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For a unique sound - I had an early 70s Baldwin Deluxe amplifier for a few days. Yes, the organ maker Baldwin. Got it for $40, it needed repair - cleaned the pots and that was it. Took it back because it was a bit heavy and I think only about 30w output - not really enough for me. Wish I'd kept it, it was gone within a day after I took it back to Music Go Round.
Had two channels with decent trem and reverb on one, and it had a LOT of tone options - it had some crazy 5-switch tone option section with pull stops (yep, like an organ!) for 5 preset options, must've been a network of switchable filters or something. You could use the "normal" tone controls, the crazy switching system, or a blend of both. There were a TON of sounds in it, and it looked amazingly awesome in that kitschy, diner kinda way (blue side panels, colored tone pull stops, lots of aluminum trim, etc. )
But my favourite feature - the output transistors were germanium! When you cranked the amp and they started clipping it sounded AMAZING. absolutely AMAZING! I haven't gotten that sound from another SS amp, ever. If you ever see one of these - crank it up to 10 and slam some chords out, if you can. Unfortunately, being germanium transistors, after a few minutes they'd get too hot and start to sound really buzzy and bad, and you'd have to leave the amp alone for a while to cool down. But man... that would've been great for recording if I'd kept it.
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