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Rare/collectable amp for sale: studio special
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| ticklefish User Info... | FOR SALE: Garnet Mohawk amplifier: offers welcome (reserve price on it) This is a rare Garnet amp, signed by Gar Gillies, and sounds great. I only have so many dollars and am trying to get a studio up and running, so most of my capital is locked up in buying mics/preamps etc. It is a 5-7W amp, so it doesn't get all that loud, but is phenomenal for recording. With a DI or preamp running into it, it can hold its own in a jam, and mic'd up it will be fine in a gig. I will kick myself later in life I am sure for selling this. This amp was in Gordies Music just a few months ago, and I know there were people wanting to buy it there before I snagged it. Here is a description of its history from Pete at Garnet amps: ************************************************** There are currently only 5 or 6 of those kickin 'around. There was competitor of Garnet's out of Brandon, Manitoba by the name of Johnson Amps. Unfortunately Mr. Johnson passed away some time ago and Gar bought a lot of old Johnson stock from his widow. One of the items was the blank Mohawk chassis, painted and silk screened but with no circuitry installed. Gar designed a circuit for it and built a few. A sweet little recording amp with a footswitchable second gain stage and a spectacular new old stock Celestion speaker from the fifties. Here's a couple of links: More on the speaker at http://www.mts.net/~triadpro/Celestion/celestion.htm Those speakers have been verified by Celestion as being from the early 50's, predating most guitar amps. They were brand new in the box when installed in your Mohawk (sometime in 2000-2002). They're worth a good buck all by themselves as you can appreciate from the great tone. But don't let me give you the idea that it's all in the speakers. That amp is a nice little class A, 5-7 watter and all Point to Point wiring. The second gain stage on the footswitch is trick too. It uses a solid state rectifier, a single 12AX7, and a 6L6 in the output. You can definitely plug it in to any larger cab (4 ohms is best, 8 ohms OK but will cut into the amps already meager power). Plugging a small amp like this into a large cabinet is an old recording trick. Here's some shots of the cabinet, http://www.mts.net/~triadpro/Cabs/0001.htm And http://www.mts.net/~triadpro/Cabs/0002.htm *************************************************** end copied message from an email by Pete. *************************************************** Anyone local is welcome to come try it out. Let me know - Wed, 3 Dec 2003 5:38am | ||
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