50 Watt British Valve Amp .....Unidentified.......?????

21rush12

I am hoping to purchase this amp later this week. It's a guitar valve amp with 2 x ECC83's & 2 x EL34's...........(early 70's I believe....)

It works just fine and sounds awesome. Yet it has no plates Logo's or anything on it. I'm not really too fussed about not knowing really. It has point to point military style soldering/wiring. I think it could be an old Carlsbro or Hiwatt.

Anyway it only has the following controls.........

Hi/Lo sensitivity Inputs.....
Mains ON/OFF & Standby switches
Non-Master Volume

Bass
Treble
Middle
Volume

When cranked you get the punch & crunch from the Hi Input and lovely clean tones from the Lo.....

The questions I have are:-
1) What type/quality of pedals would I use to get this amp to produce some more modern rock/metal sounds?

2) Is it possible to also somehow get a footswitch to switch between Hi/Lo inputs? I have a boost pedal for solos.......

Any help with my querries would be greatly appreciated.......

Thanks
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Cheers

Johnny

PlatinumTree · Tadpole Joined: 26 Oct 2006 Posts: 21

If it doesn't have distortion on it, (or any OD sound ) then It's most likely an acoustic P.A.

or a mic-in and output P.A. system.

eddie · Newbie Alert Joined: 27 Oct 2006 Posts: 1

hi, your amp sounds like it is a carlsbro 50top does it have push in voltage and ohm selector on the back?