The Holy Grail

[tot_Ou_tard]

SURF green SURF green. (seafoam is darker....again)

What if I call it Surfoam green just to taunt you?

 

[6STRINGS 9LIVES]

Thats a real nice SR Sesroh , its easy to determine the year of the amp , its definitely a post 74 , check the numbers on your transformers, they should read something like this 606-631, the last three digits reflect the year and week of production of the transformer , and will generally give you a pretty close indication of its date of assembly . nice to see Nelskie's name on a post even if it is from the past ..still miss that guy and his posts.. 6S9L

 

[hdscout]

My dad bought me one in 1968. The thing that i thought was coolest was the power plug on the back of the amp! I wish my 65' re-issue twin reverb had that extra plug.
Look for a device called the "Ice Cube". It was a small plastic light-blue cube that you could plug into the reverb plug. It was activated by the reverb foot switch and gave the coolest overdrive boost.

 

[ZMAN]

I had one in 1968 and it was the heaviest thing I ever moved. Of course I lived in a 3 story converted Victorian Mansion and I had to carry it up 3 flights of stairs. A friend of mine has a 1970.

 

[tot_Ou_tard]

My dad bought me one in 1968. The thing that i thought was coolest was the power plug on the back of the amp! I wish my 65' re-issue twin reverb had that extra plug.
Look for a device called the "Ice Cube". It was a small plastic light-blue cube that you could plug into the reverb plug. It was activated by the reverb foot switch and gave the coolest overdrive boost.

Cool! Your first post is to resurrect an old Nelskie thread.


Is this the gizmo?

 

[Spudman]

Cool! Your first post is to resurrect an old Nelskie thread.


Is this the gizmo?

I still have that somewhere in my 'old stuff' box. I used it on my Princeton. I didn't think it worked very well.

 

[markb]

The Ice Cube sounded horrible.

 

[gregsguitars]

If you need any more watts I have a 100 watt silverface Showman dual reverb head converted into an early 70's twin cab combo that needs a new home.

 

[otaypanky]

My dad bought me one in 1968. The thing that i thought was coolest was the power plug on the back of the amp! I wish my 65' re-issue twin reverb had that extra plug.
Look for a device called the "Ice Cube". It was a small plastic light-blue cube that you could plug into the reverb plug. It was activated by the reverb foot switch and gave the coolest overdrive boost.

I still have one of those little pups, I think they were really made in an ice cube tray

I don't use it in my amps as I like the reverb
Here's my '67 that I've had since the early '70s

 

[otaypanky]

My dad bought me one in 1968. The thing that i thought was coolest was the power plug on the back of the amp! I wish my 65' re-issue twin reverb had that extra plug.
Look for a device called the "Ice Cube". It was a small plastic light-blue cube that you could plug into the reverb plug. It was activated by the reverb foot switch and gave the coolest overdrive boost.

I still have one of those little Ice Cubes. I think they were really made in an ice cube tray, hence the name. I don't use it in my amps as I like the reverb

Enjoy your new amp, good score!
Be sure to experiment using the 2nd lower powered input. That gets overlooked by so many players it surprises me.
Another cool thing with some of the old amps, at least with my '67, is that if you roll all the tone pots down to 0 you get almost no volume out of it. Then set your volume control up around 7. Next start to bring the bass up just a touch. You'll hear the amp go oooff and come to life around 2 to 2 1/2. Then bring your mid and treb pots up to taste, maybe 3 to 3 1/2. You'll be able to get a more driven tone without excessive volume. Using that technique while plugged into the low power input and the amp becomes much more versatile for situations where you want to keep a lid on the volume


Here's my '67 that I've had since the early '70s