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#1
Amplifier Discussion / Re: info on old gibson ss amp
March 25, 2008, 01:42:23 PM
Quote from: teemuk on March 21, 2008, 11:15:24 AM


The comments I read concerning this amplifier state that it is indeed used by connecting a coord from the external speaker output of the master amp to the input of the amp. Sounds odd and risky, I know. If this is done with a tube amp it should be made sure that a plug in the external speaker jack does not disconnect the tube amp's own low-impedance speaker load. Anyway, that advice is based on hearsay I don't know how accurate the information is. Back then stuff like "line level" outputs was not that common either. Thus I would try it with line level signals first (from the "line out" jack or something similar) and only if the gain doesn't seem to be sufficient I would try the speaker output trick.

so i want to use a cord from the line out from the vox to the input on the gibson??

edit: i just tryed it, sounds beautiful. i get no sound out of the vox though....so bacially its just using the gibson as a cab that it doesnt power??? so i dont have to worry about blowing my vox. is it acting like a preamp?
#2
Amplifier Discussion / Re: info on old gibson ss amp
March 19, 2008, 10:04:29 PM
yeah its really bassy sounding. i plugged in a distortion pedal with top boost and managed to get a good distortion sound out of it.

this is the oldest amp ive ever played on do you think i should worry about blowing the speakers because im thinking it might be worth some money?

how exactly do i connect it to another amp with just a regular guitar instrument cable from the output? right now i use a vox valvetronix 30watt amp but if i could use this i might not have to mic my amp if i play a gig.
#3
Amplifier Discussion / info on old gibson ss amp
March 19, 2008, 09:20:46 PM
i just bought this old gibson amp from my friend for 50$ The model is Gibson Plus 50. ive done alot of looking around the internet and all i have found out is that.

it is a ss slave amp
50 watts
2x10 speakers
1966-1967
made in Kalamazoo Michigan by maestro
it was probably used for both guitar and accordion

there is a wiring diagram on the gibson website.
http://www.gibson.com/Files/schematics/Gibson%20Plus%2050.pdf

if anyone could tell me anything more about it would be awesome. heres are some pics.










thanks for any info you have