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Two amplifiers that I had years back are driving me nuts. Sadly, all I have is recollections of them and no pictures, because I ended up needing to sell them.
One is a Sears Silvertone head I bought for $25 around 1976 that looked, for all the world, like a Silvertone 1484. Same row of jacks along the bottom, two channels, big knobs, etc. But I remember it as being light and not having a massive transformer. Did Silvertone make anything during that late 60's to mid 70's period that was visually similar to a 1484, but solid-state?
The other is a Gibson amp I bought around 1986. I paid $50 for the amp plus a Schaller wah/yoy pedal at an auction. The wah was what I really wanted, so I used the amp for a little while, fixed the reverb, then sold it. I remember it as being a single-channel amp of modest wattage, with a 12" speaker, reverb and tremolo, and a sloped front visually identical to a Gibson Falcon. Did Gibson actually make any solid-state amps fitting that general description, or did I let a collectible slip through my fingers?
I've learned much in the intervening years, but I knew the difference between tube and solid-state amps, and their relative value, back then. I've poked around on the net to see if there were any SS amps fitting those descriptions, but to no avail. So I figured I'd ask the experts.
Did such solid-state amps ever exist, or did I simply overlook and misremember them?
One is a Sears Silvertone head I bought for $25 around 1976 that looked, for all the world, like a Silvertone 1484. Same row of jacks along the bottom, two channels, big knobs, etc. But I remember it as being light and not having a massive transformer. Did Silvertone make anything during that late 60's to mid 70's period that was visually similar to a 1484, but solid-state?
The other is a Gibson amp I bought around 1986. I paid $50 for the amp plus a Schaller wah/yoy pedal at an auction. The wah was what I really wanted, so I used the amp for a little while, fixed the reverb, then sold it. I remember it as being a single-channel amp of modest wattage, with a 12" speaker, reverb and tremolo, and a sloped front visually identical to a Gibson Falcon. Did Gibson actually make any solid-state amps fitting that general description, or did I let a collectible slip through my fingers?
I've learned much in the intervening years, but I knew the difference between tube and solid-state amps, and their relative value, back then. I've poked around on the net to see if there were any SS amps fitting those descriptions, but to no avail. So I figured I'd ask the experts.
Did such solid-state amps ever exist, or did I simply overlook and misremember them?
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