This is a vintage Scott 299B that has been rebuilt and modified to better than new status by Rick Warren with replacement and upgrade of all coupling caps with the more refined and transparent Russian Military grade film/foil capacitors. These are highly sought after caps and are used with the goal of retaining some of the vintage warmth while providing an open sonic picture into the recording without any rolloff or over-sweetening of the presentation

In addition, this Scott has gone through the much needed Selenium Rectifier replacement, something that is required on all vintage Scott amplifiers, the 299B included.

This unit has also had the Full BIAS Mod allowing adjustment of individual output tube BIAS giving more control and allowing the amplifier to operate closer to spec which results in more optimal operating points.

The Scott 299B is a much admired member of the Scott vintage series as it has quite robust output iron. In addition, as in all Scotts, the 299B employs tube rectification with a 5AR4, something that arguably allows the vintage amps to have a more liquid tone compared to modern counterparts, as solid state diode rectifiers can sometimes lend a more metallic cast to the presentation. Most modern tube offerings do go to SS rectification for COST reasons as it is cheaper to implement. Many of the most musically satisfying designs are now heading back to tube rectification, in both amps and preamps.


WHY VINTAGE TUBE AMPLIFICATION?

With so many tube amps coming out of the woodwork, one might ask WHY VINTAGE? Why mess with outdated designs with tone controls, filters, and 40 year old parts? The answer lies in the music. Quite simply, there is very little in the modern amp bracket at this cost that sounds as musical and lifelike, surely nothing solid state without getting into very high dollars, and even then, something of the tone and harmonic richness seems to be missing. Vintage tube amps brought up to spec convey the essence of the music with TRUE high fidelity in the best sense of the words as the music's emotion seems intact, something missing from some well-known current amplifiers.

NOTE: All pictures at right open to FULL SIZE

Scott 299B Options

• Russian Military Film/Foil Coupling Capacitors
• Replacement of Selenium Rectifier
• Line Stage Plate Resistors Replaced
• Full Bias Mod - Fixed Bias w/Instructions
• All resistors checked - out of spec replaced
• 4 Russian Military 7189/EL-84M
• 4 12AX7 (2 EH 12AX7LPS | 2 Sylvania )
• 2 JAN Philips NOS 6U8

Contact...........................kelly Holsten

Please email with any questions - This amplifier is owned and brought to spec/modified by Rick Warren.