#ampstands

Continuing the #HalfwayToStraturday theme (this time with an added #amplification twist) here's the 2005 #CustomShop '66 #Stratocaster CC with my little 1964 #Fender #Champ #amp. . I have two exciting bits of news to share about this amp: . 1) I have been lucky enough to get my hands on one of the new @atlasstands Mini Low Rider amp stands for this little guy. When I saw that they were making a stand especially for small #amps like this one I knew I had to have one! I already have several full-sized Atlas #ampstands, but this amp is just dwarfed by them. It will be good to have a stand that looks proportional to its diminutive stature. Check out the @atlasstands feed for some shots of the new mini stand...I can't wait until it arrives! . 2) My amp tech @marshalllespaulfan came up with a great idea to get around the perennial issue of the small cabinet + small speaker = small sound that is endemic to most small, lower power #amps. He's making me an RCA to 1/4" adapter plug, so I won't be limited to the 8" speaker and tiny cab on this amp. I'll be able to disconnect the on board speaker and plug it into my Bassman's 2 x 12" cab, for example. THEN we will see just how good a #5F1 Champlifier can sound! 🤩 . More to come when I get the amp back from servicing and when the new mini stand arrives! . . #fenderstratocaster #strat #guitar #guitars #tubeamp #amplifier #guitaramp #vintageamp #smallamp #vintagefender #fendercustomshop #guitarcollection #guitarphotography #ampphotography #ampcollection https://www.instagram.com/p/CFfJrtThlJ2/?igshid=1p9meweif34qh

Its a holiday Monday here and I finally spent some time making #ToneHenge™ look a little more organized. I moved the 1963 #Princeton to the bottom left, put the #tweed Princeton on top of it, and the 1965 #Champ on top of the #Tremolux. Sadly there just wasn’t enough room to keep it looking organized AND display everything along the one wall, so the Reverb unit, the 1964 Champ, and the #Headstrong #LilKingReverb are just out of sight to the right. I no longer have a precarious “triple decker” situation going on (with some amps stacked 3 high), it looks cleaner, and most importantly @michaelsegui’s artwork is no longer partially hidden by #amps! 😀 #Ampstands and pedalboard by @atlasstands. #fender #gibson #guitar #guitars #guitarcollection #vintageguitar #vintageamp #fenderamp #ampcollection #guitarphotography #ampphotography

And the flashbacks continue with my 1961 #Gibson #LesPaul #SGJunior and June ‘65 #Vibrolux Reverb, which I still own, plus a couple of #amps now departed from the collection: May ‘65 #VibroChamp and October ‘63 #DeluxeReverb Also, there’s one of my first @atlasstands #ampstands. You can tell this is back in the days before #AtlasStands invented the handy “tabletop” stand for stacking combo #amps on top of each other (while still keeping the bottom amp angled upwards) otherwise the VibroChamp would be on top of the Vibrolux instead of the Deluxe! #tbt #fbf #guitar #guitars #guitarra #chitarra #guitarre #electricguitar #vintageguitars #vintagegibson #gibsonguitars #tone #guitargear #guitarsdaily #guitarsofinstagram #geartalk #vintagegear #gibsonsofinstagram #guitarphotography

My new @atlasstands #Lowrider and #TableTop #ampstands came yesterday and until I can re-ponder all the #piggyback pandemonium permeating #ToneHenge™ lately, I have temporarily rigged it up under my vertical #Bassman. I wasn't sure if it would be stable or not, but it works fine! Mind you, I probably wouldn't do this if I lived in an earthquake zone or was playing on a shoddily-constructed stage with a pack of slam dancing punk rockers, but to save space in my home it's perfect. Amps: 1965 #Fender Bassman (right) and 1962 #Tremolux. Guitars: 1971 #Gibson #ES335 and 2009 #CustomShop #LesPaul Special TV VOS. #guitar #guitars #amp #amps #amplifiers #vintageguitars #vintageamps #fenderamps #tone #guitargear #guitarsdaily #ampporn #guitarporn #guitarsofinstagram #geartalk #guitarsdaily #fendersofinstagram #guitarphotography #ampphotography

Gooood morning Vietna...er...Instagraaaaaam! I'm going #guitar buying and selling today. Whatchu doing guitar-wise? Here's a #Strat for #Straturday: 2005 #Fender #CustomShop '66 #Stratocaster #ClosetClassic, specially posted for @jdp83 with #ToneHenge™ in the background. Also '68 #Telecaster and '68 #Gibson #ES330. Guitar, #ampstands, and #pedalboard by @atlasstands. Original art by @michaelsegui. #guitars #amplifiers #vintageguitars #vintageamps #vintagefenders #vintagegibsons #vintagegear #geartalk #guitarphotography #ampphotography

The "other" #Blackface #Fender #amps in my life: December 1963 #Princeton and June 1965 #VibroluxReverb. With all the hullabaloo surrounding the new piggyback Fenders and the #Marshall #Lead20 I had forgotten what great amps both of these are. In fact, if I had to sell all but one of my amps I might just hold into the #Vibrolux above all others! #Lowrider and combo-friendly Tabletop #ampstands by @atlasstands. #guitar #guitars #amplifiers #amp #vintageamps #fenderamps #vintagefenders #vintagegear #vintageguitars #guitarphotography #ampphotography

I am calling this "Temporary #ToneHenge™" because I'm not happy with it yet. Primarily, it's because the new 1965 #Bassman doesn't fit, so I have the cabinet tipped on its side (right), which isn't ideal from an aesthetic (or stability), perspective. These damn #piggyback #amps take up a lot of (lateral) space! I also stuck the 1964 #Champ on top of the Bassman for now, but I am probably going to sell it - if you're interested (and live in or near Toronto...) let me know! Secondly, I have placed the #Vibrolux on one of my lovely @atlasstands #ampstands and the #Princeton has been perched precariously on top of it using a jury-rigged conglomeration of scrap wood, styrofoam, duct tape and snot*. Thankfully my new #AtlasStands "table top" stand should fix this issue when it arrives this week - it's specially designed to work on top of combo amps without interfering with or blocking the controls. Once the new tabletop arrives the Princeton will look like the #Tremolux head beside it - perfectly level and stable. Pedal board and all guitar stands (except the reissue #Fender dealer stand of course) by @atlasstands . Original linocut prints by @michaelsegui. #Guitars by Fender, #Gibson, #Gretsch, and #Rickenbacker 😉 #guitar #amp #amplifiers #vintageguitars #vintageamps #fenderamps #guitarsdaily #guitarsofinstagram #geartalk #guitarsdaily #fendersofinstagram #guitarphotography #ampphotography. . . *Just checking to see if you are actually reading! 😁

It's muh-muh-muh #MarshallMonday. (And an early #TeleTuesday too with the '68 #Telecaster). I opened up the head on my #Lead20 yesterday and found an inspection sticker hand-dated May 29, 1970 and signed off by several people who did the final QC on it. All the signatures were women I might add (at least the names I could read anyway!). I wonder where they are now...? I am actually reading a biography of #JimMarshall right now. Did you know he was a drummer? A well-known drummer in fact! He gave lessons. He taught Mitch Mitchell! I also read that he started building amps because the "rock n roll" #guitar players that would frequent his shop (the book mentions Ritchie #Blackmore and Pete #Townshend) told him they couldn't get the sound they wanted out of the #amps that were available. They said the #Fender #Bassman was "close" but "too clean and thin"! 😁 Marshall built his first #amp in 1962. This one came 8 years later...by which time #Marshallamps had already secured their place in history. #Lowrider and Tabletop #ampstands by @atlasstands #marshall #amp #amplifiers #vintageguitars #vintageamps #marshallamps #vintagemarshall #tone #guitargear #guitarsdaily #ampporn #guitarporn #guitarsofinstagram #geartalk #guitarsdaily #marshallsofinstagram #guitarphotography #ampphotography