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Article: Pawnshop Prize Webster Chicago 66-1A. (Input/Output).
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- Guitar Player
- Article date:
- June 1, 2002
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Tube amps have evolved in ways the early designers couldn't possibly have imagined. But strip away the channel switching, effects loops, voicing switches, and multiple gain stages that accompany most modern guitar amps, and the bones look much as they did more than half a century ago. For proof, you need only examine this Webster Chicago model 66-1A amplifier. It features a pair of RCA 6V6 output tubes, a Tung-Sol 5Y3 rectifier, volume and tone controls, and an 8" speaker. Sounds like the ingredients for a boutique practice amp, right? In fact, the 66-1A's only diverse circuit detail is its metal-encased 6N7 pre-amp tube--a unique dual-triode that can double as a 10-watt ...