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myfootParticipant
I was just curious to see how hard it was to find 😀
myfootParticipant[quote=”glw”]Check out this band called Van Stone and in particular their alarming guitar designs:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=5197497
I’m sure they must be in it for a laugh. I mean, you could take The Darkness more seriously than this lot.[/quote]
I think this scared me more than the guitars 😯
http://www.myspace.com/ladiesofvanstonemyfootParticipantmyfootParticipantYes sir ..new GUITAR cable took care of the problem Thanks so much for all your help.
myfootParticipanthope these are sized okay:
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/myfoot/IM000197.jpgmyfootParticipantYep, has Hi and Lo, I had him plug into both channnels and both HI and Lo and it made no difference. Anyway I went and bought a couple new cables (alll he has left around here are speaker cables ) so we’ll try it out today with those . Those pictures are still coming , I was cooking a hog yesterday and my wife forgot to pick the batteries up for me. And yes that hog was good 😛
myfootParticipantWon’t be long now for the pics..brought son home from college and he brought his camera with as I requested; batteries are dead 😯 anyway I’ll get some batteries and up pics probably later today . Question for the gurus : Why won’t his acoustic/electric play thru this amp? His strat ,sg and even his epi sheraton II play just fine ( very nicely I may add ) but his A/E does nothing. Is it because of active pickup? THe amp he uses at college (an old peavey tko ) plays just fine . Thanks for any info
myfootParticipantShit , I was at daughters this morning and forgot to get her camera 😥
@1bassleft I found this link today and thought of you (don’t know why)
http://desmoines.craigslist.org/ele/209904537.html
I was looking around my area trying to find parts for my amp and this turned up. Anyway I sent an email to Standel amps and got a reply from the president :Yes, Bob designed your amp. In fact, he was very proud of the SG amps.
The 8417 was an incredible tube, designed at the end of the tube era by the
old school designers and it had some really excellent specs. Because it
came out so late, there were not too many products designed using it and
there weren’t too many made. As a consequence, not many people or
designer’s are deeply familiar with them. However, Bob always looking to
take advantage of the best materials was very excited with it and really
liked the results.Yes again, it is very likely you have the original speaker. I can say for
sure that the Altec was an optional upgrade.And…Yes again, I would really appreciate a good copy of that schematic. I
have the schematic Bob gave me, however, it’s not a very good copy.Good luck and best wishes,
Danny McKinney-Pres.
The Standel Co.myfootParticipantBe happy to if I can get ahold of a camera.May take a bit before I can get one of my kids to let loose of it for a bit. Found this today: It’s an ad on ebay, and I can’t tell if it’s the blue denim covring but looks just like this :
http://cgi.ebay.com/53974-Very-Nice-1974-SG-System-Amplifier-Ad_W0QQitemZ230021809484QQihZ013QQcategoryZ37837QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemmyfootParticipantTook a tube out and it said rca 7409s ,turned it to the other side and sure enough was 8417 stenciled on it
myfootParticipantoops Sorry it’s a 115 and yes it has the single 15 speaker . I have had contact with someone who told me you could change out the 8417s with 6550 and just bias the new tubes . Is there a link to Angelas? I found a website after googling vintage amp knobs but didn’t have a whole lot of luck. BTW the fellow I corresponded with sent me the schematics that Gibson sent him.If anyone wants , I’d be happy to forward them on.
myfootParticipantI just acquired an SG System 150 combo the other day and while trying to find out more about it found this site.Near as I can tell the only thing wrong with it is it’s missing a knob . It’s got a blue denim covering on it , Maestro footswitch and vinyl cover . The gentleman I bought it from apparently bought it new and gigged with it for years.
An acquaintance of mine asked if I wanted to buy an amp for my son and I told him he really didn’t need another one. I saw him the other day and asked if it was SS or tube.He said he didn’t know so he called the guy .This guys says he doesn’t know but it sounds real good. He reaches in and says that he feels tubes up there so I went over and bought it for $100 .
Anyway there isn’t a whole lot of information out there on these, but what I can find sounds like these were very good amps. I guess I’d like to know if anyone knows where I can find a knob for this that matches the others.
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