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My '65 Standel
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:45 pm
by Damon67
Re: My '65 Standel
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 4:26 pm
by dubtrub
What a beautiful amp. I find it interesting (or maybe not) that there are so many similarities between the Standel amp and the production Mosrite Amps (not the Award amps). Looks like the same grill cloth.
As we already know Semie was having a lot of direct dealings with Standel. This might be another interesting twist of history involving the Mosrite connection. Eddie Sanner where are you?

Re: My '65 Standel
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 1:35 am
by ElTwang
Damon67 - you just seem to track down a lot of cool stuff. Wasn't it Wes Montgomery that played those solid state Standels?
Re: My '65 Standel
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:18 am
by Mr. Bill
Again, another cool find. I have a later model Standel Artist XII. It is nowhere as nice as yours, I really like the ostrich skin covering on yours.
Wes Montgomery did play a solid state Standel with a 15 inch speaker. I can't remember if it was a Custom or a Studio model.
Re: My '65 Standel
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 11:37 am
by Damon67
Yeah, Wes played the higher end models. This one has the 4 Jensen speakers. It's really in good shape though. I couldn't believe it when the guy pulled out the amp cover. He bought it new. Footswitch is in perfect shape too. The guy never used it, and he hadn't been using the amp since his college days.
I like the pure clean channel better than the reverb/tremolo. It does a surprising good job as an acoustic amp too.