1950s Gibson Tweed Tube TONE! (& Incredible Tremolo)
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- The poor man's Tweed Deluxe.
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2020 Gear:
1959 Sunburst Stratocaster
1958 Mary Kaye Stratocaster
1958 Gibson Les Paul
1961 Olympic White Stratocaster
1964 Gibson Firebird I
1965 Gibson Dove
1959 Bassman
1965 Super Reverb
1968 Super Reverb
1969 Dual Showman
its very simple, I see a vintage gibson amp and I leave a like.
Thank you for your like Rhett.
Nice to see ya gettin some good recognition. Cheers bru
A vintage Gibson amp AND a fuzz pedal! Mr. Shull is in heaven ;-)
Collab pls
Exactly lol 🤘🤘🤘
Those wood foot-switches were made from Mahogany scraps via the LP guitars being built!
Interesting trivia tid-bit.
That's cool. Wish I had that information earlier😀✌🏻
@@MatthewScottmusic
Apologize for being Captain Obvious.
My Mom grew up in a small town just west of K-Zoo, and was in high school when all this stuff was being built.
All things Gibson trip my brain, and I can't stop myself!
Love your Vids Btw.
I have a Gibson GA-79 from 1960 that I've owned since the early 60s. This is a stereo amp with two independent 15 wtt channels. I still play it every day. It is one of 250 or so made. It has the same wood foot pedal.
That's cool. Curious about the stereo effect!
These 79's sound INCREDIBLE! I have an ES-355, and I have long longed for one of these!
That amp is sick! Those late 50s Gibson amps are treasures. Everything from the circuits, tube line up, speakers, wood, to the incredible tolex work. Back 20 years ago you could still get these amps dirt cheap. They flew under the radar. Gibson had a huge lineup of amps that had some of the most unique tones I've ever found in an amplifier. As far as blues goes, many consider some of Gibson's amps the holy grail of harp amps. Like the 4x8 ga45. I always found them to be as good for guitar as anything. The mid 50s to early 60s stuff in particular. Tweed amps mostly. But the ga40, ga45, the ga9 narrow panel is ridiculous. Ga30 invader tweed amp is one of my all time favorite reverb amps. If you listen to blues from that era you can find the tone of these amps over and over again.
Fenders are just so expensive. But even beyond gibson, the 50s into the early 60s was just a magical time period for musical gear. There are so many off brand amps from that time period that are just amazing sounding amps that aren't at a price tag of fender. I could never afford fenders so I've always hunted down those off brand gems.
Always cool to see others enjoy and appreciate such amazing examples of music history.
Thanks for the info. I wouldn't mind a GA40 next👍🏻
Kalamazoo model two
got a friend has an extremely old gibson tube amp like that, been trying to buy or trade for it for years, it sounds awesome! gotta have that mother lol
Good luck bro 👍🏻👍🏻
Work a deal!
I have a 57 GA-6 that I got for a steal about 10 years ago for 600 bucks. It’s amazing.
Will you do a vid about everything you bought sold and repaired this year?
That's a solid idea..
@@MatthewScottmusic i would enjoy that very very much
@@MatthewScottmusic have you figured out that the universe is sending you these tools yet 🙂
@@davidrosenzweig1380 I figure it has nothing to do with the universe. I think Matthew has assimilated a great deal of contacts to put in his network for such things. Nice sentiment non the less. Further, I’m assuming he fully knows what he has in his hands and in his possession are very special objects (if you look at it from a primarily materialistic perspective).
Love your videos man! I find myself frequently re-watching older videos for your guitar intros, not another player on RUclips can quite get the sounds you do out of a strat.
Thanks very much.
Yeah same here, fine guitar player if i say so, wish i could play like him, been playing for years now and no where near his abilities, i must be doing something wrong
On my ‘72 Deluxe Reverb, me and my dad were thinking about that whole,“Take out V1 and V5,” thing but the tremolo kept me from doing that. The built in tremolo has an amazing swampy blues sound.
Yes that v5 parts 8 vibrato.
Love seeing more slide from you Matthew! Keep it up!
Nows a great time with one less finger!
The only effects I like are real reverb, tremolo, wah, and tape echo… but I usually play completely dry with absolutely nothing else 99% of the time. I like the dry tone from a Tweed Super or Marshall JTM and players look at me like I’m crazy, but it just sounds better than what they prefer. Your tone on these videos sounds really good.
We don’t talk about vintage Gibson amps because we don’t want the prices to skyrocket. SSSSSSHHHHHHHHH!
Too late
Still an incredible amp! I'm in love with that old school power switch on it
Everything about it is cool👍🏻
You're so inspiring ! Best vintage guitar gears I ever seen. I absolutely love your 1959 stratocaster by the way, dream guitar
Greetings from France
I have a friend who had a 50s GA20T and it is an amazing sounding amp. We used it live in the band years ago and he got so many compliments on the tone. The band is no longer, and I just found it he recently sold the amp. Wish I knew, I would have made an offer.
That's a cool sounding amp. I think I like it better than the 5E3 amps I've heard on RUclips (haven't played through either one as yet). Sound like it can put up some seriously "chewy" grit when cranked. Thanks for making the video.
I think so too!
Two things... Yes, Gibson amps are underrated in this era. But as far as tremolo, they have probably the best tremolo there is. Fender never made a pitch modulating vibrato circuit in ANY of their amps. The only company to do that (to my knowledge) was Magnatone. They are a different animal. But as far as temolos go, any circuit that modulates amplitude using tube bias as the point of oscillation are usually great. This included Gibson amps of this era. Fender BF "vibrato" sucks balls by comparison.
Brads the man that would know
I thought pitch vibrato was a more recent development. Thought it was only available in organs and synthesizers.
Thanks Brad, I think I misspoke there. The Brownface amps appear to be harmonic Tremolo. Something very different and cool. But not quite the Magnatone Vibrato.
Great job helping us all see and hear some what's really cool in this world, Matthew. All the best!
All the best James.
Nice to see the old Gibson amp. Wish they would pull their heads out and do reissues of some of their amps. Happy New Year Matthew.
It would certainly sell👍🏻
I seriously don’t know if they’re that smart, but Gibson did buy into Mesa Amps in some way.
I picked up one of these with original Jensen 10" speaker April 2020. Restored it and it's been my favourite ever since. The sounds are completely amazing.
We always get a good sound on this channel, I especially like the gig in the Gale. Peace.
Thanks very much. Peace!
I had a 1964 Supro 16T that was only 11 watts so reasonably quiet, but it had the most insane tremolo I've ever heard. Deep, lush and throbbing!
I have a 1964 GA-18T. It sounds amazing, as well. I'm glad you and Rhett are showing these amps some love.
MARRY CHRISTMAS BROTHER THANKS FOR THE VID
That was some badass slide guitar playing!
"maybe it sounds cool, maybe it blows up. I dont know, lets see" hahahaha
😀✌🏻
IMHO better than a tweed deluxe. All the Gibson amps are great. These sound amazing with the stock speaker too
That amp price just went up.
There's not many left if you can find one!
That sounds really incredible
Was just listening to Kenny Vaughn on Otis Gibbs channel and he said if ya disconnect the internal speakers and connect a 2x12 or even 4x cab to the ext speaker it’s instant JTM 45 but better. Very cool video man. Love your channel
In the words of Dr. Emmet Brown ..... "GREAT SCOTT" 👍🎶🎅✌️
Wow on the fuzz pedal!
I`m impressed. Great Sound.
Those old tube amps sure have boatloads of character that just can't be duplicated by the modern ones.
Just wondering...I left Okla. City in 1978 & moved to Hollywood, Ca. You remind me of all my friends & myself, who were all freaks for all things guitar. I traded my old "Explorer", just like yours, for a Black Face Showman with the 15 in. JBL D-130 "Tone Ring" cab at Driver Music. It handled my Crybaby & Fuzz Face & SG Les Paul, ( still have ) a little better ! If you find any Child-Like initials or "Tim C." scratched inside, Or "KOMA" or "WKY",,, she used to be mine ! If so, I thank the Cosmos you have it ! Even as a 12 year old, I noticed the difference in the Tremolo's ! You are So Groovy ! Tim C.
Everytime I see that firebird 😎
Thanks for doing a straight demo of a vintage Gibson amp.
Very informative.
You're welcome!
Yes.
I have the exact same kind of 1959 Gibson Explorer tweed GA-18 amp with mahogany footswitch. My amp has been fully serviced and recapped. Mine has the original Jenson 10-inch speaker with an alnico magnet. Great tone for a lot less money than a similar Fender Princeton tweed!
The story about the mahogany footswitches is that they were made from the scrap wood that was cut off of the boards that made the bodies of the 1959 Les Paul guitars in the Kalamazoo factory. The joke is that if you glue a couple dozen of these footswitches together, you could build a 1959 Les Paul!
Merry Christmas, Matthew!
Happy Christmas from the UK! Let’s hope 2021 is a better year.
Thanks Matthew. Hope 2021 is a better year for all. Stay safe
Great video as always! One observation though. No way you can get a narrow panel ‘50s Fender tweed Deluxe (5e3) for $3-4k. Only if it’s trashed and/or has lots of replaced parts. A nice, original example is easily in the $5-6.5k range now.
Maybe thats true. If so, that's crazy.
@@MatthewScottmusic Yeah, I looked on Reverb last night. There were 6 listed on there that were priced between $4.1k to $6.2k (excluding shipping and tax). The lowest priced one had replaced tubes, speaker, handle, power cord, and the back panel. Even the highest priced one at $6.2k had the tweed all furry and ripped up (and a replaced handle/cord). A mint, all original example would be priced even higher. The days of $3-4k are long gone.
COOL MAT NICE BASS , HOPE YOU HEAL UP OKAY ,
HAVE A NICE HOLIDAY SEASON.
Love that fender!👍👍😎
I really love Gibson Tweed! I do own a 5 Watt Maestro Rever-Echo GA 1RT and just love that thing. I change the speaker with a Anlico Warehouse and it sounds huge.
As for the Isle of Tone...best Fuzzes out there!
Another cool video Matthew, thanks for sharing. I'm glad it didn't blow up. The intro was brilliant, so good in fact I keep replaying it. 🎸🤠PEACE
Great sound
I'm fortunate enough to have one of these bad boys from the late 50's. I was thinking about selling it to pick up a Gibson guitar I've had my eyes on but after viewing this video I just think I'll keep it and use it more often. Not sure what it's worth but I did see one for sale on eBay recently for over $2000.00. Enjoyed the video very much. You really have a great style there Matt.
Gibson amps are awesome Thnx Matt
Nice old amp. Sounds great...
Very cool brother ! TY ! 😆✌🕇💕
Same with the Silvertone amps- they are criminally underrated
Very cool too. Although the ones I've seen, were made of some kind of particle board which falls apart.
They selling like hot cakes on eBay
Heyyy!!!!! Speedy recovery!!!! Sounds GREAT!!!! Merry Christmas and continuous Prosperity for all years to come.
Tone that keeps you warm! Wow!
I LOVE that tone segment 2:18 - 3:03 ... makes me want that amp! You probably made the prices go up with this video!
Ótimo vídeo congratulações
This has the best guitar sound that I've heard in a while! It's amazing!
Aaesome thanks!!
Another educational video. I learn something new every time I watch. Happy holidays my friend.
Nice amp! I got GA-40 1956 and Magnatone custom M10 estey series 1965 this year incredible tremolo sound!
I had a '65 Gibson Falcon amp for a few years.
Great clean amp...amazing trem & verb.
Couldn't get it to overdrive for nothing!
Yes! More slide!
Besides All the Super Technical aspects of Biasing , Set matching and the various Clean A/C power , avoiding Ground Loops ... and All that jazz ...
IT'S the TRANSCONDUCTANCE !
TUBES got IT ...
The Next Closest thing ... Uh , The Bubose of F.E.T.
Field Effect transistors ... Employ the Field Effect of Transconductance ...
Only the Truest Geeks of the Craft ... Can tell the Differences ...
Solid State just offers an Alternative !
Great videos, love all the vintage gear ,the cool field trips,repairs and wow,that 58 is awesome. Keep up the good work!
Love your channel Matthew. I enjoyed all the videos of the guitar & amp rehab work and stuff this year! Thanks for sharing!!
Thanks For the great playing and the awesome sound! Merry Christmas
That tremolo reminds me of a small slow Leslie. Robin Trower-esque lower-mud tone throughout but particularly with that fuzz.
Fantastic. Thank you! Happy Holidays
All the best for next year, Brother. You keep making great content like this and I'll be there. Here's to next year, and some damn gigs!
Use the tremelo when playing slide... Sounds awesome 😊
They do sound good. I had one for some years, I only sold because I was lucky to find a Fender. I'm a Gibson guy mostly, but when you have both in the same room as I did, the Fender is miles better. of course miles more in price too. ha ha. thanks Matt - great review & agree - merry Christmas. stay safe.
I have a 64 Gibson ga 19RVT and it is the best amp I've ever played. Stock everything. I dont know if it's the old worn out speaker or the sliding tolerances, but the notes melt over you when playing it.
We are very thankful for your vids, Matt! You made this year a whole lot more enjoyable!! And thank God you didn't take that finger off!!! D'OH!! 😎👍 BE CAREFUL DUDE!!!
I've got a Gibson amp that somewhat resembles that one. It is labelled 'Falcon', doesn't have the chicken head knobs, and came with a twelve inch Jensen speaker (I've got a low-end Celestion in it now). I paid $100 for it thirty six years ago. Had some tubes replaced quite a while ago and it's still going strong. I have no idea what wattage the amp has but I do know it's loud enough that the volume never goes above two and a half without my wife telling me to turn it down.
The '57-58 two tone Gibson Ga-20T models are super awesome!
Love the snarling sound with that strat! Would love to use that with my blues band
Merry Christmas Matthew!
Even with a bloomin’ great hole in his left hand middle finger tip, Matt still player better ands sounds waaaaay cooler than I ever will. Thanks for the inspiration, and wishing you & yours and happy & safe Christmas and New Year,
That means a lot chris, keep playing.
That is ALL I want for Christmas haha. Mmm. Too nice!
Sounds mint dude really honest playing
Great video. I cant afford vintage gear but I love simulation of GA 40 in my hx stomp! Perfect tone!
Having a vintage amp is really cool! :)
Thanks a lot for your videos, guy! I've been learning so much through it. You're such a great guy! I hope I can see you live on a stage some day. Peace!
Stunning bell like sound 🎸
Matthew
Merry Christmas.
Cool amp and I'm a fender guy
Bob
Dear Bob,
This is not a letter, it's just a youtube comment. Merry Christmas!
Mr Single Coil
I love it. Great sounding amp. Great playing. Thanks for the videos and have a good Christmas and stay safe.
Awesome as always!! Thanks! Merry Christmas!
Thanks for another great video. The amp sounds sweet and the pedal gets good tones too. Sorry to hear about your accident. I lost a battle wit the hedge trimmer and it won. I almost cut off my middle finger of my fretting hand. I still cannot play my guitar yet. Have a happy holiday and stay safe!
we Love you Matthew Scott 💪🏽❤
what a great little amp. just want to wish you a merry christmas and happy new year. cannot wait to see what you have planned for 2021.
That tone man, wow
Awesome amp, pedals, and another great video. Thank you
I've had mine for about 30 years...it also had the original tubes in it, and I had to replace the filter caps.....everything else is stock (including the Jensen P10R. When I got it I had a choice between it and an orange-covered tweed Deluxe. I think I paid about $200 for it back then....nobody really wanted them! BTW, you should also check out the '59='61 Gibson GA20 and GA40 amps....those are REALLY killer.
Videos are great Matthew. Got me hooked again. Keep up the great work. You got a awesome talent. Thanks
Damn. I want to play like your style.
Love your channel. Everytime it's like a spritual walk back in time seeing all these vintage guitars and your young but its like from that Era. Like from a time capsal or portal. Keep up the good work. I will be watching...oh I bought a Jay Ray pedal from your review. I paid 375.00 on Reverd. ..my be to much , but hard to get and it sounded so good. I had to. Thanks for let me know it existed. I would have never know. There is so many pedals its overwhelming at times. I want a catalinbread No.5 old version,all red, but impossible to find. It mixed with a 63 FRV-1 Reverb pedal....awesome! blues tone... I also want a Ibenez Tube screamer TS-10.
Thanks! I was waiting for this video!
You are 💯 awesome
Everyone gangsta till Matthew whips out a bass. Snazzy amp, I like the tweed mid range thing these amps have. The tremolo is really cool. Be careful with those tools man! Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.✌️✌️ ✌️
I've always really liked the old Gibson amps. To bad they don't make them anymore.
Maybe Gibson will reissue them.
great amp and pedal, thanks for sharing! Happy Holidays
Thanks Matt, and Merry Christmas!