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Steel guitar amplifiers, effects, etc.

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Clete Ritta
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Post by Clete Ritta »

Beautiful collections!

Anyone have a mid 70's SF Bandmaster with the large upright 2X12 cab?
I havent seen one in a long time.
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Tony Prior
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Clete, here is a very nice Bandmaster for sale locally with the big cab..I have some mild interest but these cabs are not my thing, once you own them you own them for life ! I have had a few discussions with the owner but as of now no deal, the head is fine though. Typical AB763 amp...I have an offer pending so we'll see..


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Jay Ganz
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Here's some of 'em. Some more blackface amps are in the other room.

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L-R: 64 Bassman, 64 Super Reverb, 60 Princeton, 57 Deluxe, 56 Bandmaster, 59 Bassman.
Mike Taylor
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my trio

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Here's my trio.. 65 Princeton, 76 Deluxe, and 75 Twin..

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From the bottom to the top of the stack:
'68 Twin Reverb w/ retrofit 15"
'72 Vibrolux Reverb
'79 Vibro Champ
'56(?) LesPaul Jr - I know it ain't a Fender but it's cool!

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Family Portrait: The same Combos as above, with their siblings, a pair of '66 Bassman piggybacks w.2x12" cabs
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The same Vibrolux, holding a press conference:
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James Morehead
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Post by James Morehead »

Here's mine. '71 non master Twin Reverb chassis dressed up with a new blackface plate, and my '75 Vibrosonic, all in Rick Johnson cabs. I love my original cone K130 JBL's with these two heads. brings the best out of my shobuds, at least to my ear. I do not miss the heavey combo cabs these chassis came out of!!

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Earl Foote
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Quad Reverb

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Rich Hlaves
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Left to Right:
'67 Super Reverb
Blues Jr.
'69 Twin Reverb in custom blonde cab
Home made Deluxe Reverb
'65 Band Master in custom 2-10 cab W/E110s
Hot Rod Deluxe in custom 4-10 cab W/P10Rs
'67 Pro Reverb
Custom Vibrolux Reverb
'68 Black line Dual Showman W/2-15 cab Weber Neos
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chas smith
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Silverface Twin 135 and Standel cab with an ElectroVoice EVM15L
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This Twin has a lot of mileage on it.
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56 Pro with the original Fender issue D130
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55 Vibrolux and a 59 Princeton. These are all original. There's a slight ding on the top front of the Vibrolux because of the Northridge earthquake.
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Marc Jenkins
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Post by Marc Jenkins »

Nice, Chas!

I've always wondered how much clean headroom one can get out of a Tweed Pro with a pedal steel. Could you compare it to, say a Deluxe Reverb?
Johnny Thomasson
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1965 Twin Reverb
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Mike Poholsky, I still want to know how you got that 15" speaker centered in the cabinet like that. Looks cool.
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Post by chas smith »

Marc, I've never pushed it. Those speakers are hard to come by. The specs on the D-130 were changed after Dick Dale kept blowing them. Also, I've never played through a Deluxe Reverb. The Silverface 135 and the Standel cab with the EVM are a lovely combination, plus that amp was voiced for steel before I got it.

I've been "dialing in" a VHT SIG:X to go with the Standel. It's a surprisingly good sounding amp, on the clean channel, after Steve Fryette voiced it for steel.
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Mike Poholsky
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Post by Mike Poholsky »

Hey Johnny, No problem. I cut the baffle board, to fit the amp, laid it on the floor and centered the speaker on it, face down. Took the amp and laid it, face down, over the baffle board and speaker. Then it was just a process of turning the speaker so the transformer fits inbetween the web arms of the speaker. Of course making sure the transformer isn't too close to the cone of the speaker. Then I just outlined the speaker, marked where the holes needed to be and cut the baffle board. The speaker is a 15" Eminence that came out of my Steel King.
I like the look of the speaker being centered.
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That orange JBL should be able to take whatever the Pro can put out. That's one of the later ones that Fender put in Vibrosonics, which had 4 6L6's and more power than was good for the D-130F.
I like the look of the centered 15" speaker too, but I like the weight balance of having it off to one side. It's easier to carry when the speaker balances the weight of the transformers. I wonder what the sonic differences are?
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Post by Johnny Thomasson »

Thanks, Mike. I wish I'd thought of that when I converted mine to a 15". That was about 30 years ago, and I remember trying everything I could think of to mount it center. In the end, I just felt lucky that I was able to get it in there at all. I wonder if a D130F has a deeper basket than your Eminence?

I wonder what the sonic differences are, too. My guess is center would be the better location. Off center isn't bad though; this amp does Tele like you wouldn't believe. But then again, you might. ;-)
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Joe Snow
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2 58 champs (ragged one I've had since new, 73 twin (since new when I traded in a 65 deluxe reverb), and a blues junior.
Richard Chapman
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My 67 Princeton Reverb and 69 Princeton
Kyle Everson
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Post by Kyle Everson »

Here are a few of my Fenders.

top is a December '65 Pro Reverb
left is a January '66 Twin Reverb
right is a mid '74 Twin Reverb in a JD Newell cabinet


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Lefty
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Some of my favorite Fenders. Leo was the man, period.
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Tweed Pro


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62 Brown Pro
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Lefty
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More favorites.
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1963 "Double Showman w/JBL D0130Fs (The Big Kahouna) and 1966 Bandmaster. The Bandmasters tolex was molded and hanging off when I got it, so I decided to make it the 63's little brother.
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These are my 68's. The tall bandmaster I bought after working all Summer in 68. It was my high school gigging amp. The others are a Showman 1-15 tone ring, Pro Reverb and Twin Reverb.


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This is the best Telecaster amp that I have ever played through. 1966 Vibrolux Reverb.
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These are non-Fenders of sorts, but deserve an honorable mention. I used these for years.
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This is a great combination. 1967 Showman and a 1967 Bandmaster 2-12 cabinet. This is a great sounding guitar amp, even without reverb.
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This is the amp that I use with my Sho-Bud.
I had one that I sold, and regretted.
I replaced it with this one. It sounds good, but maybe not quite as good as the one that I sold.
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