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1958 Silvertone 1392

Handsome combo featuring 2 6V6, tremolo, 12″ speaker, Instrument/Mic channels/Volumes, original foot pedal. Tasty sound, mic channel is more aggressive.

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NEW!! 1930s DeVry Chicago Amplifier

This is a suitcase projector amplifier from the 1930s, the Grandfather of all the Bell and Howell projector amps you see being converted to guitar amps. 2 6L6, original field coil speaker, huge transformers, heavy duty steel frame - weighs 45 pounds! Delightful cleans, really gets it when cranked.

Available for Detroit Studio Rental from Toms-Amps.com, The Home of Vintage Tone. Royal Oak MI 248-808-2951

Players welcome to come play any of my 160 1932-1968 rare and unique tube amps, no rental required. An experience you can't get anywhere else.

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1964 Ampeg Super Echo Twin ET-2-B

This is a true stereo amp with 2 different amps, reverb and tremolo. 2 channels with separate mono inputs and a stereo input. 4 7591A tubes, 2 per amp for 15 watts/side 30 in mono. 2 original Jensen C12Qs. Lots of tonal setups available.

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1947 Masco MA-25 PA Head

2 6L6, 2 channels, Volume on each, 1 tone, 2 speaker jacks. Sparkling cleans at low to medium volume, huge fuzz when dimed. Who needs a pedal? 2 videos follow, Ben Wright - dimed with P90s and Erik Gustafson clean and dirty with Gretsch Dynasonics.

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1953 Gibson BR-6

Matchmate to my 1952 GA-20. 2 6V6, original Jensens 12″, 1 channel, volume only - still rocks out. Available for Detroit Studio Rental from Toms-Amps.com, The Home of Vintage Tone. Royal Oak MI 248-808-2951

Players welcome to come play my 160 1932-1968 rare and unique tube amps, no rental required.

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1951 Bronson Melody King

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

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1951 McGohan Suitcase PA

2 6L6 head, 2 12″ speakers. Amp base slides into the bottom slot of the 2 speaker cabs that buckle together and have brand new leather handles from Hawkstead Leather on Etsy. Demos by Erik Gustafson, clean Strat and LP with humbuckers. Videos recorded at the Berkley Music Company, Berkley MI.

All of my amps and guitars are available for Detroit Studio Rental and players are always welcome to come experience vintage amps they won’t find elsewhere. Royal Oak MI 248-808-2951

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1946 Bell 3715 PA

Completely restored chassis and cab, cool string driven dials. 2 6V6 provide nice cleans and strong drive when turned up.

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1938 Regal 100

Most 100s are dark stained wood. This one has the rare original Bamboo covering. Nice clean tone from the 6J5, 6SC7, 6L6.

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1966 Supro Corsica

Beautiful 1 owner Corsica complete with the original cover. 1 6V6, a bunch of 12AX7s, original 12″ Jensen,tremolo, reverb. Sounds terrific, perfect for studio work.

Available for Detroit Studio Rental from Toms-Amps.com, The Home of Vintage Tone. Players welcome to come play any of my 152 rare and unique 1932-1968 tube amps, no rental required. An experience you can’t get elsewhere.

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1941 Lafayette 451-T PA

Cool old PA amp with a functioning/calibrated wattage meter. 2 5881 for 18 watts. Master gain can take it from clean to out of control. Bass, treble, 2 mic channels, 2 speaker jacks in parallel. Amp supports everything from a single 4 ohm load to twin 16s.

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1962 Klemt NG51 Tape Echo

Like the Klemt M40 amplifier, this was used by top groups such as the Beatles, Stones, Jeff Beck and Chuck Berry. Everything from quick slapback to neverending echoes. The preamp, which can be used by itself, is absolutely killer - everything from clean to lush to outrageous. Demo is Erik Gustafson on long echo with a single repeat.

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1961 Klemt M40

PA amp type that was used by the Beatles, Stones and many other top British bands. Bridgeable channels yield nice cleans to gnarly OD they didn’t contemplate back then. I have the specific bridging cable. Packed with 4 EL84s and ECC 83s. YouTube demo of the amp from single channel clean to multi-ganged channel drive.

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1965 Hilton HP-95 PA

An interesting and great sounding amp with some unique features. This has an internal monitor speaker behind the grill and 2 separate amps inside. There is a 7027 that runs the Phono channel and is dead clean. The 2 Mic channels control a pair of 6L6s that will give you Marshall style tone and volume. 4 or 8 ohm cabs. The 7x11″ monitor speaker is really unusual and has a 10hz to 10Khz range. The meter, unfortunately, is toast.

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Post WWII Rickenbacker M12

Unsure of the date, but there is a ck in the name, not ch, like pre WWII. 2 6L6, 6SJ7, 6SN7. Not pumped up, fairly quiet, nice cleans.

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1962 Premier 100R

Matchmate to the Premier 120R, this also has 2 6V6, reverb, tremolo and a 12″ speaker. Like the 120R, the reverb tank is attached to a removable panel on the back so it can be moved away from the amp if needed. It has a neat trick with the reverb that is best described by the attached video.

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NEW!! 1952 Voice of Music

Originally designed as a small PA, these make excellent guitar and harp amps. 2 6V6, 12AY7, 12AX7, original 10″ Jensen speaker, 2 channels - Instrument and Mic, tone control. Similar sound to a Fender Deluxe Reverb.