1960s Idol Volks-15 Made in Japan

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1960s Idol Volks-15 Made in Japan

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I've been playing through it and it's such an amazing amp. 15 watts, It's loud and tubes are hard to find. It's got the VOX vibe in it too, It's got that chime when you need it and it takes the pedals really well. It's made in Japan, 100 volts and I'm pretty sure I haven't found anything like it. It came with telefunken tubes and it even came with a 12ax7 as a spare haha. For it's age, it's in awesome condition.

It runs 2x - 7189 Power Tubes
1x 6CA4 Tube Rectifier
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1X 6AV6.

Reverb and the tremolo are also tube driven so they're very warm.
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I got a little excited so I made a little cover.

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I like that cover. And that strap.

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twangnsnarl wrote:I like that cover. And that strap.
Thanks the strap is from Japan when i went over there. I got it through Mainland Key Music (30 bucks)
and the cover is 100 % hand crafted in NZ at home .. for 5 hours LOL (stretchable too ;)

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That's cool as!
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Love the wee jacket the cab's sporting. I used to wear something similar to my country club.

I'm a country member....

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Molly wrote:Love the wee jacket the cab's sporting. I used to wear something similar to my country club.

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Who was that politician who said: 'we remember'?
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jvpp wrote:
Molly wrote:Love the wee jacket the cab's sporting. I used to wear something similar to my country club.

I'm a country member....
Who was that politician who said: 'we remember'?
Dunno. I nicked it from Kenny Everett.

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