Vintage Gibson amp
Moderator: The Captain
- Doc Holliday
- Posts: 3263
- Joined: Mon Mar 18, 2013 10:41 pm
- Location: UK West Midlands
Re: Vintage Gibson amp
Cheers Scott ^
- fernieite
- Posts: 919
- Joined: Wed Aug 27, 2008 11:16 pm
- Location: Toronto. Age: Early 60s
Re: Vintage Gibson amp
I've got a 1959 GA-5 Skylark that's very cool. It's quite similar to a tweed champ, but a quarter of the price.
Last edited by fernieite on Tue Nov 22, 2016 1:04 am, edited 1 time in total.
Great deals with: Stu, Graham, Sickle, Devnulljp, SteveG, peps1, paine, fuzzface6669, jetofuj, sciencefriction, jerms, rafmax, Bigfoot2000, whiskeyfuneral, monolithfuzz.
- Steve
- The Artist Formerly Known As KT66
- Posts: 592
- Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2013 8:05 am
Re: Vintage Gibson amp
Christ, those little GA-5's sound amazing....
- devnulljp
- Posts: 7159
- Joined: Sat Sep 13, 2008 10:02 am
- Location: Gulf Islands, BC, Canada
Re: Vintage Gibson amp
My GA5 is a fucking rat's nest inside. Horrible.1bottlerocket wrote:I love the GA-40. I find it is a great 15 watt amp that has a great overdrive. I think the 5879 preamp tube has a lot to do with the nice saturation you can get when really pushing it. From what I understand they are hard to work on due to the way they are wired that is what a tech friend told me anyway. The tone is all there though.
Dear Bongo, No.
Good deals with all these guys
Good deals with all these guys
- fernieite
- Posts: 919
- Joined: Wed Aug 27, 2008 11:16 pm
- Location: Toronto. Age: Early 60s
Re: Vintage Gibson amp
I don't know if this is considered a rats nest (maybe it is ) but here's a pic of the guts when I got the amp and one of it after some caps, the on/off switch, and the two prong cord were replaced.
Last edited by fernieite on Sun Nov 27, 2016 3:01 am, edited 2 times in total.
Great deals with: Stu, Graham, Sickle, Devnulljp, SteveG, peps1, paine, fuzzface6669, jetofuj, sciencefriction, jerms, rafmax, Bigfoot2000, whiskeyfuneral, monolithfuzz.
- fernieite
- Posts: 919
- Joined: Wed Aug 27, 2008 11:16 pm
- Location: Toronto. Age: Early 60s
Re: Vintage Gibson amp
Here's a pic of the back and speaker, and one hanging with my other amps.
Great deals with: Stu, Graham, Sickle, Devnulljp, SteveG, peps1, paine, fuzzface6669, jetofuj, sciencefriction, jerms, rafmax, Bigfoot2000, whiskeyfuneral, monolithfuzz.
- Zuff-1A
- Posts: 1271
- Joined: Wed Oct 26, 2011 2:55 pm
- Location: Estonia, Tallinn
- Doc Holliday
- Posts: 3263
- Joined: Mon Mar 18, 2013 10:41 pm
- Location: UK West Midlands
Re: Vintage Gibson amp
fernieite wrote:I've got a 1959 GA-5 Skylark that's very cool. It's quite similar to a tweed champ, but a quarter of the price.
- Doc Holliday
- Posts: 3263
- Joined: Mon Mar 18, 2013 10:41 pm
- Location: UK West Midlands
Re: Vintage Gibson amp
Dev! Saw your G-20 on another forum .. is it a trem version? How is it? Use it much?devnulljp wrote:I love em. Have a GA5 and a GA20. They're usually way cheaper than old Fenders too.
GA-40 is a good call.
- Doc Holliday
- Posts: 3263
- Joined: Mon Mar 18, 2013 10:41 pm
- Location: UK West Midlands
Re: Vintage Gibson amp
Laservampire wrote:This was the video that convinced me on vintage Gibson amps:
Ben you got a Gibson Amp?
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 8 guests