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Hackmaster said:
Old amps are cool.
Here's a few of the oddballs I've had over the years.

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Found this old 1949 National on Craigslist. Pretty sure it was made by Valco in Chicago.
All it needed was a new leather handle.



This 1950 ish Magnatone had a way cool grille cloth back in the day.
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But it had deteriorated so much the speaker was bound up to the point that it would buzz from all the fuzz.
So I replaced it with more modern material.
It was also covered in spiffy mother of toilet seat material. Pretty sure it came with a matching lap steel when new.
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But the original was saved for posterity.

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Mid to late 60's Univox U45B. Don't even remember what happened to this one.
Must have gotten traded for something.


I go thru amps like I go thru beer.
Or does the beer go thru me?
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Very nice Dave. Many great tones coming from those antiques I bet.
 
BFT Gibson said:
really have taken to 6v6 amps . the older smaller ones, that OD so sweet. just set em on table & crank em up.
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I dig em too. I'll always have at least one 6V6 amp.
Right now I happen to have two.
I converted my 18 watt Marshall kit from Trinity from EL84's to 6V6's with a little help from my buddy that builds Hurricane amps..
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Then a year later Trinity offers it as an option. Day late & a dollar short.
 
my new 6v6....it is so creamy..into jensen's, it moves eq to american side a lil,like to play what i call sitting on porch..delta...got that slide technique closer every day..but been using a glass from our kitchen..lol...no real slide...also without slide is real interesting..but slide with your fingers..tiny snippets in some of my music ..but under gain..so its subtle3203a.jpg use it into j
 
One of my favorite relics is Operadio Amplifiers, which were I suppose the first piggyback amps built by Ducane.

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Who do you think visualized and commissioned the first portable tube PA amplifiers?
That credit goes to Knute Rockne. ("American football's most-renowned coach")
He called these portable tube amps "my electric voice," and this name became: "Electovoice." True story.
 
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Session 5 said:
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I had one of these VT-22's for a few years. The Rolling Stones "Exile On Main Street" amp. 120+ watts. The King of Beasts. 4x 7027A power tubes. Spaciest reverb I've ever heard. 2x 12" Electrovoice SRO's with those coffee cans to cover the alnico magnets. 113 lbs...!
 
syscokid said:
I had one of these VT-22's for a few years. The Rolling Stones "Exile On Main Street" amp. 120+ watts. The King of Beasts. 4x 7027A power tubes. Spaciest reverb I've ever heard. 2x 12" Electrovoice SRO's with those coffee cans to cover the alnico magnets. 113 lbs...!
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oh man..would love to try one of those.....
 
Plex
67plexi said:
I had a 1973 Ampeg 2 x 12" combo 120 watt around 90 pounds my second guitar amp my first new amp.

I have a Mesa 150 watt amp for repair been searching for information on it found this I think it covers most amps in this thread.

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good link Plex, thats wild..what is that 150 watt mesa ? is it 6 6l6's?...not so good at the tech side but soak in as much as i can as a player on that eternal tone search..i sure do hear how certain things really do hone toan in..very fortunate to have 2 friends..1 fender & 1 marshall that combiuned been servicing & bulding amps of 75 years...i explain what you guys teach in these sites & then tell it to them..they.. go ok...we can do that..and when i listen to some of you guys that take the time to help..the mods always come out right..if i was younger & not so busy...amp building would of been a definite area i would of wanted to learn.
 
67plexi said:
I had a 1973 Ampeg 2 x 12" combo 120 watt around 90 pounds my second guitar amp my first new amp.
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Yeah, the 90 lbs was with the stock speakers. Each of those EV SRO speakers, which I guess was the "thing to do" in the 70's, were over 12 lbs heavier than each of the stock speakers.
 
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