suede Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Eric I was checcking out some old videos of The Raspberries and wanted to ask you what was that Vox amp you were using ? was it one of those AC30s ? it looked bigger than a AC30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Carmen Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 It was an old Royal Guardsman. ec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Davie Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 I long...no, ACHE...for my old Royal Guardsman. While in college, I was playing bass in my band du jour. But at the time, was undecided whether I was going to focus 100% on guitar or bass. BOTH sounded great out of that amp.Senior year, I traded my RG for a Fender Twin and have been kickin' myself ever since. They are SO hard to find in good condition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suede Posted April 5, 2006 Author Share Posted April 5, 2006 eric was the head hidden somewhere ? it looked like a combo amp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raspberrywine Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Guys how did the Royal Guardsman differ from the Super Beatle? Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAM Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 In the United States, The Royal Guardsman was the "baby brother" to the Super Beatle. It had about half the power (60 watts)and half of the speakers, (2 12's instead of 4). Other than that, it had the same features/control panel. It was also available with a closed or open back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAM Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Update: Eric said it was an "old" Guardsman. The really early ones were modeled after the english version of the AC-50, which had a separate amp head and a small speaker cabinet. That would account for it looking like a combo. If I'm not mistaken, those are pretty rare. Most of the Guardsmans out there since the mid 60's look like a Super Beatle, similar to what Eric & Wally's new modeling amps look like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAM Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Suede,The Guardsman is under American Amplifiers 64-69. The AC-50 is under English Amplifiers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suede Posted April 5, 2006 Author Share Posted April 5, 2006 MAM the amp I am looking at on this video where Eric is dressed in Pure white w/ white guitar is not The American Royal Guardsman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAM Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Okie Dokie ... sounds like he had a really early one then and the head must be behind it. Maybe Eric will pipe in and correct me if I'm wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suede Posted April 5, 2006 Author Share Posted April 5, 2006 the vox looks to be just a cabinet and off to the right is a marshall head sitting on what looks to be a fender cab.i have never seen a vox amp like this before that is why i asked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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