Project: Quilter-powered ’40s “Ampro” speaker cabinet

Remind me to go on walks more often. I was passing by one of my favorite ephemera shops Stuff Modern and remembered they have a real convenient (and well decorated!) bathroom upstairs that I needed to use.

So I popped in, and stumbled upon this:

O… M… G….

It’s an Ampro 12″ speaker cabinet with a glorious art deco metal faceplate. The grill cloth behind the faceplate is unscarred. The back of the cabinet is removable and latched on like a sewing machine case. The handle is spring-loaded and automatically stows itself down when not in use. It was $119 and looked as “like-new” as anything from the ’40s possibly can.

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Battery power for ANY guitar amp

Here’s a question I’ve seen come up again and again: “Which battery-powered amp should I get?”

Fender Pro Jr. tube amp powered by a lunchbox-sized battery

In my past life as a software engineer, I learned this lesson quickly: asking the wrong question often yields the wrong solution.

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