Vintage Tube Amp

Up for sale is an amazing (and fairly rare) gem of an amp by Gibson….. Gibson is revered (and documented) as one of the top two guitar manufacturers in the world, but they are highly underrated as amp makers. This exquisite piece of work is reportedly Gibson’s take on the legendary Fender Deluxe Reverb. Personally, I have to concede that they did an admirably great job with it! For considerably less than the price of most FDR’s from the 60′s, you get that nice, round, glassy Fender clean. And the prodigious tube complement along with the ENORMOUS transformer really gives this amp a pleasingly warm and huge sound, especially when you turn it up! However, unlike the Deluxe reverb, this amp does not overdrive a bunch when you max its volume out. It stays fairly clean, with a nice, jangly, musical break up. Makes it a great pedal platform, either turned up all the way, or still kept clean. It has an excellent sounding onboard tremolo (which is turned on and off with the included 2-button footswitch) with a very responsive speed control. As long as you turn up the depth knob to about halfway up (noon), you can get a wide array of modulating trem sounds when you set the speed to taste. You can keep the depth below halfway, but the effect will be very faint and subtle, no matter where you put the speed. I just see this as even more variety and sonic options! The sounds of the reverb on this unit are of top notch quality. A large range, so you can go from subtle to all out surf and/or ambient music mayhem! For some reason, though, the footswitch does not turn the effect on and off. But it does have a control knob on the control chassis, so you can turn it off as well as set it manually when you need to. A majority of the tubes are not very old. However, it makes some weird sound artifacts from time to time, especially when it is just sitting idle. I wish they built this amp with a standby switch, but I guess you can always turn the amp off when not in use. As with all of these older tube amps, it will eventually need a cap job or at least a few replaced. If you want it to really sound and perform exactly how you want it to, expect to bring it to your favorite amplifier tech for servicing at some point. We have already cleaned all of the input jacks, tube sockets, contact points and pots as best as we can. All of these said components seem to be very quiet. No NEED to change the speaker, though…. Only if you WANT. It’s got a solid Eminence Legend 12 that sounds just really big! No need to worry about a crackling, dying stock speaker that is about 1/2 a century old! This is pretty hard to find old bird. And this girl is trying to find its one in a million home. Will it be yours? Please read the condition description and these listing details, as well as examine the pictures carefully, as they are just as much part of the description. The item “Vintage 1969 Gibson Duo-Medalist 25 Watts All Tube Combo Amp! Eminence Legend” is in sale since Tuesday, January 14, 2020. This item is in the category “Musical Instruments & Gear\Guitars & Basses\Guitar Amplifiers”. The seller is “heavyspender” and is located in Fort Mill, South Carolina. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Turks and caicos islands, Bangladesh, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Paraguay, Uruguay.

• Number of Channels: 4
• Number of Speakers: 1
• Model: Duo-Medalist
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Custom Bundle: Yes
• Impedance: 8 Ohms
• Product Line: Medalist
• Amplifier Technology: Vacuum Tube
• MPN: Does Not Apply
• Compatible Guitar: Electric Guitar Amplifier
• Amplifier Type: Combo
• Brand: Gibson
• Suitable For: Performance
• Bundle Description: Amp comes with 2 button footswitch !