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WATKINS WESTMINSTER 60s Vintage Valve/Tube Amp - original Mullards & speaker
Estimated price for orientation: 880 $
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Description Brand: Watkins MPN: Does Not Apply EAN: Does not apply
WATKINS WESTMINSTER
Dating from around 1963, this Westminster has long been my go-to amp in the studio: often outclassing vastly more expensive - but admittedly better-looking – vintage Fender, Vox and Marshall amps from the same era. Don't be fooled by this amp's restrained looks - sonically it's an absolute beauty. Close your eyes and listen - the sound is unmistakably that of a top vintage valve amp - rich, warm, huge tones with great break-up when pushed hard. This little 10w amp has all the right components brought together in one of Charlie Watkins best amp designs: it has a full complement of original Mullard valves, original 8” Elac speaker - and a great tremolo circuit complete with footswitch.It sounds fabulous, is a joy to play through and an absolute revelation when recording, sounding bigger and more expensive than it's diminutive stature suggests. In short, a belter of an amp that's not so loud that you can't use it for great tone at home - delivering sweet creamy valve tones at living room levels. There are two inputs and controls for Volume, Tone and Tremolo Speed.The condition is fair - it has sustained woodworm damage in the past with holes visible mainly on the front and rear. I treated it to make sure there was nothing active when I acquired it for our studio (a couple of years ago now). It also has some other scuffs and signs of wear and age including one missing knob cap. It was given a thorough service just over a year ago - all the failing/out of spec components were changed. This is from my studio and I'm only selling it to make way for... another Westminster. Check out our Instagram demo here: https://www.instagram.com/p/BHuRiukhnLo/ Ainternational/Soundgas Ltd are established business sellers: reliably delivering great gear worldwide via Ebay for over a decade. Please contact me - Antony - if you have any questions about this or any other Ebay item. "Your list is one of the best, it really is. I just want everything on it" - Pete Townshend Soundgas developed from my interest in sourcing vintage instruments and recording gear for my own studio into a thriving international business. With over 12 years' trading on Ebay and 100% positive feedback over 800 transactions worldwide, our client list reflects our commitment to good old-fashioned customer care and attention to detail (and a love of cool, strange and oddball vintage gear). We have many years' experience sourcing, servicing and sending delicate vintage items worldwide: customer satisfaction is guaranteed. We find interesting, rare and classic gear and ensure that our customers receive them in as perfect working order as possible. First and foremost we ourselves are customers, musicians, engineers and collectors. We love fine, unusual, quirky and well-engineered recording equipment and instruments and that appreciation shines through in everything we do. Please see our other listings for a wide range of vintage instruments, effects and recording gear from the 50s-80s, including Fender/Marshall/Vox/Watkins amps, Moog/Roland synths, and our speciality tape/disc echoes, spring reverbs and effects (Binson, Roland, Copicat, Grampian, Evans, Dynacord, Telefunken etc), plus a whole bunch of pedals, effects and other weird and wonderful gear. We are honest and thorough in our descriptions: see our flawless feedback and buy with confidence. Fine people to deal with. Buy with confidence. Top class seller thanks :-) 5star 1964 VOX AC 50 Mk1 'Diamond Input' Head - Fully-Serviced Valve/Tube Guitar Amp Super fast shipment, quick to correspond. Highly recommended! ELPICO AC88 - Early 60s British Valve Rectified Guitar Amp - Mullard Valves EL84 Great Shipping from UK to US! Trusted seller, very honest. Thanks AKAI DEEP IMPACT SB-1 Bass Synthesizer Guitar Pedal Item received as described. Thanks. Super fast shipping. 3 days from UK to USA MARSHALL 2060 MERCURY 5W Vintage Guitar Valve/Tube Amp c1972-3 VGC/Serviced Excellent item, great communication and light speed delivery. ROLAND RE-301 CHORUS ECHO Fully- Serviced Superb item, exactly as described. Very helpful seller. Recommended seller. BINSON ECHOREC PE603-T6x2 6 Head Disk Echo/Reverb Vari-Speed - New Disc/Heads Fast shipping, super well packaged and item as described. ROLAND SRE-555 CHORUS ECHO - Exc Cond Tape Delay I would rate this seller no 1 of all the transactions I hav
Description
| Brand: | Watkins | MPN: | Does Not Apply |
| EAN: | Does not apply |
WATKINS WESTMINSTER
Dating from around 1963, this Westminster has long been my go-to amp in the studio: often outclassing vastly more expensive - but admittedly better-looking – vintage Fender, Vox and Marshall amps from the same era. Don't be fooled by this amp's restrained looks - sonically it's an absolute beauty. Close your eyes and listen - the sound is unmistakably that of a top vintage valve amp - rich, warm, huge tones with great break-up when pushed hard. This little 10w amp has all the right components brought together in one of Charlie Watkins best amp designs: it has a full complement of original Mullard valves, original 8” Elac speaker - and a great tremolo circuit complete with footswitch.It sounds fabulous, is a joy to play through and an absolute revelation when recording, sounding bigger and more expensive than it's diminutive stature suggests. In short, a belter of an amp that's not so loud that you can't use it for great tone at home - delivering sweet creamy valve tones at living room levels. There are two inputs and controls for Volume, Tone and Tremolo Speed.The condition is fair - it has sustained woodworm damage in the past with holes visible mainly on the front and rear. I treated it to make sure there was nothing active when I acquired it for our studio (a couple of years ago now). It also has some other scuffs and signs of wear and age including one missing knob cap. It was given a thorough service just over a year ago - all the failing/out of spec components were changed. This is from my studio and I'm only selling it to make way for... another Westminster. Check out our Instagram demo here: https://www.instagram.com/p/BHuRiukhnLo/ Ainternational/Soundgas Ltd are established business sellers: reliably delivering great gear worldwide via Ebay for over a decade. Please contact me - Antony - if you have any questions about this or any other Ebay item. "Your list is one of the best, it really is. I just want everything on it" - Pete Townshend Soundgas developed from my interest in sourcing vintage instruments and recording gear for my own studio into a thriving international business. With over 12 years' trading on Ebay and 100% positive feedback over 800 transactions worldwide, our client list reflects our commitment to good old-fashioned customer care and attention to detail (and a love of cool, strange and oddball vintage gear). We have many years' experience sourcing, servicing and sending delicate vintage items worldwide: customer satisfaction is guaranteed. We find interesting, rare and classic gear and ensure that our customers receive them in as perfect working order as possible. First and foremost we ourselves are customers, musicians, engineers and collectors. We love fine, unusual, quirky and well-engineered recording equipment and instruments and that appreciation shines through in everything we do. Please see our other listings for a wide range of vintage instruments, effects and recording gear from the 50s-80s, including Fender/Marshall/Vox/Watkins amps, Moog/Roland synths, and our speciality tape/disc echoes, spring reverbs and effects (Binson, Roland, Copicat, Grampian, Evans, Dynacord, Telefunken etc), plus a whole bunch of pedals, effects and other weird and wonderful gear. We are honest and thorough in our descriptions: see our flawless feedback and buy with confidence. Fine people to deal with. Buy with confidence. Top class seller thanks :-) 5star 1964 VOX AC 50 Mk1 'Diamond Input' Head - Fully-Serviced Valve/Tube Guitar Amp Super fast shipment, quick to correspond. Highly recommended! ELPICO AC88 - Early 60s British Valve Rectified Guitar Amp - Mullard Valves EL84 Great Shipping from UK to US! Trusted seller, very honest. Thanks AKAI DEEP IMPACT SB-1 Bass Synthesizer Guitar Pedal Item received as described. Thanks. Super fast shipping. 3 days from UK to USA MARSHALL 2060 MERCURY 5W Vintage Guitar Valve/Tube Amp c1972-3 VGC/Serviced Excellent item, great communication and light speed delivery. ROLAND RE-301 CHORUS ECHO Fully- Serviced Superb item, exactly as described. Very helpful seller. Recommended seller. BINSON ECHOREC PE603-T6x2 6 Head Disk Echo/Reverb Vari-Speed - New Disc/Heads Fast shipping, super well packaged and item as described. ROLAND SRE-555 CHORUS ECHO - Exc Cond Tape Delay I would rate this seller no 1 of all the transactions I hav
Dating from around 1963, this Westminster has long been my go-to amp in the studio: often outclassing vastly more expensive - but admittedly better-looking – vintage Fender, Vox and Marshall amps from the same era. Don't be fooled by this amp's restrained looks - sonically it's an absolute beauty. Close your eyes and listen - the sound is unmistakably that of a top vintage valve amp - rich, warm, huge tones with great break-up when pushed hard. This little 10w amp has all the right components brought together in one of Charlie Watkins best amp designs: it has a full complement of original Mullard valves, original 8” Elac speaker - and a great tremolo circuit complete with footswitch.It sounds fabulous, is a joy to play through and an absolute revelation when recording, sounding bigger and more expensive than it's diminutive stature suggests. In short, a belter of an amp that's not so loud that you can't use it for great tone at home - delivering sweet creamy valve tones at living room levels. There are two inputs and controls for Volume, Tone and Tremolo Speed.The condition is fair - it has sustained woodworm damage in the past with holes visible mainly on the front and rear. I treated it to make sure there was nothing active when I acquired it for our studio (a couple of years ago now). It also has some other scuffs and signs of wear and age including one missing knob cap. It was given a thorough service just over a year ago - all the failing/out of spec components were changed. This is from my studio and I'm only selling it to make way for... another Westminster. Check out our Instagram demo here: https://www.instagram.com/p/BHuRiukhnLo/ Ainternational/Soundgas Ltd are established business sellers: reliably delivering great gear worldwide via Ebay for over a decade. Please contact me - Antony - if you have any questions about this or any other Ebay item. "Your list is one of the best, it really is. I just want everything on it" - Pete Townshend Soundgas developed from my interest in sourcing vintage instruments and recording gear for my own studio into a thriving international business. With over 12 years' trading on Ebay and 100% positive feedback over 800 transactions worldwide, our client list reflects our commitment to good old-fashioned customer care and attention to detail (and a love of cool, strange and oddball vintage gear). We have many years' experience sourcing, servicing and sending delicate vintage items worldwide: customer satisfaction is guaranteed. We find interesting, rare and classic gear and ensure that our customers receive them in as perfect working order as possible. First and foremost we ourselves are customers, musicians, engineers and collectors. We love fine, unusual, quirky and well-engineered recording equipment and instruments and that appreciation shines through in everything we do. Please see our other listings for a wide range of vintage instruments, effects and recording gear from the 50s-80s, including Fender/Marshall/Vox/Watkins amps, Moog/Roland synths, and our speciality tape/disc echoes, spring reverbs and effects (Binson, Roland, Copicat, Grampian, Evans, Dynacord, Telefunken etc), plus a whole bunch of pedals, effects and other weird and wonderful gear. We are honest and thorough in our descriptions: see our flawless feedback and buy with confidence. Fine people to deal with. Buy with confidence. Top class seller thanks :-) 5star 1964 VOX AC 50 Mk1 'Diamond Input' Head - Fully-Serviced Valve/Tube Guitar Amp Super fast shipment, quick to correspond. Highly recommended! ELPICO AC88 - Early 60s British Valve Rectified Guitar Amp - Mullard Valves EL84 Great Shipping from UK to US! Trusted seller, very honest. Thanks AKAI DEEP IMPACT SB-1 Bass Synthesizer Guitar Pedal Item received as described. Thanks. Super fast shipping. 3 days from UK to USA MARSHALL 2060 MERCURY 5W Vintage Guitar Valve/Tube Amp c1972-3 VGC/Serviced Excellent item, great communication and light speed delivery. ROLAND RE-301 CHORUS ECHO Fully- Serviced Superb item, exactly as described. Very helpful seller. Recommended seller. BINSON ECHOREC PE603-T6x2 6 Head Disk Echo/Reverb Vari-Speed - New Disc/Heads Fast shipping, super well packaged and item as described. ROLAND SRE-555 CHORUS ECHO - Exc Cond Tape Delay I would rate this seller no 1 of all the transactions I hav