layout.

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Re: What is the difference between the solarus and sceptre heads?
« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2008, 11:22:03 am »
They appear to have the same features, and I'm pretty sure both had kt88/6550 tubes. The knob configuration seem exact on the face of the amps too. My reference btw is the sunn amp museum page http://sunn.ampage.org/site/museum/

They are the same. The differences were the nameplate and the speaker that came with the head.
Isaac