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Those pic's bring tears to my eyes you lucky dog. What a beautiful thing. BTW http://www.angela.com/ is a good place for quality replacement caps and vintage amp electronics.
Thanks for sharing the pics. Wow! Warm, aged, Jensen alnico magnet and driver. Holy crap! That's gotta sound delicious. Congrats!
Thanks for sharing the pics. Wow! Warm, aged, Jensen alnico magnet and driver. Holy crap! That's gotta sound delicious. Congrats!
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I've got a guy for parts and everything (shameless plug for him: http://store.marshamps.com ). I asked him about the 6SL7 preamp tubes and he said "I don't carry them yet. . ." and then proceeded to order some stock. He's pretty good like that!KennyLusk wrote:Those pic's bring tears to my eyes you lucky dog. What a beautiful thing. BTW http://www.angela.com/ is a good place for quality replacement caps and vintage amp electronics.
Thanks for sharing the pics. Wow! Warm, aged, Jensen alnico magnet and driver. Holy crap! That's gotta sound delicious. Congrats!
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but i live way too far away from you guys.
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looks very similar in style to the Gibson Maestro GA-45 I used to own. Look at this page, and scroll down to the Gibsons. they are coveted by blues harp players, and in fact I sold mine to one. Mine also was a great find. mother-in-law found it in the attic of a house she moved into along with a hollowbody Framus (335 style). Being and idiot, I sold them both after awhile to buy other gear. But hey, $h#% happens.
http://www.harmonicamasterclass.com/vintage_amps.htm
I think you have a GA40. Possibly someone refurbed it with some different colors.
http://www.harmonicamasterclass.com/vintage_amps.htm
I think you have a GA40. Possibly someone refurbed it with some different colors.
That looks a lot like the Gibson Lancer I have in my basement, the panel is an almost exact match with a different screen print. I'll betcha it was made by Gibson and sold as a package deal with the accordian.
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How's the Bassman Blonde? I used to have one of those- used it as a bass amp and ended up selling it to buy something louder. I was kicking myself as I did it. I bought it for $150 in 1983 and sold it for $170 in 1985. The TNT 130 I bought with that money is probably worth a whopping $175.
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How's the Bassman Blonde? I used to have one of those- used it as a bass amp and ended up selling it to buy something louder. I was kicking myself as I did it. I bought it for $150 in 1983 and sold it for $170 in 1985. The TNT 130 I bought with that money is probably worth a whopping $175.
not to worry, just keep tracking....
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The Bassman Blonde. . .all of my guitar gear has stories. . .this one isn't any different!!Randy wrote: BTW-
How's the Bassman Blonde? I used to have one of those- used it as a bass amp and ended up selling it to buy something louder. I was kicking myself as I did it. I bought it for $150 in 1983 and sold it for $170 in 1985. The TNT 130 I bought with that money is probably worth a whopping $175.
It's not ACTUALLY a BLONDE! I bought this 1967 Bassman head a dew years back on ebay. 1967 Was the last blackface year and TRANSITIONED into the silverface. Some books even say the silverfaces started in 68. . .anyhow. . .this one had silverface cosmetics and blackface circuitry! When I gave it to my amp guy to recap, I had him make a new headcab for it, covered in rough blonde, with an oxblood grillcloth! (i didn't want him to recover the old one being an EARLY silverface in such great condition) The faceplate is actually HAND painted because the brownface bassman didn't have switches. . .
So. . .if you're still interested in how it sounds. . .it sounds AWESOME. it breaks up so sweet! Around 6 with humbuckers is the hottest overdrive i've ever heard. Unfortunately, it also knocks glasses off the wine rack in the other room! That's why I got that 18 watt marshall that's in the same picture. It's a sweet amp. PM me if you want more info on the bassman. I could go on for hours!
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I think i've narrowed it down. It's either 1) an ampeg built OEM style for another brand (or a store) or 2) an ampeg copy built by the store that sold it. Everything down to the knob panel is identicle to the ampeg m-12 minus the ampeg logo. Aparantly Ampeg used to make amps for all different people around that time, so it's very possible that it's a rebranded (or unbranded!) M-12!
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