Members pogo97 Posted January 31, 2019 Members Share Posted January 31, 2019 This turned up somewhere and I'm wondering -- what's the amp, who's the guy? [ATTACH=JSON]{"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","title":"fender_ad.jpg","data-attachmentid":32465473}[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr.Grumpy Posted January 31, 2019 Members Share Posted January 31, 2019 It's Junior Brown's dad, Senior Brown. Obviously I have no idea. I wonder if that stuff even worked, it takes "one special trick" do make tube-powered equipment work off of batteries, because to get any power out of a tube takes a source of high-voltage DC. Early tech company "Motor-Ola" solved the problem so vacuum-tube car radios could exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted January 31, 2019 Author Members Share Posted January 31, 2019 Yeah, I kind of suspect this is just a pose. But the equipment is real and the guy was probably famous. And there *is* power nearby, you can see the wires and a pole. I've been told the vehicle is a 1957 Ford Fairlane Wagon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mikeo Posted February 2, 2019 Members Share Posted February 2, 2019 Yeah' date=' I kind of suspect this is just a pose. But the equipment is real and the guy was probably famous. And there *is* power nearby, you can see the wires and a pole. I've been told the vehicle is a 1957 Ford Fairlane Wagon.[/quote'] I actually think it's a 56. My dad drove a 56 Ford Fairlane , that he picked up in the 60's and kept well into the 80's. Dad's was a nice street quality drive, but not show quality. There wasn't much change between the 56 and 57, however they tipped the rear fines just a tad more in 57. the roof line is a bi flatter too. Here's a 57 [ATTACH=JSON]{"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","title":"84409ef7c63c4288aa3469bd1d2ad65a.jpg","data-attachmentid":32467414}[/ATTACH] Here's a 56 [ATTACH=JSON]{"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","title":"maxresdefault.jpg","data-attachmentid":32467415}[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted February 2, 2019 Members Share Posted February 2, 2019 [h=2]What's this vintage amp doing on the open prairie?[/h] I know that one: It looks like the backstroke. Wait, never mind, that's "What's this fly doing in my soup?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted February 7, 2019 Members Share Posted February 7, 2019 Amp looks like a Magnatone Maestro. They're O.K. but they have Ultralinear output transformers to increase headroom and I'm not a fan compared to their later 213, 250, 280 and 260 models Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Amp looks like a Magnatone Maestro. They're O.K. but they have Ultralinear output transformers to increase headroom and I'm not a fan compared to their later 213, 250, 280 and 260 models Yup... it sure looks like a Magnatone. But that begs the question - what was a Maggie doing in a Fender ad? Is / was the musician pictured a big enough star that he could talk Fender into letting him appear with a competitor's amp in one of Fender's ads? FWIW, I don't recognize him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted February 9, 2019 Moderators Share Posted February 9, 2019 I can't be certain, as there were a number of C&W and western swing players using Teles by the mid 50s, but, IIRC, Jimmy Bryant [of Speedy and Jimmy fame] was one of Leo's earliest endorsers, so maybe that is him? Or it could be Jimmy Wyble [1st guitar with Spade Cooley's western swing band, and another early Leo endorser] He did an early Fender promo in 1950 with an Esquire, and was known to play Fenders [and Epis, Gibsons...] and was a Magnatone amp endorser. Neither of those Jimmy's are well known today, but they were the country guitar gods of that era. The station wagon is definitely a '56 [the roof 'lip' is a dead giveaway]. Good eye, Mikeo! The amp is definitely a Magnatone Maestro 150! Great catch GuitarCapo!! That is the back side; from the front, most call it the 'Eddie Cochran' model because he was shown using that amp in 'The Girl Can't Help It' also in 1956... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted February 9, 2019 Author Members Share Posted February 9, 2019 Could be Bryant. He would have been 32 and the guy in the cowboy hat looks older but maybe… [ATTACH=JSON]{"alt":"Click image for larger version Name:\tJimmy%20Bryant.jpg Views:\t1 Size:\t51.2 KB ID:\t32472595","data-align":"none","data-attachmentid":"32472595","data-size":"full","title":"Jimmy%20Bryant.jpg"}[/ATTACH] [video=youtube;WdZZNyUIyyY] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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