This here is a Marshall model 1974x 18 Watt head built from a Mojotone kit by an old friend and bandmate, Ben. Ben was a great pedal steel/guitar player and kindred vintage gear nut. He passed away a few years ago and left me this amp. It is one of my most cherished possessions. When
Some time in 1997 I lined up 3 Fender Bassman heads and this Sovtek Mig 50 in a large room in the vintage guitar shop I was working at. I had a 1964 Fender Princeton and needed a larger amp for larger venues. I was a huge fan of the blackface/silverface Bassman heads. I still
While we’re talking amps, this here is a 5f1 Champ I built. The transformers came from an early 60s Silvertone organ I rescued from a Goodwill for $12.00. Whenever I mention this folks say: “that Silvertone organ must have been pretty cool”. It was not that cool, I assure you. The organ component was a
Today we have a super clean 1986 Marshall Lead 12 (5005) amplifier. It is styled liked its JCM800 series brother’s and sisters and is quite a handsome little unit. I remember these fondly from way back when they first appeared in the early 80s. Back then I didn’t have a whole lot of experience with
This is my 1964 transitional Princeton amp. It’s one of the smartest purchases I ever made and the only pre-CBS Fender piece I own. I picked this up in 1997 or so while working at a vintage guitar shop. I recall the shop was asking around $450.00 for this. I traded some stuff plus a
I was in no real hurry to enter the work force after high school graduation. I also had no plans for college since I assumed college was just a more self-disciplined version of high school and I really hated high school (and self-discipline). All I really wanted to do was play rock and roll guitar.
This Musicmaster bass amp came to me as part of a trade for some amp repair and restoration I did for a friend. It was 100% original including the cheap, leaking filter caps. I replaced the speaker, the filter caps and other electrolytics, added a fuse and fuse holder, removed the little blue “death cap”,