It's so fascinating to me to see something like this from the past being worked on and brought back to life. It really makes me ruminate about the world it existed in when it was first released. I'm a librarian by trade, so I went looking through our archives to see what the headlines were this very day in 1936. No ads for musical events, but the local paper reported on President Roosevelt speaking in nearby Charlotte, NC, the Spanish Civil War heating up, cotton leafworm was first reported in the County, and a new 8-tube home radio system was a princely $55.95 at Montgomery-Ward.
Just to give that $55.95 price some perspective, my father was born in 1925 and he remembered when going to the movies cost five cents. Cheers, Alan Tomlinson
@@diegorhoenisch62 My grandfather was born the same year and remembered those times! He used to tell me stories of going to the penny theater for the matinee of western films. From the catalogs I could find, that EH-150 would have retailed for about $70.00 brand new in 1936, or roughly $1,600 today.
@@PsionicAudio ah yes, maybe a little too flippant on my part. The fact that ANY part of this was original and it worked after 88 years impressed me a great deal. I expected this to be a DOA rebuild.
@@joemcgraw5529 😎👍👍 Well we both know a great amp doctor to which we can send our amps eh...?😉👍 I hope that Lyle makes a video of your amps if you do send it to be serviced😎👍👍 That would be too cool.
Look at those old body tip dot carbon resistors! I haven't seen any of those for a while. I met an old tech once who told me that they used to shave them to change the resistance when tuning radio circuits. I still have some somewhere.
I just found a copy of the book Gibson Amplifiers 1933-2008: 75 years of the Gold Tone by Wallace Marx Jr. It’s cool to seen one of the early amps in a video. It comes with a CD-ROM with all the manuals and schematics.
Imagine that cool overdriven sound was available back in '36! I suppose there were not that many guitars with a hot bridge pickup available at the time though😆
The later version of this amp is my next build project. I have a 1938 ES-150 guitar that was my grandpa’s, and I’m curious to know what it was intended to sound like. I’m skipping the field coil speaker and making the channels switchable. I tracked down a stash of NOS metal Westinghouse 6L6s, metal JAN 6J5s and 6SF5. I would really appreciate any measurements you’d care to mention. Thanks for your informative, interesting videos!
It's so fascinating to me to see something like this from the past being worked on and brought back to life. It really makes me ruminate about the world it existed in when it was first released. I'm a librarian by trade, so I went looking through our archives to see what the headlines were this very day in 1936. No ads for musical events, but the local paper reported on President Roosevelt speaking in nearby Charlotte, NC, the Spanish Civil War heating up, cotton leafworm was first reported in the County, and a new 8-tube home radio system was a princely $55.95 at Montgomery-Ward.
Just to give that $55.95 price some perspective, my father was born in 1925 and he remembered when going to the movies cost five cents.
Cheers,
Alan Tomlinson
@@diegorhoenisch62 My grandfather was born the same year and remembered those times! He used to tell me stories of going to the penny theater for the matinee of western films.
From the catalogs I could find, that EH-150 would have retailed for about $70.00 brand new in 1936, or roughly $1,600 today.
I like it when a toggle switch makes a resounding click from high spring tension as it closes; a technology that has apparently been lost to time.....
I have a 1940 Gibson A-50 wide body mandolin that has a case with the same tweed and stripes across the case. Very cool.
Beautiful old amp! That's got to be one of the cleanest in existence.
Glad to see you're hand has cleared up. That must be a relief.
88 years and it fired right up. Incredible.
Not quite. It had previously been recapped with a grounded power cable added.
@@PsionicAudio ah yes, maybe a little too flippant on my part. The fact that ANY part of this was original and it worked after 88 years impressed me a great deal. I expected this to be a DOA rebuild.
Mahalo Lyle! A history lesson. Interesting to see how it will sound after you get through looking at it.
Love the amp. It sounds amazing, not just for it's age, but period. It's a great piece of music history. Thanks for letting us see and hear it.
Wow, that's very cool. You get the coolest amps. I can't wait to hear what it sounds like.
My wife gifted a BR9 matching lapsteel and amp...
Never opened it up.
That was the earliest amp I have ever played.
Cool post WW2 piece here😎👍👍
wow. . .nice.
I have 1 as well Richard and also 2 BR9 lapsteels ,mine has never been worked on and I no longer power it up until it can be serviced
@@joemcgraw5529
😎👍👍
Well we both know a great amp doctor to which we can send our amps eh...?😉👍
I hope that Lyle makes a video of your amps if you do send it to be serviced😎👍👍
That would be too cool.
Wow, a priceless piece of amp history there Lyle 👍👍
I have been very impatiently waiting for you to get one onf these on your bench. :o)
Look at those old body tip dot carbon resistors! I haven't seen any of those for a while.
I met an old tech once who told me that they used to shave them to change the resistance when tuning radio circuits. I still have some somewhere.
This is a magnificent old lady. There is a hollowness to the guitar channels.
Fun to see the innovations that never caught on,
To hear an amp like this in action, check out Jonathan Stout, a master of Charlie Christian style guitar playing. He posts as Campusfive.
Cool! I love the oldies, especially when they're not moldy....😉
New Supro's wish they could be this cool...
I just found a copy of the book Gibson Amplifiers 1933-2008: 75 years of the Gold Tone by Wallace Marx Jr. It’s cool to seen one of the early amps in a video. It comes with a CD-ROM with all the manuals and schematics.
Nine years after this amp, there were still 15% of Americans that did not have electricity in their homes.
Yeah, it LOOKS like a suitcase.
Oldie but goodie!
Nice. Thank you.
Imagine that cool overdriven sound was available back in '36! I suppose there were not that many guitars with a hot bridge pickup available at the time though😆
Dude I feel like youve had one of these in the bench before. Get ready for the nastiest wax/paper caps you’ve ever seen or smelled 😂. Stay safe!
i sure would've liked a slow pan across the control panel to see the layout better. paint texture, graphics. .
The later version of this amp is my next build project. I have a 1938 ES-150 guitar that was my grandpa’s, and I’m curious to know what it was intended to sound like.
I’m skipping the field coil speaker and making the channels switchable. I tracked down a stash of NOS metal Westinghouse 6L6s, metal JAN 6J5s and 6SF5.
I would really appreciate any measurements you’d care to mention. Thanks for your informative, interesting videos!
The field coil speaker acted like a power-supply choke, so you might want to substitute one into your clone, rather than just using a resistor
@@goodun2974 I plan to use a single choke instead of the field coil plus another choke.
She's in great nick for an amp of its age...
The mic channel didn't sound bad bad!!
Were those Gibson amps made by Valco?
somebody please send Lyle a garnet, i'd send mine but a local guy took care of it and memphis is a long way from vancouver island
cascade guitar chanel in to mike channel,
bypass the cathode resistor with a 330uf cap, make switchable bright caps. 🤠🇺🇸
Looks like Valco Supro copied this style a few years later? Tweed w/stripes theme.