Good Stuff Mark!  I've been into tubes most of my life (My uncle was a radio man in WWII and got me into the old radios and amps when I was a kid.)  I met Gerald Weber a few years ago just after buying my first Kendrick Texas Crude amp second hand.  He's a hell of a guy, very polite and just a wealth of info on the "old ways" of amp building.  The tone I got out of that first Kendrick was so good,  I've since bought a second one!  I don't think there's an amp that sounds better with single coils.  Plus that retro style looks very cool sitting next to my old tweed Tele case in the back of my Ranch Wagon when I roll up to a gig!    

A.J.

South Jersey

SMSgt USAF Retired 
1955 Ford Ranch Wagon & a couple of old guitars...Life's Good!

Very Cool picture A.J., all I have are acoustic no electric stuff. My Grandpa's cousin started Ampeg, which later became AudioVox Corp. His name was Everette Hull. He used to put on a family "Party" every year usually during New Years and would have some pretty intesting people show up to play. I recall Laurence Welk and some of his guys being there. They always did big band music pretty much.

                                                     

Michael

Sandy Valley, NV

Had a lot of Ampegs. They made a neat-sounding little 15" portable bass amp with a bare tube chassis that folded up and sat on top of the cabinet. Their V4 stack was even favored over Marshalls by many for concert work.

6 VOLTS/POS. GRD. NW INDIANA