Handle for Valco McKinney
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Handle for Valco McKinney
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- Do you own a Valco amp? If so, what model(s)?
- Valco Mckinney
- What is your favorite guitar?
- Explorer, Electra Omega, Ampeg, Mosrite, Telecaster
My Valco
I got my Valco McKinney about 4 months ago. I got it for $350.00 and the previous owner said it was all original, even the tubes and was stored in a closet before he got it, so there's no rust. The amp is a 8.5-9. The only mod I did was to put a 3 prong cord on it. I replaced it because I got shocked twice from it, so safety first. The amp sounds awesome and I use it at home for practice and recording. It really has a great vintage sound for solos, it takes to my Riot and Carbon Copy pedal very well. A great personal amp that holds it's own. Did I say it is dead quiet when played at 12 o'clock! Here is the music I play in case you're curious:
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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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