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Kelly Thornton posted a blog postGreetings
I only found you and this sight yesterday. I will fill in the blanks with some pics and info about me later but first I just wanted to say hello and tell you a quick story which explains what brought me to you. A good friend of mine is a thrift store junkie, namely, The Goodwill (as his primary bargain hunting grounds.) I have always told him that if he ever sees an old tube amp no matter what condition it is in, to buy it for me. Yesterday I get a call from him and he says he's coming by…See More
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- Do you own a Valco amp? If so, what model(s)?
- Airline 62-9035
- What is your favorite guitar?
- 50's Gibson ES150
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Greetings
Posted on February 21, 2011 at 6:40pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
I only found you and this sight yesterday. I will fill in the blanks with some pics and info about me later but first I just wanted to say hello and tell you a quick story which explains what brought me to you. A good friend of mine is a thrift store junkie, namely, The Goodwill (as his primary bargain hunting grounds.) I have always told him that if he ever sees an old tube amp no matter what condition it is in, to buy it for me. Yesterday I get a call from him and he says he's coming by… Continue
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- At 9:19am on February 21, 2011,
Dan Burke said… - Welcome to Valco Amp Kelly! What brings you here?
My Ebay Listings
Check out my Valco auctions on Ebay. Don't miss a chance to get some well-serviced amps and rare Valco parts. My seller name is muddobber5.
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History of Valco
The Valco company has its roots in the National String Instrument Corporation, which was founded in 1927. The company is famous as the first manufacturer of resonator guitars, which were hugely popular in blues and (a bit later) bluegrass music. National merged with the Dobro company, another maker of resonator guitars, around 1932 to form the National Dobro Corporation. The company began producing electric instruments in the 1930s that included electric guitars, lap steels, mandolins and amplifiers. These pre-war electric instruments are fairly rare today, though the lap steels pop up with some regularity. The archtop bodies for the guitars were sourced from Regal and then from Kay, but the electronics were developed and manufactured by National-Dobro. The Supro brand name was introduced in the mid-‘30s for cheaper electric instruments. Read More >
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