(tell us about) The amp you got for free (or almost)

[John_H]

I found this Magnatone 212 Sitting next to a dumpster at my storage facility in the 90's. It's only problem was a shorted power tube.

[Chuck H]

That looks like a 57-58 Custom 260?

[The Dude]

I found this Magnatone 212 Sitting next to a dumpster at my storage facility in the 90's. It's only problem was a shorted power tube.

Great find, John! Do you still have that amp?

[John_H]

Great find, John! Do you still have that amp?

I wish. It was one of the amps stolen from my storage a few years ago. My daughter used it a bunch for guitar when she was starting out. It took effects well and worked ok, but it was perfect for her Farfisa organ. The vibrato was really neat.

[John_H]

I found the Super Reverb for $100. It was heavily modified. I kept some of the mods. One in particular was the conversion to a solid-state rectifier. I converted it to a 2x10 and made a new cabinet for it. It sounded amazing. My favorite amp. Unfortunately, it too was stolen.

[Tom Phillips]

... My favorite amp. Unfortunately, it too was stolen...

I hope there is a special place in Hell for people that steal amps.

[stokes]

I found this Magnatone 212 Sitting next to a dumpster at my storage facility in the 90's. It's only problem was a shorted power tube.

My son and his wife to be inherited her grandmothers house. In the basement was one of these, it belonged to her uncle when he was a kid taking guitar lessons. He said he used it twice so its condition is like brand new, replaced the filter caps and gave it a going over. Did a mod to slow the trem down. Has one of the best vibrato/trems ever.

[DrGonz78]

I hope there is a special place in Hell for people that steal amps.

Oh yeah there is for sure. The jam room they have for them is a room full of malfunctioning Mesa Boogies. Then they are informed they have an afterlife sentence of fixing amps for heaven.

[The Dude]

I found the Super Reverb for $100. It was heavily modified. I kept some of the mods. One in particular was the conversion to a solid-state rectifier. I converted it to a 2x10 and made a new cabinet for it. It sounded amazing. My favorite amp. Unfortunately, it too was stolen.

Beautiful restoration, John. I imagine it sounded as good as it looks.

[Jazz P Bass]

Scored a 1940ish Leslie Tallboy.
Guy was going to trash it.
No idea what I am going to do with it.

[Chuck H]

I hope there is a special place in Hell for people that steal amps.

Anyone that steals any artist's or tradsman's tools (plus any fisherman's gear) should be peeled and salted in public.

[nevetslab]

Scored a 1940ish Leslie Tallboy.
Guy was going to trash it.
No idea what I am going to do with it.

Too big to travel with. After the electronics are cleaned up, it would be nice to build a front end for it so you can drive it from an Effects Loop on guitar amps, and park it in a studio someplace, if there's room. Nothing like real Dopler vibrato. Hopefully the speaker and horn driver are still in decent shape. My band's organ player had a Hammond D Console (old Navy church organ that weighed a ton), but also had a Leslie 122. Sounded totally great driven hard. Tried one time with JBL D130F in place of its' original 15" but lost the natural overdrive break-up of the stock 15". Put the original 15" back in.

[Chuck H]

Having heard the real thing once or twice "I" would definitely try to get it in top shape just to hear that again It'll find a home. Yours or otherwise. Something very special.

[g1]

Scored a 1940ish Leslie Tallboy.

Dual rectifier? I wonder what was the first amp to have that.
Four 6L6 to make 30W ? Field coil speaker? That is a very nice piece (except the 200 pounds part).