You can read the book - I have a pair of Sunn 1200S/Fender Bassman 1200 that got busted to fuck in shipping and I was able to get the schematics and service info for them right off Fender's old Sunn archive site. Also, I grew up where a few miles down a backroad and you were literally at the Tualatin Oregon site...when they were building them lol (born in '66)
UPDATE: the last known cache of the old fender support site that had LITERALLY EVERYTHING FROM LEGACY BRANDS on it happened at Jan 26 2021 according to the wayback machine. The pages are there, but all the PDF service docs and manuals are NOT cached, for obvious reasons (they're huge binaries and archive dot org isn't a file service) I am glad I got weird a while back and just started downloading everything I was interested in from the site. I've got a bunch of random service docs if anyone has sun stuff they want to fix but I am 50/50 that I have an actual schematic to an original Sunn Model T. It looks like FMIC made an infrastructure switch and whoever updated their site to the new system and site mapping completely left out legacy brands. You can get a tube count on the 1200S because that was the Fender Bassman Pro 1200, rev 1. There was a whole new line with some DNA in it, silver grating in the front instead of black panel. :-) Point being, if you have a legacy brand that migrated into an actual FMIC branded product, you might find some service data. Otherwise, that ship didn't sail, it was sunk to challenger deep...pruned, with no prejudice. Just dumped. That's a LOT of historic technology flushed down the ol /dev/null crapper
@@russellzauner Fender bought sunn in 1985 and did cabinets and heads and other stuff as it was in Hartzell era. Than it went to sleep in the early 90s. After that in 1997-1998 they decided to release the new heads and cabinets with Fender twist to it. So model T, 300T, 1200S, 412, 115 and 410 cabinets were introduced. Two years later T50C (50W Fender model T in combo and reverb) came to life and additional 112 cabinet. And then in 2002 after only 4 years of doing something to the brand, Fender killed it for good. *more deleted because*
Yeah, I really don't understand why they haven't cashed in on sunn in recent years. Despite fender amps being built like crap nowadays, I'd likely buy one.
What a monster! Wino from The Obsessed/Spirit Caravan/about a million other bands is one of my all time favourite guitarists so the Model T sound is one really close to my heart. Sounds like JPTR FX absolutely nailed it!
yeah but Wino completely modified his model T. Svetlana 6550 power tubes and EHX preamp tubes. Jug Fulla Sun has the most natural sounding fuzz I've ever heard. Ascending tone.
God I wish someone would do a proper plugin version of this. The Model T and its clones are cartoonishly expensive, not that I would really be able to use one in my apartment to begin with.
Ned Clayton makes a 5w version that ties in pre and power tubes in the line out. Look up Hex Micro T or rectangular Micro T. Pretty amazing little amp especially if you need something for practice/recording but also want to run it out to a larger power amp for live situations.
I know "less volume" isn't really a JPTR FX thing, but I think a half-power switch or something like the headroom/bedroom switch that Orange does, would be cool. I have a feeling that i could never run this in my flat.
@@LosTroopos half power would be like 75 watts which is basically a twin almost lmao, I actually doubt there would be much difference in the volume level. But I wish there was a way as well
Great video dude! Thanks for doing my man Chris Jupiter @JPTR FX a solid with a killer demo. I love that guy. He’s one of the coolest dudes in the business. And by the way, great track and great solo! Much different sounding from what I’m used to hear in on your channel.
I really love the enthusisam in that video! And hey, Fluff, love how you still rock the standing playing as in your old videos. 10timescooler than most other youtube guitar performers in a gaming chair. Keep it up!
Wow......Sunn Lives......Love the Gibson RD Artist also. Know a friend who had three of them. Great guitars. Wonder how this amp sounds with a Bass guitar.
Oh man! I've been waiting on you to release the demo of this amp since Jupiter's teaser photo's. The Model T is possibly one of my favorite amps of the Stoner/Doom genre, and Chris is such a super cool guy. Holy Cow! Most impressive indeed. Currently waaay out of my personal gear budget, but openly pondering what donating a kidney could fetch on the Dark Web?! Awesome demo as always Fluff, and I especially appreciate you going over as many of it's practical applications. You definitely did Chris an honest and well deserved praise with this one. Very freakin' cool.
Finally someone to put the loop jacks on the front! Just don't understand why send is left and return is right when fx pedals have their input jacks right and their output jacks left.
could also depend on which way you face your pedal. do you leave it at the edge of the stage near the mics facing the stage, or do you flip it backwards and leave it at the foot of the cabinet facing the crowd. .
Hey Fluff could you make another video of this amp showing off its own overdrive? I know your not really a doom guy but maybe a sludgy riff thrown in for good measure?
Several years ago, a friend of mine partnered up with a legit amp builder in the hopes of purchasing Sunn from Fender. They used my old raggedy Model T (which had actually previously been owned by Clutch and used on the Robot Hive/Exodus album:) and schematics to make a 50 watt prototype to present to Fender (as per their requirements). Fender approved of the design and it all boiled down to money.....waaaaaay too much money. RIP Sunn :((ooo)))))))
Fluff I feel the like you mentioned a Rat just for me. I really want to get my hands on one of these to try. I’d love to pair it with my Matamp and get loud.
I see that there’s a line out on the back. Does that mean this amp is capable of direct recording? Also, you should look into the Jessup Amps. A lot of different Model T clones for cheaper than this.
@@nothingislogical nono all good there are reasons why stuff is a different price range and a Jessup amp can literally kill you or burn your house down
Start with your legs shoulder width apart, have the amp in between, clean and jerk, and you got it, once its in the air above your head start running to the drop off location and ... ya you cant really drop it... sorry i didnt think this all the way through. Oh I know - have a gym mat ready there, clean and jerk and run and drop. Clean and jerk and run and drop, clean and jerk and run and drop, get a good rhythm and you got that amp moved no problems.
How heavy is this? I got laney vh100r and compared to marshalls, it's a freaking concrete block. I think 30 kg head. It definitely doesn't that huge of a transformer as you can see inside that box.
