![$vboptions[bbtitle]](../../gifs/tdpr-headTRANS.gif)
Bill Ashton
July 5th, 2009, 11:21 PM
OK, I'll start this one off...any Guild owners here?
I have a (1963?) Guild 66-J that I purchased out of an ad in the old Boston Globe "Marketbasket," when that was THE place to buy used gear...its a mere shadow of its former self today, with virtually no muscial equipment...but I digress...
Mine is a 5Y3/6V6/6V6/12AX7 X 3 tube circuit topology, with only 1/2 of a 12AX7 providing preamp gain, so its a pretty clean sounding amp. Makes sense, as Guild was all about jazzers back then. I used this through my entire "professional" career in high school bands and then in our college stage band. Always cut through just as it needed to, though I should say that like John Lennon I was a "rhythm-er"...
I had thought it a 15 watt amp, however the internet now shows me it was really 20 watts...not unlike a Fender Deluxe I guess...so thats why it always cut through!
I have the original Jensen blue P12 (er, can't remember the last letter!), although in the late 60's I replaced that with a Radio Schack/Jensen C12N...still have that too. As of this moment, she is operating with a Weber Signature Series 12, which really suits her.
OK, so I have bared my soul, lets hear about YOUR Guild amps...
I have a (1963?) Guild 66-J that I purchased out of an ad in the old Boston Globe "Marketbasket," when that was THE place to buy used gear...its a mere shadow of its former self today, with virtually no muscial equipment...but I digress...
Mine is a 5Y3/6V6/6V6/12AX7 X 3 tube circuit topology, with only 1/2 of a 12AX7 providing preamp gain, so its a pretty clean sounding amp. Makes sense, as Guild was all about jazzers back then. I used this through my entire "professional" career in high school bands and then in our college stage band. Always cut through just as it needed to, though I should say that like John Lennon I was a "rhythm-er"...
I had thought it a 15 watt amp, however the internet now shows me it was really 20 watts...not unlike a Fender Deluxe I guess...so thats why it always cut through!
I have the original Jensen blue P12 (er, can't remember the last letter!), although in the late 60's I replaced that with a Radio Schack/Jensen C12N...still have that too. As of this moment, she is operating with a Weber Signature Series 12, which really suits her.
OK, so I have bared my soul, lets hear about YOUR Guild amps...