Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Fri, 7 Jun 91 10:37:06 EDT From: Scott Dorsey Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Western Electric Guitar Amplifier Message-ID: Organization: NASA Langley Research Center Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 436, Message 6 of 11 Lines: 28 In article Billy Bradford writes: > I bought an old guitar amplifier about three weeks ago. On the back, > it says "LICENSED UNDER PATENTS OF WESTERN ELECTRIC AND AMERICAN > TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CO. LAUREL ELECTRONICS CO., SAN ANTONIO, > TEXAS. 110-120 VOLTS AC 40 WATTS". It uses three vacuum tubes, a > 12AU6, a 50C5, and a 35W4. Do any of you great telecom gurus out > there know what patents are being used? It's just got two instrument > inputs and a volume knob, and a built-in speaker. You have yourself a pretty valuable piece of equipment. From the tube complement I'd say this was one of the later WE guitar amps, but I have no idea which one. Which cabinet did you get? Is there a horn driver in addition to the main speaker? These were two or three watt amps, but with very efficient speakers that could get decent sound. For an example of how good these things can actually be, get your hands on some Charlie Christian recordings. For most of his stuff with the Benny Goodman band, he was using WE amps. By the way, it is still possible to get good quality 50C5 tubes. E-mail me if you want more details. Scott