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03-31-2011, 10:17 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Louisville, KY | | | Anyone ever heard of a Road 440?
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It's a solid state from the 70's. It says Griffin Music Inc. on the back. Someone told me they may have been distributed by Rickenbacker. Don't know if that's true or not. Any info appreciated.
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03-31-2011, 10:18 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Kansas City, MO | | | I've seen one on my local CL before, the guy didn't have much luck selling it IIRC.
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03-31-2011, 10:19 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Central CA Coast | | | can you post pictures? Sounds vaguely familiar, does it have aluminum angle on all the edges of the cabinet? |
03-31-2011, 10:34 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: North Carolina | | | Yep, they came built right into road cases.
There was a 200w (give or take) model, and a 400w model.
They were kind of a high end solid state MI amp. They never became a huge name, but they did decently good for a small operation. Rickenbacker bought them, didn't really change much, and sold them for awhile before they stopped using the name entirely. They have somewhat of a (small) cult following.
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03-31-2011, 11:02 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Louisville, KY | | | Awesome. Thanks guys. I'll try to post a pic when I get home.
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03-31-2011, 02:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Central CA Coast | | take a look at this link. Pre-Rickenbacker Road 220
Now I remember, tried the 220 back in the 70s at a local NorCal music store w/a PBass, nice SS sound as I recall. Wound up building a few DIY cabs w/my dad based on that style. Heavy, but I was younger then w/a stronger back  |
03-31-2011, 03:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Louisville, KY | | | Thanks for the link!
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03-31-2011, 04:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Central CA Coast | | no worries, doing a search on this brought back a lot of fun memories, so thank you 
Enjoy that amp, really looks like the 70s, eh?  | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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