I have been having a lot of fun reading about the different amps and cabs people are using and it made me remember something I had long forgotten. My very first rig was a Heathkit that I spent all my summer savings on and built myself around 1969. I played it for about 6 months and then it was stolen.
Does anyone else remember those amps? I really liked it. Of course it was my very first and I did not know anything at all...
You’d see them occasionally in the 60’s, they came in kits that you would then build yourself, ostensibly to teach electronics skills and understanding(and to instill confidence in any burgeoning would-be EE major). Kinda looked down on by some players. But then again, you still have amp and pedal kits available from StewMac and Mojotone.
I have a guitar amp, the “Sound” brand; a company, existing around ‘65/‘66 before disappearing, started up by a renegade former Ampeg tech on the east coast. Rare AF. One of the guitarists in my first Jr. High band had a larger model, it was about the size of a Fender Super, a single 15”, three channels, rev/trem. So that meant two guitars and a vocal muc were plugged in. I came across a smaller version, one 12”, just tremolo…
It’s curious that there are two additional speaker outs(on the front)…the thing is only about 20 watts. I don’t think they got as far as building a bass model.
Other than that, I’ve had a Kalamazoo(by Gibson)Bass 30 combo(there was a 50 watt as well), with two 10’s. Worked much better as a guitar amp; for bass it got into Jack Bruce goose fart territory real quick.
