1950s Bamco 14A Vintage Tube Amplifier Microphone Preamp Rack Mount Mic Pre 2
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:48227015 |
Here is a vintage 1950s Bamco 14 A a rack mount audio and instrument amplifier. Interestingly, the BAMCO brand was integral to the formation of SUNN amplifiers. The story goes, "Conrad Sundholm: Our first bottom was a bass reflex cabinet built for my brother, Norm, who was the bass player for the Kingsmen. He’d been working at a music store (Burke Arens Music Co.) and was taking Fender cabinets and modifying them, making them bass reflex (ported). And he was using Bogen PA amplifiers alon...g with these (for more on Norm and the Bamco brand see Amps – The Other Half Of R&R , by Richie Fliegler). Then I built him a cabinet I had from the twilight zone – from my sleep! Things weren’t real scientific back then, not like today with the computers. So I built this cabinet and sent it to JBL and had Dick May, their engineer, check it. He said it was dead on. It was kind of a rear-loaded folded-horn arrangement with a port across the middle and the folded horn up behind the speaker, on either side of the two speakers, which became the 2-30/C60. The only changes in the design were to make it more manufacturable, but that first one was a real beast." Wow, so cool! This is 1 of 2 currently being sold on eBay! This particular example, is in good cosmetic condition. It has not been tested and may need servicing. I've collected a surplus of rack gear over the years and I will be selling it all on eBay over the next few months. Check my store for more vintage pieces from the 1940s all the way up to present day. Every piece of rack gear will be sold high bid wins starting at just a penny! Free USA shipping!
