Craigslist Vintage Guitar Hunt: Vintage Guitar tube amp head cabinet West Michigan Flint Craigslist

Monday, March 22, 2010

West 115 H "Grande" Guitar/ Bass head and Cabinet in Grand Rapids MI - could be cheap?

These WEST branded Amplifiers show up every once in a while and usually only in Michigan. Dave West was an amp builder out of Flint Michigan who made amps for guys like Dick Wagner (lead guitar with Lou Reed & Alice Cooper) and Mark Farner of Grand Funk Railroad back in the mid 60's and early 70's.

This seller seems to know little about this piggyback setup. Dave West was a hi-fi aficianado who used Dynaco parts so the amps have very hi-grade specs. I think these amps may use KT66 or KT88 tubes. If that is a West cabinet then it is likely to have at least one JBL D130F or D140F speaker since Dave West was a JBL distributor in Michigan at the time. He later used the EV SRO speakers but this looks like an earlier model to me. West still makes and modifies tube amps and has always had a good rep in the biz.

I doubt the seller will know much about this gear (he doesn't even seem to know that the bottom is just a speaker cab) but you can google West Amps and Dave West to find out more after you call the listing.

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Tube amps - $1 (Jenison)

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Date: 2010-03-18, 2:37PM EDT

Reply to: sale-cdggp-1650058684@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
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Two tube amps. Top one tested fine, bottom one unable to test. Make an offer on either one or both. 616-309-7020

Location: Jenison

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