JHS Twin Twelve

Been GASing for the 1484 recently, but I don't have the money right noe. Worth going for this emulator drive pedal, or just saving for the amp?

I've tried the supro pedal and wasn't impressed. I'll ebt the sears pedal is similar with a tweaked voicing. For dirt its int ehr ight ballpark, but the alrger supros and the 1483 and 1484 they actually have a lot of ehadroom. Not lie a fender of the era, but you cna turn even a 1483 up rpetty damn sound before it does more than growl a little.

yeah. that's what i was thinking, since it's a drive it will lack headroom

the supro had some of the supro vibe cranked up, not terrible.... I eman, if you looka round find a 1483, th 'bass' amp... it doesn't have the jack white conenction and it actuallysoudns better clena or dirty. My best friend still owns one. Its a really great design, it ahs one odd tube in the pahse ivnerter but they're readily available and can be rewired tot ake a regular 12__7

anyway, if you want to play guitar through a 60s department store amp just get a 60s department store amp, stay away from the handful of famous models though, all of them sound very similar assuming they sue the same power tubes

alright thanks for the advice, time to go shopping hahaha

there's a harmony 15" bass combo that's worth looking into, its right between the supro thunderbolt and silvertone 1483 in design, it flies way udner the radar and sounds great. Another way to go is the Dano DM25, fairly unpopular but soudns great, very stereotypical dano sound, terrible reverb if it works, isnanely cool 3x10 or 3x12 cab I forget, but its neat. SIlvertone was made by dano. Stay away from Kay amps, they're very usnafe designs electrocution-wise and tend to need a fullr ebuild. If you want a more spro sound like the 2 small pwoer tube ones, the jimmy page thing, look at airline, national and gretsch. Valco also made a very ac15ish circuit in a 2x12, forget the name but it has a very vox meets supro sound too, gives up the goods at a pretty tolerable volume and ahs a swampy Americana clean sound.

sick. will look into almost all of those options... any idea about price/availability

from $200 to $500 on all of them, no more

ok cool, will look into

tis is the harmony 420, kind've a supro thunderbolt with the silvertone 1483's treble nd bass circuit

https://reverb.com/item/360081-1965-harmony-h420-vintage-valco-made-tube-amp-supro-thunderbolt-variant

this guy's asking price was crazy but I don't think he got that much

ah here's the other one that's like a thudnerbolt and silvetone bass amp:

https://reverb.com/item/23149587-vintage-harmony-525-bass-combo-amplifier-1968-usa

haha that's the one i found. watching it :) thanks for the rec

here's the silvertone, price is FAIR:

https://reverb.com/item/18702768-silvertone-1483-bass-guitar-head-serviced-excellent

https://reverb.com/item/23147876-silvertone-1483-bass-guitar-amp

this sits between the thudnerbolt and the 1484 in tone, my best friend still owns one and Iw as just using it the last week in aprila nd its righteoush with a gibson.

this is my favorite harmony model:

https://reverb.com/item/23202858-harmony-h-415-faux-ostrich-tolex

they're getting popular, price might be fair these days... excellent amp

looks like a cool amp. i'll keep an eye out

https://reverb.com/item/12637843-1963-airline-62-9015a-2x12-amplifier-amp-by-danelectro

basically a guitar version of the 1483 silvertone circuit built for montgomery wards.... really great price for a combo even with non-original speakers

awesome. will check it out more thoroughly, nd start saving lmfao

you can probably get a silvertone fo as little as $350, that's not a lot for a guy with no children or spouse. Just sell some pedals, and put away 100 bucks a pay check and you'll be there in 2 checks. A boutique pedal is a good third of that. maybe more.

true. i could probably get away with selling my older boss pedals i no longer use, but all my other pedals are on my board. i can probably offload my shitty starter amps to some local kids for $100 a pop or so

try $50 locally, look at craigslist and eb competitive.... if you don't sue it every day and it might buy you another amplifier you want? sell it! This is how I got so much cool stuff. I'm still ruthless like this. Don't get sentimental unless soemthign really has sentimental value. These are tools. If you have a dull knif and you cna sell it for sharper one? you would do it.

Also, keep in mind your sivlertone may need service. It'll probably workw ell enough, tehse amps are troopers, but manya re still on the original fitler caps and many still have the original 6AU6 tubes, you'll wanna replace that shit if it makes any weird noises... if you feel bold and I am in no way recommending people poke around in high voltage amps themselves, its so unsafe never do it, but if you feel bold you can replace the filter caps yourself and save the labor cost. You'll wanna pad out your budget for parts like tubes and electrolytic fitler caps, okay? A lot of the good deals have enver been serviced. They work but dn't exactly have a clean bill of health and could sue another 100 bucks in parts. Don't hesitate to buy deoxit and clean out all the jacks and sockets....