Greetings all!
I'm a 50-YO bluesplayer in Kalamazoo Michigan. Been playing for over 35 years now. I play in a regional gospel-based blues band.
I'm also a retired electronics technician, with about the same number of years of vacuum-tube amp experience in both the repair and design/construction areas. I play strictly by ear, so my contributions to the forum in the music theory area will be meager. However, I hope to be able to provide a helping hand especially in the area of amps/FX/general electronics and also in the areas of practical onstage/performance/setup techniques and tips.
My main working guitar is a G&L Tribute Legacy, which I play through either or both a Seymour-Duncan 84-40 1-12 all-tube combo (4-6BQ5/EL84's), and a modified (by me) Stromberg-Carlson Signet 22 early-'60s era PA amp (2-6BQ5/EL84's w/GZ34 rectifier) pushing a 2-12 cabinet.
Strat
Hi Strat,
And welcome. :)
I would love to be able to say one day that I've been playing for 35 years but as I'm about to turn 59 and have only been playing for a few weeks, I doubt that's going to happen. :lol:
Stromberg-Carlson is a name I haven't heard for a long time. Did they make TVs? I seem to recall our family having a Stromberg-Carlson TV in the late 50s, perhaps early 60s.
Cheers,
Ron ...
I've been to Kalamzoo once before. Welcome to the forums.
"A working class hero is something to be..." -J. Lennon
Thanks for the warm greetings!
wrkngclsshero, hope your visit was a pleasant one.
Dalron, you are correct sir. Stromberg-Carlson was a prolific electronics manufacturer who made telephones, radios, and TVs among many products. They started with telephones in *1894*!!!! Keep an eye out for their PA amps from the '50s and early '60s, as they make absolutely awesome guitar amps with very little modification (outside of the usual work a vintage amp would require to be restored to safe working order..grounded power cord, new filter caps/tubes, etc), usually mostly a matter of replacing the mic connectors with 1/4-inch phone jacks, and maybe also adding a 1/4-inch phone jack for ease in connecting a speaker cabinet.
Cheers!
Strat
Welcome to Guitar Noise, Strat! We look forward to seeing you around the forums! :D
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"Don't wanna ride no shootin' star. Just wanna play on the rhythm guitar." Emmylou Harris, "Rhythm Guitar" from "The Ballad of Sally Rose"
Strat,
My late grandfather was a radio technician in the air force and then when into commercial radio. He died in the early 80s and when my family cleaned out his garage/shed we dumped a lot of handmade PA-style valve amps and even worse, hundreds of brand new valves still in their boxes plus wiring, knobs etc etc.
I was interested in guitars and amps in those days but I could cry now when I think of all that stuff buried under tons of refuse at the rubbish dump. :cry:
Welcome aboard Strat! 8)
Dan
"The only way I know that guarantees no mistakes is not to play and that's simply not an option". David Hodge
Hello I love this site and you will be a great resource for many of us.
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welcome Stratman 8) ps thanks for you input for my thred
Welcome to GN!
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