OAHU VALCO 1951 CHICAGO 51' TUBE 15 wt. 1-10" COMBO BLONDE CLEAN ORIGINAL

YES!, April is officially recognized as International Guitar Month for several decades now.. This month is dedicated to celebrating the guitar, its history, and its impact on music.

We are having an end of International Guitar Month SALE!$ Final $ DROP on this beauty!

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*Here at Gordy's Music in Ferndale, Michigan, we are so proud and grateful to get this certificate 'again' this year and been picked as one of Reverb's TOP 300 SELLERS of 2024! A real honor.

We want to start by thanking all of you, our customers, my partner wife Marcia, top notch crew, and Reverb.com. We have quite a team and will strive to get this certificate year after year.

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He we have a 'very' clean and original 1951 Oahu model 'Chicago 51' small 1-10" tube amplifier made by Valco. It has one 550-3 Rola 10" speaker made in mid-1950. This almost 75 year old amplifier is in just amazing condition. It looks great and sounds fabulous. It is the cleanest example available at the moment. My amp tech of 38 years went through the amp and only had to clean the pots and jacks. The amp is out of vintage instrument estate we have been selling for 4 years now. This collector had great taste and the amp has no odors after being in storage for decades.

Cosmetically very clean with just a few minor surface flaw-blemishes with the slightly aged white tolex having no tears or nicks. Some of the tolex seams are visable. There is some slight scratching in the volume control plate as seen in picture. The handle is like new and all 4 rubber feet on the bottom side are like new as well.

My tech said 2 of the tubes are original and the 2 power 6V6 tubes have been replaced with Sovteks giving the amp superb TONE. The power cord was probably replaced long ago as it remains a 2 prong and in new like aged condition. We will try for a video Tuesday if the amp lasts that long.

This amp is of collector quality considering it's rarity and condition.

Overview
-Serial #: V-39878
-Manufacture Date: early 1951
-Power Output: approximately 15 watts
-Tubes: 5Y3, 6V6 (2), 6SC7, 6J7
-Controls: Volume, Tone
-Dimensions: 7 1/2'' x 14'' x 15''
-Weight: 18 lbs.

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Ships fast and insured.

Any shipping overcharges are refunded at point of sale.

Amp weighs 18 lbs.

Shipping box is 24"x16"x20"

Shipping weight is 24 lbs.

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IN BUSINESS for 38 YEARS!!
50 YEARS of VINTAGE EXPERIENCE!
MICHIGAN GUITAR SHOW PROMOTORS Since 1989!
Brick and mortar to the end!

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Visit out website to see the long list of celebrity musicians and groups we have serviced over the past 40 years.

Gordy's Music has become a Detroit institution! Our shop was used as a filming location for the recent "Miracle in Motor City" Christmas movie on Lifetime (featuring Smoky Robinson). We've supplied gear for movies including "Bill & Ted Face The Music" with Keanu Reeves. We've got decades of celebrity customers, including recent visits from Beck, Eric Johnson, and we just sold Billy Joel's bassist an SG he is in love with. Just last month 2-9-2024, Andre 3000 and his group stopped in to browse as they were playing Masonic Temple that night and right after that 2-12-2024 we sold an old oil can Morley Wah Vibrato pedal to Credence Clearwater Revival's thee John Fogerty!

We are having and have had a lot of fun here at Gordy's Music! I was just remembering about 35 years ago a tour bus pulled up to our little shop, and who rolls right in and hangs out for an hour? Lenny Kravitz and his entire group, right about the same time I was selling guitars and chauffeuring around Dee Dee Ramone, who had an apartment a block down from my house.