GA5T Skylark Full On Volume Video

Another Gibson GA5T Video

Gibson GA-5T Video

Still screwing with the Lafayette so here’s the Gibson GA-5T.

Last Centerfold Of Skylark Circuitry

With this last photo of the GA-5T’s circuitry, it’s time to move onto another dusty old amp.

Skylark vs. Champ?

I’ve run across many references of the GA-5/GA-5T being billed as Gibson’s answer to the Fender Champ, but with so many versions of both to consider, that’s a hard statement to reconcile. As far as this version of that Gibson amp is concerned, the Skylark has completely different tubes than any of the Champs and while the circuitry is a bit similar here and there to some of the Fenders, it’s different enough to distance the two. Here’s more photos of the Skylark’s guts.

More Skylark Circuitry Photos

New capacitors mingle with old resistors amid 42 year old wires coming from the power transformer.

Skylark: Taking Off Her Top

Pulling out the chassis, the Skylark is one clean machine internally. It’s a pretty basic circuit with crisp connections and logical layout on a small, thin eyelet board. No transistors, no integrated circuits, just resistors and capacitors wired beautifully point to point, the way nature intended for guitar amplifiers.