BestPlot
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Hey ya'll! Hoping you can help me figure out what I have here.
This specific amp came to me through an old guitarist in a band I was in 10 years ago. He never came to pick it up after quitting the band leaving it at my place prior to a cross-country move. It looks... similar to most other .50 Calibers I've seen online, but in nearly every forum, including this one, everyone usually identifies the ".50 Cal" vs ".50 Cal+" (or even against Mark III's) based on the plastic rocker switches and tubes. I've confirmed there are EL84s here (yeah, I know they need replaced, and the whole amp needs quite a bit of TLC), but the metal switches, combined with a footswitch option and only a single row of tone/volume controls, is really throwing me for a loop.
On top of that, there's a Black Shadow Celestion speaker that appears to have come stock (although I could be wrong).
I've looked around online for a few days, but unfortunately I keep coming up empty on what specific make of .50 Caliber this is. I've been able to find ~2 other pictures online, but they're from ~10 years ago.
I'm interested in learning more about it. I was considering selling, as I'm about to make another big move, but the more research I do, the more I think I have something special here. Any help, insight, schematics, etc. would be greatly appreciated!
This specific amp came to me through an old guitarist in a band I was in 10 years ago. He never came to pick it up after quitting the band leaving it at my place prior to a cross-country move. It looks... similar to most other .50 Calibers I've seen online, but in nearly every forum, including this one, everyone usually identifies the ".50 Cal" vs ".50 Cal+" (or even against Mark III's) based on the plastic rocker switches and tubes. I've confirmed there are EL84s here (yeah, I know they need replaced, and the whole amp needs quite a bit of TLC), but the metal switches, combined with a footswitch option and only a single row of tone/volume controls, is really throwing me for a loop.
On top of that, there's a Black Shadow Celestion speaker that appears to have come stock (although I could be wrong).
I've looked around online for a few days, but unfortunately I keep coming up empty on what specific make of .50 Caliber this is. I've been able to find ~2 other pictures online, but they're from ~10 years ago.
I'm interested in learning more about it. I was considering selling, as I'm about to make another big move, but the more research I do, the more I think I have something special here. Any help, insight, schematics, etc. would be greatly appreciated!