At some point in it’s life, someone had bolted a homemade wheeled stand to it’s bottom. Looks pretty bad but comes in handy.

With the 15 inch Jensen and a horn handling speaker duties, I think it’s a bass amp.

There is no model number anywhere on the amp. Research has led me to believe it may be a Lafayette LA-35?

I must admit I was surprised to see how much circuitry there is in the chassis.

The red filter caps are Lyticap dry electrolytics and they look to be original. No dimpling or bleeding is evident.

Yellow General Instrument capacitor is completely encased in wax.

The paper in that choke is soaking with oil and bleeding. Like the filter caps, must be replaced.

There are two pairs of brown mica capacitors coupled together by black electrical tape. Have never seen that before.

Lots of tubes in this beauty. The tall silver object to the left is a cap can but to the right is an 6CG7, three shielded 12AX7′s and another 6CG7.

Why didn’t all amp manufacturers print the tube requirements directly on the chassis like this?

Output tube and phase inverter sockets.

Sylvania made 6GC7, RCA made 6L6 and Phillips made 12AX7/ECC83 tubes.  Simply beautiful.

The cabinet come loaded with two 12 inch Jensen speakers.  The fairly large negative space at the bottom of the cabinet accommodates the amp’s head.

Lots of markings on the Jensen speakers. Do the 98 and 96 denote SPL ratings?

It’s a wonderful feeling to look for the first time at the back of an amp one is considering buying and seeing this label. I love the sound of Jensens.

Jensen C12Q speakers, dated from the 22nd week of 1965. These were used in a lot of Blackface Fenders and came as the stock speakers to the 1484.

The nice clean lines extend to the back of the 1484 as well.

Hard to believe these were manufactured for Sears, kind of like if they were made today to be sold in a Walmart.

Ingenious how the head was designed to be slotted in below the speakers; bravo, Danelectro!

This beautiful example of Valco engineering is now 46 years old, and despite numerous dings and scratches, she’s still a stunner.

I love the graphical design of the 1484, from the small nameplate on the grill to the script and markings on the face of the amp head.

Best of all, she still works!

The next amp featured is a 1965 Silvertone 1484 Twin Twelve.  This mid-sixties beauty is the largest device in the Dustyoldamp collection, putting out a full 40 watts.

Stay tuned for a full overview of this classic part of many guitarist’s formative years.