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Interview With Electroplex’s Don Morris, Pt. 2

Posted by  in Friday, July 9th 2010   
Topics: Bassman, Electroplex, JTM45, Vibroverb    
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Here’s the final part of the interview with Electroplex owner and amp designer Don Morris. Part 1 is here. AmpGAS: What was the first Electroplex amp? Don: My first model was the 90, which came out in 1994. Back then it was very hard to get good overdrive and low volume, so I built the [...]

Spotted! ’59 Bassman and ’66 Magnatone

Posted by  in Wednesday, March 24th 2010   
Topics: Bassman, Magnatone, Spotted!    
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I saw these at the Oxford Valley, Pa. Guitar Center: a ’59 Fender 4×10 Bassman and a ’66 Magnatone MP5. I wanted to play the Magnatone, which looked like a deal, but was a little afraid to plug into a $11K amp in case I fried something. I ended up spending all of my allotted [...]