maybe someone can answer my SUNN question

[carrotwound]

i am looking for an amp head that is 200 or 250 watts, i don't know too much about amps, but i know i like the way sunn sounds. what models should i be looking at. the sound i am looking for is LOUD, and i bit distorted.

thanks. dean

[Rajio]

Well, I play through a 1975 Sunn Concert Lead and it's 200 watts solid state. There's distortion on the amp which I believe is a field effects transistor. Cranked up it is one of the worst distortions I have ever heard, but when it's set on about 3-4 it makes a great dirty sound. This amp is loud too. I've seen them on eBay a lot lately. You might want to look at one of these.

[Hop]

You want LOUD - like kick you in the chest LOUD?  Go for the 300T.  I know its in the "new" Sunn category, but it really is a beauty to play through.  Its got a distortion channel, altough I don't have a need for it.

Hop

[coliseumboy]

Well i play out of a 71 Coliseum 880, that has distortion built in. It is rated at 350 watts or so, and peaks at 880. Great amp but good luck trying to find one.

[carrotwound]

coliseum 880 sounds like what i am looking for, anyone know anything about coliseum lead? is that less wattage than the 880?

oh, a tech question, when it says wattage (150 for ex.) and then it says RMS, what does that mean, beacause i have heard of getting amps at 150 to 300 or 350, how does that work?

[coliseumboy]

The coliseum lead has the same power just with more features. Their is one on EBAY right now.


Joel