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Tech Talk - Danelectro Commando (1956)

The Danelectro Commando is a combo guitar amplifier manufactured by Danelectro in 1954–1960. There is some evidence that it is one of the amplifiers used by Little Walter. The circuitry of this 30-watt amplifier is typical of its day, with a 5Y3 rectifier tube, one...

Tech Talk - Premier 50 (1963)

In the Amp Mythos it is said that Linc Ray, used Premier Amps and used the model 90 reverb unit. When Leo Fender wanted to make an amp for Ray, he put a Hammond organ reverb tank in the bottom of a Fender Super and Ray switched to the new Super Reverb amp. If Premiers...

Tech Talk - Meteor Harp Amp (2006)

Kim Wilson shown with his Meteor. This is it folks. You've found the home of the only REAL harp amp. The Meteor amp is a pure tone monster with 50 watts of pure useable tube tone. The four 6V6's produce a sound that is warm and overdriven like a harp amp is supposed...

Tech Talk - Fender "Pro Junior" (2003)

The Pro Juniorâ„¢ is a simple, uncluttered 15-Watt tone machine, a great grab & go tube amp for stage or studio. It's got the fat mid tones characteristic of EL-84 output tubes, a dual 12AX7 tube preamp, and a 10-inch Fender Special Design speaker with vintage cone....

Tech Talk - Marble Max Amp (2006)

input, volume & tone 1x8 MARBLE Bluetone C8H25 speaker poweroutput: 7,5 watts (6W RMS at 8 Ohm) dimensions: 34 x 29 x 20 cm, weight: 7 kg pre-amp: 1x 6SL7GT or 12AT7NOS power-amp: 1x 6V6GT or 5881 rectifier: 1x 5Y3GT The circuitry is based on the tweed Champ...