NGD 1967/68 Magnatone Firestar Reverb 150R IT'S DONE! PICS!!

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 6:58 pm

$30 at a yard sale in Maryland. Needs a new fuse. Came with the ORIGINAL AMP COVER and footswitch!!! The guy also says he has the original manual somewhere and will call me/ship it if he comes across it.

Solid State, 4x12....reverb/tremolo...unknown volume but he said it was plenty loud enough to keep up with a drummer.

I can't wait to get this thing home!!!

onedaycloser · Post by **onedaycloser** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 7:45 pm

Nice score, that's a heck of a find - especially for 30 measly bucks

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Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 7:58 pm

After running around looking for a fuse (2A 125v seems to be hard to find, at least locally) I went back and asked what he was thinking price wise....he said "well, it was my uncles, I'm not too attached to it"....I said "$40?" When he started to make a counter offer I tensed up a little until he said "How about 30 since you can't find the fuse" I only had twenties so he could've lied about having change and I'd have still paid him $40.

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 8:08 pm

that looks like alot of fun

onedaycloser · Post by **onedaycloser** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 9:53 pm

I'd be somewhat concerned with what blew the fuse in the first place, might want to get a few replacements when you find a source.

Any chance of finding a schematic? You might luck out and that could be the wrong fuse for it anyway? (Hence why it was blown?).

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 10:50 pm

damn, what a great deal.

i'd love to hear how it sounds. is that a real pic, or a google image?

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 11:05 pm

That's just google image...I'm at Lauren's sister's house in Maryland right now so it's out in the car where it'll probably be til monday when I get home since I don't think they really want me bringing a huge dusty old amp into their house. ...I think mine's in better shape than that once I clean it up, the knobs aren't missing any chrome stickers or anything..

I'm just gonna bring it into Parkway when I get back and have them "fix it".....I'm sure their amp tech either has the right fuse or can mod it to accept a different fuse....that thought crossed my mind as well about it being the wrong fuse to begin with, but I'm not gonna mess around with it until the tech says otherwise. I am so eager to hear its sound. Apparently Magnatones are the only amps with true vibrato and not tremolo, though they apparently sound very similar. I will try to do an video demo once I get it working.

ChrisFFTA · Post by **ChrisFFTA** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 1:28 am

join the magnatone yahoo group... those guys will jizz everywhere over that thing

cobascis · Post by **cobascis** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 1:35 am

Holding my breath for video, it does look awesome, and loud.

Post by **Doog** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 9:18 am

Looks fookin' sweeeeeeeeet and a lot bigger than it looks, if it is indeed a 4x12.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 11:30 am

It's still in the car but I think it's a 4x10 actually...it's still probably the largest amp I own but the picture isn't that far off

Edit: The unofficial Magnatone fanpage I grabbed that image from says it's 4x12...it doesn't really look it even in person. I'll measure when I get it home later.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 8:00 pm

Update: Got an estimate from the tech. He said there was some stuff going on inside beyond the fuse....said it'd be between $60 and $100 to fix it all. I gave him the go ahead, since in my experience the fix usually ends up being on the low end of the spectrum.

I still think this amp for around $100 total is a pretty good deal....I should be getting it back any day now

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Wed Nov 03, 2010 8:09 pm

EXCITE

onedaycloser · Post by **onedaycloser** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:24 pm

Well? Any word

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:28 pm

Nick wrote: Apparently Magnatones are the only amps with true vibrato and not tremolo, .

where is the reverb handle ?

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 11:43 pm

Nick wrote: Apparently Magnatones are the only amps with true vibrato and not tremolo, .

It has some sort of frequency modulation? Hmm. Interesting. Must find a schematic.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 5:23 am

Update!!!

Apparently after he gave me an estimate quote, the ancient amp tech at parkway said he couldn't fix it without a schematic, so I've basically been storing it there until they can figure out what to do with it, or until I give in and have it converted to a cab. They just relocated to a much larger store a couple weeks ago and hired another tech who thinks he can fix the Magnatone....I just went there today and was told it's on the workbench torn apart right now and he's in again tomorrow. Hopefully I'll be hearing back one way or the other this week. AM EXCITE!

avj · Post by **avj** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 6:14 pm

Awesome! Get yo' Neil on.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 2:09 am

WHAT

cobascis · Post by **cobascis** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 2:41 am

Nick wrote: WHAT