NAD! Guild 99-J

[Walter Broes]

Well, the classic Standel 25L15 has a Baxendall tone stack, two 807's (comparable in power to 6L6's) in cathode bias, and a 15" JBL D130, so I guess it's not that far off from the Guild. (except apparently Standels had an output transformer that was over-dimensioned to the maximum, a huge chunk of iron).

Merle Travis, Chet Atkins, Joe Maphis, and a bunch of steel players sure got great tones from their Standels..

 

[capnjuan]

Billydlight used to play one; there's an old LTG thread where he talks about it ... but the pics are gone and none of his YT vids under the name Billy D Light show his Standel. At one time, they were the 'Dumbles' of the country/c&w/rockabilly world, no?

 

[Walter Broes]

Yep, very few were made, because they were a very expensive, custom-order item only. I think Billy still plays his, he has a 50L15 if I'm not mistaken.

I don't particularly lust after one for what I usually do, but I wouldnt mind owning something that sounds entirely different than my trusty Fenders (and clones), and isn't a Marshall/Vox or other "British" amp.

 

[capnjuan]

... I don't particularly lust after one for what I usually do, but I wouldnt mind owning something that sounds entirely different than my trusty Fenders (and clones), and isn't a Marshall/Vox or other "British" amp.

This is day-dreaming of course but there's a museum-grade Gibson GA77 that recently showed up on eBay. :shock: Twin cathode-biased 6L6s ... about the same power as the 99J, (no on-board reverb), 15" Jensen (fortunately a JBL would fit :wink: ) and is dripping with je ne sais quoi ... Something of an electronic cross between a Pro and Super ... way too much money ... way too heavy ... way too old and beautiful to gig ... but still ...

 

[Walter Broes]

Ooowah!! That IS a beaut! Way too rich for my blood though, but yes, I wouldn't mind! Almost no amp is too clean to gig IMO - a roadcase will keep an amp really clean, because all the amp is subjected to out of the case is....sitting on stage working, which doesn't damage a thing.

 

[Bill Ashton]

PLEASE tell me that there aren't just three capacitors in that amp... :shock: :shock: :shock:

 

[capnjuan]

PLEASE tell me that there aren't just three capacitors in that amp... :shock: :shock: :shock:

Okay; there aren't just three ... there are 4 ... one of the brown cigar caps is a double ... add one brown single-section cigar, and then add the Minitmite in the center ... that's the 6L6 cathode resistor bypass cap ... the amp has three electrolytic sections of capacitors to filter the DC and one bypassing the cathode resistor ... 4 ... four ... fore ... quatro ... quatre, the square root of 16. What any respectable Guild 99J should have ... :wink:

 

[Bill Ashton]

Uh, mine has 22...should be, uh...21?

No comprendo :?

But then I guess that would be Electronics 102

:lol:

 

[capnjuan]

Uh, mine has 22...should be, uh...21? No comprendo :?

Either: (1) the last guy to fool with it ... out of a mis-guided sense of keeping it as original as possible ... put the new caps in and 'honored' the amp by leaving the old caps in there ... or (2) the old caps had unprotected sex and produced another generation of themselves right inside the amp.

Since attempting to keep the amp as original as possible is considered noble and above reproach, it follows that there's only one other reasonable explanation for the proliferation ... (I've reported your amp to Planned Parenthood :evil: :wink: ).

 

[Bill Ashton]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[capnjuan]

Ooowah!! That IS a beaut! Way too rich for my blood though, but yes, I wouldn't mind! Almost no amp is too clean to gig IMO

Okay; maybe not too clean to gig but this is more of a collector piece; original cosmetics and electronics.

It didn't sell. I think the seller was just waving it around ... hoping to get a few offers or a better idea of what people might pay ... a 'Feeler' auction.

 

[guildman63]

Hey Bill, you bought that amp right out from under me. I saw it a few weeks ago and considered making a lower offer (I think it was listed for $325 or $350, and I initially asked the owner to call and offer $275). The owner talked me out of it, and then I had second thoughts after playing it a little longer and hearing some very odd noises as it warmed up (not knowing amps at all I couldn't be sure what I was considering getting myself into). I was really GASsing all week, and when I went back the following weekend it was gone. From what everyone has said previously it shouldn't be too much of a job to get it back into good shape, and while I wish I had bought it right away, at least it went to another LTG'er. Best of luck with it, and be sure to post a few sound bites when all is straightened out.

 

[Bill Ashton]

PM sent to Guildman...

 

[Bill Ashton]

Very quick update...

Chassis back from my local tech today. Can cap was gone, as well as one side of the tremolo 12AX7 which was loading down the power supply big time. He is very happy with the result, and upon my question feels the output is more towards 40 watts than the 30 watts the 1960's brochure stated...noted that I should be careful with the original speaker that is in it. It was my intent to put in the old RSC12N I had in the 66-J for years and box the original Oxford (the only thing that says Guild on the amp!).

Will do photos when I get the chance.

 

[capnjuan]

Hi Bill; glad it's straightened out. If the old can caps are left in place, the only thing usable about them is the tie points to ground. If the hot sections are still energized, then no matter how many fresh caps you put in (as in tribbles), you still get futzzzz.

 

[Bill Ashton]

Cap, the can capacitor was replaced by a two section Mallory, the other two "sections" were done with single caps on the chassis...not my first choice, but about the only option given the dearth of 4-section caps available with the proper specs.

Really have not had the chance to play her much, given the situation I PM'd you about, however the tremolo is back and is throbbing and lucious!

Also have my son's tele on the bench for a p'up change, but have to wait for the basement waters to receed before I can get back to it...

Take care,

Bill

 

[capnjuan]

Cap, the can capacitor was replaced by a two section Mallory, the other two "sections" were done with single caps on the chassis...not my first choice, but about the only option given the dearth of 4-section caps available with the proper specs.

There are several of the old machines they used to make the multi-sections with out there. Apparently whoever owns them waits until they have enough orders, bangs them out, the caps show up on various web-vendor pages, and within a matter of months, they're all gone ... until enough orders are built up .... Okay; it's a work-around but a solid one.

Southern Florida's high water table rules out basements altogether. In the older subdivisions, the water piles up in swales alongside the streets ... and when the ground can't absorb any more water, it rises until reaches doorsteps ... and then into the house. In one sense, your basement is a sump ... a place for the water to go instead of flooding the 1st floor as commonly happens here.

I'd send you a water pump ... but ... there would be fees involved ... Good luck. J

 

[RussB]

Small world...


I saw that amp, and went back to buy it two days later, and it was gone

Congrats on a cool amp! I also tried that Rivera 55-12

 

[Bill Ashton]

Oh man, another one! Sorry

Story goes, I went into the store to get some strings, saw the trapazoidal grille down the back and thought either "Carr" or old "Guild"... After leaving, called wife and said 'I HAVE to have this amp!!!" As I was on the One-In-One-Out Plan (which I thought was the One-OUT-One-In plan :lol: ), SWMBO graciously told me as long as one left the home premises another could take its place...

Rest is history, just I guess quicker than you and another member.

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Guess now I will be looking for a 98-RVT...yeah, right!

Funny bit about the Fifty Five-Twelve, it was bought by a "jazzer' :shock: Came in, tried it out, brought in his Hot Rod Deluxe for consignment and sold it right away...and then bought the Rivera. I had told Carl, some young kid will come in, try the amp, convince his father he has to have it, and that man will hate us forever more (so loud, so high gain!). I guess I was really wrong about that...

 

[RussB]

So the 55-12 was yours?

I actually came home after trying and did some research, even found a used footswitch, but I really didn't need that amp. I like amp projects, stuff that needs some TLC. I repair & restore amps as a paying hobby