Tomm Williams
Tele-Afflicted
Anyone ever play one?
Gibson GA90. What ?????
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Anyone ever play one?
Thanks for the GAS !!! pretty cool....just when ya think a saw it all........
Dan R
Poster Extraordinaire
Wow. Never seen one or heard of one. Pretty wild.
Tomm Williams
Tele-Afflicted
Couldn't stand it any longer, I bought the darn thing!!!
Post some more pics and opinions when it arrives
Post some more pics and opinions when it arrives
Mudman32
Tele-Meister
Shhhhhh. I still need to buy an old gibson amp. All this talk is going to drive the prices up.
Nice find, Tomm. There are not too many of those around.....
FenderLover
Poster Extraordinaire
That is a nice find. I've only seen a couple, but never with all their original speakers. Note that replacement speakers usually do not fit without modification. I'll look forward to your review!
Here we go:
Here we go:
Tomm Williams
Tele-Afflicted
I should note that the picture I posted is NOT the one I bought but it's condition is virtually identical. I couldn't get the GC pics to copy for me. Mine does have the original speakers, transformers, the works !
COOOOOOOL!
Looks like a harp player's dream.
Looks like a harp player's dream.
CK Dexter Haven
Friend of Leo's
Oh some one needs to reissue that..
Mudman32
Tele-Meister
Any updates? Love to hear more about this beast
aerhed
Friend of Leo's
It's like having Phil Specter in a little brown box.
No wonder most of us have never seen one. Pretty cool find. I'd love to hear it.
twang junkie
Tele-Meister
Rare beast that, I think a lot of these old Gibson amps with lot's of smaller speakers were aimed at accordian players, I know the ones marketed with the Maestro branding were. Some Gibson amps are great, Gretsch had some amps made by Valco with 11"x8" eliptical speakers and they can be very good too.
I'm all for unusual speaker configurations, it's great to move away from a single 12"
I'm all for unusual speaker configurations, it's great to move away from a single 12"
Tomm Williams
Tele-Afflicted
Yes I do have an update
The GC I was buying it from sat on it for over a week without even attempting to box it up. I cancelled the purchase and found a really nice condition '56? GA50 that was fully serviced for $400 less than the 90.
The GC I was buying it from sat on it for over a week without even attempting to box it up. I cancelled the purchase and found a really nice condition '56? GA50 that was fully serviced for $400 less than the 90.
Old Tele man
Friend of Leo's
Anybody else notice the L-R-C TONE shaping circuits? Don't see that very often.
congratulations on the ga50, I'm sure we'd all love to hear it if possible : )
I played a similar looking gibson ga amp at the chicago music exchange which was an early stereo unit. it sounded amazing.
I have a valco made gretsch with 2x 10" jensens and a 5" rola tweeter. Incredible sparkly tones, but unfortunately it is out of commision at the moment.
I played a similar looking gibson ga amp at the chicago music exchange which was an early stereo unit. it sounded amazing.
I also love amps with unusual speaker configurations. My main practice amp right now is actually a wwii era bell & howell projector with an eliptical speaker and military issue metal coated tubes. originally the amp would have been used with a microphone to narrate film reels. there's a ton of overdrive available when using it with a guitar, and plenty loud.
I have a valco made gretsch with 2x 10" jensens and a 5" rola tweeter. Incredible sparkly tones, but unfortunately it is out of commision at the moment.
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