Grouse amps for sale (paw-picked by Leo the resident tone hound)

Please note that all these amps are vintage valve amps that are point-to-point wired. As a musician of more than 35 years of experience, I know the huge difference between the genuine article and the 're-issue'! Printed circuit boards (PCBs) and the high voltages of valve amps simply don't mix. Only vintage amps and the best of the boutique amps will offer this extremely important feature!

this page last updated Saturday, August 16, 2008

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Watch for the return of Moody Amplifiers in 2008!

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NOTE; amps are listed chronologically

1940s

1940s H&H portable valve amplifier - what an amazing old amp. And it works! In fact, it sounds damn good! - $595AUD (plus shipping)

 

1950s

1951 Fender Pro Amp - Here's a fantastic TV-front vintage Fender amp from the golden period. Loads of street cred, buckets of vintage tone from the field coil 15" Jensen, and a truly grouse investment - $4995AUD (plus shipping)

1956 Premier 120 (the amp on our business card!) what a classic! The ultimate harp amp? Little Walter's ghost lives in this baby! - selling for less than the price we paid - $1695AUD (plus shipping)

1957 Magnatone Custom 280 Double V - the legendary amp with true stereo vibrato. A very, very rare amp in amazing original condition. One of the world's best. 110 volt - not presently for sale (but serious offers will be considered)

1958 (approx) Maton valve practice/studio amp, very rare and very sweet (looking and sounding!) amp in amazing collector-grade condition. Goes as well as it looks, with tons of great vintage valve tone for practice or the studio. Why bother with a Fender® Champ® when we have homegrown tone like this? The smaller brother to the 1x12 version, with the same tolex, grille etc! - on hold at $995AUD (plus shipping) for Martin in Perth ($200 paid)

1959 Goldentone 40-watt EL34 2x12 amp - the oldest Goldentone I have ever seen, in remarkable condition, and fully serviced and ready to rock for another 50 years! - $2795AUD (plus shipping)

1959 Goldentone 10-watt single-ended class-A EL-34 amp - a sister amp to the bigger 2x12 combo from the same era - even has the same tablecloth-look speaker grille! Just back from a service - $1195AUD (plus shipping)

1959 Maton Mastersound Tremolux 30X amp - a really nice-sounding 2 x EL-34 guitar amp. Previous long-term owner fitted 2x10" Celestions in place of the original 3x8" drivers. Very rare amp, and very, very giggable and COOL! - $1695AUD (plus shipping)

 

1960s

various 1960s tape echo units and other accessories - Don't forget to check out the 'Accessories' section!

early 1960s Vase BGB80 Bassman amp - this has to be one of the highest quality amps I've ever seen, and it's made here right here in Aus! Brisbane in fact. Vase amps were well-known for their build quality, and this extremely early version is no exception. Very powerful sounding 80 watts, and capable of great bass as well as shimmering highs. This amp uses a 12AU7, a 12AX7, a 7199 splitter, and two KT88/6550 output valves - $2695AUD (plus shipping)

early 1960s Fisonic 4-channel PA amp head - How cool is this!!?? Want to put your guitar, vocal, accordion and bass through the one amp and speaker box? That's the sort of use this super-rare Fisonic would have been made for back in the early 1960s in Marrickville, Sydney. 4 inputs, 2 x EL-34 valve output into 15 ohms - $795AUD (plus shipping)

just arrived!! 1960s Vadis BR20 1x12" combo - a perfect amp for the home studio, with creamy valve overtone from the cathode-biased 6CA7 output stages feeding into a vintage Rola 12PEG Alnico speaker - $895AUD (plus shipping)

1960s Goldentone 1x15 alnico speaker box - a really nice-sounding 15inch sealed back enclosure, suitable for valve heads up to around 50-60 watts - $595AUD (plus shipping)

1960s Strauss Polka - a very conservative estimation of 120 watts from the 4x7027A output valves - 21 kilos of pure vintage Aussie amp muscle that will make a Marshall look like a wimp! And it has tone you wouldn't believe! - $1495AUD (plus shipping)

Very interesting 1960s single-ended Class-A 'baby' amp made by Goldentone but badged Electravox! A very original and unmolested example of an early Aussie student or practice amp. Beautiful single-ended class-A tone from its single 6GW8 valve. Original 8" Alnico speaker - $695AUD (plus shipping)

1961 Magnatone Custom 260 (260A) amp - you know the sound - that incredible true vibrato (not tremolo) that has shaped the sound of Robert Ward, Lonnie Mack, Buddy Holly, Robert Cray, Ry Cooder and more. Want the sound? Here's the amp! - $3995AUD (plus shipping)

1963 Moody GA35 2x12 combo - a delightful example of a super-collectable vintage Australian amplifier! dates from 1963, and incredibly original, right down to its red-coned MSP Radial Beam alnico speakers - $2795AUD (plus shipping)

1964 Moody BA40 guitar and bass amp head - I have always thought these to be about the coolest amps ever made, and this is the most original and mint example I have yet come across - temporarily withdrawn from sale

1964 Selmer Thunderbird Truevoice Twin 50, super cool and very rare amplifier in its original faux crocodile-skin covering and with original Goodmans speakers and cover. Recently revalved and serviced. This would be the coolest amp in Australia - $4995AUD (plus shipping)

1965 Fender Tremolux - mint! The best little Tremolux you will ever find. Still on original 110 - 117 volt circuit, speakers replaced with Celestions, sounds great, looks awesome, and a grouse investment! - $3495AUD (plus shipping)

1966 Ultratone Custom Forty - a rare version of the Moody GA-40, one of my favourite amps ever. Dead original right down to its Rola 12PEG red-label alnico speakers! - not for sale

1967 Aussie-built Trent 100 amp head - here's a really nice-sounding head made in Brisbane back in 1967. It runs a pair of 6L6 output valves, and has tremolo. Fully serviced, and has new output valves - $1395AUD (plus shipping)

1967 Strauss Polka 50watt piggyback with two 2x12 boxes - absolutely gorgeous and dead original 50watt Strauss head with a pair of matching 2x12 boxes with 1967 vintage British Vitavox Alnico speakers! Tone to die for - $2295AUD (plus shipping))

1968 Aussie-built Eminar 100 watt amp - the earliest Eminar I have ever come across, dating from mid 1968. British style pre-amp and tone stack feeding into USA-style 4 x 6L6 output. Fantastic tone and power, and super cool looks! - $1995AUD (plus shipping)

1968 Strauss Lancer 50watt guitar head with matching alnico 4x12 quad box - Awesome! This amp has just had a LOT of work done to it by a leading Melbourne amp guru to make sure it rocks as it should for more decades to come! Vintage home-grown Aussie tone and presence that will put your Marshall to shame! - $1695AUD (plus shipping)

1968 Leslie 16 - remember 'that' sound on Stevie Ray Vaughan's 'Cold Shot'? Or Cream's 'Badge'? What about Jimi Hendrix's 'Little Wing'? Or Danny Gatton's 'Ugly Man'? That sound, my friends, was one of these rare babies. I've been searching for years, and finally found one in amazingly original condition - not yet for sale - I can't bear to part with it!

late 1960s 1x15 Aussie speaker box loaded with vintage Celestion G15-100 - a great-sounding box with a highly-regarded Celestion G15-100 speaker (16 ohm). Sounds beaut as a guitar speaker, but also good for retro bass sounds using a good valve head - on hold at $495AUD for Michael in Melbourne ($250 paid)

 

1970s

1971 Marshall 'bluesbreaker' special custom built by Ross Giles - this is without doubt the nicest-sounding Marshall I have ever played, if not the roughest looking! Ross took a 1971 Artiste, modified it, and has made an awesome plexi/JMP style amp with two discrete channels. Vintage British tone at its best! - $3495AUD (plus shipping)

just arrived!! 1970s Sonola 90 Super Reverb stereo guitar amp - an extremely high quality amp hand-built in Adelaide, Australia in the 1970s. Two separate pre-amps, feeding two separate power amps, each with a pair of 6L6EH valves. Incredibly versatile, incredibly good-sounding, and incredibly rare! - not yet for sale

1970s Eminar 100watt 5-channel valve PA amplifier - a great 5-channel 100-watt head (4 x 6L6GC output) with original pair of 3x12" (Rola Plessey loaded) speaker boxes. This thing is MINT and sounds fantastic - I've been using it when gigging my 2-pickup double-bass! Fully refurbished with new caps and output valves - $1495AUD (plus shipping)

1970s Eminar 15-inch box (RCF driver) - a very high-quality 8-ohm 200-watt (RMS) RCF L15/541 driver fitted into a Melbourne-made Eminar box from the 1970s. Fantastic performance, and a great match for your vintage valve head - $595AUD (plus shipping)

1970s Jansen 880 Reverb 70watt head - a great sounding amp from one of New Zealand's most highly regarded manufacturers in the '60s and '70s, with heaps of power from its two new hand-matched 7027A valves running 600V on the plates! Extensively serviced by a leading Melbourne amp tech, with carefully hand-matched new 7027A outputs, new coupling caps and two new 12AX7s - $1295AUD (plus shipping)

1970s Yamaha RA-100 100watt amp/rotating speaker - remember the 'Leslie' sounds Dave Gilmour got on Dark Side of the Moon? That was no Leslie - it was a Yamaha RA-200, the three-rotor 96 kilo monster brother of this 2-rotor 65-kilo model! Amazing amp, giving the best 'spacial' acoustic sounds you will ever hear, but wind it up, put your favourite distortion pedal in front, and get electric sounds you could only ever dream of. - on hold at $995AUD for Simon in Melbourne ($500 paid)

1972 Vadis 401 2x12 combo - Vadis (made in Sydney Australia) had some great models, and this is one of them. 2 x 6CA7 output feeding around 40 watts into the original two 12" Rola alnico speakers, and with footswitchable reverb and tremolo. Superb! - not for sale

1973 Leslie 825 - often dubbed 'the guitarist's Leslie', the 825 was designed as the smaller, more portable brother to the big 760 model. Beautiful high-power 12" Jensen fires downwards into the rotating foam drum, fed by the inbuilt 100-watt solid-state power amp. Comes complete with the very sought-after 2-channel Combo Pre-amp and 9-pin lead - $1695AUD (plus shipping)

 

1980s

just arrived!! 1980s Etone 15" 200watt speaker in EV TL style bin - a bargain vintage Aussie bass bin, with a massive Aussie-made Etone 468 15" driver housed in a plywood EV TL style bottom ported box. PERFECT for your vintage valve bass head! - $295AUD (plus shipping)

 

recent

just arrived!! 2003 handbuilt Vox AC15 reproduction - this has been my main gigging and recording amp for the last three years or so. Unbelievable performance and tone! This is NOT a 're-issue', and is as close to a genuine, desirable AC15 as you'll get this side of many thousands of dollars - on hold at $1795AUD (plus shipping) for Malone in Melbourne ($360 paid)