2014/12/14 15:36:54
Rain
Was talking gear w/ friends and I finally found pics of my first "guitar amp" online...
 

 

 
 
Man, it SUCKED! lol
2014/12/14 15:44:04
bapu
My first (guitar) amp was some off brand that had a 6" speaker. By all rights (it was 1966) it was a 10 watt.
 
I remember thinking (with zero knowledge, mind you) if I put a "bigger" speaker in it... it would be louder. I just could not suss out where I could get a bigger speaker.
2014/12/14 15:47:25
Rain
I remember that if I pushed the volume on that one, you'd feel air winding from behind the knobs and the power button.
 
It was the perfect complement to my crappy guitar.
 
 
2014/12/14 15:50:42
bapu
Rain
It was the perfect complement to my crappy guitar.

+1
 
I remember asking a neighbor who played guitar (again with zero knowledge) if mine was lead or rhythm guitar. To this day I remember the snicker he gave.
 
I probably still don't know the difference.
2014/12/14 16:03:57
bapu
Hence all the snickers I get here.
2014/12/14 16:20:14
sharke
Here's mine, an incredibly obscure heap of crap called an Image Imp. Amazed that I was able to find a photo. My god it really was the most unbelievably atrocious hunk of junk imaginable, but I had great fun jamming along with Led Zeppelin on it. Distortion? Why yes, just turn the volume up until the speaker rattles. 
 

2014/12/14 16:21:03
jamesg1213
Mine was also 10 watts, can't remember the make. 3 inputs. Guitar, bass and vocals all through it. 'Appy daze.
2014/12/14 17:28:25
yorolpal
My first amp was a tiny no name 5watter with one knob...on/off/volume. But my second amp was a 1964 Princeton reverb. Yowsa.
2014/12/14 17:30:04
Zonno
My first

Very Old, it was allready second hand when I was fourteen.
On the back of the amp or the reverb was a text saying: Made by beautiful californian girls
 
2014/12/14 17:47:46
Rain
Because that one sucked so much, I'd rent one from a guy when I could. The rest of the time, I'd borrow the one we had in school. A Traynor, just like this one.
 

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