June 4, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn
The Victoria Amplifier Company has just released the new “Ivy League” amplifier model. It is based on the vintage 5F10 Fender Harvard circuit. The original Harvard amp featured three inputs, Volume & Tone controls, a 6AT7 preamp tube, a pair of 6V6 power tubes and 10″ speaker. The “Ivy League” amplifer incorporates all of these [...]
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Tags: 5F10, Amplifier, Booker T and the MG's, Fender, Guitar, Harvard, Jensen, Steve Cropper, Telecaster, Tweed | 
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April 5, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn
Here’s something cool I noticed while cruising the Musikmesse info on the web (wishing I was there…). It seems that Dietmar Kammler who played music all his life was not 100% satisfied with his tone. He noticed that there have been many advances made with guitars, amps, pedals and other accessories but the speaker cabinet [...]
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May 11, 2009 | Posted by Billy Penn
The 2009 NY Amp Show was held on Saturday May 9th. Over 60 exhibitors from around the globe brought samplings of their creations for everyone to check out. This was an awesome showing of some really cool gear. Click here to read all about it.
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November 14, 2008 | Posted by Billy Penn
Did you ever wish you could compare dozens of speakers for your guitar amp or cabinet? Well, now you can thanks to the GTR Audio ConeTones CD! ConeTones is a guitar speaker comparison audio CD that allows the listener to directly compare the differences (and similarities) among more than 40 of the most popular guitar speakers [...]
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September 8, 2008 | Posted by Billy Penn
There is a new article on the Articles page on how to read the date codes on Jensen speakers. There is also a chart of the original specs for vintage Jensen speakers. Click here to read the article.
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July 2, 2008 | Posted by Billy Penn
The original was used on countless hits over the years, and the new Fender ’65 Princeton Reverb is easily versatile enough to go from your living room to the recording studio to small gigs. It’s got the vintage vibe that Fender die-hards know and love, but the ’65 Princeton Reverb isn’t only for the old-school guys [...]
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