no. the SVT is lighter... unless you are carrying the 8x10 cab around with you. Jim? out there somewhere? Remember hauling that thing down the dock and up the stairs to play out on the boat bar in the middle of Summer?
They are schweeeeet. I played one recently and loved it, but I'm saving up for another Epiphone hollowbody...and a Gibson acoustic....and another Stratocaster....and a parlor guitar...and....and....and....
I'm pretty sure that when I got my Ric 360 (the stereo version), I did it just so I'd have an excuse to buy a second amp to run side-by-side with the Vox. I still can't decide what I want it to be though...
Yes, it's one of the newer Custom Classic ones with the single 12" speaker... not too shabby for $600. It has the top-boost and normal channels that you can blend together... I'm still experimenting on how to get the best sound with it. I've also used a splitter to run a clean signal to one channel and a dirty one to the other with some pretty interesting results. On the other hand, just running it straight into either channel sounds so nice. So far, it sounds great... although probably not as good as a vintage 60s one with the 2x12" configuration, but it's about 20 lbs lighter so that helps. I've wanted a vintage one for a while, but dropping $2500-$3500 is a bit much right now.
sears silvertone! your case is also your amp! i know a couple people who have had these and the tone is surprisingly clean.
A classic. A couple of my friends own 'em. My first amp (I got it when I was 15) was a Gibson GA-15RVT Explorer amp from the mid-60s: The thing I remember most about this amp was that it was not grounded, so I had to remember to wear shoes when I played it in my parent's shag-carpeted living room. I forgot a couple of times...then I was "shocked" into remembering! I played the thing until it disintegrated....then I bought my first Fender Twin Reverb.
man, i've had almost every late 40's to early 60's amp that Gibson ever made. that particular one is one of the most trebly, piercing, terrible sounding tube amps ever made. Those Gibsons were always hit or miss... The Lancer (ga-8 I think) and the ga40's were my faves out of the Gibsons. The only one I never got a hold of was the Les Paul amp which is considered probably their best amp design (and pretty nice looking). Those ga-40's though. I'm not sure I've ever heard a better blues distortion out of an amplifier. Amazing tone. I would like to get another one just to use as my distortion pedal...
I agree 100%. It sounded like a toy. That's why when it blew up in the late 1970s, I kind of tossed it in the garbage can and bought my first Fender Twin.
