Vintage Gibson amp

[Doc Holliday]

Cheers Scott ^

[fernieite]

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.

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[Steve]

Christ, those little GA-5's sound amazing....

[devnulljp]

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.

My GA5 is a fucking rat's nest inside. Horrible.

[fernieite]

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.

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[fernieite]

Here's a pic of the back and speaker, and one hanging with my other amps.

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[Zuff-1A]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1954-Gibson-GA- ... SwHMJYKRiK

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1959-Gibson-GA2 ... SwcLxYKzFK

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1960-Ma ... SwA3dYJSBU

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1959-Maestro-Su ... SwXeJYKzY7

[Doc Holliday]

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.

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[Doc Holliday]

I love em. Have a GA5 and a GA20. They're usually way cheaper than old Fenders too.
GA-40 is a good call.

Dev! Saw your G-20 on another forum .. is it a trem version? How is it? Use it much?

[Doc Holliday]

This was the video that convinced me on vintage Gibson amps:

Ben you got a Gibson Amp?