Why does this scare me (waaay) more than it probably should?

[beans-on-toast]

The GA-19 was a nice sounding amp.

Sometimes a company puts a product out to re-establish a legal base.

 

[TyBo]

13 were made, and they were expensive. I was the only one in the USA due to shipping costs, and then he stopped due to a separation. Michiel started making/designing steam engines—even older school.

There are a few semi-Valco-ish clones out there, but this is the closest 185 duplicate outside of the field coil speaker, which is no longer made. These are expensive to make and do not have much of a market. No one is making a killing on old Gibson amp remakes...

My friend Tavo makes one called the Moonshine 39', and he makes EH185 pedals called the Junior Barnyard (Play on Junior Barnard). That pedal gets the pillowy Gibson octal amp tones and is very impressive. I have had mine for about a decade. I also used the El Pescadero for the past few years, which has the old Gibson EH Amp tones built in and old chess records reverb. It's a great match for the 185, which does not have a verb.

What I love about this demo is RJ is rocking my shirt with a picture of my actual guitar, a guitar made for me by TK Smith a decade ago, who turned me on to the amps... RJ always kills it.

The Junior Barnyard pedal was my compromise to buying a full on modern EH amp replica. It's a good pedal for sure (I say this as one who rarely uses pedals ). RJ does a great demo there for the El Pescadero ... what a player. 1st time I came across him was some similar demo video, and I just went, "Whoa! Who IS this guy? Wow!"

 

[StayLow]

What a fun thread!

Funny, given the title. A real gem.

 

[DavidEdenAria]

This one?

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Not sure when it came to market, but here it is in their 1961 catalog (unsure of price but in the 1962 catalog it was $95, or $129.50 for version w/ tremolo, and $7.50 for slip cover):

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There was also a Rivoli bass amp:

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And these electric basses (Epiphone offered more upright basses than electrics at the time, and in 1962 the base model Newport was $210 plus $26.50 for a case):

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[Wisebass]

Why does this scare me (waaay) more than it probably should?

Please tell me it's not a rebranding

Why would anybody be scared about a tube amp?

Each time a new tube amp is built an angel gets a pair of wings!

It's a Gibson? So what!

I hope they won't call it "the firebird amp" because...

...because seeing something like this to happen really hurts!

It would be great to see a new MIA Gibson product that has success!

Wise(b)ass

 

[Luther]

Please tell me it's not a rebranding

I wouldn't mind a reissue of my GB-440's preamp paired with a class "D" power amp section.

 

[hasbeen]

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but I'm sure there will be lots of speculation... including usual incorrect rumors generated by the guitar amp forum mills.

And gnashing of teeth. Don't forget the collective gnashing of teeth on the forums. ;-)

 

[agedhorse]

And gnashing of teeth. Don't forget the collective gnashing of teeth on the forums. ;-)

How could I have forgotten this?

 

[Jugghaid]

Looks like a really nice amp at a damn good price.point.

“Gibson is back in the amp business”: Gibson’s Falcon amps have landed – can the Mesa-made combos get their claws into the boutique amp market?

 

[eddiemac]

Bring back the Atlas!

A Gibson Atlas was my first real (so to speak) bass amp. It had a 15" CTS square-magnet speaker and a not very powerful tube amp, with a tilt-back tube so it could recline like the Fender amps. I'm not hoping for a reissue.

 

[Michedelic]

A Gibson Atlas was my first real (so to speak) bass amp. It had a 15" CTS square-magnet speaker and a not very powerful tube amp, with a tilt-back tube so it could recline like the Fender amps. I'm not hoping for a reissue.

I was being facetious, of course. With 50 watts, it seems like they were trying to go up against the Fender Bassman/Bandmaster (horizontal cab era), but those didn’t last long. They were trying to be all space-age, but it came out awkward looking.

 

[JimChjones]

That thing is ugly as hell. Does it sound good?

No! At least mine didn't.

 

[Jim C]

7 watt, 1x10, $1,500
Is it me or does this seem pricey?
Gibson Falcon 5 7-watt 1 x 10-inch Tube Combo Amplifier