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Topic: Rickenbacker M11 amplifier |
Tim Whitlock
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Colorado, USA
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Posted 19 Oct 2022 9:43 am |
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I was gifted the Rickenbacker M11 shown below, by the wife of a dear departed friend. Notice the speaker grill spells RICK. I was able to identify it as some iteration of the model M11. It has two inputs and one volume and one tone control. Tubes are 2 6V6s, 1 6SJ7, 1 6N7 and a 5Y3 rectifier. The tubes are all RCA and all tested good! I briefly tried it out and it sounds glorious with my Ricky lap steels, but when I peeked inside it needs a good servicing. Several leaky, oozy caps need to be replaced at the least.
There are no speaker or pot codes to help me date this amp. There is a code on the Thermador power transformer which appears to be CS13550. Does anyone have any more information about this amp - especially the year? The name on the badge is spelled Rickenbacher. I believe that puts it pre-1950. The flying saucer knob put it post-1939. So it must be somewhere in the 1940s.
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Larry Dering
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 19 Oct 2022 5:12 pm
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| Tim, that's a really cool old amp that looks pristine. What an incredible gift. You're a fortunate man. |
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Tim Whitlock
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 19 Oct 2022 7:23 pm
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| Larry Dering wrote: |
| Tim, that's a really cool old amp that looks pristine. What an incredible gift. You're a fortunate man. |
Thanks Larry! An incredible gift indeed, given my love for Ricky lap steels. Sad to come by it in this way. We only get to care for our instruments for a short time and then they pass on, just like the Red Violin. |
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