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'64 Silvertone 1485 Aamplifier with Custom 2/10" Celestion Cab - $650
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The original owner removed the chassis from the cab in an attempt to fix it in the long ago, gave up, put the chassis back in the amp cab, but had lost the original mounting hardware. Amp sat on a shelf in a condo utility room untill I ran into it scouting the for sale condo for my mother in law. I purchased it, dusty as all get out, see last picture for how it looked at the time. Everything was cleaned up, tested and the 1 resistor was replaced, an easy fix.
The cab was assembled by me from a solid pine, dovetail jointed bare cab I had been sitting on for a few years. I found the amp covering that is very similar to the old grey/black material Silvertone used, added black hardware, corners, jack plate with a jack for each speaker, and wired up the dual output harness. Front speaker baffle and back panel are 5 ply birch. The original 6/10 cab was an open back cabinet, this is a sealed back cab ala a Fender Bandmaster or Bassman. Leo Fender filled his cabinets with acoustic filler, and I did the same here.
NOTE: this is a dual output amp, each output must be plugged into a separate speaker or speaker cab, as there is an output transformer for each of the 2 pairs of RCA blackplate 6L6 output tubes. Failure to do so will smoke an output transformer. Such is life with any tube amp, outputs must always have a load. I custom fashioned the black box on the rear of the amp head, no extra holes in the chassis, just hot glued in place. This could be easily removed, and the 20' 3 wire cable reattached to an original cab, or a 3 contact TRS 1/4" jack installed with appropriate speaker cable(s). If you decided to use the 2/10 cab with a single output amp, it is an easy rewire for either parallel 4 ohm or series 16 ohm operation.
Bottom line, it sounds good, is definitely loud enough, and the reverb works surprisingly well as these went. Or use a modern reverb pedal.
$650.00 OBO cash only. You can try it before you buy it. No shipping, local pickup only. And, if its listed, it is available. Thanx for looking.