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Post subject: Re: Vintage Champ knock-off?
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 10:46 pm
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Hi, I have almost the same exact amp, the only difference is mine has a handle on the side you have down.

So the mouth is on the bottom.

Only thing it has is a serial number and no name.

Same look, never seen another one till I just seen yours here!
Same amp, same tubes, same oval speaker, same point to point wiring, except my caps inside are yellow(universal {I think?}), not red, it has 2 transformer's a big one outside and a small one that goes to the speaker.

When on for hour's, she gets hot. ...hot enough if you touch that back panel it might burn you.

I've been looking for information about it for years and this is the first solid information that someone has the same amp as me.

That little amp just screams if you put a preamp in front of it, has a tone all of its own.
Played on its own its got nice fat beefy sound great break up at high volumes... Right before it hard clips(falt of the 6sj7 I think, its a hard cut off tube according to spec sheets)

Although it tends to hard cut clip at high volumes on the on/off volume knob.
Once warm, the hard clip is extreme enough you won't hear anything out of the amp till ypu hit the strings.

I've wanted to clone it as well, do you still have this amp?
Did you have any luck cloning yours?
Did you learn any more about it?

I found mine in my grandfather's basement along with a 61' Fender Jazz Master!

This little amp has attitude for days, I'd really love to learn more about it!
Its got a fat, thick tone!

Yours is the first picture I've seen online of my amp, minus the handle of course(mine has one). ;-)

I really love that amp.

The serial number:
X39797
Number's on the speaker:
550-20 (on the magnet)
8932 (on the chassis)
285321 (on the chassis)
4 (on the chassis)
43:H:100 (on the cone)(I'm not sure if the number is longer, it goes under the terminal and I don't feel like removing it)
PAT.NO.2517727

Also written inside $61.00

Cord end has been replaced
Wires going to speaker have been replaced
May have had a cap replaced at one time(one of the internal one's)

If it wasn't 1:42AM I'd go play it... Heck I still might. It sounds great on its own, but it can get really loud with a preamp and it just takes it. Great Amp! ... I'm going to :-P

Little bit of advice with this amp, do not touch another player's guitar or another guitar player while you got your hand on the strings lol zap :-P

Actually roasted a Randall by going out from the signal out of the Randall into this amp. *Facepalm* oops

I'm curious what the fuse is in yours?

I had to replace it and there wasn't one in it when I originally found it. I used a 2 amp fuse.

This is exciting !


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