Bill Ashton
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A quick side trip to a music store out of my area yesterday revealed a strange Gibson amp that I wonder about...
I would guess it early 70's, though it was marked "60's Tube Amp!" It was a tall tube or hybrid amp, two dissimilar 12" speakers over/under, with what looked like a wood grain contact paper panel on the top. If I remember back through the haze of times past, when using tremolo, a large rectangular pilot light would pulse with the throb and this had that red lamp; there was also a yellow reverb light (don't know what that could possibly do).
Seemed to be a twin chassis amp, with the power amp on the bottom...doesn't make any sense but only seemed to have two "6V6" sized tubes plus one miniature between the transformers, though it was reduced lighting so maybe I missed something.
If there was a model name other than Gibson on the control panel I missed it (or perhaps can't remember it)...it this enough of a description for anyone to identify this beast? I looked on eBay, and while there is one that looks like perhaps it was the same vintage, it is not the same amp (Gibson "Falcon") but much smaller physcially.
I would guess it early 70's, though it was marked "60's Tube Amp!" It was a tall tube or hybrid amp, two dissimilar 12" speakers over/under, with what looked like a wood grain contact paper panel on the top. If I remember back through the haze of times past, when using tremolo, a large rectangular pilot light would pulse with the throb and this had that red lamp; there was also a yellow reverb light (don't know what that could possibly do).
Seemed to be a twin chassis amp, with the power amp on the bottom...doesn't make any sense but only seemed to have two "6V6" sized tubes plus one miniature between the transformers, though it was reduced lighting so maybe I missed something.
If there was a model name other than Gibson on the control panel I missed it (or perhaps can't remember it)...it this enough of a description for anyone to identify this beast? I looked on eBay, and while there is one that looks like perhaps it was the same vintage, it is not the same amp (Gibson "Falcon") but much smaller physcially.