The Twin is ready!

tele71 · September 28th, 2004, 08:04 PM

Mike Kropotnik just called and told me the beast was ready. Blackfaced, new caps, ripped out the master volume. Mike says she sounds great,loud and powerful. Can't wait to get her home. Mike was really resonable. Hard to belive that much tone costs so little. Now a new cab, face plate, (Black?) and new grill cover and were good to go. I'll let you all know how she sounds when she comes home.
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GuitarJonz · September 28th, 2004, 11:16 PM

I've got a '71, love it. Just curious, why the new cab??

tele71 · September 29th, 2004, 08:09 AM

new cab because the amp has seen some hard times. I bought her from Chuck Levins in 1980 for 150.00$. She was a trade in on something else and when I found her she was wearing white nogahide skin and white leopard skin covering on the front panal. Truly a 1980s get up. needless to say that my restoration savy was limited to what I could gleen from freinds and what materials I could find at local dealers and so forth. I recovered the cab in Peavy tolex as that was all I could find at the time. The front fell apart when I removed the leopard skin covering so she has sat in the basement without a front grill for all these years.
Now with the advent of the internet one can get all kinds of goodies as replacement parts and I thought I could save myself some time and effort by buying a replacement cab,grill and back panals and have a good looking good sounding amp once more. I will probobly never sell any gear so when one of my kids is going through my stuff they will say LOOK WHAT I FOUND!!!! A 1973 twin reverb in excellent condition.
BTW are you sporting JBLs in that beauty? Very nice amp.
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GuitarJonz · September 29th, 2004, 09:27 AM

Yes, the guy I bought it from had Weber California speakers with aluminium domes in there in that pic, but pulled them and reinstalled the stock Oxfords because he couldn't sell the amp with the Webers (go figure!). After I got, I installed my Weber Calis witrh paper domes, great sound. See pic below:

tele71 · September 29th, 2004, 10:25 AM

I find those to be really resonably priced for the sound and tone. Good bang for the buck! Thank you Ted Weber!!! :D

stantheman · September 29th, 2004, 01:22 PM

You wrote You were going for new cosmetics and I'm just wondering if You're gonna go back to "stock" or
do the "brown faceplate with white tolex and the wheat grill cloth" ? I've seen some "Restored Amps" with Custom Shop-Type cosmetics and I really think they looked totally cool (as in a really nice rodded car) and
I think they actually if done well increase the "lust factor".

tele71 · September 29th, 2004, 09:43 PM

thinking of going that route. I think the 61 twin is about the finest looking amp i have ever seen. I lust for the one at Elderly Instruments. That is a really cool looking amp but I cant afford 5 grand. Nice amp though. I'll have to shop around and see whats available. If you think about it I can pretty much do what ever I want. thanks for the idea.
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September 28th, 2004, 08:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
tele71 Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Washington DC Posts: 169	The Twin is ready! Mike Kropotnik just called and told me the beast was ready. Blackfaced, new caps, ripped out the master volume. Mike says she sounds great,loud and powerful. Can't wait to get her home. Mike was really resonable. Hard to belive that much tone costs so little. Now a new cab, face plate, (Black?) and new grill cover and were good to go. I'll let you all know how she sounds when she comes home. P

September 28th, 2004, 11:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
GuitarJonz Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Central Mass. Posts: 2,864 7 Photos	Why a new cab? I've got a '71, love it. Just curious, why the new cab??

September 29th, 2004, 08:09 AM	#3 (permalink)
tele71 Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Washington DC Posts: 169	Need the new cab because the amp has seen some hard times. I bought her from Chuck Levins in 1980 for 150.00$. She was a trade in on something else and when I found her she was wearing white nogahide skin and white leopard skin covering on the front panal. Truly a 1980s get up. needless to say that my restoration savy was limited to what I could gleen from freinds and what materials I could find at local dealers and so forth. I recovered the cab in Peavy tolex as that was all I could find at the time. The front fell apart when I removed the leopard skin covering so she has sat in the basement without a front grill for all these years. Now with the advent of the internet one can get all kinds of goodies as replacement parts and I thought I could save myself some time and effort by buying a replacement cab,grill and back panals and have a good looking good sounding amp once more. I will probobly never sell any gear so when one of my kids is going through my stuff they will say LOOK WHAT I FOUND!!!! A 1973 twin reverb in excellent condition. BTW are you sporting JBLs in that beauty? Very nice amp. P

September 29th, 2004, 09:27 AM	#4 (permalink)
GuitarJonz Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Central Mass. Posts: 2,864 7 Photos	They were Weber Calis Yes, the guy I bought it from had Weber California speakers with aluminium domes in there in that pic, but pulled them and reinstalled the stock Oxfords because he couldn't sell the amp with the Webers (go figure!). After I got, I installed my Weber Calis witrh paper domes, great sound. See pic below:

September 29th, 2004, 10:25 AM	#5 (permalink)
tele71 Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Washington DC Posts: 169	Yea thats my amp! I find those to be really resonably priced for the sound and tone. Good bang for the buck! Thank you Ted Weber!!! :D

September 29th, 2004, 01:22 PM	#6 (permalink)
stantheman Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: White Mountains Posts: 5,071	Just Curious You wrote You were going for new cosmetics and I'm just wondering if You're gonna go back to "stock" or do the "brown faceplate with white tolex and the wheat grill cloth" ? I've seen some "Restored Amps" with Custom Shop-Type cosmetics and I really think they looked totally cool (as in a really nice rodded car) and I think they actually if done well increase the "lust factor". __________________ Somebody Loan Me A Dime

September 29th, 2004, 09:43 PM	#7 (permalink)
tele71 Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Washington DC Posts: 169	I was thinking of going that route. I think the 61 twin is about the finest looking amp i have ever seen. I lust for the one at Elderly Instruments. That is a really cool looking amp but I cant afford 5 grand. Nice amp though. I'll have to shop around and see whats available. If you think about it I can pretty much do what ever I want. thanks for the idea. P