The 59 sound!

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 2:54 am

I got a 1959 Silvertone 1451 yesterday.It's only got about 3 watts of power but is plenty loud for my bedroom.

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hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 2:55 am

nice score dude.

looks to be in great shape. i bet that duo sounds grand through it.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 3:23 am

hotrodperlmutter wrote:nice score dude.

looks to be in great shape. i bet that duo sounds grand through it.

Thanks man! Yeah,it sounds great.I didn't want to spend $1000 for a 1959 Champ so I got this one for $135.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 3:26 am

looks cool. how big is the speaker?

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 3:39 am

mage wrote:looks cool. how big is the speaker?

Thanks! It's a 6" Rola speaker. Cabinet looks like it is made from some thick cardboard covered with thin leather textured wallpaper covered with gold sparkles.

cobascis · Post by **cobascis** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 3:43 am

It has a great crunchtone, yeah?

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 4:08 am

cobascis wrote:It has a great crunchtone, yeah?

Fer sure. And the little Rola speaker in this amp seems alot louder than the one that was in in the 1448 I used to have.The speaker in the 1448 was made by Fisher.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 4:52 am

If my champ 600 has taught me anything, it's that a tiny combo turned up loud can be a wonderful thing.

Nice score.

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 4:53 am

my cats would love to scratch that

Ty · Post by Ty » Sun Oct 25, 2009 6:35 am

I swear, your house is like a museum of oddities, it's awesome, you should charge admission and let people tour your house!
Lovely amp by the way.

CaptainGD · Post by **CaptainGD** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 7:01 am

I'm sure it sounds gnarly, but srsly that looks classy as hell.

Also, Wrestle Mania III yeaaah.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 8:59 am

westtexasred wrote:
mage wrote:looks cool. how big is the speaker?
Thanks! It's a 6" Rola speaker. Cabinet looks like it is made from some thick cardboard covered with thin leather textured wallpaper covered with gold sparkles.

do you know anything more about rola speakers? I have a late 50s radio I was thinking of converting into a guitar amp that has a rola speaker as well.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 1:26 pm

i know im a bigger/louder/rawk kinda guy but this thing looks amazing

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 4:48 pm

looks good man, this is making me want to pick up that 85 dollar champ on craigslist.