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Made by Valco in Chicago (who also produced amps and reverb units with identical circuits under the Supro and National names), this Gretsch 6144 has two spring Accutronics reverb tanks. The reverb is lush and splashy, with a different character than the Fender tanks produced in the 60s, and a unique tone for recording that matches very well with the preamps on other Valco amps. Versatile and simple in its design, the tank has one control for Reverb Intensity and a small three-way rotary switch to select the range of the reverb (Normal, Bass or Treble). This switch is a very cool feature that really helps tailor the reverb to individual instruments and recording situations, for the perfect amount of drip and cavernous, surfy tone.

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Alex Turner

Guitarist

Arctic Monkeys

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Located behind Tom Rowley, Alex switched up his amps on the TBHC tour and went back to a single amp set up. Turner has used a two amp set up since their second album, on their last two tours he used a Selmer Zodiac Twin 30 as his main amp and a Magnatone 410 as his secondary. On this the Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino tour Alex ditched the Magnatone and a large amount of his pedalboard. Replacing his tremolo and reverb from his Magnatone, Turner added this this vintage Gretsch Valco 6144 Reverb Unit. This unit is an early 60’s model, known for its tremolo and reverb.

The reverb is lush and splashy, with a different character than the Fender tanks produced in the 60s. The tank has one control for Reverb Intensity and a small three-way rotary switch to select the range of the reverb (Normal, Bass or Treble).

Arctic Monkeys are well known for their Reverb and Tremolo tones, especially on AM. A good example of how Alex most likely uses this amp is for “Do I Wanna Know” as there’s a subtle tremolo from both guitars tracked.

Dean DeLeo

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Stone Temple Pilots

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From Belowempty.com:

Tiny Music... Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop"(recorded 1995/1996) & "Talk Show" (recorded 1996)

About these albums, Dean says: "...there isn't a single humbucking pickup on the entire record. I used all single coils and P-90's and mostly amps with 8- or 10-inch speakers."

Here's which amps he used on those records: ?'60's Supro Super 1606 ?Magnatone Amps ?'50 Student Amp ?'59 280 Amp ?Vox AC10's ?a lot of lap steel amps such as Thirties Nationals (made by Valco) ?'64 Gretsch 6150 (Dean's favorite) ?'65 Gretsch 6154