Name: Steve Kennedy
Email: steve@pacair.com
Subject: 2100-65
Thread: 19
Time: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 00:31:46 UTC
The 65 head should be very similar to your 210-65 all things being equal. Of course it lacks the Tremelo & Reverb as you pointed out, but there are other potential differences to look for.
Do they use the same type of output tubes? The original 6CA7 output tubes have usually (but not always) been replaced by EL34 types because of availability.
Another difference you may find is related to the external speaker jack. Some of the heads have the two jacks wired in series, some in parallel. This is also true of the twin-speaker combo amps.
Look at the wording around these jacks to determine whether they are in series or parallel and compare the amps in this respect.
Another potential difference will be due to the age of the amp (primarily). Do either one have the tube phase-splitter (a 12AX7 in addition to the output tubes? The ones that do sound slightly different (but noticeably so) than the later models with the solid-state phase splitter.
Steve