#gibson amp

[deebeeus]

I'M IN LOVE - yeah I'm a believer!

1963 #Gibson#GA79 RVT Stereo amplifier (with 1972 #ES355 Stereo guitar).

If you are like me you never paid much attention to these vaguely funny-looking mid 60s Gibson stereo amps. To me they never looked like "real" rock n roll amplifiers, they looked more like the console record player my parents had in their wood-paneled mid mod living room back in the 60s. Part music box...but mostly furniture. I keep wanting to flip up the top and throw on a Neil Diamond LP!

But, I was dropping off some amps for servicing with my amp tech @marshalllespaulfan yesterday, and he had this one in his shop, in from another customer, and we tried it out with my Stereo 355...and all of a sudden EVERYTHING in my life made perfect sense!

This amp was MADE for this guitar...and I mean that quite literally. You plug it in using a special stereo "TRS" cable, switch the amp to "stereo" mode (although you can also use it in "mono" mode with a regular guitar and cable) and it's wired to give you the neck pickup in the left channel and the bridge pickup in the right channel. So you can set different volume, EQs, and effects for each pickup! Once each channel is dialed in, you can just flip your pickup selector between a grungy dark rhythm sound and a bright overdriven lead sound. OR...play them both at the same time on the center position, and have reverb and trem on the underlying bassy tone, but a crisp, clear, un-effected bright tone cutting through at the same time! It's GENIUS.

Because of its funky stereo wiring, my 355 has never been very heavily played 'round 'ere. The best you can do with it on a "regular" amp is plug its stereo cable into the two inputs of the same amp and even then it just sounds like a "normal" guitar. Without a TRS cable, only the neck pickup works on a "normal" guitar cable. So it's essentially useless. But with an amp like this, you can make it do SO MUCH!

I think I have found my next amp acquisition "quest"! 😉

[toms-amps]

1953 Gibson BR-6

Matchmate to my 1952 GA-20. 2 6V6, original Jensens 12″, 1 channel, volume only - still rocks out. Available for Detroit Studio Rental from Toms-Amps.com, The Home of Vintage Tone. Royal Oak MI 248-808-2951

Players welcome to come play my 160 1932-1968 rare and unique tube amps, no rental required.

[max-e-doodle]

Gibson & Marshall.

[eupat]

[guitar-shit]

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

THE TRUE WIZARD -- THE END OF THEIR POWER TRIO TRIP.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on English stoner/DOOM metal band ELECTRIC WIZARD, during their "Let Us Prey" era, performing live at the Scheld'apen (1998-2013) cultural center in Antwerp, Belgium, on 08/05/2002. 📸: @jan.crick.39.

ELECTRIC WIZARD were:

Tim Bagshaw (fuzz bass, effects),

Mark Greening (assault & battery)

Jus Oborn (guitars, vocals, FX)

Long live the mighty Wizard (1994-2002), their power trio daze -- DOOM OR BE @$!#*&% DOOMED!!

Source: www.picuki.com/media/3233237891274124186.

[theninjanavigator]

[luckyfiretastemaker]

[walterkurtz26]

[musicman69love]

Rack em up.

[deebeeus]

Who doesn't love a nice juicy slice of watermelon?🍉

1960 Gibson ES355 with factory Bigsby and mono wiring, twin PAFs, large guard, and "watermelon" cherry finish.

Photographed for "ES Believers" by Vic DaPra and David Plues, available now.

[bryceburkeart]

Zakk Wylde sketch! This was a tricky one. Not sure why, I think just getting a good pose for zakk was different to do.

[youcantbuyland]

This I can only imagine is going to sound incredible. Supro has a tone reminiscent of a Fender and a Vox, but is most definitely its own thing. Single pickup guitars, especially those outta kalamazoo have a special magic all of their own.

[eupat]

[daddysmusicblog]

[guitarbomb]

Exploring Poison Ivy's Guitar Mastery in The Cramps

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