I guess the sarcasm in my tongue-in-cheek question was a little too subtle. My comment was referring to the pillowy, vinyl nature of said J66.capnjuan said:Dunno JP: nice logo ... the upholstery is a little much but ... Pedal-friendly?? are there amps that don't care for pedals :? J
Hi JP; I guess I was pulling my punch too :lol: The amp looks like a craftsman's sample for custom seat covers for a '57 chevy!jp said:I guess the sarcasm in my tongue-in-cheek question was a little too subtle.capnjuan said:Dunno JP: nice logo ... the upholstery is a little much but ... Pedal-friendly?? are there amps that don't care for pedals :? J
Hi Bill; don't know what your cab is made of but whether it's particleboard or plywood and because it's older, it probably would be more sound-absorbent than harder/denser/newer cabinet-grade cherry, mahogany, walnut ... whatever ... would be. Even with a semi-open back, you might get a little clearer, sharper tone ... maybe more punch too. If that were the case, you could get some relief by lining the sides and bottom with speaker damping material ... that fiberglass-like wadding ... but I think harder/stiffer would translate into 'brighter' but not sure of to what degree. ??? JBill Ashton said:... I want to replicate the same cab the 66-J is in now ... What I am not sure of is whether using a furniture grade wood will change the tone, which is NOT what I am going for. I imagine the old Guild must have used pine or some such thing for cabinets, anyone know?
leonc said:So a few weeks ago, my buddy Mike Moody (www.MagicAmps.com) came by with a prototype pine cab for his ZII series amps. I was knocked out by how good it sounded--for blues/r&r (still dig birch ply more for cleaner stuff like funk/r&b/jazz/some country) but for dirtier tones, this pine cab was it! Anyway, I dug it so much I built a pine cab to the very same specifications for my own ZII-V amp.
Bill Ashton said:Speaking as an owner of an original Guild 66-J (since 1968), let me just
say that this is NOT anything like a Fender Deluxe. A decidedly low gain,
very clean sounding, amp.
Not much left to this piece that is original...never seen so much orange inside...
Apparently as with mine, even a cap job didn't restore the tremolo...mine is present,
but very subtle.
Might have been a nice amp before, now GAAAAACK! :roll: :shock:
Hi Dave; your handle is probably original. Not sure when they started using them but they ended with the Thunder series; on the version 1:dapmdave said:... Regarding the handle, it's curious that my 66-J has a handle like Grot's Thunder 1. I don't see anything on the top of the amp to suggest that there was ever any other handle mounted there. Kind of looks like an old suitcase handle.
Default said:The handle on my Hilgen looks a lot like yours and I've seen similar ones on Ampegs. Common supplier, maybe?
Texon? Scroll down ... check the bottom cross-rail.dapmdave said:I'm thinkin' Samsonite.Default said:The handle on my Hilgen looks a lot like yours and I've seen similar ones on Ampegs. Common supplier, maybe?