What is this (Gunn) monster I have unearthed??

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Post by GrantB »

Yee har! I used to have a Gunn 50. My first amp actually. I sounded hideous but it probably needed a good service. Yeah, so maybe a 100w attempt, as you say. Cool as man. Thanks for sharing.
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Tis indeed an epic find!
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Looks like a custom ordered amp. (BTW the EL34 on the bottom right hand side - with the white powdery stuff inside the bottle - is haddit)
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Super cool find. The size is pretty impractical, but imagine if you got it fixed up - Marshall preamp, really great FX loop, stereo 50 watt output section with mojo vintage trannys. That would be epic.

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Gotta be a restoration!!!
As is it's 18 different shades of cool!!

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Definitely a one off.....a parts salvage.....transformers??
Doin' that scrapyard thing.

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Weapons grade level of awesome. Please restore, then use to euthanise boy bands.
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Good stereo setup maybe? Or wet/dry.

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I remember seeing a "president" made by Jansen in the sixtys. it had two 50watt amps with a mono input. you had to use two cabs with it or take out two tubes. it was smaller than the Gunn.

very rare amp.
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