Supro/Valco/Gretsch?

hal · August 3rd, 2007, 08:29 PM

Anybody out there have one of these? I'm looking at a 6121. Anybody know anything about them? Thanks.

PhatTele · August 3rd, 2007, 09:11 PM

The latest issue of ToneQuest Report (August 2007) has an in depth article about the Supro/Valco/Oahu amps (a model by model breakdown). It's a follow up to an earlier issue (April 2002). Scope them out.

beep.click · August 3rd, 2007, 10:41 PM

My friend has an old Gretsch amp; might be a 6121. It has OVAL speakers.

Anything you want me to as him about it?

FMA · August 6th, 2007, 07:45 AM

I've got an old Supro with two 6l6s and one 15. The chassis holding the power tubes is in the base of the cabinet and the controls are up top. Sickest tremolo you've ever heard, and I mean that in the good way. I'm not sure of the model number. All I know is it kills. Great lo-fi tone. If you have chance to pick one up to add to your tonal palette, do it. Very cool amps.

Buckshot · August 6th, 2007, 12:00 PM

I've got a Thunderbolt (S6420) - Killer amp w/ Teles or P90s! I had a 6121 w/ the oval speakers a long time ago they're wonderful & are my fave small Supro.

ghosttour · August 6th, 2007, 12:13 PM

I knew a guy who had a Supro Big Star S6551 - basically a Supro version of a Princeton. It was an amazing amp, but constantly in the shop. I think that may have been particular to his amp, though - everything else I've heard has been positive. I can't say enough about the tone he got out of the amp with a Tele - round and dirty! He got it before the vintage craze hit so strong, back when people still wanted pointy-head guitars and solid-state amps, so it cost him about $200. Lucky dawg...

Uriah T. · August 6th, 2007, 02:30 PM

I don't think there was a 6121 AMP, there was a guitar though. What are its features, speaker size, tube component? Do you mean 6151?

I love Gretsch amps, and most Valco amps. That's all I play. Most are pretty different sounding than equivalent Fenders.

August 3rd, 2007, 08:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
hal Tele-Holic Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 808	Supro/Valco/Gretsch? Anybody out there have one of these? I'm looking at a 6121. Anybody know anything about them? Thanks. __________________ Wherever you go, there you are.

August 6th, 2007, 12:00 PM	#5 (permalink)
Buckshot TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Denton, TX. Posts: 59	I've got a Thunderbolt (S6420) - Killer amp w/ Teles or P90s! I had a 6121 w/ the oval speakers a long time ago they're wonderful & are my fave small Supro. __________________ Leo Fender got it right the 1st time - its been downhill ever since!

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ghosttour Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Atlanta, GA Age: 36 Posts: 421 6 Photos	I knew a guy who had a Supro Big Star S6551 - basically a Supro version of a Princeton. It was an amazing amp, but constantly in the shop. I think that may have been particular to his amp, though - everything else I've heard has been positive. I can't say enough about the tone he got out of the amp with a Tele - round and dirty! He got it before the vintage craze hit so strong, back when people still wanted pointy-head guitars and solid-state amps, so it cost him about $200. Lucky dawg... __________________ www.myspace.com/brasssaddles

August 3rd, 2007, 09:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
PhatTele Tele-Holic Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 706	The latest issue of ToneQuest Report (August 2007) has an in depth article about the Supro/Valco/Oahu amps (a model by model breakdown). It's a follow up to an earlier issue (April 2002). Scope them out.

August 3rd, 2007, 10:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
beep.click Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: California Age: 49 Posts: 1,805	My friend has an old Gretsch amp; might be a 6121. It has OVAL speakers. Anything you want me to as him about it?

August 6th, 2007, 07:45 AM	#4 (permalink)
FMA Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,080	I've got an old Supro with two 6l6s and one 15. The chassis holding the power tubes is in the base of the cabinet and the controls are up top. Sickest tremolo you've ever heard, and I mean that in the good way. I'm not sure of the model number. All I know is it kills. Great lo-fi tone. If you have chance to pick one up to add to your tonal palette, do it. Very cool amps.

August 6th, 2007, 02:30 PM	#7 (permalink)
Uriah T. Tele-Meister Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Maine in the Braine Posts: 179 8 Photos	I don't think there was a 6121 AMP, there was a guitar though. What are its features, speaker size, tube component? Do you mean 6151? I love Gretsch amps, and most Valco amps. That's all I play. Most are pretty different sounding than equivalent Fenders.