Dukane tube PA

This is a Dukane, 1U460A all tube amp. 4 channels, plus 2 phono type channels. It screams beyond the 30w rating. It's stock as far as I know and I do not have any of the mic transformers in the amp. They are not needed for guitar. I have used it mainly for electric guitar. jerry

 
¶ Sunday, April 19, 2009 0 Comments Links to this post

  Newcomb E-25


I picked up this Newcomb E- 25 a while back and it is a great little 25w amp. I retrofitted the screw on mic terminals to 1/4" for guitar playing and it's perfect for acoustic guitar.

Jam while you still can....

jerry 
¶ Saturday, April 11, 2009 1 Comments Links to this post

  Masco Mania



Here is a newly acquired, right out of the box vintage Masco ME-18P. This unit has the phono/turntable on top, hence the P in the model #. I just quickly soldered in a 1/4" connector for a speaker out and played my Seagull thru it. It has a piezo pickup, cedar top, etc. and it was spectacular. This amp is 18w output but more than enough volume for anyone. I could not crank it very far before it got really loud. I will try an electric thru it soon. I have not tried the turntable with a record but it does spin when I turn on the switch on top. It plays 78s, 45s, 33s. I have attached some pics. This unit arrived in the electronics store in Denver where I got it today on Nov. 1, 1957 and has all the paperwork and a letter from Mrs. Mark A. Simpson, including the orig shipping box and packing. What a beaut! Jam on.

jerry 
¶ Saturday, April 11, 2009 0 Comments Links to this post

  New MegaTone Wezo 45 Harp Amp

Labels: All New Harp Amp The MegaTone Wezo 45

 
¶ Monday, February 16, 2009 0 Comments Links to this post

  Premier Twin 8 Vintage Amp 1961!
Michael Todd is selling his Premier Twin-8 amp. This sounds like a deal.

Premier Twin 8 Vintage Amp 1961! 
¶ Friday, January 02, 2009 0 Comments Links to this post

  ME-27 and ME-36



I own 3 Mascos that I use mainly for acoustic guitar. The 3rd, an ME-18P, was acquired on 4.11.09 and is listed above. The above models are ME-27 and ME-36, both restored to more original than modified other than connectors. Whoever owned the ME-27 before me put a toggle switch for off/on bypassing the knob on front. It now works only as a treble control. The tone of these are unbelievable. Here's the good part; my Dad found it in an estate sale about 10 years ago for $3.

jerry
Denver, CO 
¶ Saturday, December 27, 2008 3 Comments Links to this post

  Amp Knob settings - Jason Ricci

I saw Jason Ricci at Mexicali Blues on 8/29/2008. Between sets I jumped on stage and took a picture of his Harp Gear Amp knob settings.

 

Treble and Middle off and Bass and Volume on 7. I should have taken a pic of his effects box. He used some wild chorus on one number.

I am uploading a couple of videos to Vimeo. When they are finished I'll put them on JT30.com.

 
¶ Sunday, August 31, 2008 0 Comments Links to this post

  One of the relics restored for guitar

 
¶ Saturday, August 23, 2008 2 Comments Links to this post

  Cotton's Amp Settings

Snake, James Cotton's harp wrangler and chief cook and bottle washer, showed me Cotton's amp at the Weehawken concert this evening. He said he'd replaced the first pre-amp tubes with a 12AU7 and another with a 12AT7 in order to cut back on the gain and improve the amp's tone and resistance to feedback. (click image to see the knobs better)

 
¶ Wednesday, August 06, 2008 0 Comments Links to this post

  Sonic Circus Guitar Amplifier Sale of the Century
$200,000 anyone?

Somebody had a serious case of Hoard and Clutter syndrome, Packrat Syndrome, or Compulsive Hoarding Syndrome. Even I don't have this many amps. (but only because I have no more room to put amps).

There are many nice amps in this auction, but very few real finds. Any of these amps could be had on eBay. Some are more valuable than others. I counted (quickly) 664 pictures, but many are front and back pictures so figure 400 amps. Most are valued between $300 and $500. Many are less and there are a few notables valued at more.

There has to be $200,000 worth of amps retail. The eBay price would be about $100k to $150K. I am guessing that the purchase price will be less than $100,000 for the bunch. Possibly well under 75K because there aren't many people who can come up with the cash and have the patience to off that many dogs on eBay.

You could bid $75k or so and then spend the next year posting them on eBay at the rate 10 or 20 a week. You could make a nice living for a year. You'd make about $75k total on the project and only have to work 15 to 20 hours a week listing amps and packing them up for shipment.

Sonic Circus Guitar Amplifier Sale of the Century 
¶ Thursday, July 31, 2008 0 Comments Links to this post

  Fixed the browser hijack problem
I discovered that the problems that I had with HarpAmps redirecting users to new pages was due to Chitika.com, and advertising group. I used to have a little graphic section where you could buy harmonicas and amps from various stores. I put this way down at the bottom of the page so it wouldn't bother anyone. These ads started going nuts over the weekend.

I turned off most of my Chitika ads today. Their new premium ads were the cause of the browser hijacks. Chitika started their premium program because, they claim, the older per-per-click ads weren't working. They never did more than a dollar a day for me on about 8,000 exposures, but I considered this to be a problem with the fact that I placed them below the fold, near the bottom of a long pages.

Premium is a misnomer for their new product. What they did was resell their ad space to doubleclick and other advertisers. Along the way they were not very careful about who they were selling to, because the ads resulted in the execution of javascript that produced popups and in some cases page redirection to other websites.

Popups suck and I never want them on my page. Browser redirects are unacceptable. I opted out big time. I am now going through and removing Chitika code from websites. I don't need users calling me up about problems for a lousy dollar a day. 
¶ Monday, July 21, 2008 0 Comments Links to this post

  HarpAmps Hacked
We had some weird things going on here for a while. It appears that some piece of code managed to send a redirect to a malicious site. I think it might have been the Webring code. It appears that it has stopped so I have returned the site back to its original state.

I was taking out a bunch of the scripts that run (google analytics, etc.) trying to figure out where the bad guys were getting in. The website should run a little fast, now, anyway.

If you have a problem, please notify me. Use my other site www.jt30.com to get in touch with me, or check my non-harp blog at www.cthreepo.com/blog.

I am sorry if you had a problem with the site this morning.

Keith 
¶ Sunday, July 20, 2008 0 Comments Links to this post