ebrobston
Joined: Feb 14, 2010
Posts: 122
birmingham alabama
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Posted on Jul 09 2012 04:08 PM
Will post photos when i can my camera working. Very odd giulietti "accordio organ" amp from late 50s/early 60s, but looks like a fender hot rod deluxe right off the showroom floor. Two 6L6, four 12ax7, one 12au7, 5u? rectifier, 15 inch speaker. Microphone, accordion, and organ inputs, and it came with a dearmond expression pedal. Some giulietti amps were made by ampeg, but this one appears to be by lesmann.
Needs new caps and 3-prong power cord, so i havent played it much.
Google has been surprisingly quiet on this particular amp. I am hopeful someone here has had an encounter with the giulietti line:)
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ebrobston
Joined: Feb 14, 2010
Posts: 122
birmingham alabama
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Posted on Jul 09 2012 08:49 PM
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Last edited: Jul 09, 2012 20:50:20
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psychonaut
Joined: Dec 08, 2007
Posts: 1305
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Posted on Jul 09 2012 09:31 PM
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dubtrub
Joined: Sep 22, 2007
Posts: 245
Bakersfield CA.
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Posted on Jul 09 2012 11:40 PM
Just doing a cursory internet check under giulietti amp, it looks like it has a direct lineage with Ampeg. Cool looking amp. With two 6L6's is should be 30+ watts and balsy with that 15.
— Danny Ellison aka dubtrub
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bamboozer
Joined: Jan 18, 2010
Posts: 672
Delaware
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Posted on Jul 10 2012 07:44 AM
Interesting to say the least and in great shape for it's age. I've only seen a few organ/accordian amps over the years, all solid state and all tacky in appearance. This ones cool.
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tubeswell
Joined: Sep 24, 2011
Posts: 1424
Wellington, NZ
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Posted on Jul 10 2012 07:35 PM
Soundbytes?
— He who dies with the most tubes... wins
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tubesNtweed
Joined: Sep 07, 2011
Posts: 507
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Posted on Jul 10 2012 07:45 PM
Awesome. That tolex looks brand new!
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drumuitar
Joined: Feb 28, 2006
Posts: 813
Boise, ID
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Posted on Jul 10 2012 11:35 PM
What's with the Percussion switch? Does it play a merengue like an old Lowrey Genie? 
— Shawn Martin
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ebrobston
Joined: Feb 14, 2010
Posts: 122
birmingham alabama
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Posted on Jul 11 2012 07:12 AM
Took it into the shop yesterday for recapping and new power cord. The tech (Sam of Samamp.com) said he'd never seen anything like it in his 27 years of working with tube amps.
I wish it played a merengue -- "percussion" here refers to the attack on organ notes; this is probably something that is integrated with the "accordio organ" that plugs into the 6-pin socket.
Once I get it back I will have to experiment with the 6-pin socket to see if I can adapt it to plug in a guitar (or organ)(but carefully, because there's probably some current designed to power the accordio organ). Fortunately it came with a cable. Currently the best sound I get is by plugging an instrument into a 1/4" jack that's up under the chassis, but I doubt that was the manufacturer's design.
— www.reverbnation.com/thehighfidelics
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