SALE AGREED ;Gibson Goldtone GA 30 RVS (Stereo) with upgrades

Dominic

Gibson Goldtone GA 30 RVS (Stereo)

Collectors item - immaculate and good looking classic. 

The sound of Aerosmith - Joe Perry used these for years 1998-2006.

Apparently Eric Johnson's favorite clean sound. 

Stunning looking ; fantastic sounding.

This amp will genuinely do Fender, Vox, Marshall all in one box. Extremely simple vol. gain and tone controls. 

Bright switch gives 'top boost' EL 84 sound 
 
The loudest 30 watts ever - its actually designed as two 15W amps operating in tandem with a common stereo reverb. Can shut one side down independently for lower volume bedroom crunch. 

2 x 12" speakers (Celestion Blue) 

I have spent £600 with Mark Knopflers amp tech to carry out improvements replacing the valve seats and eliminating the background hiss/hum, upgrade to output transformer, new EL 34's etc. (NOS)

Most importantly, I had him engineer 2 x post phase-inverter master controls (works superbly) for attenuation and low volume hi-gain crunch / sustain. These are discreetly hidden on the back. 

Originally has 2 x vintage 30 speakers, but I have changed one for an original English Celestion Blue Alnico. The result is a superb balance between mid range punch from the V30 and top end voxy chime from the Blue Alnico (similar to the famous 'Black and Blue' combinatination


Read all the forum critique and YouTube reviews - everybody rates them and it will eventually become a TRUE CLASSIC. 

Location: Hertfordshire London

£675 

Does look spectacular with a nice Les Paul leaned against it ...like the original advert from the 90s

TheMarlin

Sweet!

Dominic

Or very Snarly........can do both you know !

Arktik83

Well cool!

DarnWeight

I was borderline obsessed with finding a Trace Elliot Velocette Twin a few years back...which is basically the 2x10 predecessor to this model.  Never did find one (not when I had the money, anyway), and these Gibbo versions are getting harder to find too.  I guess the Orange Rocker 32 is the nearest thing to a current production version of this stereo-ready thing nowadays.

Anyway, lovely amp.  GLWTS!

andy1839

I absolutely love these. I’ve wanted one for ages!

Gorgeous!

Dominic

The only other one for sale in UK is on Ebay at the moment for £1499 Buy it Now and hasn't had all the valve seat upgrades etc mine has had or the Celestion  Blue which is £200 alone
That is definitely overpriced but I think mine is £300 underpriced for sure

mattacjones

Nice! Buy with confidence from this man ...

Dominic

Very kind of you Sir , .......how you getting on with your DGT? 

paulads

I’d have taken your hand off if I’d been within reach of this. I’ve always wanted one of these. GLWS 

Dominic

Perfectly happy to courier with UPS

mr-mac

Dominic said:

The only other one for sale in UK is on Ebay at the moment for £1499 Buy it Now and hasn't had all the valve seat upgrades etc mine has had or the Celestion  Blue which is £200 alone
That is definitely overpriced but I think mine is £300 underpriced for sure

Was one in local cash gen for circa £1k.... Missed a goldtone 2x15 for £500 on local gumtree

mattacjones

Still enjoying it muchly ...

paulads

Dominic said:

Perfectly happy to courier with UPS

Very Interested! I'll PM you 

Dominic

mr-mac said:

Dominic said:

The only other one for sale in UK is on Ebay at the moment for £1499 Buy it Now and hasn't had all the valve seat upgrades etc mine has had or the Celestion  Blue which is £200 alone
That is definitely overpriced but I think mine is £300 underpriced for sure

Was one in local cash gen for circa £1k.... Missed a goldtone 2x15 for £500 on local gumtree

Yes ,I've seen it ......it's been re-housed upside down in a newly built  oversized cab covered in a weird tolex and the output transformer is shot !!!

paulads

Received this yesterday 

Big thanks to Dominic for helping arrange things. The amp sounds fantastic and I’m really happy with it...cheers!