Jimmy Vivino

Jimmy Vivino talks about the two amps he has on stage with him when he plays on set with Conan's Basic Cable band. He uses them in parallel, at the same time. One of them is his Vox Hand-Wired AC15HW1X 15W 1x12 Tube Guitar Combo Amp. It can be distinguished as the Hand-Wired AC15HW1X version due to the fawn colored vinyl. Starting at 5:31:

“…Two amps. Both on, both in - not switching, just both on. A Vox-AC15, new, brand new, Vietnamese made. Who would have known, in 1968, that we’d be having Vietnamese amps [laughs]. But this is a great amp. 15 watt amp.”

Over on the bandstand, Vivino’s TV rig features two new combo amps—a Fender Eric Clapton Signature Twinolux and a Colby Dual Tone Booster…

Used with the Basic Cable Band and Fab Faux, as mentioned on Vivino's ThroBak artist page.

Q: What amps are you using right now?

JV: The minute I got to California it was like getting to Fender heaven. I got a '53 Tweed Deluxe, a '64 Blackface Vibrolux, a 4x10 Bassman. My go to amp for recording right now in a '61 brown Princeton with a 10" speaker, one tone and the greatest vibrato. On Conan I am using a wonderful Magnatone Twilighter (1x12) that is just stellar. I've also got a Longhorn Texas Tru Tone (Tweed 1x12) from Austin, Texas that is a really great amp. I use pedals on Conan, and in the Fab Faux because I am simulating record sounds in that gig, but if I am playing a blues gig or playing with Al Kooper or Lee Rocker I just plug straight into the amp - I call that playing unsafe guitar, nothing between you and the amp! I won't try a guitar in anything but a small tube amp. I use my '61 Princeton every time I test a new guitar out. It's important to have a consistent amp when trying out a guitar.

Mentioned on Vivino's ThroBak artist page.

Q: What amps are you using right now?

JV: The minute I got to California it was like getting to Fender heaven. I got a '53 Tweed Deluxe, a '64 Blackface Vibrolux, a 4x10 Bassman. My go to amp for recording right now in a '61 brown Princeton with a 10" speaker, one tone and the greatest vibrato. On Conan I am using a wonderful Magnatone Twilighter (1x12) that is just stellar. I've also got a Longhorn Texas Tru Tone (Tweed 1x12) from Austin, Texas that is a really great amp. I use pedals on Conan, and in the Fab Faux because I am simulating record sounds in that gig, but if I am playing a blues gig or playing with Al Kooper or Lee Rocker I just plug straight into the amp - I call that playing unsafe guitar, nothing between you and the amp! I won't try a guitar in anything but a small tube amp. I use my '61 Princeton every time I test a new guitar out. It's important to have a consistent amp when trying out a guitar.

Mentioned on Vivino's ThroBak artist page.

Q: What amps are you using right now?

JV: The minute I got to California it was like getting to Fender heaven. I got a '53 Tweed Deluxe, a '64 Blackface Vibrolux, a 4x10 Bassman. My go to amp for recording right now in a '61 brown Princeton with a 10" speaker, one tone and the greatest vibrato. On Conan I am using a wonderful Magnatone Twilighter (1x12) that is just stellar. I've also got a Longhorn Texas Tru Tone (Tweed 1x12) from Austin, Texas that is a really great amp. I use pedals on Conan, and in the Fab Faux because I am simulating record sounds in that gig, but if I am playing a blues gig or playing with Al Kooper or Lee Rocker I just plug straight into the amp - I call that playing unsafe guitar, nothing between you and the amp! I won't try a guitar in anything but a small tube amp. I use my '61 Princeton every time I test a new guitar out. It's important to have a consistent amp when trying out a guitar.

Mentioned on Vivino's ThroBak artist page.

Q: What amps are you using right now?

JV: The minute I got to California it was like getting to Fender heaven. I got a '53 Tweed Deluxe, a '64 Blackface Vibrolux, a 4x10 Bassman. My go to amp for recording right now in a '61 brown Princeton with a 10" speaker, one tone and the greatest vibrato. On Conan I am using a wonderful Magnatone Twilighter (1x12) that is just stellar. I've also got a Longhorn Texas Tru Tone (Tweed 1x12) from Austin, Texas that is a really great amp. I use pedals on Conan, and in the Fab Faux because I am simulating record sounds in that gig, but if I am playing a blues gig or playing with Al Kooper or Lee Rocker I just plug straight into the amp - I call that playing unsafe guitar, nothing between you and the amp! I won't try a guitar in anything but a small tube amp. I use my '61 Princeton every time I test a new guitar out. It's important to have a consistent amp when trying out a guitar.

Mentioned on Vivino's ThroBak artist page.

Q: What amps are you using right now?

JV: The minute I got to California it was like getting to Fender heaven. I got a '53 Tweed Deluxe, a '64 Blackface Vibrolux, a 4x10 Bassman. My go to amp for recording right now in a '61 brown Princeton with a 10" speaker, one tone and the greatest vibrato. On Conan I am using a wonderful Magnatone Twilighter (1x12) that is just stellar. I've also got a Longhorn Texas Tru Tone (Tweed 1x12) from Austin, Texas that is a really great amp. I use pedals on Conan, and in the Fab Faux because I am simulating record sounds in that gig, but if I am playing a blues gig or playing with Al Kooper or Lee Rocker I just plug straight into the amp - I call that playing unsafe guitar, nothing between you and the amp! I won't try a guitar in anything but a small tube amp. I use my '61 Princeton every time I test a new guitar out. It's important to have a consistent amp when trying out a guitar.