Category: Vintage Amps
Our friend Mandolin Mike Mullins visited George Gruhn's Guitar Shop in Nashville, Tennessee.
Introduced in 1948, this was originally called the Champion 600 (6-inch speaker). Over time, the Champion model name became Champ. This was also called a TV Front as the front cutout was similar to TVs ...
Jack and Neil are over at Guitar Showcase looking at a late model vintage Fender Amp.
This amplifier came to Val King in rough shape. As with any 50 year old amp, he replaced some of the capacitors, upgraded the power cord and did a general cleanup of the chassis and sockets. A ...
Val King continues a project on a Leslie 122 Power Amplifier.
[FLOWPLAYER=http://targetencoded2.s3.amazonaws.com/VintageSnapshots/GuitarShowcase/11-12-GS-SteveMillerMarshall-220.flv,660,344] Neil: So we’re talking about musicians who like hang on to other stuff like Tiran Porter And love their stuff Jack Van: Yes Neil: Well I know a lot of stuff in here that’s ...
[FLOWPLAYER=http://targetencoded2.s3.amazonaws.com/VintageSnapshots/BobPorter/BobPorterAmpegSVT-220.flv,660,344] Bob: Well eventually it got replaced by MASDT Larry: Well we talked a little about the Ampeg SVT I know there’s a lot of lore that about that were the rolling stones Bob: Oh ...
[FLOWPLAYER=http://targetencoded2.s3.amazonaws.com/VintageSnapshots/BobPorter/BobPorterFenderBassman-220.flv,660,344] Larry: Hi your on the road with Larry and Bob Porter. How are you this morning Bob? Bob: I’m good. Larry: Well we’re sitting here with one of the real veterans of base amplifiers, ...
