Supertremolo and Superlead

[Ducciozep]

Hello.
I'm new! I'm From Firenze, Italy.
Thanks for accepting me.
I'm a Zep fan as youcan see by the nick....
I'd like to know your opinion about difference between Super Lead and Super tremolo.
I'm going to buy a 1969 Super Tremolo and I want to know if is good for Page sound
Thanks

 

[Torren61]

Great question! WHICH Page sound? The recordings? Which ones, early or later? The live sounds? TSRTS concert or HTWWW?

Check out this:



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[boola1]

Hello.
I'm new! I'm From Firenze, Italy.
Thanks for accepting me.
I'm a Zep fan as youcan see by the nick....
I'd like to know your opinion about difference between Super Lead and Super tremolo.
I'm going to buy a 1969 Super Tremolo and I want to know if is good for Page sound
Thanks

What year of Super Lead are you asking about?

The Super Tremolo tone circuit of 1969 is not the same as a a 1969 Super Lead. It's somewhere between a Super Lead and a Super Bass.

 

[South Park]

Don’t forget about the supro used on led zep one

 

[neikeel]

The trems come in two types. One is shared cathode (like the Buesbreaker trem amps) and split cathode. I am pretty sure I have seen both in the late 60s and early 70s. The split cathode will get you the tones you hear in the clips above. A 69 should be split?? The earlier shared are a bit thicker and typically less crisp c/w the split ones but of course can be modded if needs be. I guess it depends how much the one you are buying has been hacked about?

 

[Ducciozep]

Great question! WHICH Page sound? The recordings? Which ones, early or later? The live sounds? TSRTS concert or HTWWW?

Hello,Thanks for your kindly reply
The 73/75 sound. For the 69 sound I will get a supro. I already got the Dragoncaster.
Duccio

 

[Ducciozep]

What year of Super Lead are you asking about?

The Super Tremolo tone circuit of 1969 is not the same as a a 1969 Super Lead. It's somewhere between a Super Lead and a Super Bass.

Thats's sound good to me, because page used 2 Lead and 1 Bass on stage

 

[TAZIN]

The split-cathode Super Trem's have been around since the beginning of 1968

 

[Ducciozep]

The trems come in two types. One is shared cathode (like the Buesbreaker trem amps) and split cathode. I am pretty sure I have seen both in the late 60s and early 70s. The split cathode will get you the tones you hear in the clips above. A 69 should be split?? The earlier shared are a bit thicker and typically less crisp c/w the split ones but of course can be modded if needs be. I guess it depends how much the one you are buying has been hacked about?

 

[TAZIN]

Looks like a mid May 1969 build.

 

[Ducciozep]

Looks like a mid May 1969 build.

ST/A 1166A

 

[TAZIN]

ST/A 1166A

Yes, I seen the serial number in the photos. I also noticed the the paper build/inspection sheet is missing from the amp so I decided to offer a more precise build date compare to just '1969'.

 

[neikeel]

It is a new chassis and sockets and PT but the board, pots, OT and choke and panels look correct
Should sound pretty good.
Funky recover!

 

[Ducciozep]

It is a new chassis and sockets and PT but the board, pots, OT and choke and panels look correct
Should sound pretty good.
Funky recover!

The Chassy is repainted so I'll do a restoration to bring in origianal condition, with new tolex, piping and Logo. Could suggest me a good shop to find material for restoration?

 

[neikeel]

I meant the metal work chassis but yes the nearly correct levant is available from Marshall themselves or other ebay sellers like Solosound. The gold tadpole and gold string are more difficult. New tadpole is very pale (original is a deeper gold) and the gold string is a green/grey plastic so if you find any original under the recover try and save/reuse what you can.

 

[TAZIN]

It is a new chassis and sockets and PT but the board, pots, OT and choke and panels look correct
Should sound pretty good.
Funky recover!

The chassis maybe original just re-plated? It has all the correct holes along with spot welded folded corners...

 

[Seanxk]

The chassis maybe original just re-plated? It has all the correct holes along with spot welded folded corners...

Very possible, one can see the hacked out metal work from existing Bulgin shape, but do modern chassis replicas have a Bulgin circle hole and narrow screw footprint?.

 

[TAZIN]

Very possible, one can see the hacked out metal work from existing Bulgin shape, but do modern chassis replicas have a Bulgin circle hole and narrow screw footprint?.

Most aftermarket ones do not but the ones I've designed do.

 

[neikeel]

It is definitely not an original finish and the sockets and their wiring is all new, completely different patina to the rest of it.

 

[TAZIN]

It is definitely not an original finish and the sockets and their wiring is all new, completely different patina to the rest of it.

Agreed. Plus all the mounting hardware has been changed.