Guild amps of the 1950's

Have you guys seen this article yet?

http://digital.premierguitar.com/premierguitar/201008_1#pg85

Hi Chris; thanks for the link. The author, Wallace Marx, also wrote Gibson Amplifiers 1933 - 2008.

Offshore production: the first pic below is a Guild 50J owned (formerly owned?) by a member here and the second pic is a Univox U305R. Whether outsourced through Multivox as the article suggested or not, it's pretty clear both were made by the same off-shore company; open-lug transformers and kooky circuits relying heavily on electrolytic caps:







Use of 50L6 output tubes: '50s Guild Masteramp ... 66? See below:




Chassis view including selenium rectifier at far right:




50L6 output tubes; according to the article: "The Masteramp 66 had single trio of 50L6 output tubes." I guess this a Masteramp 66 then:



Interesting read; can't say that I remember ever seeing pics of a Double-Twin. Thanks again.

Great read, thanks for posting !

Whoa. Someone beat me to the punch on the Premier Guitar citation. :shock:

Definitely a cool article.

In further news, I have a "Realistic" branded Univox UB45 on the way from Michigan. Pics will be posted, blood will be shed, women will be made widows.