Can anyone tell me what kind of amp this is?

[WJerrell]

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It has two channels, treble and bass controls for each channel, a funky wattage meter, a Jensen P15N, RCA 6l6's, 5U4, 3-12AX7, 12AU7 and its cathode biased with trem and no reverb.

[stump]

Maybe an old Danelectro or equivalent. More and better pics may help.

[SatelliteAmps]

+1 could be also Slivertone.

[WJerrell]

Silvertone would be my best guess as well, but if anyone knows the exact make / model that would be great! It really amazes the shear quality of amps of this vintage. You would pay a fortune for an amp built like this now…

[slider313]

Looks like a Harmony from Japan. Check for markings on the caps. They look like the grey oil filled caps used in Univox's,Harmony's,Zenon's,etc and would say Japan on them.

[WJerrell]

Thanks! The caps didn't look like anything I've seen before. I'll take a look at them this afternoon.

[SatelliteAmps]

Talked with a friend of mine, he thinks it might be a Canadian amp of some kind.

[donnyjaguar]

The knobs have a Danelctro look to them. If it has shitty small output and power transformers then its probably a Silvertone or Danelctro. They seemed to scrimp in this area from what I've seen (and repaired/rebuilt). It is positively oozing 1950's vibe.

[WJerrell]

Actually there is some serious iron in this thing… I was really surprised.

[slider313]

Being it has large tranny's it could also be an early Sano amp, made in NJ.

[mc5nrg]

I vote Magnatone.

[mojo2001]

Japanese!

Note open lug power trans...how many USA amps have that?

Zero.

[brownnote]

Being it has large tranny's it could also be an early Sano amp, made in NJ.

That's what I was going to say..Sano

[slider313]

Japanese!

Note open lug power trans...how many USA amps have that?

Zero.

Good catch. The first thing that caught my eye were the grey caps.

[WJerrell]

I never heard of sano amps before but after a little research it does seem to be one and I did get it in NJ.

[slider313]

What does it say on those grey colored caps? Also, check for any codes on the transformers.

[WJerrell]

I havent had a chance to check out the caps but I may be able to this afternoon. Thanks

[Jade]

Looks like a Sano to me. They're the only company I recall using that funky grille cloth.

Cool amp man!
Jade

[WJerrell]

I havent done a cap job yet and the cone has a ton of holes in it but the amp still sounds fantastic!!!

[Jade]

It's a nice looking old Alnico speaker in there! If it falls apart, or the holes cause too much of a problem, I'd definitely have Ted Weber recone it for you instead of replacing it. I bet it does sound great.

Jade

[WJerrell]

That's exactly who and what I'm going to do... Although I'm seriously considering learning how to do recones.

[slider313]

Looks like a Sano to me. They're the only company I recall using that funky grille cloth.

Cool amp man!
Jade

Actually there was another amp company out of NJ, named Hilgen, that also used that "swirling" grillcloth. On the recone, I would have Weber do it and use a 50 watt voice coil and break it in for you.

[BigPapiFan]

Sano - an Ampeg precursor?

[Jade]

Actually there was another amp company out of NJ, named Hilgen, that also used that "swirling" grillcloth. On the recone, I would have Weber do it and use a 50 watt voice coil and break it in for you.


Interesting, There must've been a NJ fabric store that was clearing that funky stuff out back in the day LOL

[Jade]

Sano - an Ampeg precursor?

Some folks say that Sano, and Ampeg were involved with each other, but I think I remember reading somewhere that that was not the case. I really have no idea.

Jade