Possibly N(old)AD.

Handed the amp in at my local music store a few weeks back, and got it back last Monday. WOW! The "tone sucking network" was fixed; a new capacitor was put in its place, and now the treble is at a nice level. The amp is oozing tone. I also had them install a grounded power cable, they fixed some hum problems and swapped some more old caps. All in all, the amp is pretty much like new. I absolutely love it. Not a lot of headroom, but plenty loud for playing at home. Very nice breakup, quite simply a very nice little amp. My first ever proper vintage piece of equipment, and I'm very happy with the find. Posting some pics again, since the earlier ones got lost.
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For anyone who might be interested: I just found a stamp on the inside of the cabinet saying "Inspected 8. Dec. 1964. Badger Wood Products, (indecipherable), Wisconsin". I guess this is a quality control stamp from the wood supplier. I also guess this means the amp was made sometime very late 1964 or early 1965. The look of the Gibson Skylark changed at some point in 1965, but I suppose it didn't happen exactly at the start of the year, so mine might very well be a '65. Either way, the little amp sounds killer, and that's all that really matters.:dood:
 
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While this really is completely irrelevant, I can't leave the idea of finding out the correct year this amp was produced. Just took two pictures of the speaker codes at the back of the amp and a stamp on the wood inside the cabinet.

Am I right in assuming this is a speaker made by CTS (EIA code 137) made in the 48th week of 1963?

As mentioned in an earlier post, the stamp on the wood says December 8. 1964. Does this mean that the cabinet itself was assembled by Badger Wood Productions and then shipped to Gibson, or is it just a stamp Badger put on the materials before shipping it to gibson?

The "big" question then is of course wether the amp itself was assembled in 1964 or in 1965? I know that the look of the Skylark changed in 1965 (see last picture), but would these changes follow the calendar, or just happen whenever production was ready for it?
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That is a beautifully preserved piece of gear. The fact that it rocks makes it quite impressive. Take good care of that one!
 
syscokid said:
Yes

And the amp is definitely a 1964. Quit loosing sleep over it... :rolf:

Ok... Maybe it's a 1964.83... :run:
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Haha, no sleep lost, jus a slight attack of OCD.:D

RVA said:
That is a beautifully preserved piece of gear. The fact that it rocks makes it quite impressive. Take good care of that one!
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I'm going to treat it like my baby. It got a complete overhaul when I handed it in for repairs. The guys at the music store are really cool and know their stuff when it comes to repairs. The guy who did the work loved looking at a vintage amp; they are not that common here, especially not Gibsons. However, there is actually a 1957 version of this amp for sale here at the moment. Twice the price of what I paid for the one I have, but I am soooo tempted! I reckon I'll let it pass, though. Now, if I could get my hands on a GA-40 or something similar (15 watts ore thereabouts), I would seriously consider sinking some money into it. Old Gibson amps are just oozing blues tone.

I love this one so much I don't play the Vox AC4 at the moment. I almost feel bad about it, because I love the litte blue Vox too...
 
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Cool old amp.
If it at all matters to you Gahr, that town in Wisconsin where the cabinet was made is Racine.
A little burgh located south of Milwaukee.
 
syscokid said:
And the amp is definitely a 1964.
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Migjht be a 1984/1994 replica from Taiwan - they are very good at replicas nowadays... o_O

Seriously though, that's a lovely amp and some great guitars well suited to play with it too. Enjoy!
 
OK so now I am going to have to dig in my closet of goodies and drag out MY ole Gibson amp to show off.
 
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