The Kansas Tornado The seller of our Pro was located in Hiawatha, Kansas, which sounded vaguely familiar, and then we remembered having bought a 60s Silvertone 1482 from Hiawatha same guy of course. Valco kneels in reverent supplication Dude with the hat is an acolyte who accompanied Valco from Indiana to assist in guitar strangulation and burning T-bones on rest stop grills along I65. Here s a shot of Riverhorse supervising with a gin & tonic on our deck as Mr. See the August 2007 issue of TQR titled Double Trouble for the full sordid story. Valco bought it from Methboy, who had stolen it from Jimmie Vaughan s storage locker in Texas. Why? Does a 15 inch speaker look as if it can t rock? Stevie Ray rocked two 1x15 Vibroverbs with sequential serial numbers now, didn t he? You may recall that we had one of Stevie s original Vibroverbs here after Mr. We have reviewed the blackface Pro once in the past, but you have forgotten all about that by now No one wants the non-reverb blackface amps, and 1x15 combos remain mysteriously if not stupidly overlooked. We sold one 12 years ago forĢ cover story $3,000. What would you pay for a blackface Vibroverb today? Surely something north of $4,000. So, we re trolling ebay in October and we find a 1964 blackface Fender Pro, first production run, March 64 the non-reverb 1x15 model that was discontinued the same year essentially a non-reverb Vibroverb, as the circuits are nearly identical minus the verb. Yeah, it takes some time, but it s also the best way to find things you would have otherwise missed or not even thought of searching for. The truth is, we routinely search the entire pre-1984 category in guitars for all the vintage amplifiers listed on ebay. That we do understand Ampegs just aren t considered cool. Well, except for our 67 Ampeg Gemini II no one wanted that and it s dead mint with the original dolly. This is nothing new most of the amps we own are immensely toneful classic keepers that were ignored by potential buyers due to stripped or recovered original cabinets or a replaced transformer. Our review of the Super 17 Mark IV 10 The Goodsell overdrive 10 John McGuire Guitars Our interview with John McGuire & review of the McGuire Tradition 14 The Eastwood Jupiter Pro Simply cool in every way 16 The great pickup quest continues more humbuckers from Ron Ellis 17 Just for Today a visit with Ronnie Earl We also must confess that we don t always understand what motivates guitar players when it comes to choosing amplifiers today. Sometimes the things that last seem to materialize out of no where with little forethought or insight, as if we were meant to have them, and that s the truth. This happens frequently enough that we have learned to pose probing personal questions in search of an answer Well, what do you think you might want and why? We don t always know what we want until we want it, and we still couldn t always tell you why. Willie Nelson Pressure is being asked point-blank which guitar, amplifier or pickup to buy. 1 INSIDE Mountainview Publishing, LLC the The Truth Rarely given, we know it when we hear it, and you can only get it here The Kansas Tornado Another immensely toneful classic amp that went unclaimed Size matters The Warehouse G15A Alnico Big Fifteen 4 Richard Goodsell and the evolution of the Goodsell Super 17 The Player s Guide to Ultimate Tone $15.00 US, December 2013/Vol.15 NO.2 Report TM Truth Three chords and the truth that s what a country song is.
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