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 Wednesday, December 17, 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)

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)

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)

 

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)

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)

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 Bassman Forty - now this is a VERY rare amp. Just as the Ultratone Custom Forty is a rare version of the Moody GA40, this Ultratone Bassman Forty is an even rarer version of the Moody BA40. Dead original right down to its Rola 12PEG red-label alnico speakers! - $2595AUD (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

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 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 for sale

 

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)

early 1970s Ampeg VT-22 (V4) 100watt head - these are unbelievably well-built amps, that take the Fender Twin Reverb idea to new heights. Loads of power, awesome tone shaping possibilities, and now a rare and desirable amp. Fully serviced with a quad of new 6L6EH valves! - $1895AUD (plus shipping)

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! - on hold at $1795AUD (plus shipping) for Justin in NSW ($1179.50 paid)

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 ($700 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)

 

recent

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 Brisbane ($1100 paid)