This fine vintage guitar amplifier is in fantastic original condition. Controls cleaned, voltages checked, tubes tested, lights working, reverb working, vibrato working. Covering in great condition with just some very small signs of use. Single owner, non-smoking
1970 Montgomery Ward Airline GIM 9151A
Preamp tubes: three 12AX7
Output tubes: four 6L6GC
Rectifier: solid-state
Controls: Volume, Treble, Bass on each of two channels
Output: approximately 40 watts RMS
Early classic guitar amps have a way of capturing our attention. But we’re also fascinated with later creations that hit the market after a popular manufacturer’s star had faded, like this “Valco” amp that was still hitting catalogs and bandstands a few years after its manufacturer had gone bankrupt.
As much attention as Fender and Gibson have drawn over the years, plenty have recognized the sonic splendors of amps from -the 1940s to the ’60s carrying the Oahu, Gretsch, National and Supro badges. The majority were made by the Valco company in Chicago, which also manufactured amps for Montgomery Ward’s catalog brand, Airline, after the contract passed from Danelectro in the early ’60s. Considering the massive respect with which Valco’s creations are generally viewed today, and given the company’s size as well as its deep roots in the history of the electric guitar, it’s almost inconceivable it could go from being one of the nation’s most prolific amp makers to bankruptcy before the end of its biggest decade, but so it went.
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