Show Us Your Old Tube Amp

George Beasley · Post by **George Beasley** » 26 Aug 2013 9:16 am

My first post....

Here is my oldest amp....a 1954 Princeton

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George Beasley · Post by **George Beasley** » 26 Aug 2013 9:16 am

George Beasley wrote:My first post....

Here is my oldest amp....a 1954 Princeton

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....Ok, what did I do wrong on the pictures?

thanks,
George

Dave Hopping · Post by **Dave Hopping** » 26 Aug 2013 9:33 am

George,uploading a pic from my computer,rather than linking,has always worked for me.Hope you can get your pics up soon.I wanna see that Princeton!

George Beasley · Post by **George Beasley** » 26 Aug 2013 10:03 am

OK....Lets try it again, uploading this time.

Chris Boyd · Post by **Chris Boyd** » 26 Aug 2013 10:31 am

Wow... That tweed Princeton sure captures the vibe of the 60's !

John Billings · Post by **John Billings** » 26 Aug 2013 10:35 am

'56 Pro Amp. Best Tele amp that i have.

George Beasley · Post by **George Beasley** » 26 Aug 2013 5:31 pm

Chris Boyd wrote:Wow... That tweed Princeton sure captures the vibe of the 60's !

It is as legit as it gets. I bought it from a guy who had it as his first amp when he grew up in San Francisco in the late 60's. I've never played steel through it, but when I play it through a 12" speaker cab, it gets a great ZZ Top "Tush" sound.

I also have a 1965 Super Reverb, which is great for everything; a late 90's Standel 25L15 reissue (which I bought as a Chet amp), and three Lancaster tube amps (made in the Peoria area, where I have lived for the last 7 years).

I also have a 60's 4x10 Standel that is in dad shape. I got it a few years ago, and it has never worked. I'll probably end up dumping it in the river....

Jay Fagerlie · Post by **Jay Fagerlie** » 27 Aug 2013 4:05 am

George-
Don't drown that 60's 4x10 Standel yet-
It is well worth getting repaired.
I have one and it sounds fantastic.

There are people that fix these amps, potted modules and all!

Jay

George Beasley · Post by **George Beasley** » 27 Aug 2013 5:34 am

Jay Fagerlie wrote:George-
Don't drown that 60's 4x10 Standel yet-
It is well worth getting repaired.
I have one and it sounds fantastic.

There are people that fix these amps, potted modules and all!

Jay

Jay,

The power light comes on, but no sound. I've not cracked it open, but know it is one of the color coded modules. Do you know who works on those?

When I get home tonight, I'll take pictures and post them.

thanks,
George

Jay Fagerlie · Post by **Jay Fagerlie** » 27 Aug 2013 8:44 am

Someone here on the forum knows....he's on SoCal....

He makes replacement modules I believe.

Try searching for Standel in the electronics section

Jay

MIchael Bean · Post by **MIchael Bean** » 27 Aug 2013 11:24 am

The Vega amp sounds amazing with my National Chicagoan lap steel. The Voice Of Music amp brick, on top of the Champ, is another Champ-like, single 6V6 amp.

John Billings · Post by **John Billings** » 27 Aug 2013 11:31 am

'62 Super. Repro reverb that has been converted to original specs.
Wonderful "Vibrate Oh!"

George Beasley · Post by **George Beasley** » 27 Aug 2013 5:08 pm

Here are a couple of other amps I have.

This is a 1965 Super Reverb. I've had it for probably 24 years.

This is a Standel 25L15 that I picked up from a Chet-style picker 3 or 4 years ago.

This is a late 60's Standel Studio XX. I bought it a few years ago, not working, for $100. I haven't tried to fix it yet.

Speakers have been replaced with car radio speakers.....classy.

Thanks,
George

MIchael Bean · Post by **MIchael Bean** » 30 Aug 2013 9:43 am

Here's one my Dad left me when he passed away. I had no idea he had this Magnatone 260:

Bill Moran · Post by **Bill Moran** » 7 Sep 2013 3:03 pm

Early 80's RD One Hundred. EVM12L w/ reverb and distortion. Still has the original tubes. Not a great steel amp but great for a Tele.

Gordon Hartin · Post by **Gordon Hartin** » 8 Sep 2013 8:03 am

1950 Bogen CC 18
Ken Fox Converted it from a PA to a Guitar Head.

Jack Hanson · Post by **Jack Hanson** » 8 Sep 2013 1:23 pm

Gordon,
Was the Bogen converted to a 5E3? I've been led to believe that particular conversion is fairly simple with some of the 6V6 powered Bogens. Yours looks pretty cool regardless.
Jack

Ken Fox · Post by **Ken Fox** » 8 Sep 2013 2:11 pm

Not converted at all, just the input jacks changes to accomidate guitar and a 1/4" speaker jack on the back for speaker connections. A monster guitar amp!

David Cubbedge · Post by **David Cubbedge** » 11 Sep 2013 1:12 pm

I bought this in 1999 and the original Tolex was very well worn, having been used as a coaster and ashtray. It fits what I do, currently being restored inside....

The Tele is a Chandler bodied, Fender necked and at the time of this photo (2001) had EMGs in it. Now it has Seymour Duncan vintage '54s and it is so sweet!

Rick Abbott · Post by **Rick Abbott** » 22 Sep 2013 7:52 pm

This is a 1953 Stromberg-Carlson AU-35a P.A. It has two output transformers with volume controls for each. They can have 4-8-16 ohm output. So I can actually have two completely different speaker configurations and control the volume independantly.1-15 and 2-10 is good together. I want to try 4-6 and 2-12 as a stack. The output is 2-6L6 per side at about 25-watts per side. The tone is global, bass-treble; each channel has volume. I'm going to use one channel for microphone; one for plug-in (cd, tape) one for guitar and steel; one for hotter PSG. A few minor adjustments will accomodate all that. A perfect studio amp, and live steel amp too.

Jack Hanson · Post by **Jack Hanson** » 22 Sep 2013 8:19 pm

Rick,
That is one cool old amp. Undoubtedly it sounds fantastic. Those old PA heads can be real sleepers. A friend has a vintage DuKane PA that uses 6V6s and sounds like a 5E3 Deluxe on steroids.
Jack

Daniel Policarpo · Post by **Daniel Policarpo** » 23 Sep 2013 2:15 am

I hear you Jack. I used to play shows through an old Earth Sound Research PA head. I took that amp for granted because of how cheap I got it. When I lent it out and didn't get it back, the big hole in my sound showed just how much weight that amp really pulled.

Mike Brinkmeyer · Post by **Mike Brinkmeyer** » 27 Sep 2013 6:58 pm

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1957 Fender Harvard . . .

Tony Prior · Post by **Tony Prior** » 28 Sep 2013 3:23 am

What a nice collection of amps above !

Here are two more which are hanging around my crib.....67 Showman and a 1965 JMI VOX AC50, this one is killer...

Mark Fowler · Post by **Mark Fowler** » 29 Sep 2013 9:19 am

1952 Magnatone Varsity

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