Rauncho Deluxe
Dec 15, 2020
3 minutes
BY DAVE HUNTER
GIVEN FENDER’S PROMINENCE in the guitar-amp market of the 1960s, it can be easy to declare any lower-powered B- and C-list 1x12 combo of the era “a poor-man’s Deluxe.” Numerous sellers of mid-’60s Silvertone 1482 amps like the one shown here often apply that tag to their ads. Yet, for many hip guitarists, the appeal of this downmarket catalog model owes much to the fact that it is very much not like a Fender. In fact, it’s not even close.
Having been made throughout the mid
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