This Little Amp Is A Secret Weapon 

hey Rhett, These are really cool amps. I was a previous owner of this actual amp and it was stock when it arrived here. It came from a friend of my fathers who used it as a PA in a hall for many years near Vancouver, Canada. I did some minor mods to it and swapped some capacitors. Like you noticed, the Mic1 + Mic2 channels are interactive and I actually bridged them so they run in parallel all the time (same result for both input jacks). The Phono channel was disconnected to reduce the load on the signal. I remember I used different input capacitors for Mic1 and Mic2 so one is a little brighter than the other. Mix to taste. None of these updates changed the fundamental character of the amp, and of course it may have been modified again since it left here. I sold it to the fellow in Alaska... amazing that it made it's way to you now. Have lots of fun with it!

I like how quickly you just got into it and you didn’t babble about for 5 minutes like a lot of channels would have probably done. Great approach to the video retention technique 👍

I've been playing slide guitar more that 30 years and that is exactly THE SOUND what I've been searching. WOW

What everyone really wanted to know: What does it sound like running a Bad Monkey into it? What a sick amplifier!

When Felix Pappalardi did a deal with Sunn amps to equip the newly formed Mountain they mistakenly sent Leslie West a Sunn Coliseum P.A. head. Leslie apparently took one look at it, plugged his Les Paul Jr. into one of the mic inputs and turned up the gain. Incredible overdrive ensued, plus the amp had an output volume so Leslie basically had a master volume control as well as the most incredible tone and sustain.

The Queens of the Stone Age/Josh Homme fan community has been lighting up recently with posts about these projector amps as being a source of these quirky, fuzzy tones. I think we're on the edge of this style of amp becoming a huge trend in the world of tone chasing. Great video!

you are in my opinion the most fun to watch guitar channel on youtube you have the ability to explain these topics like other channels but you have theatricality to your videos and they feel like music videos or professional ads most of the time big props from where you started keep it up

This is a good candidate for a Capture by ToneX, or other similar device. You can bring the Profile/Model to a gig and the leave the actual Amp safe at home or in your Studio. You could also share your Amp Capture with the guitar community. 😎

Love this tone! The way the distortion breaks up is so unique.

Man !! A vintage amp that comes with a bass player!!! ❤

I love unique stuff like this. I can’t think of any music I play that would be that dark and muddy, but I can totally see why people that play that kind of music would love it.

Glad someone has learned about these amps. I've had one for about 16 years and love it. Octal tubes are something different.

This sounds so great. I love that natural warm and wooly overdrive.

That amp sounds the way I always think a good fuzz should sound.

I like how the paper tag in front of the speaker cab moves in sync with the air pushed by the speaker. Great!

Hey Rhett, you seem very passionate about everything you are doing and I think your audience really appreciates that. Love the Channel.. Thanks.

Rhet always surprises us with new finds. The guitar community loves you Rhet 🤩

Yes! I had a Bogen CHA-33 Challenger from the 50s and it is amazing as a guitar amp. Hand wired point to point, beefy transformers, and these are going for peanuts. I got mine for $250 3 years ago. These are the vintage amps to get right now! (note - I sold mine so I don't have a horse in this race).

I LOVE rooting through the electronics bin at my dump and finding cool crap to plug into. I have gotten some amazing vintage gear there and brand new iPad no joke...in the box new.

Initial tones are incredible!

Amazing tone!

Great tone!! Who woulda thought?? LOL Did you know that Terry Kath of Chicago did something like that back circa 1970 and was included on their Chicago Transit Authority album, the track is Free Form Guitar. Terry ran his guitar thru a Bogen PA head and into an amp from there. Worth a check out. As usual, a great video and highly informative. Thanks for your contributions!!! 👍

I literally felt transported back in time when the slide playing started!

The sound coming out is incredible! 😊

This video is insane. That tone is outrageous.

That sounds really great. Lovely playing too

Rhett, - When you started playing slide guitar that's when I thought "Okay there it is" that's the magic ! also it sounds killer when you cleaned it up and has this subtle break-up tone ! Derrick Trucks would love this amp !!!

Love this! I have a 1950s factory PA amplifier that I had tech add a little work to which brought it in line with a guitar input and gain + master volume. It's 20 watts but still stupidly loud. Great to find these unique items and re purpose them.

The tone outta that thing is insane.

Thanks Rhett 👍

That amp sounds amazing. That break up is killer

When I lived in Ohio briefly, I found a Hi-Mu amp. Sounds Japanese but made in USA in 80’s-90’s IIRC. Had to sell due to money issue, but the small combo was the best amp I ever played. Always be willing to try unknown amps as they might surprise you.

That will be soooooo useful in the studio Wow!! Good find👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Congrats on this wonderful find! Really sounds great! In your hands this amp sounds like something I believe is unique! That tone! Thanks for sharing Rhett!!!

That old school growl sound- love it!

Why don’t we hear music like this anymore? I just sent this video to my 20 year old son and he said that ROCKS!!!

Sounds marvelous!

Rhett, your fuzz pedals are now jealous. That thing sounds awesome, especially for recording where you want a certain coloring of your tone.

That sounds fantastic!

That thing sounds SICK!

Sounds absolutely gorgeous, it's also super cool looking - what a steal!

We need to someone to start making these again because i NEED one, this is awesome i think is my new favorite amp

Love your rhythm Rhett, especially through this amp! 😎🤟

Awesome sounding amp! Nice find!

Yup, ..love hearing slide guitar👍🏻.

Sounds great, Rhett! Back in the early 80's I had no money so I ripped the tube amp out of an early 60's Wollensak reel-to-reel that had been discarded. Sounded fantastic and I ended up gigging with that for a couple of years. Love those old quirky amps!

Great find! Wow

ahhhh the sounds of soft clipping and naturally squishy compression instead of the dulcet velvet fog of smooth emceeing it's set to deliver heart squeezing tone fluid

Rhett, I’ve been running my guitar through a 60s reel to reel tape player, using the tube preamp inside. I can then connect the output to my clean guitar amp, and it sounds absolutely wonderful. Anything that has a tube preamp, a input, and an optional output will work. Mine has 4 tubes, two 12AX7s, and two 12ax7 family tubes.

Sounds fabulous even through my headphones. Must be sublime in person

Sounds great, nice phrasing in your solo

Bloody good content mate. Every video slaps

Glad you dig it, man!

It does sound great... nice find.

They are sooooo good!

That thing sounds great!

That looks so cool. Sounds good too. Rock on

Great score, get the cab!

You are so lucky, I'd love to run across one of those and now I'm going to start looking for one. Great video, thank you.

Of all the comments you get I’ve followed this channel for the genuine love of everything around the channel

Really came alive when you exhibited it on the slide work. Thanks for showcasing it. I have a Bell & Howell projector amp that sounds pretty sweet on guitar. Those are fun if you ever run across one.

Sounds incredible.

Sick playing!

this one's gotta lotta soul. you're a lucky one, rhett, to be able to find such stuff without traveling to other continents.

Similar products are 1958 Bogen PA. Lafayette Electronics stereo receiver kits & early ‘70’s Sansui stereo amp w/ 1/4 input. Sculpt your own sound.

Great tone

I remember playing my howm made guitars through a mono Philips cassette recorder. It sounded great, too! To hear the guitar, you had to press play and record together and then you were monitoring the recording signal. The guitar massively overdrove the tiny little soldi-state onboard amp and it sounded (from a certain perspective) fab !!

Sounds killer!

Great tone and great playin bro. That riff is awesome

Love it!

That sounds insanely good!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Wow, it sounds incredible!!

Sounds freaking amazing

Dang!!!!!! What a find!!!

Sounds so good.

when you rollerd the volume knob open you you made the smile on my face bigger.😊 that amp sounds FAT. great machine. congrats!

Sounds great I want one!

Great video as usual Rhett ! Keep up the great work

Sounds fantastic

Nice find.

Really digging the live bass

That sounds amazing

That sounds great.

Great sound

Very cool, love the tone! I plug my Ampex 601 in another clean amp to get a unique sound as well but now I definitely need to get one like yours.

Wow, this thing sounds absolutely glorious

I have a similar Masco PA head I bought 25 years ago. I just pulled it out after sitting on a shelf for almost as long. SWEET! Thanks for the reminder. Loves Fuzz too. Glad I already have mine before this video drives prices up :)

I always think these cage amps look really cool with the cage off, so you can see the tubes & transformers. Of course, if you are gigging it, you need the cage on to protect the tubes, but in the studio it's fine. Sounds fantastic.

That sounded incredible, what a cool amp.

Great amp, and a great player. Sounds amazing and inspiring as usual. Put together an album please. Better yet, put together an album and make a documentary while you’re doing it. Thanks for all the content over the years.

Yes Rhett, that old amp does sound amazing, even through my laptop speakers!

Very cool amp. I picked up a late 50's, early 60's Stromberg Carlson Signet 22 a few years ago. Same thing, it was love at first chord. My SC was modded by Dan Lurie of FYD amps before I bought it and I'm not afraid to gig with it. Dan modded the amp so that when you plug into channel one, you can cascade one channel into the other getting those super high gain tones. That and these little PA amps are just cool looking!

Yep. Its great.

Any chance you are going to profile it? That would be sweet. Thanks Rhett. Sounds really killer for my style.

That thing is sick and looks amazing

I've seen a few converted film projector amps around- they sound amazing.

Never herd of that…but WOW..great find🥳

PURE FUZZ. Love it. Bravo sir

Amazing. I have a reel-to-reel from the mid-50s that sounds absolutely phenomenal with a guitar in and external speaker, although the little 5ish” internal speaker sounds great too! It’s not loud enough for anything more than a pub gig , until you mic it up….

that beautiful tele matches the amp pretty welll ✨