robocorpse Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 50 watt bass head, made 1972 in Italy, running 4x EL84. Typical late 60s/early 70s layout of Vol/Treb/Bass per channel, plus power and standby switches on illuminated rockers on RH side of panel. Logo is a centurions head in a shield. Model is "S.BASS.50" I can't find anything on Google. Anyone know what this is? [attachment=80876:PICTA_8632.jpg] [attachment=80875:PICTA_8631.jpg] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitz666 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 I though I would do a wee web search to have a look but found nothing apart from this website [url="http://www.jedistar.com/jedistar%20amp%20dating.htm"]http://www.jedistar.com/jedistar%20amp%20dating.htm[/url] It didnt answer your question but I just spent a lovely hour going through them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razze06 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 [quote name='robocorpse' post='1243748' date='May 25 2011, 01:01 AM']50 watt bass head, made 1972 in Italy, running 4x EL84. Typical late 60s/early 70s layout of Vol/Treb/Bass per channel, plus power and standby switches on illuminated rockers on RH side of panel. Logo is a centurions head in a shield. Model is "S.BASS.50" I can't find anything on Google. Anyone know what this is? [attachment=80876:PICTA_8632.jpg] [attachment=80875:PICTA_8631.jpg][/quote] Anything else on the back, like a plate or anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slipperydick Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Reminds me of an old Viking 60, used to be popular in the early 70s, but I think they had EL34s in them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robocorpse Posted May 25, 2011 Author Share Posted May 25, 2011 [quote name='razze06' post='1243960' date='May 25 2011, 10:04 AM']Anything else on the back, like a plate or anything?[/quote] Nothing at all. The rear panel has no evidence of any previous plate, and the mains and speaker are on flying cables direct to the chassis, this is original. Its all point to point wiring inside, nice amp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 The Italians apparently really know how to advertise their products, it seems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73Jazz Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 [quote name='Dad3353' post='1244630' date='May 25 2011, 08:10 PM']The Italians apparently really know how to advertise their products, it seems. [/quote] in this case..they seem to have their lessons learnd since the 70s if you have a look at markbass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Best I can do is some HTML code online that points to this post: [url="http://uk.yakaz.com/posts/000fteplvhf4qncc?p=wIqvWYvEt%2Fmmt71hRivpr7Wozx3mgr6HQ%2FO8xEYQ0BIUvn6VZimls1REhSDjsClEtqPrzA3Hqg91N5C7RT9isF4VikPsgKSLa8UzxCgswsttkmYHtMZ9i2xq9S1rROiZGYnz9gCqmf1FXDfRxoMdaFWMX3F4VhztbtchOr6QXzXVXVid"]http://uk.yakaz.com/posts/000fteplvhf4qncc...tchOr6QXzXVXVid[/url] which appears to be a cached page from ebay: [quote]Valve/Tube Guitar Amplifier Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom - 2 weeks ago, on ebay.co.uk FOR SALE £ 85 - Firstly I must say I know very little and have found very little about this amplifier, It is called an S. Bass. 50 Guitar amplifier head (the speaker in the picture is not included) made in Italy. It is a hybrid valve and transistor amplifier which consists of 4x el84 valves in the output stage and 1x ecc83 phase ...[/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 and an image [url="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://y5.yzimg.com/s1/media/get/key.000673sd88o4gj26/size.112x84&imgrefurl=http://for-sale.yakaz.co.uk/miscellaneous_italian-guitar-amplifiers_.kml&usg=__7DHwf8fGV5Iz2uT53fW8uISNDO4=&h=84&w=112&sz=3&hl=en&start=0&sig2=vKqIeCzW_n-4Ymo025nThg&zoom=1&tbnid=umZ2BBtB-CUuBM:&tbnh=69&tbnw=92&ei=WrreTZu7DYnPtAbFu_G0BQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3D50%2Bwatt%2Bbass%2Bhead,%2Bmade%2B1972%2Bin%2BItaly,%2Brunning%2B4%2Bx%2BEL84%2B%2522s%2Bbass%2B50%2522%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1920%26bih%3D1075%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=1173&vpy=323&dur=5135&hovh=69&hovw=92&tx=101&ty=39&page=1&ndsp=46&ved=1t:429,r:17,s:0&biw=1920&bih=1075"]http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http...20&bih=1075[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robocorpse Posted May 27, 2011 Author Share Posted May 27, 2011 Blimey, its almost identical to mine. Gotta be worth more than 85 quid though, valve output stage, point to point wiring!?!? If this had a "name" on it it would be up in the 300-500 pricerange. Anyway, I have one, its up for trades if anyone has anything interesting to throw at me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umph Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 [quote name='robocorpse' post='1246555' date='May 27 2011, 03:45 AM']Blimey, its almost identical to mine. Gotta be worth more than 85 quid though, valve output stage, point to point wiring!?!? If this had a "name" on it it would be up in the 300-500 pricerange. Anyway, I have one, its up for trades if anyone has anything interesting to throw at me.[/quote] would've originally had a name badge, trying to remember name of the company but i can't for the life of me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK Jale Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 [quote name='dood' post='1246292' date='May 26 2011, 09:38 PM']Best I can do is some HTML code online that points to this post: [url="http://uk.yakaz.com/posts/000fteplvhf4qncc?p=wIqvWYvEt%2Fmmt71hRivpr7Wozx3mgr6HQ%2FO8xEYQ0BIUvn6VZimls1REhSDjsClEtqPrzA3Hqg91N5C7RT9isF4VikPsgKSLa8UzxCgswsttkmYHtMZ9i2xq9S1rROiZGYnz9gCqmf1FXDfRxoMdaFWMX3F4VhztbtchOr6QXzXVXVid"]http://uk.yakaz.com/posts/000fteplvhf4qncc...tchOr6QXzXVXVid[/url] which appears to be a cached page from ebay:[/quote] Here's the full eBay ad.... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Valve-Tube-Guitar-Amplifier-/300553487670"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Valve-Tube-Guitar-Am...r-/300553487670[/url] Been racking my brains on this one. Logo rings a bell... but stumped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robocorpse Posted May 27, 2011 Author Share Posted May 27, 2011 [quote name='KK Jale' post='1246786' date='May 27 2011, 10:41 AM']Been racking my brains on this one. Logo rings a bell... but stumped.[/quote] Well, at first I thought it was a Stentor, but the logo is not quite similar enough, despite being a centurions head looking left. Baffled... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umph Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 [quote name='robocorpse' post='1247245' date='May 27 2011, 03:47 PM']Well, at first I thought it was a Stentor, but the logo is not quite similar enough, despite being a centurions head looking left. Baffled...[/quote] Are you 100% it's italian? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robocorpse Posted May 28, 2011 Author Share Posted May 28, 2011 [quote name='umph' post='1247479' date='May 27 2011, 07:06 PM']Are you 100% it's italian?[/quote] The "Made In Italy" tag leads me to believe that, yes. What the heck is this??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer of the Bass Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 It looks like a relative of this amp; [url="http://www.chambonino.com/work/miscguitar/misc18.html"]http://www.chambonino.com/work/miscguitar/misc18.html[/url] So I guess it might have been labelled Gem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK Jale Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 [quote name='Beer of the Bass' post='1249197' date='May 29 2011, 02:17 PM']It looks like a relative of this amp; [url="http://www.chambonino.com/work/miscguitar/misc18.html"]http://www.chambonino.com/work/miscguitar/misc18.html[/url] So I guess it might have been labelled Gem.[/quote] The winner! Here's a Gem Saturn B50... obviously very close... [url="http://img1.classistatic.com/cps/bln/110516/735r3/5273ja8_23.jpeg"]http://img1.classistatic.com/cps/bln/11051...5273ja8_23.jpeg[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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