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StrummersOfThunder wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:08 pm

jeremyb wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 6:44 pm You will definitely choke when you work out the total cost!

The fact is a 6g14a is pretty much not going to turn up
Here and they are pricey in the states plus shipping , risk and transformer fuckery then all the trappings of a 60yr old amp.

Truth! A dear old friend of mine owns a 63 showman. But he’s likely to be buried with it!
I did a deal/favor for him back at the start of The Manor where I paid for Clarry to give it a full service in exchange for having it at the studio for a year or so.
Blonde tolex, blackface with the brown face style white knobs.
Beautiful sounding amp that worked particularly well through a random 2x12 I had, loaded with old Celestions. Can’t recall the exact speakers but they complimented that amp superbly.

Capt. Black wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:38 pm

StrummersOfThunder wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:08 pm

jeremyb wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 6:44 pm You will definitely choke when you work out the total cost!

The fact is a 6g14a is pretty much not going to turn up
Here and they are pricey in the states plus shipping , risk and transformer fuckery then all the trappings of a 60yr old amp.

Truth! A dear old friend of mine owns a 63 showman. But he’s likely to be buried with it!
I did a deal/favor for him back at the start of The Manor where I paid for Clarry to give it a full service in exchange for having it at the studio for a year or so.
Blonde Rolex, blackface with the brown face style white knobs.
Beautiful sounding amp that worked particularly well through a random 2x12 I had, loaded with old Celestions. Can’t recall the exact speakers but they complimented that amp superbly.

Fantastic
A 63 in a blond shell would be the 6g14-A layout. I’m hoping to match this to a 2x12.
I like the idea of celestions and have been thinking along those lines for my blonde bassman. Setzer uses a similar set up.

StrummersOfThunder wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:59 pm

Capt. Black wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:38 pm

StrummersOfThunder wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:08 pm

The fact is a 6g14a is pretty much not going to turn up
Here and they are pricey in the states plus shipping , risk and transformer fuckery then all the trappings of a 60yr old amp.

Truth! A dear old friend of mine owns a 63 showman. But he’s likely to be buried with it!
I did a deal/favor for him back at the start of The Manor where I paid for Clarry to give it a full service in exchange for having it at the studio for a year or so.
Blonde Rolex, blackface with the brown face style white knobs.
Beautiful sounding amp that worked particularly well through a random 2x12 I had, loaded with old Celestions. Can’t recall the exact speakers but they complimented that amp superbly.

Fantastic
A 63 in a blond shell would be the 6g14-A layout. I’m hoping to match this to a 2x12.
I like the idea of celestions and have been thinking along those lines for my blonde bassman. Setzer uses a similar set up.

Pretty sure the Celestions were G12-65s. Probably from between mid-70s to the mid-90s. I never checked but the 2x12 was a funny little thing like the top half on a 1960A cab. It came with my forever amp '74 Super Bass 100, which itself was housed in what can only be described as, a very nicely adapted portion of Rimu bookshelf.
Once I'd clicked buy now on Trade Me, I discovered the owner was a good photographer acquaintance of mine who was in punk bands around the '78-82-ish period. Trivial but kinda nice background story.