Comments on: Silvertone 1484 Guitar Amplifier

By: Ken Isom

Ken Isom — Sun, 31 May 2020 00:56:21 +0000

1 ohm resistors are for protection and to measure Plate current by not having to break circuit and use current meter.
no other effect on circuit.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 15:25:04 +0000

I’ve got a slightly modded 1484. The head has been rehoused in a solid pine cab, the original cab is really awful. The original reverb has been removed and a short reverb tank installed in its place. Also, the tremolo, which is fantastic on these amps, has been modded to be able to have a wider speed range. Basically, it’s an old amp that’s been updated to be gig ready, though I hardly ever take it out of my house. Here’s some links to a few clips I made.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMAFX_-ym5g

By: Todd

Todd — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 16:23:51 +0000

Hi!

I am the proud owner of a 1485 Silvertone Amp! I have a problem though. Long story short, the speaker cabinet ended up falling apart. My very kind amp/guitar gurus at Guitar Pickers in Scottsdale (Doug and Sherlin), have reconstructed the cabinet in amazing, perfect fashion. But we can’t find anything close to the original wallpaper like covering.

Do you have any suggestions?

Thanks very much!

Todd

By: Django

Django — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:14:38 +0000

HI Stilskin

i’d be interested in the 1484 amp if your selling?

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By: stilskin

stilskin — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:50:49 +0000

Unbelievably, I have acquired both the Silvertone that is the subject of this article and the VALCO SUPRO THUNDERBOLT, just recently. I mean like last week. The kicker is I wasn’t looking for them; never heard of them actually. In fact I only just took up the guitar less then a year ago and have been practicing through a Roland Micro Cube. I’m having them looked at right now. The techs response when he saw them, “these are in really good shape”. I may be interested in selling them. Once they are back I’m happy to take as many photos as necessary, maybe even do a little video if someone wants to hear what they sound like.

By: Trizlor

Trizlor — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 06:56:07 +0000

Actually, ol’ Louie used the solid state version of the 1484, if I’m not mistaken.

By: solerso

solerso — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:07:00 +0000

Thanks for that…i was almost ready to begin the whole tedious (but eminently enjoyable) oddballamp-schematic lookup-layout and build process for the 1484, but since i cant stand the sound of anything lou reed ever recorded, i’ll skip it…maybe do another SOUND CITY instead : )

By: Fawf Hamilton

Fawf Hamilton — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 23:26:46 +0000

Each channel has two inputs. Plug your instrument into the first jack of channel one and a guitar cord into the second jack of channel one and plug the other end into the left jack of channel two. The shorter the cord the better and make sure it is shielded. Another way is to use a ‘Y’ cord with one female 1/4 inch and two 1/4 in male plugs. Plug the guitar into the female jack and plug the male plugs into the amp, one on each channel. One way is series and the other is parallel. One way gives more clean power and the other gives more distortion but I can’t remember which is which. It’s been a long time since I’ve used mine. I may get it out and clean it up as soon as I have a few days to spare. Usually what I would do is plug my guitar into channel two and use the volume and tone of channel one to overdrive the input. Also, some of these amps were made with a 1 ohm resistor soldered to one of the pins on each of the 6L6 tube sockets with the other end going to chassis ground. This limited the current of the output tubes and reduced power to eliminate feedback and/or distortion. You can wire this pin straight to chassis thus bypassing the 1 ohm resistor if so equipped. If there is a pin already going to the chassis then the amp is at it’s full potential and was one of the ones produced without the one ohm resistor.

By: tele52

tele52 — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 01:40:53 +0000

This is the Lou Reed and Sterling Morrison amp from 1966-197 Velvet Underground period.
http://ww21.tiki.ne.jp/~wildside/gear.htm#velvets

By: pd

pd — Mon, 23 May 2011 13:01:17 +0000

Can you please tell me how to bridge channels this amp?

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