Harley
We haven’t talked amps in a while. Been meaning to though as I’ve made some major changes. The first biggie was I sold my beloved 1971 Hiwatt 100 head. It was just too much juice for my tender ears. It lives with a good friend now, so I sleep well knowing that. The second is the recent addition of Harley, a 1952 Gibson GA-20 that I acquired from a nice lady named Dusty. Her dad, Harley, bought it new in nineteen and fifty-two (or three). It needed a fair amount of work done to get it into playing shape, but now it screams with a nasty early B.B. King blues tone. I have also discovered it to be a perfect combination for controlled feedback with my Gretsch and have used it for several performances to date for that express purpose.
My 1965 Princeton Reverb continues to be my main amp and it is great to be able to mix and match it with Harley and my 1959 Alamo Titan (that my comrade Rob Price used to much satisfaction on the recent ‘Steady As She Goes’ west coast tour). This is a shot of the Alamo backstage at the Boise Experimental Festival, on top of some great vintage pails and next to an amazing vintage marching drum I procured for my set.
