Identification Needed
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Identification Needed
Picked this jewel up at an auction. Anybody ever seen one?
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- martin manning
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Re: Identification Needed
Anything on that small metal plate on the back at the bottom? Post a close up of that.
Re: Identification Needed
Mother of pearl might suggest early Magnatone or predecessor.
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Re: Identification Needed
Valco?
Looks similar to this: https://reverb.com/item/75964878-valco- ... mp-circuit
Edited to add: You might find this thread interesting, noting the reference to Valco and Marian Hall who is pictured with an instrument labeled Marian.
In case the Reverb listing disappears, here is a photo, and the description from the ad.:
Looks similar to this: https://reverb.com/item/75964878-valco- ... mp-circuit
Edited to add: You might find this thread interesting, noting the reference to Valco and Marian Hall who is pictured with an instrument labeled Marian.
In case the Reverb listing disappears, here is a photo, and the description from the ad.:
This small tube amplifier was made by VALCO in 1956. An excellent low-wattage amplifier for recording and playing at living-room volume. The amp has a thick vintage sound with sweet breakup. The VALCO date code dates the amplifier to 1956 which puts the manufacturing date right in the golden era of guitar amplifiers. The circuit is identical to the Fender 5C1 Champ. The amplifier has a speaker jack and can be played through any 3-8 Ohm speaker.
Original power transformer (US voltage), original output transformer and great sounding original American-made vintage tubes (Philips JAN/ GE / RCA) down to the original oval Alnico speaker made by Rola. One of the best sounding small amplifiers I have owned.
The amplifier has been carefully serviced with great attention to keep it original yet functioning. To keep the amp playable the amp has received a new can-filter capacitor (CE-Distribution) and a grounded cord - well a period-correct BROWN grounded cord to be exact.
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Re: Identification Needed
Looks like a serial numbermartin manning wrote: ↑Sun Dec 17, 2023 3:08 pm Anything on that small metal plate on the back at the bottom? Post a close up of that.
Reminds me of my aloha... Down to the topology and the motb
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