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Here's my B-15S, I love the tone I get from it.

That looks pretty mint.
The "S" designation was more wattage I believe than the B-15N??

The head appears wider to me than I remember my B-15N (early 70's IIRC) or other B-15's I've seen.

THe Reissues would cut it, but the original models would have a hard time cutting through the mix today-
OTOH, if you have a home studio, or can play at low-level volume you're good.

This MAY be of note to some; (hey, hate to go "off-track" but.. )

I "endured" rehearsals for a month- 6 days a week- 4 hours a day- with a Project out of Louisiana wherein the performer took his all-original, every tune must be played as written, note-for-note, VERY seriously. Very.
We rehearsed at extreme low volume- the drummer using what's known as a "cocktail" set- small bass drum, hi-hat, snare and crash cymbal only- and this guys was amazing, a superb drummer, a veteran of James Brown among others...He told me stories of what James Brown expected of HIS rhythm section....Scary!
The Guitarist/Vocalists volume was way low, he sang w/out mike- I played at an extremely low volume as well, the B-15 could easily have handled it-
We absolutely nailed the material, more pertinent to me, as they had and have been together almost 20 years, and-
When we took it on the road, we were note-for-note section-for section absolutely perfect and THEN...

We OPENED IT UP, played at good, strong volume and blew audiences away. Literally.
That's how it's done, and frankly, I've had trouble with many projects and players imparting this kind of discipline and regimen to make the music perfect. 'Course I'm dealing with a lot of wanna-be's and posers from El-Lay at times and NOT
some serious 'mothers from Down South where it all began roots-wise.
When I work my engagements, that is how I've learned to comport the players I employ, and utilize the regimen I learned. It works. Just sayin'

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This one is a 1973 and is standard, It's rated at a conservative 60 watts, it's just came back from a complete re-cap, and I had a Speakon socket added to it.

The newer "R" models can run in either 100w or 50w modes.

An interesting side note on the B-15, they have a protection circuit built into them that puts the amp into standyby mode if the speaker is disconnected or becomes detached.

If you look inside the back of the cabinet you'll see that the XLR has two pins cross connected, this runs back to amp and provides the protection, nice idea!!

Hmmm..wonder what the S designates- I'm pretty certain that the N version I had was also 60 watts.

I saw a very good condition and amazing sounding SB-12, THEY have a mic connector between head and speaker cab.
WIld!

Yup,
It's a fixed 4-core cable with an XLR female on the end, I replaced mine with a 4-way Speakon to do the same job.

Elnjaybass wrote:What happened with the MOOG owner's club??
So-
You WON't sell me your B-15 rig then???

Sorry for the delayed reply!

The offers I received on my Alembic and 72 Rick left me too short of cash to make my Moog Dreams a reality.

I'd be nuts to actually sell my 72 Rick anyway!

After all, I do have a keyboard player who's said he'd play Rush with me. (Let him buy the Moog stuff! Right? )

I already have a Crazy Rush Freak Guitarist linded up.

And I'm going over to a new Drummer Friend's house this afternoon to jam with him for the first time.
His favorite band is RUSH!

As to the B-15 Stack! Are you cashing in your 401K?

Glad you still have the wonderful '72.

I use new stuff in our Rush tribute band, and the drummer samples a lot of stuff. It would be nice to have all that Moog stuff, but man it ain't cheap. I loves me my PK5's though.

The practice place we play at has an Ampeg stack. It sounds great for the Rush stuff, but man, I'd hate to haul that kind of a load to every gig....

s4001 wrote:Glad you still have the wonderful '72.

I use new stuff in our Rush tribute band, and the drummer samples a lot of stuff. It would be nice to have all that Moog stuff, but man it ain't cheap. I loves me my PK5's though.

The practice place we play at has an Ampeg stack. It sounds great for the Rush stuff, but man, I'd hate to haul that kind of a load to every gig....

Hey Scott,

Ya, It's not going anywhere!

That all sounds great!

I'm sure glad I have two 15's instead of an 8-10! And I can still carry my head separately from the cabinet. It helps!

It's good getting to talk to you again!

Take it easy, I have to go play now! (Drummer's waiting!)

Garret