Product: Airline 62-9029 Combo
Price Paid: US $150.00
Submitted
09/30/2005
at
10:00am
by
Amp Connoisseur
Features
:
9
This amp was made in the 60's and is a Valcro sold through Montgomery Wards. Gotta be one of the best kept secrets because there is nothing on the web about them! Has a VERY brown tone - one channel w/2 inputs - Volume, Tone, & Tremolo control w/footswitch jack.
Two 12AX7's a 5Y3-GT & a 6V6-GT kick the heck out of 6" Jenson Special desing speaker. For recording I use a Neumann U87 or AKG 414 - add a touch of room ambient reverb and my GAWD - nobody can believe the tone of this tiy monster.
Sound Quality
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9
Works best with a humbucker. REALLY likes a Seymour Duncan JB. For early CREAM-type tones and Buddy Guy-type blues it's hard to beat (especially when used witha a Candler Tuber Driver). This Airline sits next to Boogies & Vintage Fenders (Princeton & Deluxe Reverbs) but still gets called on regularly!
Reliability
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10
I never took this amp to a gig. The low wattage prevents that. But I think it would be a harmonica players dream amp if mic'd correctly. The amp has never broken down and will more than likely out live me!
Customer Support
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No Opinion
Overall Rating
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10
I've been playing for 40 years and still do so professionally. I make a living releasing CD's, gigging & running my recording studio. I have a wide assortment of vintage amps. Fender - Marshall - Vox - Boogie - Gibson - Rickenbacher - Kay - Gretsch - Ampeg - Orange - Kustom - etc. etc. If I lost this amp - yea, I'd try and find another (but that seems impossible) It is a studio workhorse!
