#ampcollection

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Stay tuned (hopefully...) later today (or possibly tomorrow...) when I will reveal the famous guitar (soon to be for sale at @thetwelfthfret) that I photographed on the weekend, and teased you with so cruelly yesterday... 😆 In the meantime, I moved part of #ToneHenge™ upstairs for #TeleTuesday (and just to cruelly tease you even more!😉) Amps: 1965 #Fender #VibroChamp 1965 #Gibson GA17 RVT Scout 1972 #Traynor YGM4 StudioMate 1965 Fender #Champ 1964 Fender Champ 1959 Fender #Princeton 1970 #Marshall Lead20 & original cab 1965 Fender #PrincetonReverb 1965 Fender #Vibrolux Reverb 1961 Fender Concert 1959 Fender Harvard 1963 Fender Princeton ~1965 Traynor YBA2-A BassMate Guitar: 2020 Fender #CustomShop '68 #Telecaster Thinline Relic. Strap by @tomsvintagestraps #ampcollection #guitarcollection #guitar #guitars #amp #amps #amplifiers #vintageguitars #vintageamps #fenderamp #vintagefender #tubeamp #tone #guitarphotography #ampphotography

[deebeeus]

A very in-your-face #MarshallMonday:

👊1970 #Marshall #Model2022 #Lead20 👊2006 #Gibson #LesPaul #R7

Straps by @tomsvintagestraps Rack by @atlasstands

[deebeeus]

ToneHenge™ rises again! 🤣

[deebeeus]

#Traynor, TK and Tom - all my favourite things in life seem to begin with the letter "T"...

T1: 1972 @traynor_amps #YGM4 #StudioMate #amplifier.

T2: @tksmithguitar #Roadmaster Prototype.

T3: The #TKSmith #guitar is on loan from my buddy Thomas "Tom", "Tommy", "Prince Tom" Gibson (aka @tomgibson3783)

T4: The strap is by European artisan and friend #TomsVintageStraps (aka @tomsvintagestraps) of Strasbourg.

And lastly, the guitar stand is by @atlasstands. "But wait...", you say, "that doesn't begin with T!" Maybe not (smart ass!), but it was made in Tennessee! Which, last time I consulted an atlas (not the stands kind of Atlas, the book of maps kind of atlas), DID begin with T! So there! 😂

#guitars #amp #amps #amplifiers #vintageguitars #vintageamps #traynoramp #vintagetraynor #tubeamp #tone #guitargear #guitarsdaily #guitarsofinstagram #geartalk #guitarsdaily #guitarphotography #ampphotography

[deebeeus]

Sure I had to stay home today...but things could be a lot worse! 😉

1961 #Gibson #LesPaul Junior 1972 @traynor_amps #YGM4 #StudioMate 196? #KEIL #amp, on loan from my buddy @malonzi5150

We have plenty of time to talk about the cool little KEIL...but for now I just want to say the servicing job my amp tech @marshalllespaulfan did on the #Traynor is just fantastic. Amp was perfectly quiet but when you turned the reverb up even a little bit there was a buzzing noise...turned out to be a failing tube. Also, I found the rate of the vibrato way too fast so he added a capacitor in parallel, and now it's nice and sloooooowwwww, just the way I like it! This really is the PERFECT amp for me. At the volumes I play at it sounds as good as my 1961 Fender Concert, but it has reverb! Also it cost less than 1/4 the price. What's not to love?😂

[deebeeus]

Daily Driver* series #2: the "Halfway to #Straturday" edition:

2007 #Fender CustomShop '60 #Strat #Relic in gold sparkle finish. 1972 #Traynor #YGM4 #StudioMate

I'm pleased to finally announce that that the @traynor_amps YGM 4 is officially the latest addition to the #ToneHenge™ family of noise-making boxes, and my first ever #vintageTraynor acquisition! It's super clean considering it turned 50 this year, and I got a hell of a deal on it from my amp tech, @marshalllespaulfan. It's largely original (transformers, speakers, grill, badge, tolex, handle etc), but he did make some practical, minor, improvement modifications (e.g. adding a presence control, replacing the awkwardly mounted RCA speaker jack with and externally mounted 1/4 inch to more easily connect to an external speaker cabinet, as well as slowing down the tremolo circuit to a more leisurely pace - man they loved it super fast in the 70s! 😂). The original and much maligned 4 x 8" Marsland speakers even sound great (these speakers have a terrible reputation, and so many people replace these on vintage #Traynoramps) as does the original reverb tank!

This is my current favourite amp and I am super happy to welcome it into my collection!

Strap by @tomsvintagestraps

* PS: in case you are wondering what I mean by "Daily Driver", it's a reference to cars and commuting. A "daily driver" is the car you use for everyday stuff (like getting to work, doing the shopping, dropping the kids off at the pool etc). This is a picture of my TV room. To the right, out of frame, is the couch I park myself on after dinner each evening to watch my "stories" on the Tube. I always keep a #guitar and #amp right beside me to noodle on each day as the entertainment spews forth from the idiot box, burning itself indelibly onto my retinas and furthering the slow, steady, atrophy-cation of my brain! 😂

[deebeeus]

Just got back from dropping off a load of #amps for servicing with my trusty amp tech @marshalllespaulfan, and look what I came back with!!!* 1972 @traynor_amps #StudioMate Super clean with some tasteful mods (added Presence control and more convenientlt relocated speaker jack), but original speakers. This thing sounds incredible! The 4 x 8 cab is very full and deep and the vibrato is super powerful. The reverb is right out of a Dick Dale tune. I'm going to enjoy this one! Strap by @tomsvintagestraps Guitar stand by @atlasstands * on loan of course! ** ** for now! 🤣 #gibson #lespaul #lespaulspecial #tvyellow #limedmahogany #gibsonlespaul #traynoramp #amp #amps #vintageamps #traynorstudiomate #vintagetraynor #ampcollection #ampphotography #guitarphotography #guitar #guitars (at Toronto, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce89ty6LUvV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[deebeeus]

These don't conform to any of the normal Wednesday guitar-hashtaggery conventions, but they are two of my best: . 1969 #Gibson #SGStandard 1962 Tremolux #amp . #gibsonsg #vintageamp #tubeamp #amps #ampcollection #guitar #guitars #guitarra #chitarra #guitarre #electricguitar #vintageguitars #vintagegibson #gibsonguitars #guitarphotography (at Peterborough, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CclGNggLKw2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=