Several months ago my wonderful sister-in-law gifted me her late mother’s Magnatone Melodier amp. Now she just gave me the other half of the set, a Supro lap steel. Both from the mid-fifties and both is excellent, all original condition. I can also now take them on the road with me since my brother just gave me a 1970 Honda CL90. Yes, I live in the past and am well supplied with time machines!
Posts by Kahuna59
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Good luck with that. I appears most of it’s deficiencies are fixable, but a thick uncomfortable neck would be a permanent problem that would keep me from letting it take up valuable storage space. Still, it’s amazing what you can get for under $200 these days.
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Ive bene talking the nostalgia route on youtube, listening to 70's era songs....its great to go back sometimes and find those songs you loved back then...
Yeah, the 70s and 80s were really my era. No one wore protection, for anything
. Honestly, it was hardest on the ears (drummers ruin everything) and the lungs. eh, come to think of it, maybe the liver too. But great rock. -
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Gary's always been in my top 5 favorites.
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Yep, plus you can change the colour if you want. I'm not a huge fan of tortoise shell so id go black
What? you don't like the tortoise? I'm shocked! You know, if you get the lighting just right you can almost see little glints of purple.
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No need to brutalize this old one , I would definitely start at low to mid vol & gain , after a long warmup and shoot a few profiles just to ear if the process does justice to the amp's tone. then if you're satisfied, just go on , but only if that magnatone has a distinctive drive at high gain or volume.
While you are at it , the training process of NAM is really better in terms of fidelity of profiling , so I'd suggest you reamp the NAM training file thru the magnatone before.
Appreciate the tip. Probably need a training file for me too - but I guess that's what the manual and videos are for. I didn't go up beyond 30% so I'm not sure what a saturated tone sounds like on it.
Thanks!
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Personally I would ditch the middle pickup by replacing the pickguard
Good idea. I didn't even think of that. And I do have a loaded Fender pickguard in my stash....but it's mint
. Well, pickguards are cheap 
.Thanks.
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Forget LP's and Strats, real guitarists play teles
...but get rid of that middle pickup I'm late to the tele game but totally agree. The opportunity and price is what made me make the purchase - the 3rd PU came along for the ride. I don't really mind the additional tones it provides but I hate raking the PU with the pick. Better learn to restrict my strike regions. Odd that I don't seem to have that problem with the Strat. Still happy with the purchase and the tele's still getting most of my attention.
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Wow , that one is a collector , maybe you should try profiling it , it's a real gem.
Thanks. Yeah, thought about Profiling but was wondering if the caps would hold up to the process, and if one fails maybe take a transformer with it. Maybe at a lower volume? I haven't done much profiling so I should probably look for someone competent at that to minimize retakes.
It's a very basic circuit with hiqh quality components. I'm likely the first one to open her up.
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Well, I spent 25 years as a Strat guy, then 20 years as a LP guy. Last month I picked up my first Tele, a MIM Nashville for $500. I almost regretted the purchase just after I got it home but it was just because the action was way to high. When I set it up properly I really started liking it. Then I got addicted to the tone and it's been receiving most of my attention ever since. Really good for something that cost 1/4 or 1/5 of what I usually spend. Don't know why I waited so long to enter the tele world but better late than never. I do get a bit annoyed banging my pick into the middle pickup but I just have to adjust my habits and I'll be good. Maybe I'll be a Tele guy for a while.
I put the Magnatone in the picture because I just got it as a present from my sister-in-law. Her mom played a bit and they've been clearing out her estate, found it and gave it to me. It's from 1954 and in perfect original condition. I normally wouldn't dream of plugging in a 70 year old amp without first recapping but after opening it up and seeing how pristine everything was I had to try to play with all original components. Works great, sounds good, no hum... no explosions. I don't think I'll stress it though.
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I'm thinking about jumping back in the PRS game and I know there are a lot of fans here. This seems to be a good deal for the money but curious what others think. $1,900? PRS Studio Core with original case.
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Yery true!!!! I might just do that!!!
Copy whatever you did to the corner of the table at the bottom of the picture.
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This is very true!
I have 3 purple, 1 white, 2 gold, 1 Orange, 1 pink, 1 green and blue, 2 red, and 3 blue.....this doesn't include any natural or sunburst.
Neon green next me thinks
Come on! get a black first! ...and this time, don't take a sander to it!
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I've never heard the original song. Only Motley Crues cover and yes I've always knew it was a cover. This is so much better than MC lame cover if you ask me.
Definitely better, played by every cover band in the 70s.
But the dude looks like a dark-haired Garth!
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My Tangerine dream - basically a Fender Squier contemporary Strat in shell pink that I repainted ( looks good from a distance ha!) and I had replaced the neck with a lefty for a reverse headstock, and changed the pickups to Seymours...shes not bad..bit of fun.
I believe it's fair to say you have a very colorful guitar collection.
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Just got it. Mint condition 2018 Gibson J-15 EC. I wanted it and finally found a great one at a great price. Not a mark on it. Even the case is pristine. Wife gave the ok (as long as I sold one of the others). I'm happy.
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Jazz Fest yesterday.
External Content www.youtube.comContent embedded from external sources will not be displayed without your consent.Through the activation of external content, you agree that personal data may be transferred to third party platforms. We have provided more information on this in our privacy policy.Definitely worth seeing and great in the studio, but in my opinion they've never been very tight live. Can't even blame it on their current age. I remember buying their Love You Live album back in 1977 and thinking it sounded like it was made by a drunk cover band in a shipping container. Still though, legendary songwriting and studio work.
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Didn't wanted to buy anything, but this AS153 popped out just 10 mins drive from here at less then 400 bucks...
.It looks like new, not 1 single sign of wear.
Had to pull the trigger.
Well....if it just "popped out", you can hardly be held accountable. You did the right thing.
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My "in progress" project guitar which started as a Squier contemporary strat in shell pink, which I have sprayed neon orange (partially successful), added a reverse headstock neck and changed the pickups. The donor guitar was cheap and actually I'm paying for it using some money I had from leaving my previous role. I hasten to add the neck fitting and set up will be done by a professional ha!
Nice job! Like the pickguard and orange is definitely more aggressive than the pink.
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Well, it's about time.
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