- Joined
- Jul 30, 2007
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- Location
- Philly, or thereabouts
- Guild Total
- 11
Picked this one up from Kummers Vintage. I changed out the B+ filtercaps and subbed in caps for the cathode bypasses. Very interesting amp as it appears to predate the 66J and the 99-100J series of amps. It has no model ID anywhere on the amp, only "1366" on a piece of tape on the baffleboard. The covering is the typical TV front woodgrain shelfpaper on the bottom and the top is a white elephant hide tolex. The grillcloth is a simple brown.
The amp is powered by two 6L6s, but the construction is unusual for Guild. The power transformer is bolted to the bottom of the cabinet, and the chassis (such as it is) contains the bias supply, the filter capacitors and has a 5U4 rectifier mounted. It is connected by an umbilical to the upper chassis.
The upper chassis appears to have been the same used for the Model 66 (not the "J" ) which is a transformerless ac/dc amp. However, this chassis does not have a hole punched for a rectifier, which the the Model 66 would have. Strange. The sizable output transformer is mounted in a cutout above the powertubes.
The control panel is identical to the Model 66, having two volumes, bass and treble, a two position tremolo speed switch and speed and depth controls. The green pilot light and the power and standby switchs are on the left side of the control panel.
The amp is powered by two 6L6s, but the construction is unusual for Guild. The power transformer is bolted to the bottom of the cabinet, and the chassis (such as it is) contains the bias supply, the filter capacitors and has a 5U4 rectifier mounted. It is connected by an umbilical to the upper chassis.
The upper chassis appears to have been the same used for the Model 66 (not the "J" ) which is a transformerless ac/dc amp. However, this chassis does not have a hole punched for a rectifier, which the the Model 66 would have. Strange. The sizable output transformer is mounted in a cutout above the powertubes.
The control panel is identical to the Model 66, having two volumes, bass and treble, a two position tremolo speed switch and speed and depth controls. The green pilot light and the power and standby switchs are on the left side of the control panel.