Product: Airline 62-9025A
Price Paid: USD 300 USED
Submitted
12/21/2007
at
02:32am
by
junkster
Features
:
9
Features already covered in prev. rev. Since it's all perfectly handwired w/ decent reverb & tremelo, it gets a 9! BTW--this is the exact same amp as the Gretsch Compact Reverb--Valco made both with the exact same features, just different cosmetics & badges.
Sound Quality
:
10
Great amp for recording, and gigging, though you gotta mic for it for that, which i don't mind. Dimed with 'buckers it serves up tones like on N. Young's Zuma. Tremelo is nice, not the best but functional. Reverb is only ok, but decent-probably limited by whatever is in the cardboard box. Who cares? The main tones are amazing, great harmonic overdrive. A tone I relish & that's hard to find. The reverb actually adds gain at high volumes, which is really not a bad feature. Pretty flexible, though--with single coils I can coax out some sweet glassy honky-tonk tones.
Reliability
:
10
My amp is unspeakable beat. Obviously subjected to considerable road & other abuse for more than 4 decades. Still works perfectly. Clear evidence that it was built to last!
Customer Support
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No Opinion
Long live Valco! Oops, that didn't work!
Overall Rating
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No Opinion
Collectors have driven the price of these up the price of these amps (Dam'em!), but I wouldn't sell mine for what a mint one fetches (I guess around $700?). It only does a couple things, but those coupla things it does amazingly well! Plus this one is still tickin' after havin the s&*t kicked out of it for about 40 yrs. I'm keeping it, great amp.
Product: Airline 62-9025A
Price Paid: USD 477.00 USED
Submitted
03/28/2007
at
05:11pm
by
T
Email: salswing20<at>juno dot com
Features
:
No Opinion
1965, one channel, reverb, tremolo. Original cardboard reverb tank was replaced with a three spring Accutronics.
Amp came tubed as follows:
1 6v6 power tube (Electroharmonix)
1 5y3 rectifier tube
4 12AX7 tubes (1 sovtek, 1 'silvertone,' 2 'made in USA' (I'm guessing are the originals?)
Has original ten-inch Jensen gold speaker C10R.
I do not know the wattage. It has only 1 6v6 power tube so it can't be a lot. I'm guessing between 6 and 12 at the most.
I haven't weighed the amp but compared to my other ones it is light as a feather. Probably about 20 pounds?
Sound Quality
:
10
Some people said these amps sounded like Led Zeppelin I, but I took their opinion with a great of salt, but turns out they weren't exagerating. Using my Danelectro DC-59, the sound is totally Led Zeppelin I.
With humbucker guitars the sound (when overdriven) is more like black sabbath.
Reverb is very sensitive, I keep it at like 2.5.
Reliability
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No Opinion
I intend to use it at home for practice and recording or low volume gigs.
Tolex is absolutely filthy from the previous owner, i don't know what he or she did to it. Will have to rectify.
Customer Support
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No Opinion
N/A
Overall Rating
:
No Opinion
I have a Traynor YCV-40 and also a JC-120 for gigging and practicing with loud drummers.
My other old amp is a late 60's Ampeg reverberocket II, which sounds great but is a bit too loud for home use.
The Airline is much better suited for home use and recording. It sounds more alive at usable volumes.
