Amp treasure hunting

psyx

So here's the scenario... You find yourself in some one-horse town and you decide to browse through the local pawn shop. Somewhere in the back you find a vintage tube amp covered in an inch of dust. When you enquire about it, the store clerk tells you:
"Its one of those old tube rubbish we used to use when I was a kid... I dont think its worth much. Give me R500 for it"

So what amp would you most desire to find? :?

makepeace

fun games 8)

makepeace

or one of these.

bottledtone

:Oooh..... I always dream of an old granny pulling out a 59 Les Paul from the closet that belonged to her husband that passed and that they never had any children, so I could have it

But ampwise.... Still would love to find a fawn AC30/4

MikeM

Considering I have a nice blonde already, gonna have to say one of the old AC15s..

flatfourfan

Hiwatt Custom 50 DR-504

chris77

Whatever that amp was that Samuel L Jackson played in Black Snake Moan.

ezietsman

Ooh Makepeace has it. Trainwreck express. yum yum. Just need a soundproof room...

psyx

makepeace wrote:

pretty awesome!

AlanRatcliffe

Already got mine:

1963. Four years older than I am. Now sports new grill cloth, new knobs and a pair of Weber speakers (Blue Dog & Silver Bell).

vic

This is how you often find them.....in dark dusty studio storerooms.....an abandoned '63 copper panel AC30....the holy grail of tone ?

pic: courtesy of Karel

BluJu

I still roam the pawn shops with hope. Unfortunately google has made these events pretty rare.
A classic deluxe reverb for 500 bucks would make my life. ?

Tokai-SA

Found mine in a pawn shop, sold it in the USA. ☹

1966 Vibrolux Reverb with GEC KT66 valves and original Jensen speakers.

makepeace

Shoosus those KT66's are monsters in real life!

Gearhead

Next to KT120s they are not too big ?

makepeace

Haha yes true :-[ But I mean for a plug and play comparison to 6L6's ???

Gearhead

The worst power to size ratio is the venerable 300B. Fantastic sound for hifi but 10W out of enormous bulbs does seem a bit of a waste. On the other hand, I never fully open up my 300B amp.

My dream find would also be the early Bassman head for R500 ?

vic

Vic wrote:
This is how you often find them.....in dark dusty studio storerooms.....an abandoned '63 copper panel AC30....the holy grail of tone ?

pic: courtesy of Karel

and this is the cab of this AC30.....totally neglected. No grill cloth, or tolex (painted black!), no handles or vents (use to be copper)...but the electronics are just fine.

Unfortunately not R500...I wish.... ?

Karel-Mars

Hey Vic

I like the diamond cloth wall hanging behind the amp ?

singemonkey

Vic wrote:

"When I think of the road we're travelling on, I wonder what's gone wrong." ???