Here's an extremely rare amp. An old Rickenbacher metal amp from the 1940's.
No idea what model it is, there is one that looks like this called the M10 but this has a 12" Jensen PM speaker rather than a 10".
It looks like a space heater!
With this speaker grill and metal box we were expecting a not good sounding amp! Though the circuit is oddly similar to my main amp that I built: 2 6V6 tubes fed by a 6N7 phase inverter with a lovely 6SJ7 preamp. 5V4 rectifier tube.
What does it sound like? This was the closest we could get to the AC/DC sound. Raw, raunchy and open. I'm usually not a fan of the old Jensen PM speakers, too mellow for me, but not this one! It was perfect!
Re-capped it, changed the power cable and took out the death cap. This was another Indigo Ranch Studio amp that had been sitting on a shelf in Vermont for the last 2 decades. Now it's back in service.
I love that it lived in Cumberland Maryland and belonged to "Jaguars International"! I'm a Maryland native. I just wonder what music was made on this peculiar amp?
Matching grey power transformer!
I'm a fan of the 6SJ7 preamp tube sound. They're cheap as chips for a good NOS one. Lots of harmonics and a big open sound. This is an amp I'd like to find another of for myself. But then again I can always visit my friends at Sonic Circus and cut tracks on this one anytime.
J
No idea what model it is, there is one that looks like this called the M10 but this has a 12" Jensen PM speaker rather than a 10".
It looks like a space heater!
With this speaker grill and metal box we were expecting a not good sounding amp! Though the circuit is oddly similar to my main amp that I built: 2 6V6 tubes fed by a 6N7 phase inverter with a lovely 6SJ7 preamp. 5V4 rectifier tube.
What does it sound like? This was the closest we could get to the AC/DC sound. Raw, raunchy and open. I'm usually not a fan of the old Jensen PM speakers, too mellow for me, but not this one! It was perfect!
Re-capped it, changed the power cable and took out the death cap. This was another Indigo Ranch Studio amp that had been sitting on a shelf in Vermont for the last 2 decades. Now it's back in service.
I love that it lived in Cumberland Maryland and belonged to "Jaguars International"! I'm a Maryland native. I just wonder what music was made on this peculiar amp?
Matching grey power transformer!
I'm a fan of the 6SJ7 preamp tube sound. They're cheap as chips for a good NOS one. Lots of harmonics and a big open sound. This is an amp I'd like to find another of for myself. But then again I can always visit my friends at Sonic Circus and cut tracks on this one anytime.
J
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