The guitar cabinet was the 201 and I agree, the one in question looks like a modified version. The 201 from the second generation that was available in the early to late ‘70’s looked like this.
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Can anyone tell what cab this is?
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The guitar cabinet was the 201 and I agree, the one in question looks like a modified version. The 201 from the second generation that was available in the early to late ‘70’s looked like this.
For those Acoustic Control Corp. fans, this is a great read.
A hazy history of the Acoustic Control Corporation
A hazy history of the Acoustic Control Corporation
Were the 201 or 106 ever made with the blue trim down the sides? The 261 is the only one I could find with that design. I really doubt someone took a 201 or 106 and added the blue trim to it. It would make more sense to be a chopped 261. The top of the cab in the picture is clearly modified.
Hey that's my old bass rig! (circa1978...)The first generation of Acoustic guitar amp was the 260 head and 201 cabinet and yes, the 201 cabinet did have the blue trim down both sides. Scroll up to the original Acoustic catalog picture I posted.
I have no recollection of a 106 cabinet prior to the second generation version I posted a picture of as well.
Shortly after buying the 146 stack I fell into a little money and bought my 361 used. I was only about 15-16 years old. I really loved the 361 and felt like a rock star with it whenever my crappy high school bands played out. A year or two later I traded for a 371. I never quite liked it as much and it was lost in a fire. Insurance paid out and I wound up with another Acoustic 140 and a Cerwin Vega B36MF.
On second thought you are probably right. I was using the later numbering system. The first amps were numbered 360 and 260 with their respective cabinets as 361 and 261. I was looking back at photos I have of my old 360/361 and realized the difference.
Man, that old catalog’s prices! $1200 1970’s dollars for 200 watts, and a huge 1-18” cab? 185 lbs!
The good old days kinda sucked.
Oh, wait, it’s got an electronic tuning fork!
The good old days kinda sucked.
Oh, wait, it’s got an electronic tuning fork!
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No, the good ole' days were GREAT! I bought a Standel MCIIB/SAM30B piggy-back amp in 1971 or 72 when the nightclub group I was touring with was playing at the Little Bohemian Club (Little Bo's) in Lincoln, Nebraska. Guitar and Keys had just bought Vox Super Beatle amps and were soundly burying me with my 50-watt, 1966 Fender Bassman. Got a deal on the Standel because it was a year old and there was a snag in the grill cloth. Got $400 in trade for my Bassman and paid another $450 to finalize the deal.
It was an amazing amp. It was a powered 215 cab with 4 round ports stacked vertically next to the speakers. It was either 200 or 250-watts. That doesn't sound like much but it was a LOT when that came out. The speakers were nicely matched to it and the only time I could turn it up to 5 (12 o'clock) was playing outdoors. Indoors, #3 (9 o'clock) was as loud as I could play it. I had no problem burying those Super Beatle amps (125 rms-watts with 412 cabinet) if I wanted to.
Yeah it was heavy, but had casters so I rolled it everywhere. Through a rather convoluted routine, I could pull down the back seat of my VW Bug, slide the seats all the way up, turn the cab on its side, slide it in part way up the back of the seat, and finally, once it cleared the door, laid it down flat in the back. There was room on one side for the head of the amp and I put my duffle bag on the other side. Laid my bass in its case across the amp.
Below is a shot of me playing my 1965 Jazz Bass through it in 1972. You can sort of see the guitarist's Super Beatle amp behind him. The speaker cab had two 15's and 4 round ports stacked vertically next to the speakers. Air coming out of the ports would flap my bell bottoms if I was within 3-feet of them...remember, this is 1972. Bell bottoms and big collar, puffy sleeved shirts were a thing, not to mention double knit pants and vest with gold chains...
That was my impression too. Not really a tweeter, it looks more like a re-entrant paging horn, 200 to 2K response.
We used to call those "Basement" Amps-- only loud enough for the basement.
Nice shoes!
You know, back in the 60's, they were great amps. Our guitarists used amps that weren't outrageously loud. One of them used a Jordan amp (remember those?) and a 1965 Fender Twin Reverb. Keyboardist used his 1964 Fender Bassman amp because he played bass for the group before switching to organist and selling me his '65 Jazz Bass. So things weren't crazy loud yet. Now days, I absolutely would not use one to gig with even though I did like the sound of them. Just too easy to get buried by modern guitar amps. Might use one in the right group of folks, but sure wouldn't want to restrict myself like that again. Not much worse can happen for a bassist than being told to turn up and not being able to do so...
Oh yeah, those shoes! We had a bit of trouble finding those white shoes with gold buckles in sizes that would fit all of us. They were slip-ons with a gum sole, double-knit nylon uppers, and were actually pretty comfortable to play in. And they matched our double-knit white pants and vests quite nicely!
Oh yeah, those shoes! We had a bit of trouble finding those white shoes with gold buckles in sizes that would fit all of us. They were slip-ons with a gum sole, double-knit nylon uppers, and were actually pretty comfortable to play in. And they matched our double-knit white pants and vests quite nicely!
