#vintage guitar amplifiers

[stone-cold-groove]

Univox amplifiers ad - 1973.

[deebeeus]

I'M IN LOVE - yeah I'm a believer!

1963 #Gibson#GA79 RVT Stereo amplifier (with 1972 #ES355 Stereo guitar).

If you are like me you never paid much attention to these vaguely funny-looking mid 60s Gibson stereo amps. To me they never looked like "real" rock n roll amplifiers, they looked more like the console record player my parents had in their wood-paneled mid mod living room back in the 60s. Part music box...but mostly furniture. I keep wanting to flip up the top and throw on a Neil Diamond LP!

But, I was dropping off some amps for servicing with my amp tech @marshalllespaulfan yesterday, and he had this one in his shop, in from another customer, and we tried it out with my Stereo 355...and all of a sudden EVERYTHING in my life made perfect sense!

This amp was MADE for this guitar...and I mean that quite literally. You plug it in using a special stereo "TRS" cable, switch the amp to "stereo" mode (although you can also use it in "mono" mode with a regular guitar and cable) and it's wired to give you the neck pickup in the left channel and the bridge pickup in the right channel. So you can set different volume, EQs, and effects for each pickup! Once each channel is dialed in, you can just flip your pickup selector between a grungy dark rhythm sound and a bright overdriven lead sound. OR...play them both at the same time on the center position, and have reverb and trem on the underlying bassy tone, but a crisp, clear, un-effected bright tone cutting through at the same time! It's GENIUS.

Because of its funky stereo wiring, my 355 has never been very heavily played 'round 'ere. The best you can do with it on a "regular" amp is plug its stereo cable into the two inputs of the same amp and even then it just sounds like a "normal" guitar. Without a TRS cable, only the neck pickup works on a "normal" guitar cable. So it's essentially useless. But with an amp like this, you can make it do SO MUCH!

I think I have found my next amp acquisition "quest"! 😉

[kidvolcanodotcom]

Music = Home

[technician-the]

Spotting dead vacuum tubes!

These tubes have all suffered a loss of Vacuum, which can be seen visually by the milk white color then have turned. In a functioning tube all those white patches are silver or black.

Without vacuum a tube will arc internally, and any device it is placed into will blow fuses, and not function.

This is the most common type of tube failure I see, and is caused by mechanical damage to the tubes. The damage is often around the pins, and may be cause by shock, or extended periods of extreme vibration (IE, normal use in a combo amp). Often the damage itself is not viable, because loss of vacuum occurs before the tiny cracks become viable to the naked eye

Never turn on OR try and use an amp with white tubes! Attempting to do so may cause serious damage, or Injury!

BUT, If you noticed the tubes have changed color and have not yet blown a fuse, you can probably avoid a repair! Simply replace all white tubes before trying to power the amp.

[garys-classic-guitars]

1952 Fender Princeton, TV Front, Rare early Tweed tube combo

[aestheticrelapse]

I love a good Bassman.

[toms-amps]

1951 Bronson Melody King

2 6V6, 12″, Alligator Tolex. This is a Magnatone Troubadour variant. Excellent for recording.

[wireandwood22]

1965 Fender Super Reverb Amp

[toddington111]

[just1riqht]

I’m going fucking crazy I’m just trying to find an amplifier that’s like $600 or less and plays metal really well but there are so many options I don’t know what the fuck to do it’s so overwhelming SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME 😭

[stone-cold-groove]

Voice of the underground.

[deebeeus]

I have not posted in a while...very negligent! Here are a few recent shots:

2018 Custom Shop 1957 LP Junior TV Model Reissue with 1970 Marshall Lead 20

2002 Historic 1967 Flying V Reissue

1965 Duo Sonic with 1968 Traynor TR1 Reverb, 1969 Traynor YGM1 GuitarMate Reverb, and 1966 Traynor YGA1B Signature amp.

1961 Les Paul SG Junior

[starlit-3y3s]

☆ L8 nights practicing ☆

[guitarbomb]

Revv Dynamis D40 with Two notes Audio Torpedo

Revv Amplification, the renowned Canadian brand known for its innovative high-gain amps, has introduced the Dynamis D40. This high-end tube head seamlessly combines modern digital technology with the classic design of 20th-century guitar amps, offering the best of both worlds. Integration of Torpedo Cab Sim Technology One of the standout features of the D40 is its collaboration with Two notes…

[garys-classic-guitars]

Lush sounding One owner 1965 Fender Vibrolux Reverb with original Victoria cover

[themaverickaperture]