This past week, my family went up to Walton, NY, home of the Delaware County Fair. We spent the week visiting with family, walking in the fields, and having a blast at the fair. While I was up there I was told about an old amp that Anna’s grandfather used to play fiddle through that had been sitting in the family barn for over 15 years since he passed away.
Uncle Frank took me out back to look at it. It was covered in dust and grime but I could tell that it was an Ampeg:
It was so dirty that I couldn’t even make out what the knobs did on the thing:
I figured it might still work so I brought it home and it cleaned up very nice:
Turns out that this is a vintage tube amp, the Ampeg Jet J12 (with tremelo). It SOUNDS FANTASTIC! The tremelo is soooo old school. As you turn the tremelo knob, there is a slight delay as it catches up, just adding to the analog experience of it all!
Sean mentioned that the company he is doing part-time work for, MOJO, can supply me with factory original parts for vintage amps, like this one! Wow. This amp is a keeper.
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Hi my is Alex im from Argentina and the last week a friend of my father told me if i want an old amp that he was in his garage for so many years. I say ok and when he gave me the amp, it was like yours but i clean it, and now a i have an ampeg jet j12 and sound great!!
hi
what make of speaker is in your amp
thanks
I have an Ampeg J-12 which I purchased in 1963 from the original oqnwe who had purchased it brand new months previously, but decided music wasn’t for him. I have carried mine with me all through my musical career and used it on stage at my frist gig in 1963, and over the years as a practice amp.
I’ve always loved the rich analog sound and I’m glad to hear that it has increased in value. I bought it along with a Sears Supro electric guitar for $150.00 in 1963. The Supro is long gone, but the Ampeg may stay with me a bit longer. I have a source for tubes as it needs two of them, I believe they are called 7591.
It says Ampeg –Not Jensen as some J-12s. it is a a J-12-A
Where Oh where do you find a manual? Ampeg.com can’t seem to help.