The Combo Club

[MadJack]

Ashdown had their own version for a while, that I like. It's the same as the CTM-30 (which I recently acquired). The Drophead DH-30 C115H is a 30 watt all tube flip top combo, but made by Ashdown.

This is the Drophead 200, but I don't think it made it into production, or was very limited production. *It did have a limited production.
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The also make the DropHead DH-15-C110. It's a 15 watt 110 flip top combo.

 

[Gabu]

Agreed. Even if you bolted it together, or latched it to french fries and a drink.

I wanna try the bolted on fries and drink once.

 

[Doctor Intrepid]

Can the Kasino combo be lifted by one hand?

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Can the Kasino combo be lifted by one hand?

It depends. Whose hand?

 

[G-Dog]

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Sears SilverTone also made a "sold to be used as one" hardwired head & cab bass amp that packed up into a single box for transport. This 150 watt 6x10" was really the business for us poor kids back in the '60s! It would be cool if one of those survived and found it's way here.

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[Miles_ONeal]

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Sears SilverTone also made a "sold to be used as one" hardwired head & cab bass amp that packed up into a single box for transport. This 150 watt 6x10" was really the business for us poor kids back in the '60s! It would be cool if one of those survived and found it's way here.

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Whoa! I have never seen one in the wild.

One of my favorite combos ever, although (alas) they never made a bass version (for obvious reasons):

 

[G-Dog]

Whoa! I have never seen one in the wild.

One of my favorite combos ever, although (alas) they never made a bass version (for obvious reasons):

Yeah, if only @Pontiac Thrasher could hook us up with some of these:

Could be swee-eet!

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[Gabu]

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Sears SilverTone also made a "sold to be used as one" hardwired head & cab bass amp that packed up into a single box for transport. This 150 watt 6x10" was really the business for us poor kids back in the '60s! It would be cool if one of those survived and found it's way here.

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Oh, Silvertone.

I had one of their acoustic guitars. Was a divorce casualty though. Not this, but something like it.

I'd love to play around with one of their amps too.

 

[G-Dog]

Oh, Silvertone.

I had one of their acoustic guitars. Was a divorce casualty though. Not this, but something like it.

I'd love to play around with one of their amps too.

Aye, Gabby! I too started on a SilverTone guitar. Belonged to to my cousin, who didn't care about it, and left it at our Grandma's house where I took to it in the early '60s. It was missing a string, the G I think, but it came with a Mel Bay Instruction pamphlet showing how to tune it and a few basic chords. That's all I needed! The rest is music (trivia) history!

Then, in the mid-'60s, I "went electric" and got a couple of combo amps, a small 5-watt? Alamo and then a bigger SilverTone Twin Twelve 1484 "sold to use as one" hardwired head & cab that packed up into a single box for transport!

 

[GwenOnBass]

I'm pretty interested in the Silvertone 1444 Reissue ... that I plug into my combo amp

 

[GonePlaid]

Yeah, if only @Pontiac Thrasher could hook us up with some of these:

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Could be swee-eet!

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Is it ported?

 

[G-Dog]

Is it ported?

Gee, Goner, with the lid down it appears both front and rear of the speakers are sealed!

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[SoulReflection]

The club's founder, ChefKen, assigned a number very early on (#10, I think) to someone with a Shuttle. That's good enough for me. Yes, the amp portion is more easily removed than that of, say, a Rumble 100, but it's still attached. With bolts, AFAICT.

Ah, maybe bolts (as opposed to screws) make all the difference? Looks like my R100C has screws. Now I am confused...

 

[SoulReflection]

I am not an expert, but Fender set the precedent with "Piggyback?"

Maybe they should have said "COMBO"...

 

[SoulReflection]

Yeah, maybe, but as Fearless Leader you hold the destiny of the Definition of Combo-Ness at your whim.

Ahhh, glory be for I have seen the light .

 

[Pontiac Thrasher]

Is it ported?

Yes

: )

 

[Pontiac Thrasher]

Gee, Goner, with the lid down it appears both front and rear of the speakers are sealed!

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I used a shoehorn for the install.

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[SoulReflection]

Yes

Anything to make it lighter. I can see the nylon retainers could lead to the amps early demise...

I believe Standel also made a "combo" with 2-15s. The amp was an integral part but don't know if was screwed or bolted in. Apparently that could make a difference .

I had a Peavey 300 Combo with 1-15. It was recognized as a COMBO. I had to use a hydraulic lift but, I guess "someone" could lift it with one hand?

 

[SoulReflection]

Gee, Goner, with the lid down it appears both front and rear of the speakers are sealed!

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I believe the design was intended to leave the lid open for sound and as a collector for tips. It eliminated the need for a tip jar.

 

[Pontiac Thrasher]

Anything to make it lighter. I can see the nylon retainers could lead to the amps early demise...

I believe Standel also made a "combo" with 2-15s. The amp was an integral part but don't know if was screwed or bolted in. Apparently that could make a difference .

I had a Peavey 300 Combo with 1-15. It was recognized as a COMBO. I had to use a hydraulic lift but, I guess "someone" could lift it with one hand?

Yeah, but ouch! This was my combo 300, I just had to give it up.

Consoled myself with more stacks.

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