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Topic: Old lap steel amp? |
Brian Hunter
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Indianapolis
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Posted 30 Sep 2011 3:50 am |
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Maybe a harp amp?
I will take better pictures later. A friend found this on the curb. It works and sounds good but there are definitely some problems. Handing it over to a tech next week to see what he can do for it. No name on it anywhere and that part that opens sits very awkward when open too.It doesn't come off either.
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Jay Fagerlie
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Lotus, California, USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2011 3:52 am
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I want a friend like that!
I have no idea what the make is, but it sure looks nice. |
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George Fischer
From:
California, USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2011 5:15 am
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| take the chassis out and eyeball it. Sometimes there's a manufacturer's label there. |
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John Allison
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Austin, Texas, USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2011 5:34 am
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Brian, the case looks identical to an old Ampro movie projector speaker I have - though mine still has the cast grill cover and original 12" Magnavox paper coil speaker. I built a little 5 watt reel-to-reel tube chassis into it and the finished product is very similar to yours. I built mine into the back cover because of the very cool adjustable swinging-door-style baffle system in the speaker case. If I ever change to a modern speaker, I'll take out the baffles and build the chassis into the main part of the box.
It's possible that yours is a similar project amp put together from vintage parts. If not, maybe Ampro made a little powered cabinet like this.
Mine's an amazing sounding amp for steel. The old speaker is smooth as silk, but, especially with that low-wattage circuit, the whole thing breaks up pretty easily. At relatively low volume, the clean tone kills and it gets a really sweet distortion sound. The only thing missing is a touch of reverb for steel.
You'll have fun with it.
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John Allison
Allison Stringed Instruments
Austin, Texas
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 30 Sep 2011 6:55 am
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Moved to Electronics from Steel Without Pedals.
That looks to me like an old Gibson amp from the 1930s.
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Brad’s Page of Steel
A web site devoted to acoustic & electric lap steel guitars |
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2011 11:41 am
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| It's a Curb amp. The best! |
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