Colors of amps

Tim Marcus · Post by **Tim Marcus** » 10 Jan 2015 12:38 pm

me want cookie!

Michael Butler · Post by **Michael Butler** » 10 Jan 2015 3:59 pm

Tim Marcus wrote:me want cookie!

you mean a cookie colored amp? light brown with chocolate hershey bits embedded a la chocolate chip?

i have a gibson ga20t two tone with navy blue and tweed, a gibson ga20 in brown leatherette, a sears 1482 in grey tolex, a gibson ga79rtv in chocolate brown, a gibson br9 in cream leatherette, a mesa boogie in creme tolex and an orange or80 in (nope, not orange) black.

play music!

Tim Marcus · Post by **Tim Marcus** » 10 Jan 2015 7:26 pm

Jay Ganz wrote:For playing outdoors in cold weather.....

I was referring to this - looks like Cookie Monster!

David Cubbedge · Post by **David Cubbedge** » 19 Jan 2015 9:11 am

Here's my snakeskin Twin!

Chuck Stowe · Post by **Chuck Stowe** » 19 Jan 2015 10:28 am

Bill A. Moore · Post by **Bill A. Moore** » 19 Jan 2015 1:40 pm

"Nothing runs like a Deere!"

Mark Fowler · Post by **Mark Fowler** » 19 Jan 2015 9:39 pm

I have some hard wood cabinets I really like.

Jim Bloomfield · Post by **Jim Bloomfield** » 20 Jan 2015 7:06 am

Chuck Stowe wrote:

I grew up on a farm around lots of john deeres. I really like that cabinet!

Tim Whitlock · Post by **Tim Whitlock** » 22 Jan 2015 1:50 pm

Here's my "Twangstar Reverb". It started life as a 65 Reissue TR. My friend John Pope completely rebuilt it, point to point, with some help from Lord Valve. It's got a blackface tonestack in the Vibrato channel, a tweed tonestack in the Normal channel, a half power switch and a multi ohm output transformer.

Since it got a complete makeover on the inside I recovered it with brown tolex, added a wheat grille, brown cupcake knobs and a custom brown faceplate (these go to 11). It is 1 louder.

Bill Sinclair · Post by **Bill Sinclair** » 22 Jan 2015 1:57 pm

Hey Tim,

The old "Star Line" suitcase and the Magna? lap steel are nice accessories for that cool brown amp!

Tim Whitlock · Post by **Tim Whitlock** » 22 Jan 2015 2:40 pm

Thanks Bill. Good eye! Also a good match with my 1958 Fender 1000. The suitcase is my vintage style Pak-a-Seat.

I chose the brown in remembrance of the old brown Fender Pro I had in high school (1973). I don't remember how I got it or where it went, but I was trading gear left and right. Back then nobody wanted those old amps - they didn't even have reverb. Nowadays I weep to see them come up and sell for $2500+ on ebay.

John Owen · Post by **John Owen** » 23 Jan 2015 12:28 pm

Tim Whitlock wrote:Thanks Bill. Good eye! Also a good match with my 1958 Fender 1000. The suitcase is my vintage style Pak-a-Seat.

I chose the brown in remembrance of the old brown Fender Pro I had in high school (1973). I don't remember how I got it or where it went, but I was trading gear left and right. Back then nobody wanted those old amps - they didn't even have reverb. Nowadays I weep to see them come up and sell for $2500+ on ebay.

Nicely done! Killer combination of features. I really like the name too. I have a few 20/20 hind sight stories similar to the lost Pro. At least I still have my brown face Princeton - cosmetics just like your 'Twangstar'. That is my all time favorite look for an amp. You have excellent taste!

Gordon Hartin · Post by **Gordon Hartin** » 23 Jan 2015 12:59 pm

Clete Ritta · Post by **Clete Ritta** » 25 Jan 2015 11:39 pm

Dave Hopping wrote:...I'm partial to blonde/oxblood...

Me too! Speaking of blond/oxblood, here's one of my favorites:

Its a '93 Dual Professional (the amp not the steel) from the Custom Shop. All P2P handwired, active eq, killer tremolo and reverb (dwell/mix/tone) into a pair of well worked in Vintage 30's. This one gets a lot of use!

Frank De Vincenzo · Post by **Frank De Vincenzo** » 3 Feb 2015 6:29 am

I just can't help myself from revisiting this thread. Every one of the amps pictured within says so much about us. They are one more expressive and beautiful than the other. From the recreations of past times, to the current, modern and futuristic visions the owners want represented. I want them all. I want them now.

Jim Bob Sedgwick · Post by **Jim Bob Sedgwick** » 3 Feb 2015 6:37 am

Darvin Willhoite wrote:I'm partial to red. I built these cabs for an Evans amp I had a few years ago.

I did the same thing, Darvin. I did leave the black grill cloth as it (to me) looks good against the red Tolex.

Ray DeVoe · Post by **Ray DeVoe** » 3 Feb 2015 10:05 pm

T C Furlong came out with a few combo style amp cabinets when he first started producing the splits. They were very "sharp" looking setups. The tolex is "Bruno brown" with cream colored stripes and gold trim piping. These would probably be termed "modular hybrids" today.

T C only made one, two rack space combo unit. I mounted a Sarno Classic tube preamp in it and a T C Electronics M one effects unit. I currently have a Telonics NEO 15" in the rig.

I purchased a total of three of his early on combo products, the amp pictured above, a 12" with Sarno Tonic preamp and a 15" with Sarno Tonic preamp. I still have all three.

Mark Fowler · Post by **Mark Fowler** » 7 Feb 2015 9:16 am

I since sold my Redplate custom amp Henry built for me but it is a stunning amp

Next amp is a Dumble ODS type circuit in Fender Princeton size head. Love the grille cloth against the blck tolex.

Bob Lawrence · Post by **Bob Lawrence** » 7 Feb 2015 11:35 am

re:Redplate custom amp

Beautiful!!

Charles Kurck · Post by **Charles Kurck** » 8 Feb 2015 10:54 am

I built this quarter sawn pine rack case for my blue Stereo Steel amp.

Matthew Walton · Post by **Matthew Walton** » 24 Feb 2015 10:40 am

Tony Palmer wrote:Wow the blue and white Jackson gets my top vote so far!
Funny I never even heard of them before.

Gah! Didn't realize new posts were coming in!

Jackson seems to be pretty popular with the contemporary Christian rock bands. Though their FB page said that Jimmy Vivino (Conan show) is going to be using one.

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