1960’s Lafayette LA-75 Vintage Guitar Amplifier

I wasn’t in the market for any more amps, but how could I pass up this Lafayette LA-75? A buddy of mine (thanks Rob S.!) sent me an email, letting me know that this baby was on ebay for a really good price and that I should snatch it up. “If you love the (Valco-made) Harmony 415,” he said, knowing it was one of my favorites, “you’ll love this one. Similar output and tone, only out of one 12” instead of two.” And he was right—and then some. I do love the duel EL84 Valco/Harmony 415, but I think I like this little sleeper even more.

1960’s Kalamazoo Reverb 12 Combo Guitar Amplifier

Last month, I was talking about the very cool little Guyatone 535 model that takes 2 EL84s (6BQ5s) for a clean, very chimey, shimmering tone. Plenty of British sounding chime and a great amp for 12 strings and clean tones. And this month, I’m going to talk about the Kalamazoo Reverb 12. Here’s another dual EL84 combo that gives further evidence that the circuit design has a lot (most everything) to do with the tone of an amp as, beyond sharing the same output tubes, it has very little in common with last month’s entry in the cheap amp chronicles. This amp has some great cleans, too, but they are nice dark, woody cleans—not the glassy chime from last month’s entry.

LMG-T Guitar from Liquid Metal Guitars

Phil Cook, Owner of Liquid Metal Guitars talks about his guitars and company. We build exceptional guitars. We build metal bodied guitars, that are either chrome, machined etched surface treatment or Harley Davidson candy paints for a look that is brilliant and bright and unique and cool. The one you are looking at now is our chromed beauty, the LMG-T Guitar.

M1 TV Jones Premium Guitar from Liquid Metal Guitars

Phil Cook, owner of Liquid Metal Guitars talks about his guitars and company. We build exceptional guitars. We build metal bodied guitars, that are either chrome, machined etched surface treatment or Harley Davidson candy paints for a look that is brilliant and bright and unique and cool. The one you are looking at now is our chromed beauty, the M1 T.V. Jones Premium.

Guitar Review: Airline 2P Limited Edition Guitar in Metallic Margarita

Who has the time to watch all the video demo’s at Eastwood Guitars?. For those who don’t, every Sunday we are posting a single video demo paired with a recent review from Harmony Central. This week it is the Airline 2P DLX being taken for a test drive by Wendell Ferguson. Enjoy!

Guitar Review: Eastwood Sidejack DLX Guitar

Every Sunday we are posting a single video demo paired with a recent review from Harmony Central. This week it is the Eastwood Sidejack DLX- I have no idea who did this, but it is cool and entitled “Wankin’ on my Eastwood Sidejack.”

Guitar Review: Eastwood Airline H44 DLX Guitar

Who has the time to watch all the video demo’s at Eastwood Guitars?. For those who don’t, every Sunday we are posting a single video demo paired with a recent review from Harmony Central. This week it is the Airline H44 DLX being taken for a test drive by April Wine guitarist, Brian Greenway. Enjoy!

Guitar Review: Eastwood Classic 6 Guitar

Who has the time to watch all the video demo’s at Eastwood Guitars? For those who don’t, every Sunday we are posting a single video demo paired with a recent review from Harmony Central. This week it is the Eastwood Classic 6 guitar being taken for a test drive by award winning guitarist, Wendell Ferguson. Enjoy!

Hilgen Victor Model R2522 Amplifier

The Hilgen “Victor” Model R2522. For the tube geeks among us, this starts with a 5AR4 rectifier before running into a couple of 12AX7s for preamp and reverb send duties. Then comes the only expensive and hard to find (although not impossible) tube—a 7199 for ‘verb recovery. From the factory, it came with a 12AU7 for phase inverter, which I switched out to a 12AY7 for a little more drive on the output tubes. I tried going up to a 12AX7, but that made for too much gain and resulted in a mushy, compromised output. The 12AY7 gives it more heat than stock, but still retains the crisp, tight, articulate character of the amp, as intended.

1970’s Alamo Futura Reverb Guitar Amplifier

This twin twelve Alamo Futura Reverb is a true sleeper of a vintage amp classic. This is one of the greatest amps I’ve ever owned (or heard), and they are out there at still very reasonable prices on the vintage market.

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