Another gem from Indigo Ranch that's been sitting on a shelf since the 90's! This belongs to Sonic Circus as well.
It was totally dead, ripped mouse eaten speaker and all. Found a cool Utah to throw in, re-capped it and it's making music again.
Circuit is similar to your classic tweed Princeton (Champ with a tone control) and it's got a great early Eric Clapton type of sound. Smooth breakup, warm but good bite.. I particularly liked the low end. Smooth and creamy not unlike Billy Gibbons. I just want to play some ZZ Top on this amp.
Simple 6V6 driven by a 12AX7 with a compact 6X4 rectifier.
Here's a funny video of it's first few notes after 30 years of being mothballed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sumDxmeaeP0
And some photos!
Planet Capacitor, guaranteed for 1 year!!!
So there you have it. These are cheap as chips. Yes, built rather crappy but who cares. Just don't let it get wet as they are made of pressed paper! Fantastic tone. Who says you need a pine box to cut great tracks anyway?
j
It was totally dead, ripped mouse eaten speaker and all. Found a cool Utah to throw in, re-capped it and it's making music again.
Circuit is similar to your classic tweed Princeton (Champ with a tone control) and it's got a great early Eric Clapton type of sound. Smooth breakup, warm but good bite.. I particularly liked the low end. Smooth and creamy not unlike Billy Gibbons. I just want to play some ZZ Top on this amp.
Simple 6V6 driven by a 12AX7 with a compact 6X4 rectifier.
Here's a funny video of it's first few notes after 30 years of being mothballed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sumDxmeaeP0
And some photos!
Planet Capacitor, guaranteed for 1 year!!!
So there you have it. These are cheap as chips. Yes, built rather crappy but who cares. Just don't let it get wet as they are made of pressed paper! Fantastic tone. Who says you need a pine box to cut great tracks anyway?
j
Hey Jeff! love your informative posts! I dragged home a Silvertone 4710 organ that has a tube amp in it, I've divined that it may be close to a Silvertone 1471 although it has a 12dw7 in it as well as a 12ax7, 5y3, 6v6.
ReplyDeleteMe thinks that the 12dw7 powers the tremelo circuit but I don't know,
I unplugged the organ feed into amp and plugged in my Strat, It sounds awesome plugged into its RCA jack! I suppose I can change the RCA to 1/4" input jack, I may remove the amp from organ and make a guitar combo. I have a question or two...what amp and tube configuration do you think this amp resembles? Please advise, any thoughts on this are welcome! We can email if you like, thanks!