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Post subject: How about some "amp porn"......?
Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 2:28 am
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Santa came a little early for me this year......

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He brought me this pre-CBS blackface Pro Amp (dated November 1964). Save for the replacement Jensen Concert speaker (dated to '65), the bias and filter caps, and a grounded 3-conductor power cord, it's all original. Tubes are a mix of Sov-Tek 6L6's, NOS bottles in the pre-amp, and an vintage Amperex Bugle Boy GZ34. It's a real sweet piece that belonged to a local country picker who owned it for about thirty-five years. He claimed to be the second owner, having picked it up in Tulsa in 1975. It's got some serious sonic mojo -- I'd almost forgotten how good a real Jensen sounds. The wife has already volunteered to make a tailored cover for the amp so it can travel in safety.

Ho ho ho......!

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Post subject: Re: How about some "amp porn"......?
Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 5:33 am
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I am really liking the porn


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Post subject: Re: How about some "amp porn"......?
Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 6:31 am
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Nice knobs!!! :wink:

Hey you did say it was porn!!

Nice collection there sir! Now I see the "brown-tolex" version of this amp too?
What's the story behind that one?

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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 7:26 am
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That's a great score Arjay...I'm so envious!


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Post subject: Re: How about some "amp porn"......?
Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 9:53 am
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tyronne wrote:
Now I see the "brown-tolex" version of this amp too?
What's the story behind that one?


It's a "what-if" re-creation of an amp that never existed, based on a silverface '68 Bandmaster chassis. The 2 x 10 combo cab is custom-built, "dressed" in brownface cosmetics and sporting a pair of CTS alnico 10's from a '71 Super Reverb.

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Post subject: Re: How about some "amp porn"......?
Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 10:47 am
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You've been good boy Arjay! :D What a great addition to an already awesome collection! 8) Congrats!!


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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 11:14 am
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Very nice Arjay! 8)

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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 3:46 pm
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All good amps come from Tulsa.......... 8)

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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 5:38 pm
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Wow! That's purdy! Congrats!

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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 2:57 am
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That's some good stuff Arjay. Very high class erotica.


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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 6:03 am
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Nice Arjay - I am impressed :-)

Congrats on a very fine Xmas present.

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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 8:59 am
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Nice Arjay - I am impressed :-)

Congrats on a very fine Xmas present.

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Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 10:53 am
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Lovely amp porn Arjay-I almost shorted out my keyboard from drooling over it.

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Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 7:31 pm
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Post subject: Re: How about some "amp porn"......?
Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 8:24 pm
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Thanks, guys.

I hope to have a comprehensive report after the holiday festivities are over.

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