Bearpaw Amps - Jim Barrett

[PlayItAll]

Hello all,

I just wanted to put out a good word for Jim Barrett and his Bearpaw amps. He built a small 16 watt tube head for me (reviewed here:
http://reviews.harmony-central.com/r...Watt+Head/10/1
) and I am really smitten with it.

I know many people here can make great amps, and I'm not trying to spam the threads, but dealing with Mr. Barrett has been a wonderful experience and I hoped to draw a little attention to him and his creations. He's a true gentleman.

Below is an attachment of the amp he made for me. It's built into a gutted Marshall Lead 12 cab. It's Class A, Single Ended, hand wired with a line out and those super neat-o old pointer knobs :-)

Here, you can see pics of some of his other stuff:

http://www.geocities.com/james.d.barrett@sbcglobal.net/

His prices are incredibly low, btw. I don't know if I could have bought all the parts for this thing for much less than he charged me.


Ed

[Bearpaw]

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[mooreamps]

You do some really nice work. Congrat's.


-g

[Bearpaw]

You do some really nice work. Congrat's.


-g

Thank you for the Kudos. If you think they look cool you ought to hear them!
Jim Barrett

[Bruce / Mission Amps]

Off topic

Thank you for the Kudos. If you think they look cool you ought to hear them!
Jim Barrett

How far are you from, say West Chicago St or Joy rd and west of Telegraph?
My dear old 87 year old mother use to be a school teacher over at Fisher Elem School.... just curious.

[Enzo]

Oh wow. Hi from Lansing.

I used to work at 5 and Telegraph... 25 years ago or so.

[Bruce / Mission Amps]

Oh wow. Hi from Lansing.

I used to work at 5 and Telegraph... 25 years ago or so.

That's crazy too, in the early and mid 70's I use to live on 6 mile right before Lasher/Grand River, down the street and around the corner from the cemetery off Telegraph Rd.... (you probably drove by it every day), . I played in most all the clubs around town in those days... I think we were the house band that closed the Chatterbox if you remember that one.

[Enzo]

Yep, up to Grand River and head west each night to go home.

Looks like Bearpaw is close to 8 and Grand River, so I went past him as well.

That's a good looking collection you have there.

[Prairie Dawg]

Yep, up to Grand River and head west each night to go home.

Looks like Bearpaw is close to 8 and Grand River, so I went past him as well.

That's a good looking collection you have there.

Back between 1984 and 1987 I lived in Schoolcraft, south of K'zoo and used to get up to Lansing regularly. I was a member of MARC at the time and knew some guys who followed radio up in the area.

[mark enger]

ya know bearpaw was building amps that blended el84 and 6v6 in the same amp long before anouther guy from mich started doing it, i wonder where bruce got his idea from, jim a great builder and a heck of a nice guy mark

[Bruce / Mission Amps]

Back between 1984 and 1987 I lived in Schoolcraft, south of K'zoo and used to get up to Lansing regularly. I was a member of MARC at the time and knew some guys who followed radio up in the area.

I think Enzo dabbled too but never licensed up... I'm KB0TJ

[mark enger]

I was refering to b egonator dy the way mark

[Prairie Dawg]

I think Enzo dabbled too but never licensed up... I'm KB0TJ

the farthest I got was a General Radiotelephone Operator's license, and that only to allow me t olegally switch black boxes in airplanes.

I was in the Michigan Antique Radio Club at the time and I knew the people who founded it. I was great friends with a fellow from Albion by the name of Everitt Lincoln.

[Bruce / Mission Amps]

I was refering to b egonator dy the way mark

I knew that Mark