Weird amp on ebay

ThSpeakerDude88 · 23rd April 2008, 03:35 AM

Hey I was just browsing ebay and came across this and thought it might be of interest:

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-RCA-EL34...QQcmdZViewItem

The layout looks strikingly like a dynaco ST70, same tubes and everything. What is this? May we have a prototype here maybe?

HollowState · 23rd April 2008, 03:48 AM

Ah Ha! Now we know where Hafler got his ST70 design from.

Pyre · 23rd April 2008, 02:28 PM

Its a ST-70 that was manufactured to be in a console stereo. The ST-70 was designed in the 50's long before this one was made.

ThSpeakerDude88 · 23rd April 2008, 05:57 PM

ah, nice. Who contracted them out to do that?

Ducati_EL34 · 24th April 2008, 01:30 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Pyre
Its a ST-70 that was manufactured to be in a console stereo. The ST-70 was designed in the 50's long before this one was made.

What about it tells you that it was made for a console stereo?

Robert

Pyre · 24th April 2008, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ducati_EL34

What about it tells you that it was made for a console stereo?

Robert

Seen a few amps exactly like it in consoles. If I remember correctly the guy on 6l6gt.com used to have pictures of one but his site seems to be down.

Trout · 24th April 2008, 03:52 PM

One thing that looks suspicious/puzzles me is the chassis number,

Wasnt that AO-58-1 a Hammond chassis/parts code?

cwujek · 24th April 2008, 06:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Trout
One thing that looks suspicious/puzzles me is the chassis number,

Wasnt that AO-58-1 a Hammond chassis/parts code?

Yes, see more here:
Hammond on ebay

Pyre · 24th April 2008, 06:25 PM

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Originally posted by cwujek

Yes, see more here:
Hammond on ebay

Well that clears it up. I wonder if both the consoles that I have seen had the amp taken out of an Organ to be put in them or if they came that way from the builder. I wish I could find the pictures. One has about a ¼ inch of dust covering the whole thing.

Wow they got 299.00 for it. That’s more then I have paid for most the ST-70s I have bought.

ThSpeakerDude88 · 27th April 2008, 05:32 AM

wow that is REALLY interesting! They put these things in organs? mighty strange! I'll be sure to be on the lookout for hammond stuff. I always thought they had the long chassis leslie style amps in them.

23rd April 2008, 03:35 AM	#1
ThSpeakerDude88 diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: USA	Weird amp on ebay Hey I was just browsing ebay and came across this and thought it might be of interest: http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-RCA-EL34...QQcmdZViewItem The layout looks strikingly like a dynaco ST70, same tubes and everything. What is this? May we have a prototype here maybe? __________________ always preach the gospel- and when necessary use words.

23rd April 2008, 03:48 AM	#2
HollowState diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Taxland, New Jersey	Ah Ha! Now we know where Hafler got his ST70 design from. __________________ "The supercomputer is technologically impossible. It would take all of the water that flows over Niagara Falls to cool the heat generated by the number of vacuum tubes required." ~ Professor of Electrical Engineering, New York University

23rd April 2008, 05:57 PM	#4
ThSpeakerDude88 diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: USA	ah, nice. Who contracted them out to do that? __________________ always preach the gospel- and when necessary use words.

27th April 2008, 05:32 AM	#10
ThSpeakerDude88 diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: USA	wow that is REALLY interesting! They put these things in organs? mighty strange! I'll be sure to be on the lookout for hammond stuff. I always thought they had the long chassis leslie style amps in them. __________________ always preach the gospel- and when necessary use words.

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23rd April 2008, 02:28 PM	#3
Pyre diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2006	Its a ST-70 that was manufactured to be in a console stereo. The ST-70 was designed in the 50's long before this one was made.

24th April 2008, 03:52 PM	#7
Trout diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Midwest Madman	One thing that looks suspicious/puzzles me is the chassis number, Wasnt that AO-58-1 a Hammond chassis/parts code?

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