Gibson Falcon GA-19 RVT - The best amp you probably haven't heard of?

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The Gibson Falcon GA-19RVT amplifier is a valve amp made in the 60's by Gibson. It has 6AU7 preamp valves and 6V6 power amp valves. The spring reverb can be used on it's own making this a great addition to any amp collection as it allows you to add spring reverb to any other amp. The demo uses my 1991 Fender Stratocaster custom shop '62. No other effects. Recorded using a Sennheiser E906.
At some point I will do a dirty version with my Gibson Les Paul. This is a clean demo.
I got this amp in a larger deal of gear and was blown away when I tried it. It is untouched from new as I got it from the son of the first owner. It has all matching RCA tubes that look original and still work. The front panel has a fair bit of corrosion but it doesn't seem to have suffered internally. The original foot switch for reverb and tremolo is present. The speaker is a Jensen 12".
The only thing I would love to find would be an original knob to replace the cracked one.
I'm not Pete Thorn, but hopefully you will enjoy hearing this relatively rare amp.

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@jrrustad 3 месяца назад

Great demo, beautiful playing, thanks!

@DavidMorley 3 месяца назад

Thank you 🙏

@jessebfly 2 года назад

Excellent demo. I just picked one up- or I should say, I bought another. As I was very foolish years ago for selling the one I had. Just found one in excellent shape and wasn’t gonna make the same mistake twice. Amazing amps

@luschu5487 2 года назад

I had this model of amp back in the early 60's. About 15 years ago, I found one rusting in the basement of a house that was going to be demolished. The amp was in terrible condition. A friend of mine repaired it and repainted . It's as good as the day it came out.

@scootergreen3 2 года назад

Man I like your style of playing. Probably the best demo I've ever seen. I love this amp. I tried all amps including the new Fender Princeton and this is the one I want. This thing sounds so great!

@DavidMorley 2 года назад

Thanks so much!!

@hermannmaier0 3 года назад

I have one, 1963. Looks identical. Its pure pleasure and a treasure. I use a weber 12a125a in it. Thanks for the vid.

@analogkid8 3 года назад

I have one of these, they are fantastic. Just had an amp guru look it over - just needed a couple caps/resistors replaced that were out of tolerance. All original tubes tested fine. Love playing "just the reverb" with the loudness knob all the way down. Or crank it and listen to some beautiful overdriven tones. Also has a monitor output you can send to another amp or powered speaker.

@josephballerini3730 3 года назад

I have the same amp...that reverb goes deep fast. I love it’s clean tone with hum buckets.

@Polyfusia 4 года назад

Sounds good. I've never heard of this amp. Your playing is more than competent by the way.

@DavidMorley 4 года назад

Many thanks! Gibson amps really aren't well known in general and this is even less known by many.

@Polyfusia 4 года назад

@@DavidMorley You're the authority on forgotten hidden gem synths so I'm not surprised you found a hidden gem amp as well.

@bobsellers1646 2 года назад

I could never understand why in the mid-Eighties no one seemed to want any vintage Gibson amp and they usually sold for about $150.

@kstu6487 Год назад

Had to put an alnico in mine to tame the inherent brightness. An amazing piece of equipment, if you're willing to keep it maintained. Putting a boost in front of it creates some amazing tone.

@martinwasson3088 3 года назад

Very nice demo. I have the same one I think, 1965? Thank you for uploading !

@DavidMorley 3 года назад

Thanks 😁

@davidmcgill5851 2 года назад

OUTSTANDING PICKER AS WELL THANX

@KedTaczynski 8 месяцев назад

Lovely sounding amp. Pretty nice guitar playing for a synthesizer wizard.

@DavidMorley 8 месяцев назад

Thanks, appreciate it 🙂

@jegr3398 3 года назад

Hey man, your playing is great

@DavidMorley 3 года назад

Thanks so much! So many amazing RU-vid players that its intimidating, but I try my best 🙏

@trevor4835 4 года назад

I hope you keep making videos

@DavidMorley 4 года назад

Thanks! I'll try and keep doing some..

@DougVarty Год назад

Great demo. I'd very much like to hear the 'dirty' version with your LP.

@DavidMorley Год назад

Cheers. Valves seems to have died so it needs a service first!

@jbognap 3 года назад

Uh, yeah... This was my first amp circa 1975. I got used along with a Tele copy for $100. When I got a Fender Showman 2x15 (which was loud and clean), I plugged the monitor out of this amp into the Showman and was able to get a louder version of the Falcon overdriven sound. I see one going for $1000 on Reverb...

@GIBKEL 2 месяца назад

Maybe my favorite amp. It kind of does it all. I love the monitor out into my Ampeg.

@tonehome1 15 дней назад

I've got the '59 Rocket..Tell me how you use the GA-19's monitor out with your Ampeg?

@GIBKEL 15 дней назад

@@tonehome1 monitor out to input into Rocket or even better, a Harmony 430(Gretsch 6162) or my Maestro GA45T.

@GIBKEL 14 дней назад

Some more uses-I love the preamp in the Falcon and it is the best reverb, even beating my 65’ Reverberocket. It sounds great going through different circuits due to its unique sounding preamp and reverb. Great trem also. It allows you to play through two amps at once giving you the ability to shape a wide dynamic sound. I’ve yet to insert a pedal between two amps but that would be an interesting application, especially if it was a delay or phase. It’s such a fun amp.

@tonehome1 14 дней назад

@GIBKEL Right, so to enjoy the Falcon preamp into a second amp is it still via the Falcon’s Monitor out into the second amp?

@kenjohnson6368 3 года назад

Very nice amp review mate ! I just got one of these and have it up at my amp Guru Skip Simmons - who is the guy who told me to get one and give it to him to make it sound like it really should ! Will see if I can do a video like yours but maybe with a National Glenwood or and Old Gretsch to add some oddball guitars to an oddball amp !

@DavidMorley 3 года назад

Ken Johnson Thanks and yes, a video with a national or Gretsch would be great. The more the merrier!

@stephenk5479 2 года назад

Great video and nice playing. Ken- did Skip fix your up and if so how do you like it? Does he do a mod of some kind like the champ tone circuit he does?

@kenjohnson6368 2 года назад

@@stephenk5479 - Yes - he says the tone stack is jacked up on these from the factory and re-does that. He also likes to use a nice vintage alnico speaker - ala Jensen P12N - so you don't get speaker flap from the C12Q that is stock. The result though is everything is better. the reverb is stronger and very toneful, the tremolo is crazy deep and very usable and the crunch is like a Marshall. The amp before his work was pitiful though ! I see why they were $300 amps forever

@splitradix 3 года назад

Am loving the lack of extreme guitar dexterity.

@nickmcintosh3785 4 года назад

There's an easy mod which will make this amp sound much better, fuller - remove/bypass the little orange Sprague tonesucking network inside.

@DavidMorley 4 года назад

Tbh I like how it sounds. I just re-amped some,guitars for someone and they sit perfectly in the mix . But I have read about the mod.

@eventhorizon8238 2 года назад

I own an Epiphone Pathfinder which is identical to the Falcon, manufactured by Gibson, but with a slightly different control panel. I think it’s about a ‘63. Sounds identical to to the Falcon. Unfortunately, the Gibson name adds a few hundred to the value. Great old amp.

@MrFrancisMahe 3 месяца назад

Can you do one with a Gibson guitar plugged in? My SG is jaw droppingly beautiful through my old 64 Falcon

@DavidMorley 3 месяца назад

It needs a new tube right now. Hopefully I’ll get around to servicing it.

@tonehome1 15 дней назад

David, How do I share the GA-19's reverb only with another amp that does not have it's own reverb?

@DavidMorley 15 дней назад

If you have a line out on the other amp just send that. Otherwise you would have to split the guitar signal into both amps and balance that way.

@tonehome1 15 дней назад

@@DavidMorley Thanks for the reply. No, my other older amps don't have line outs, But are you saying that the reverb effect can be slaved out of the Falcon from the Monitor Out and be used by the second amp?..Sorry I'm a bit illiterate with the jargon used to describe audio stuff. I can always understand it if I can see it in the flesh, or a drawing🙄

@DavidMorley 15 дней назад

@@tonehome1 Hi there. Yes hard to explain! But no, I think you would need to use an Abbot and send the guitar directly into both amps. The Gibson would then be the reverb and the other amp the dry amp. So the reverb would not be on the other amp. Just the guitar going to both

@m.o.n.d.e.g.r.e.e.n 3 года назад

thought your playing was pretty good tbh! dont do yaself down! nice amp im trying to acquire a 60's gibbo after having lots of fenders new and old for years

@DavidMorley 3 года назад

Thank you so much! Honestly I think it really is worth finding a nice 60's Gibson. Still just about affordable. Cheers! David

@m.o.n.d.e.g.r.e.e.n 3 года назад

@@DavidMorley i just bought a scout yesterday! looking forward to it arriving!

@timothywalding3142 5 месяцев назад

What pickguard is on the red strat?

@DavidMorley 5 месяцев назад

It's the original guard. Tortoise shell. The guitar is a 1991 Custom Shop '62.

@1176hambone 8 месяцев назад

Neck pickup the entire time. Not a good indicicator of amp tone. Try the bridge pick pickup from clean, to overdrive, to dimed. Thats how, we, as the listeners, can discern the tone signature of the amp.