Picked up a '60's Sears Silvertone Model 1474

[Danglin' Fury]

It's the twin 12. 4, 6L6s, 3, 12ax7s, a 6cg7 phase invertor, 6au4 trem tube and a 5u4gb rectifier tube. Sounds effing sweet. There's a problem in the pre amp as somebody "modded" it. Not too heavily thank goodness. I also just fixed the problem of it shooting flame out of a 6L6 socket. It has 2, 8ohm output trannies and some dill hole had an 8 ohm speaker on one and a 4 ohm speaker on the other. Had to replace the socket and a couple resistors and caps but it sounds pretty good. Just need to sniff out the problem in the pre section and it'll be golden. Oh and I have to check if the reverb and trem work.

[AniML]

Re: Picked up a '60's Sears Silvertone Model 1474

sounds craptastic. Enjoy that monster and don't kill yourself with it

[Danglin' Fury]

Re: Picked up a '60's Sears Silvertone Model 1474

No worries. I've repaired around 50 or 60 tube amps. I'm an electronics tech by day and work with around 420,000 watt machines on a daily basis but amps. Amps are my thang mang.

[drew_half_empty]

Re: Picked up a '60's Sears Silvertone Model 1474

Awesome! Cool amps for sure; if I knew how to work on amps that's exactly what i'd do--find ones in awful condition and bring em back to health.

[erksin]

Re: Picked up a '60's Sears Silvertone Model 1474

Those early to mid-'60s Silvertones (1471/81, 1472/82, 1474/84) are some of the best sounding amps ever made by anybody IMO.

Put one up against a comparable Fender sometime - bricks will be shat.

[CapoFirstFret]

Re: Picked up a '60's Sears Silvertone Model 1474

I had one of those! Crazy amp. Mucho loud!

[Danglin' Fury]

Re: Picked up a '60's Sears Silvertone Model 1474

I think I've fixed the problem in the pre amp. a few out of tolerance resistors and changed some caps. Damn does this thing sound awesome! Super clean until you really dig in and then it rewards you with a nice growl. Perfect for da blooz. Honestly though, I'm prolly gonna sell it. If I can sell that plus a couple other amps, I'd like to get a Fryette Sig X or a Rivera Knucklehead. Never heard em in person but I've heard nothing but good things about them. I do play da blooz but my musical chubby comes from super crunchy metal, ala Parkway Drive, Crowbar, Fear Factory, Meshuggah, Kingdom of Sorrow, etc. But I have a special place in my heart for Stevie Ray.

[woemoejack]

Re: Picked up a '60's Sears Silvertone Model 1474

awesome amps, My 1481 is killer.

[platefire]

Re: Picked up a '60's Sears Silvertone Model 1474

I have a silvertone 1474, well I have the chassis. I've had alot of work done on it including running a copper grounding bar through the middle of it. I would love to get a reverb device for it. It's not a reverb tank but more like a television delay line, I think.

[FuseG4]

Re: Picked up a '60's Sears Silvertone Model 1474

pics? seems like a cool score

[platefire]

Re: Picked up a '60's Sears Silvertone Model 1474

I love my 1474 but it had a few issues. Arching output tube sockets and loose rivet grounds were the main problems I had with mine.