Product: Airline GVC-9052 Head
Price Paid: US $375 used
Submitted
06/20/2005
at
11:51pm
by
BasicBlues
Features
:
9
This head was made in the 60's, a Montgomery Ward Airline.This is a two channel amp, one clean, one with very strong trem with speed and intensity control, and even stronger reverb. Each channel has 2 6l6 tubes ; clean has 3 12ax7s and reverb channel has a 6973 instead of the third 12ax7. Ten tubes total, with switchable hi-lo gain, two separate speaker outputs, and an auxiliary input for a radio. Amazing huge heavy amp head, a real find. This is reading like a rave , but...I love this thing. I am not qualified to assess the features since I am more accustomed to small 15-40 watt amps, but compared to my DeVille, this is very versatile.
Sound Quality
:
10
Primarily use with a Fender Mustang, great blues machine, polarity switch eliminates most ac buzz. Breaks up nicely at about 7, but that's very loud and a little noisy as well, though on Lo gain it's tolerable in a small room . I play this through 2 12" Jensens or a 6x10 silvertone/jensen cab, never leaves the house. This player is not a pro
Reliability
:
10
This is all original and the last owner used it regularly, so I'd say very reliable
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Ward is out of business for about 25 years...
Overall Rating
:
10
This is the amp I've been looking for. Far superior to my '96 Fender Blues DeVille, my other high power amp. It plays like a small amp or a blaster, both, and everything in between. My rating is based on infatuation...I've had this for a few months and it keeps showing me more.
