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This was Joe Bonamassa's custom 1963 modded music voice amp.
The amp caused quite a buzz on his forum, and the person who modded the amp, Bobby Getchell, wrote in with the specifics:

"Hey guys! Bobby Getchell from Getchell Amplifiers here. I wanted to dispell some myths/explain some things about this unique and way cool amp that Joe bought!

This amp started out as a Voice of Music model 162 hi-fi extension speaker, which I found in southern Indiana over the summer. It is from 1963, and no VM corp never offered one like this wink It originally had two 8" speakers in it and a 3" tweeter. The legs were on it when I got it, but I don't know if they are original or not. Originally, it was wood grain vinyl. I stripped this off and painted it my signature Diner green textured and shot the legs with Goldust and cleared them.
The speakers were replaced with two 8" blue frame Utah's from the late 1960's that sounded surprisingly good to my ear for 'ol Utahs! I removed the tweeter (don't need it for guitar, and the empty hole now acts as a port.)
The amplifier is NOT stock, it was heavily modified by me. The things I did to it were as follows:
- Changed the input grid-leak bias scheme to be more guitar friendly
- Moved the volume control from the input jack to the output of the first gain stage
- Changed where the negative feedback inserts in the circuit
- Changed the values of the components in the tone control circuit to make the tone controls actually interact at guitar frequencies instead of the lower LF roll off and higher HF roll off associated with most hi-fi amps.
- The tone controls are in the NFB loop of this amp
- Changed coupling capacitor values so that the overdrive would be smoother and less splatty
- Finally, recapped the rest of the amp.
I sold this amp out of Six Strings Down in Plainfield, Indiana. Joe bought it from my good friend who runs the store. It's a great sounding amp and cool looking too and I'm stoked that Joe digs it as much as I did!"

So there you have it. From Indiana to Joe's living room to me and then to you, the winning bidder :). It really is one of the coolest amps I've ever seen and would be right at home in any man cave or with mid century decor. It measures 2' tall by 2' wide by 14" deep.

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Listed9 years ago
ConditionExcellent (Used)
Excellent items are almost entirely free from blemishes and other visual defects and have been played or used with the utmost care.Learn more
Brand
Model
  • Voice Of Music 162
Finish
  • Green
Year
  • 1963

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