The four voice double octave tuning is ideal for classical or jazz, and the treble action is outstanding.
EXCELSIOR ACCORDION CATALOG FULL
This great instrument from Italy is finished in an attractive black casework, and is ideal for anybody wanting the full bass range in a smaller and more manageable lightweight (for a 120 bass accordion anyway!) case. This compact and 120 bass 37 key accordion from Brandoni. With a little love from the right tech, the decent vintage accordion amps can be made do all of what we need as good as, or better than, expensive modern guitar and steel amps.A Brandoni 120 Bass Compact Accordion. Or, possibly sell the vintage 30 and buy another speaker. I may still look into an impedance matching device, such as a black box or match bro in an attempt to even out the steel tone to match the astoundingly good guitar tone. Anyway, i'm satisfied for the time being on a good and loud double duty set up. Bought a Peavey 112SX cab from a friend for $60 with, what I assumed was the stock speaker, turned out to be a brand new Celestion Vintage 30 12", a good match for my amp and good reviews all around for guitar with mixed reviews for steel. And better than anything else I've tried save my Webb (which I don't like at all for guitar).Īnother bonus. I wasn't totally sold on the steel tone by itself when I was at home, but at practice it was perfect in the mix. And man! it sounds AMAZING! My Tech added a couple caps to one channel to brighten it up for guitar, I found I liked this one for both guitar and steel. Go the enclosure, put everything together, took it to rehearsal. I'll post pics and report on the end result as soon as it's all done.Īnyone have any recommendations on a 12" 100 watt 8 ohm speaker that works well for double duty, PSG and guitar? I have a 15" and 12" cab I'm going to try with it see which I like better. Jeff said a 60-70 watt, 8 ohm load would work fine. I also removed it from the cabinet and am waiting for an enclosure for just the head I had made to arrive. He re-biased it to take 6550 output tubes (KT88's wouldn't fit, due to the sockets being too close together) and generally cleaned it up and made one one channel a bit brighter for guitar, as I am doing almost all double duty PSG and six string gigs these days. So, I took the amp to Jeff Stone at Velvetone here in Seattle, on recommendations from friends on his thoroughness and attention to detail. These are no longer made, and NOS sets go for $150-$200, too rich for my blood. It originally had 8417 tubes, a very high output tube used in Hi-Fi amplifiers in the 60's. UPDATE: I finally found a schematic for my Sano 500R (had to pay $20 for it).
Here's a nice (((stereo))) Excelsior, possibly similar innards to the 500, going for 1k w/plenty pix and is the only amp of any era that I recall having a 'tape recorder' out on the panel I'd snag this if I had 1k and room for another monster. Magnatone made 60s accordion amps too, great for guitar/steel. I've wanted on for decades, only seen one, not for sale, and I've never seen their Johnny Smith 'Fountain Of Sound' except in pix.