SHOW OFF your Supro, Silvertone, Danelectro, Alamo, and any OFF-BRAND AMP!

[valcotone]

I love amps... and I really love many of the off brand amps that often are neglected and sitting in the dusty corner of some music shop.

Well here's a thread to show off your Supro, Valco, National, Danelectro, Silvertone, Alamo, Univox, Kalamazoo, Airline, Kay, Lectrolab, Teisco, Premier, Sano, Gretsch, Harmony.... etc.

If possible, PLEASE post tube line-up and speaker details... but don't let that stop you from posting pics if you don't have that info.

Here we go... here's my 1956 National Stage Star with (4) oval 6x11" Rola AlNiCo speakers, Tubes: 5V4, 6L6GB, 6L6GB, 6SC7 P/I, 5879 inst, 6SJ7 mic, 6SQ7 trem.

 

[Derwood]

I haven't taken any pictures of my own, but here's a clip of my Kalamazoo Reverb 12 posted by the shop before my girlfriend got it for me for Christmas. It was a very nice surprise. Pretty much all original with the cover and footswitch. I did remove the death cap and added a grounded plug. Planning on a different speaker and replacing the electrolytics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFbAKy0Lwzo&feature=channel

 

[korby]

Not the prettiest amp but it does have nice faux ostrich tolex .
1960's Harmony H400A

 

[sinner]

The only pic I had handy:

1955 Supro Comet

 

[jackaroo]

Alamo on the left. Love it.

 

[nmiller]

My 1960 National 1210 with the 1958 Town and Country:

 

[Simto]

This is my favourite "just going over for a little jam" / Holiday amp, i love it, it has a great warmth

 

[nsriley]

Here my modded Marvel 35....I've never heard of it, but think it was a no name lapsteel amp back in the day. It was shot, so my buddy hot rodded it for me.

 

[nmiller]

Interesting - Marvel guitars were made by Kay, but that looks like a Harmony-built amp.

 

[DavidG]

Here are just a few I've stashed away over the yrs..

http://soniccircus.com/site/amps/all/index.html

 

[6789]

Here are just a few I've stashed away over the yrs..

http://soniccircus.com/site/amps/all/index.html

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my ken watt's model 24 based on a supro 6424 circuit.

(2) 6973s, (1)5Y3 & (3) 12AX7s

 

[Nigel11]

I'm not sure what year it is but my mom picked it up at a yard sale for a $1.

 

[epluribus]

A pair of '66-ish Kalamazoo Model IIs. Got 'em as a pair, the one on the right was badly damaged. Made one very nice OEM amp out of the two, and the other is now a FrankenAmp. (Am Std Strat and an LP BlondeTop, bg.)

A '69 Univox U-1221 w original footswitch. "100W" 2 x 6L6GC that actually pushes about sixty (but clean) with 620+V on the plates. Atop is the aforementioned FrankenAmp in early mod doing duty as sort of a Hertzoggian dirt pedal, back before the really major mods. Guitar: '85 Aria Pro II Ironman Standard. (The Nuge's auto on the wing. Likewise auto'd [different Ted tho) Weber Mass atop the Univox.)

--Ray

 

[valcotone]

Nice amps guys!!

Nigel11 - I believe yours is a mid-40's Supro amp.

Here are a few more:

1948 McKinney/Valco Supreme amp... 10" Rola field-coil speaker... tubes: 6J7, 6SC7, (2) 6V6GT, 5Y3.... I sold this one after posting this YouTube video

1954 Eddie Alkire amp (same as the Supro Airline model 1666)... 10" Rola f/c speaker and 6sQ7, 6SC7, (2) 6V6, 5Y3 tubes... similar amp to the one above but sounds better:

1954 Bronson Melody King by Valco, similar to the National Sportsman or Deluxe... Jensen P12Q, tubes: 6SL7, 6SC7, 6L6G, 6L6G, 6AX5GT.

 

[sinner]

Nice amps! I just wish everyone used one of these little guys--great tone at comfortable volume, because if everyone used one that's all anyone would need!

 

[bunuel]

My Kalamazoo Reverb 12. 2 el84, 3 12ax7, reverb, trem, thru an eminence legend 10" alnico (best fit for the amp!). Inspiring lo-fi.

 

[bunuel]

Fairly rare silvertone. Contrary to the badge, it's not stereo or hi-fi. Great for raunchy early Ron Woods type tones. on of my fave single ended 6 watt amps, 6v6, 6x5gt, 12ax7. I've got Airline-badged dano w/ the same tube complement. Dunno if it's the primitive circuit or the tube lineup w/ 6x5 rectifier, but these are just great amps for raunchy ragged guitar tone. N. Daniels had it down, from circuitry to appearance, gotta love his stuff.

 

[TravisE]

I love amps... and I really love many of the off brand amps that often are neglected and sitting in the dusty corner of some music shop.

Well here's a thread to show off your Supro, Valco, National, Danelectro, Silvertone, Alamo, Univox, Kalamazoo, Airline, Kay, Lectrolab, Teisco, Premier, Sano, Gretsch, Harmony.... etc.

If possible, PLEASE post tube line-up and speaker details... but don't let that stop you from posting pics if you don't have that info.

Here we go... here's my 1956 National Stage Star with (4) oval 6x11" Rola AlNiCo speakers, Tubes: 5V4, 6L6GB, 6L6GB, 6SC7 P/I, 5879 inst, 6SJ7 mic, 6SQ7 trem.

I used to have one VERY similar labeled "Aztek" that had 3 of those 6X9 speakers. It sounded fantastic and was one of my favorite amps ever for, believe it or not, bass tracks!

Here's my humble offering:

Danelectro Maestro. 1x12" speaker, 2x6L6's. The amp's at my drummer's studio and I can't remember the other tubes. I know it has one of those 6SJ7's in it. It has 2 channels, and vibrato that's just delicious!

Great thread, BTW!!

 

[Nigel11]

Nice amps guys!!

Nigel11 - I believe yours is a mid-40's Supro amp.

Here are a few more:

1948 McKinney/Valco Supreme amp... 10" Rola field-coil speaker... tubes: 6J7, 6SC7, (2) 6V6GT, 5Y3.... I sold this one after posting this YouTube video

1954 Eddie Alkire amp (same as the Supro Airline model 1666)... 10" Rola f/c speaker and 6sQ7, 6SC7, (2) 6V6, 5Y3 tubes... similar amp to the one above but sounds better:

1954 Bronson Melody King by Valco, similar to the National Sportsman or Deluxe... Jensen P12Q, tubes: 6SL7, 6SC7, 6L6G, 6L6G, 6AX5GT.

Thanks for the info. I need to get it back to playing condition. It needs a speaker and tubes maybe but it still works. I have played through it but there is a hole in the speaker. I can't believe my mom found it at a yard sale for a buck.

 

[soldersucker]

National 1964 mod#1201 and 65 Rocket 2 that had been closeted for 40+ years.
275.00 for both last week