Tucson Thump
Mint Heavy Relic
I have a 60's Ampeg J-12 next to my chair in the family room. 20 watts, 12" speaker, tremolo. "Louie Louie" memories.
Ahhhh, the Sister of my Super!My # 1 amplifier is my 1964 blackface "Fender Elect. Inst. Co." DeLuxe non reverb.
I was on jury duty many years ago,
before the word "vintage" reared its ugly head.
We broke for lunch.
Across the street from the courthouse there was (and still is) a string of pawnshops.
In one of them was a used Fender amplifier.
As I was looking at it the pawnshop guy came over.
Him: "You want this thing? I can't get rid of it 'cause it ain't got no reverb."
Me: "How much?"
Him: "Gimmie 80 dollars and it's yours."
After lunch:
Bailiff: "What's that?"
Me: "It's a guitar amplifier I just bought across the street."
Bailiff: "OK. You have to keep it with you."
Me: "OK."
It's still with me.
That Vox is one of my dream amps. I like the reissue from the 90s, but the vibe of a genuine early to mid 60s model is the real deal. Very nice.
And bought a captorX so I can actually enjoy it at home!Not like all the previous posts, but my claim to vintage fame is an original '87 (that I bought in 1987 with $725 of hard earned high school money) marshall silver jubilee 100w head 2555, serial number 0316.
What is your favorite Vintage amp to pair with your PRS Guitars?
I have sold off the majority of my Vintage amps except for this Valco made Gretsch from 1960
that is still all original and clean.
I was playing it the other day with some P-90's and just can't see myself ever parting with it.
I just wanted to share this cool amp with some Retro inspired PRS with the forum.
The story on this one,
Back in 1998 I was doing my weekly pawn shop cruise living in Austin, TX wandered into an old Doc Holliday's on Burnet Road. Looking around it was mostly import trash guitars and solid-state amps.
Walked over to what looked like a pile of beat guitar cases, started digging around and noticed a big white case was underneath. Low and behold it was a frigging 50's Gretsch 6120 cowboy case with the tooled leather trim.
I just started freaking out, knowing what it was. Grabbed it and walked over and asked the guy barley awake behind the counter what he wanted for it. He said, " What will you give me?" So, I said how about 30 bucks?
He says sure, and I give him the money and ran like hell. Well, I did not have any Gretsch Guitars that needed that case, but my buddy Dale at Workhorse Guitars did. Long story short I traded Dale the guitar case for the amp and have enjoyed all these years!
Please show your favorite vintage amps and share your stories about them!