Super Nice 1966 Silvertone Model 1484.......The Amp that Launched a Thousand Careers 

I have a 1964 1484. It was 100% original when I got it. I recapped it and installed a 3-prong chord. I love the thing.

I don't blame you, William. This video reminded me how great the old Silvertone amps really were.

Uncle Doug, The Goodwill auction site has an antique looking amp that is made by " K and K Musical Instrument Co." www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/81171377 The auction ends 12/7/19 and it's at about $109.00 at the moment with 17 bids. It's got a gator covering (Snazzy) and it looks to have 3 tubes. I hope you can score this one. It's a beauty

@@godsreddoor6345 The Prosonic was only offered from 1996 to 2002, and the early models, handmade in the Custom Shop with "LO" serial number prefixes, are quite rare and desirable. The later models, with "CR" prefixes, were mass produced in Corona, CA and are good amps, but not as rare or desirable as the early versions. If I ever have access to a Prosonic, I would be glad to feature it in a video.

I hear you on the hand wired stuff. Printed circuit boards are planned obsolescence. I always say ones tone comes from ones hand .

That's great to hear, Robert. So many of us didn't have the sense to keep our classic amps and guitars.

That 57 should be about 1 inch from the grill cloth to get the best sound from it.

@@1955DavidH When I am that close, the volume overwhelms the recorder.

@Boxcarcifer I'm sorry to hear of your vision problems, but enjoyed hearing from you. I too spent many a happy day at our local Sears store :)

Except, unlike Geraldo......our vault contains all sorts of goodies :) Likewise, Randy.

Ugh! Bad memories.

@@UncleDoug Absolutely. All treasure and no drama.

@@Slugg-O Thanks, Randy. I hope our treasure to trash ratio remains high :)

@Vinnie Provolone Thanks, Vinnie :)

As the video title says, Silvertones were the basis for all sorts of garage bands and budding musicians.

Thanks so much for your nice comments and interesting input, William.

Thanks, Carl. It's probably the first really clean Silvertone I have personally seen.....which isn't saying much, after the rat-infested nightmares I have worked on.

You're the godfather of pyrotechnics in rock concerts, Jim. If you had only patented the concept, think of the money you would have made......just from Kiss alone ;) What a great tale. I may have owned a set of identical columns. Mine were made by Ampeg. I wish I had checked them for scorching.

Wow, thanks so much, Joe :)

Hey Joe, could you please spread the word over at the ampgarage.com/forum/? The world needs to know about Uncle Doug and his contribution to preserving the History of Tube Amplifiers. Thank you for getting the word out!

Thanks, Rowdy.....high praise indeed :)

Wow....thanks so much, F1 :)

Your emotional outburst is quite touching, William. I'm glad the video brought back such sweet memories :)

Thanks, KG. I'm gad the video was helpful.

Glad you liked it, W. Thanks !!

Thanks, Craig. I knew the Trem Hounds would love it :)

Amen, Lester. You would have to rig some sort of spotlights to illuminate them, and maybe some background music.......by Steppenwolf.

Purchased. Found a spectacular example with the foot switch about half way in-between us. Luckily I have family much closer to pick it up for me!

We did indeed, Murry. Hopefully the same is true for you.

Thanks, Big Joe.

Thanks, Allan :)

Also , to appreciate it you have to know that I had Baled Hay all summer , and saved every penny for that rig !

You're welcome, Leroy. Glad you enjoyed it.

Good luck with the repair, QS. Piezo's can be frustrating.

Wow......thanks so much Martin :)

You're welcome, Steve. I'm glad the video brought back lots of great memories to so many viewers.

Thanks, Angus :)

Thanks so much, T73 :)

Thanks, Stefan :)

It' our pleasure, Brian.

Thanks, TT.

I wish I could have been there for a performance, BW. I'll bet it was a dandy :)

Bon appetite......Pedro.

Hopefully, it was worth the wait, Fred. Thanks !!

Thanks for the encouragement, Gerald. My wife insists that I am crazy to remove a perfectly good almost new carb and then install three little old-fashioned ones. I'm glad someone else "gets it" :)

Yep, knew a guy with one back in the '60s who put some of those quickie flip tab AC connectors on the stock permanent wire so he could carry the head separately. He put the male two prong Edison plug on the speaker cabinet end. Some helpful person plugged it in the AC accessory outlet. Boom, no more speakers. Back in the late '60s/early '70s most of these that I saw had the grilles painted with various fluorescent color paints as part of the psychedelic era.

Consider this your methadone dose for the week, Mark :)

Thanks, Noel. Glad you enjoyed it :)

Thanks so much for all your very nice comments, Dave. I had to improvise......there were no golf tees handy :)

Bragging again, Stewart :)

Caught rotten D :)

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Thanks, James. They are singing a happy song.

Yes, indeed. Nice packing job :)

Thanks, 234. Glad you enjoyed it :)

Thanks, UB. Likewise on the good holiday wishes. We should be back on the air this month.

Thanks so much, John.

Are you jc in sc by chance?I just repaired my 1485 6/10 amp 1963.Recording new tunes now.😎

Jc from sc? Just started recording new album with my 1485-6/10 1963 silvertone.😎🍻

My hernia and ruptured discs agree, Monty :)

Never better, Brad. Thanks for your concern. We've been working on hot rods and other projects for several weeks, but have a new amp video in the works. It should be posted in the very near future.

Sundog Audo Fun story!

Third degree burns and the loss of appendages are a small price to pay for achieving success with amplifier repair, SA :)

@@UncleDoug ROFLMAO! Great comment Sundog Audo!

Thanks, John. Agreed on the can cap and the speaker jack. Good luck with your project.

You're welcome, Curtis. It's always good to hear from a fellow vintage car and amp nut.

Thanks, DR :)

Yeah they're sort of bassman like, some of them even came with that rickety little cabinet with 6-10" Jensen's in it!

Thanks, Gordon. The voltage doubler caps were indeed bright red.

It was probably the output transformer, Carl. They are notoriously weak for an amp of this output power.

We all tend to get a lot smarter as we grow older, Steven.....appreciating the things we took for granted as youngsters.

Thanks so much, Jan. The stains certainly don't taste like Jim Beam ;)

Wow....you started playing at a young age, Keith, and most of us weren't buying and selling good amps at 10 years old. Very impressive :)

@@UncleDoug I didn't buy the amp. Luckily, I grew up in a musical family. My Uncle.....Father's Brother.....was also a Guitarist in Big Band/Swing Musical Orchestras. He had, what today would be, a laughable Recording Studio in Oklahoma where he recorded Swing and Big Bands. Of course, there wasn't a whole lot of Guitar in that style of Music!! While visiting, he taught me the 12 Barre Blues and much to my Fathers dismay, tried to get my Father to really encourage me.....apparently, he saw something in me. Long story short, he tried his best to help and influence me. He gave me those Amplifiers because they were spares in his Studio. I have no idea what Amps he used... Needless to say, my Father didn't get along with his older Brother and as much as I loved, and still love my Father, although long since passed, he made me sell the Amplifiers when I was roughly somewhere between 10 and 12 with the promise of a new Amp when I turned the Teenage year of 13. My Father DID follow through, it was a much lower volume and quality Amp. I think it came from a "Sears Like Store" called Montgomery Ward!!! Just my dad being my dad!!! He had ZERO DESIRE for me to become a Musician!!...lol... What I wouldn't give today to have him come home from work, come back to my bedroom and about break the door down yelling at me to turn it down!!!

@@keithdarling8290 I understand completely, Keith. I experienced a lot of friction with my father and, at times, we both made mistakes.....but he mellowed out a lot in his old age (as did I) and has since passed away. I do miss him.

@@UncleDoug My Father passed a couple of months before I turned 20. Not blaming my Mother at all. His death was sudden and totally unexpected. Mom totally changed after he passed. I honestly believe she developed Early Onset Alzheimers and a mild case, if that's what one would call it, Dementia. I felt out of a sense of duty to stay home to take care of her. She passed from Alzheimers and Dementia in May of 2016, just a couple of weeks before her 90th Birthday. Both my Siblings are a lot older than I. 8 and 6 years older!! Yep, I was the "Accident!!:...oops!! They were both married and lived out of town and state.....I was all she had left. I never stopped playing, had, I guess, a name and reputation in my hometown, so I was happy just doing Studio work and local gigs. I finally moved to Nashville about 7 years after he passed, still doing Studio stuff until I got married. I kid you not. The day my wife and I walked into our apartment from our Honeymoon, the phone was ringing as we were walking in, with Suitcases in hand!! It was a band, just released their 1st album. Also being a Drummer, they had seen me play and were calling me to ask if I would do a European Tour with them. I turned them down!! I just got married, and had an instant Family. She had a son from a previous relationship, 9 years old, totally felt that since his Father wasn't in the picture, he needed stability and a man in his life to be there for him. It was the right choice....the band never released a second album and disappeared into oblivion!! I still play Guitar today locally as well as a FOH Sound Engineer. I'm nobody famous, just an old guy, thinking I'm still 25 and still wanting to have fun and collect gear!!! That's my life story and I'm sticking to it!!!...lol... Enough of my boring life and information you probably wish you'd never commented on!! Take care Uncle Doug!!! Keep on keeping on....or so the music goes!! 🤘😴🤘

@@keithdarling8290 Thanks for sharing your life experiences, Keith. Best of luck with your music, life, health, and family.

Thanks so much for your detailed and interesting input, Pete.

Indeed, CI. Lots of good equipment, probably at very low prices.

Us old timers have a tear in our eye, Bob, when we recall how wonderful the music department of Sears once was.....especially around Christmas time.

@@UncleDoug Sears at that time was more like the store in a Christmas Story movie. They went all out for Christmas.

Thanks twice, Andrew.

It sounds like you are headed in the right direction with it, Hud. I'll bet it sounds great. Best of luck with it. Happy holidays.

I'm glad the video fostered some good.....and instructive.....memories, Thomas.

Somehow, this sounds like the lyrics to a Chuck Berry tune, Mr. B. Thanks for sharing it with us :)

They're up and running as we speak, KM, and the results exceeded all expectations.

The pleasure is ours, Scott. Thanks so much for your comments and suggestions.

Thanks, JG.

You're welcome, AC.

You are a font of historical info, GU. Thanks !!

.....and very valuable. Nice ones can sell for around $30 each.

Thanks, Clarence. You are quite welcome.

Good luck with it, Mike.

Thanks, Don :) Please subscribe so you can received notification each time a new video is posted.

Thanks, OB :) High praise indeed.

You are obviously a man of refined taste, Ted. We hope you enjoyed both features......and wish you the best Thanksgiving ever :)

Thanks, Glen, particularly for the tip on the screen resistors......it may come in handy :)