My HUGE 50+ Guitar Amp Collection - Storage Solution & Tour

What do you do when you need to store more than 50 vintage guitar amplifiers in a small space? Shelving!
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[@TheGuitologist]

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[@MrUltraworld]

Do you have a projector amp for sale?

[@Coolguy8623]

what are you using to hang you guitars here..?

[@TheGuitologist]

Fred, I do have a projector amp for sale. PP 6V6 output.

[@donrutter6765]

Whats your favorite amp you built ? I noticed you dont have any receptacles on that wall, or you should have a strip to plug them in so people can test them to buy them.

[@anson1942]

That peavy is ki da what I am interested in trading for would sound nice next to my peavy classic vt series

[@papakoho8184]

And my wife is on my case "constantly" because I have 4 amps and 6 guitars. I'm gonna show her this video! Love your channel!

[@GasNBullets]

Addiction properly managed is called a collection...

[@fitzeflinger]

"this is my meth collection"

[@fuzzynaval4205]

LOL

[@lotuswebteam]

" ...came from that hoarder's yard sale..." Pot meet Kettle.

[@mamulcahy]

That’s what I tell my wife!

[@decsnspace]

This video came at just at the time. The last week or so I've been trying to figure out how to organize my space in my back room for my amplifier collection and test equipment. These shelves will work perfectly! Thanks Brad!

[@MrUltraworld]

I have the same issue. I have acquired more amps than I care to count. I made an offer to a pharmacy that was remodelling and picked up a dozen heavy duty wire racks 18" deep. They line the walls of 2 rooms I use to build and repair Guitars, Amps, and effects. These shelves are a great way to organize your gear, or your basement.

[@jopestv1063]

cool collection. years back I helped refurbish a restaurant kitchen & used the exact shelf/rack units. still in use!

[@Acornhouseworkshop]

The “Chicago made” amp that you couldn’t remember the name of is an Ampower Model 80 from c.1947. I have one too, and it’s a killer amp. One of the first amps with tremolo, has a varitone-type switch. The only amp they ever made, which is a shame.

[@TheGuitologist]

Christopher Kenney yep, I remembered it as soon as I stopped trying. :)

[@Bunjamin27]

I hope that you share more of your projects as you work on/complete them - love seeing build logs/projects take shape. "I measured it to perfection" .. quote of the day ;)

[@DamnedIntrovert]

I use a Two Notes digital reactive loadbox for recording, it has the capability of loading amp impulse responses (IR's). My first thought when seeing all those nice vintage amps/combos, was that I'd love to own the IR's for those amps/combos. I'm sure a company like Two Notes Audio Engineering would love to have the impulse responses for the amps that you own Guitologist. Just a thought, but, you could maybe get in touch with them and they could do you a deal for the impulse responses for those amps/combos.

[@user-mr1ku5iz8l]

I have one of these shelf units. I found laying some wood on the shelf really helps keep things level. It's a pain for the amp feet to fall below the wires. The room looks great now. Nice collection of amps.

[@bubbakav]

That first view reminded me of a little music store where i used to hang out when I was a teen. Loved that place. Smelled like warm vacuum tubes and patchouli.

[@thejakefromstatefarm6768]

You have amassed one hell of a collection right now it’s more of an accumulation but once you get em sorted and kind of displayed then you have a collection lol. From what i could see you have some pretty interesting stuff! You have a few i would love to play through.

[@65Superhawk]

I have had two of those Premier reverb tanks. Stupidly sold them both off. Funky!

[@coolhanddruid]

Came across your channel awhile back, started binge watching videos, because I dig the modding, and old components. Have a 1968 Kustom amp, and an early Ampeg VT-40 that I inherited, which both need repair. Hoping to learn more. Also decided to get back into learning guitar, after like 20 years, lol. Now I have a new addiction, is all your fault.

[@mushroomsamba82]

Sweet collection and the shop/mancave is coming along nicely!

[@scottriddle5468]

Brad you have alot of cool amps bro . I never thought in a million years I would watch someone put metal shelving together for 20 minutes but I did , and I LoVeD It .

[@HarpinJScott]

I had to show my wife this video to prove my amp room isn't that bad...she freaked out when you didn't vacuum the floor before you put the shelves in! I must be properly trained, 'cuz I just knew she was going to say that!

[@sebastienjimenez9234]

Hi Brad. I've been watching your videos for a litte while now, from France, love your channel, I wanted to thank you for all the really useful informations you bring. I own a Triumph 60, combo that has been turn into a head by a former owner, and I try to gather knowledge to tweak and maintenance it by myself. What a surprise to see that you have one too ! As you tell, a decent amount of gain at your fingertips ! At any rate (as you seem to use this expression once or twice a video), I just finished to rewire the footswitch for this amp. If you're interested in photos or schematics, I have all this. Just in case... Keep on with all this, Brad, thank you for all your help, and for now, take care. PS: sorry for the poor english of a south-western french guy...

[@TheGuitologist]

Thanks Sebastien! I'd love to see your info on the foot switch, sure!

[@sebastienjimenez9234]

Ok then. Let me gather all that I can, and I'll mail it to you as soon as I can.

[@TheGuitologist]

bradlinzy at gmail

[@scottm121]

Wow.. I don't like the word wish.. but to have a photo of me in my dad's amp collection room where I would run around at age 2 . Very cool. And thankyou for sharing the collection. My pops space was pretty amazing all the same. Lots of fine carpentry and old school building. Cheers!

[@edoDT]

is that a N64 on by the tv?

[@YeeThirty]

Shit yes I'm not the only one who noticed!

[@pcbullets8726]

I am running into the same problem at my place. I have stuff everywhere too and need to come up with some kind of a shelf solution like you have. I am gonna check out the ones that you used. Thanks for sharing!

[@Mosedig]

Anchor straps or brackets to hold them to the wall when toddlers gonna be around. Awesome collection you got going.

[@buckaroobonsi555]

Holy Cow!!!! That is right up their with my 32 trumpets ! LOL Mine take up less space though! That is really a neat collection!

[@TheGuitologist]

I have a Rafael Mendez Signature Olds.

[@thespiritof76..]

Doesn’t pertain to this video, but i couldn’t resist putting a quad set of new old stock Russian 6550 winged C tubes into my 74 HD130. I took the risk bc the pin out was the same.. Holly mother of God brad! Never had I heard such billowing lush harmonic tones. Clean headroom to the ceiling without any loss of power. Just unbelievable. I’m sure something may need biased or res changed? No pixies sprayed out, and nothing over heated.

[@thespiritof76..]

I’m impressed man... even a little envious I got really into amps so late!

[@jameshudson7053]

How cool is your up-bringing when you grew up in an amp museum? I thought i had it made with a stack of 45's and an old record player!

[@philbrown6787]

Kind of a coincidence I just put up one 6 shelve rack (18") I got yesterday from ebay. Yeah, uline prices are insane along with crazy shipping. I wish my problem was vintage amp storage instead of a lack of food pantry space. Keep up the great work

[@hoboroadie]

Some jackass dropped my Seville Classics shelves hard off the truck and I had to de-ovalize a lot of the corner holes with a ball-pein to get them together. I got an assortment of sizes, some of the shelves are massive 2x5 foot things you could line up four little combos on one shelf. I have to keep my gear off the floor due to rough conditions.

[@aukinotanga4530]

thanks for sharing. I purposely didnt buy too many guitar stands as that would give me an excuse to fill them. Now i have 7x guitars just lying on the floor as the home is chocka with 30 something guitars. Would be a good feeling to have everything organised and housed in their own place:)

[@TheGuitologist]

I just ordered more wall hangers too.

[@themodsify]

Nice baby Diego fence review! Amp racks look great too. I'd definitely throw some thin plywood under the amps to help the rubber stopper feet. Great review and amps!!

[@whynotme5926]

Cool video. I don't have any room. I turned my bedroom into a guitar and amp factory !!!!!!!!!!!!! My cousin from michigan got into closet organizer shelves back a few years ago and made a killing for a while.

[@TheGuitologist]

Organizing is one of those tasks that's a bitch to start but hugely satisfying when it is done.

[@christjesusenergetics]

Listened to this video thru vintage 30 speakers...now it rocks ass 🔊. The new lair is looking good.

[@123spleege]

OH man!!!!!!!!!!!!! A Ibanez RS 1000CS. One of the best guitars there. Love them. I have a collection of all 1983 roadstar 2's...

[@bradhardisty1652]

I've got it down to two amp setups. Samamp 45 Watt tube dual channel tube one off. Built in Birmingham, Alabama. It doesn't have the multi watt design. He built it in 2004 or 5 before he started his company. Soldano 4×12 cabinet Celestion 25 Watt top 2, 70 Watt bottom 2 Dr. Z Stang Ray 2008. Paisley designed Vox AC30 modded design with a Canabis Rex speaker. 1x12 combo

[@1980bwc]

Good video. I love that Supro combo on the shelf. Every Supro amp I've heard sounds awesome.

[@TheGuitologist]

That one does too.

[@1980bwc]

The Guitologist Im sure it does. I messaged you pics of that Crestline guitar. Will you see if you can identify the pickup in it?

[@mozilla2576]

I get a big kick out of your 'supervisor' always keeping a close eye on you. Great to see family involvement!!

[@Misack8]

I have a Hofma that looks like this guitar you show at 16:22 and it really sounds bassish. It's a folk acoustic guitar model of some sort. They are actually made to sound low like this, the thicker body resonates better with long wavelengths. I personally don't like nylon strings but this guitars are great with metal strings.

[@Misack8]

Now I just noticed the body is actually a little too thin for a folk model. the ones behind it are more like it.

[@GASMan-57]

I've had to do similar things to manage my guitar gear. Have a similar number of amps, but more contemporary and varied in size. I've used the wire shelving from "The Shelving Store" to create custom dimension double decker guitar storage. I've got one wire shelf tower I found at Lowes that I use for amps, just holds 5 small tube amps, but I was googling "amp shelving" when this video appeared. I'm in the same boat now, i.e "maximum density" but I'll soon be looking to see how I can squeeze one more amp, a Supro 1622RT into the house. Anyway, nice collection and nice clean-up job.

[@MrMeadfoot]

Belle and Sebastian, good taste mate, from my neck of the woods as well.

[@the_lancaster_libertarian]

What a cool room. I'll keep telling myself that ill some day have 1/4 of that.

[@jarrodthomas5878]

Very cool Brad, I only have 2 units for amplifiers so far. One day I can get it like yours, that for the inspiration.

[@chrishepburn1503]

I'm drooling over that Bandmaster. My dream amp.

[@kevinolson1710]

I know this is an old video. You can actually buy shelf liners for these shelves, Just came across this video, very nice job Brad. Very nice display.

[@jaybone23]

I noticed that Amazon offers an "expert installation" option with those shelves...for an additional $103.19 per unit! If you were hired to put those 8 shelves together for someone, would you charge $800 for your labor? Anyway, looks like those shelves worked out well for you. Everything looks great.

[@TheGuitologist]

You'd almost have to be crippled not to be able to install them. Or just lazy. :D

[@jaybone23]

Yeah, it's nuts. I imagine it's an option NOBODY takes, but it is there, and the terms are ridiculous.

[@tommyconancoates7097]

Belle and Sebastian nice!!! That surprised me for some reason, I've been watching now for a few years but I missed this one somehow. For as much as I see you play we really don't know what you listen to that much, maybe you should add some quick music mentions.

[@nerfnerfification]

Not quite up to the same amp numbers but getting there - have mine stashed everywhere - 4 out in the main shed, 9 in the living room, 4 in my study (buried under books) and 6 or so in the garage or other sheds. Never know where any are - sigh!!

[@WillyMcCoy50]

Love the H440. Two Power Packs and one huge power transformer. I hope the video for that one is massive! Valco is great! Place looks good Brad. Get rid of the thigh master!

[@WillyMcCoy50]

I bet the Supro Piggyback is the awesome Statesman!

[@nomex8461]

Going through this myself. I'm using mubupper shelves for 4x10 guitar cabs (4 of them).

[@rchavez2112]

My biggest worry is flooding from a broken pipe and these shelves certainly would help mitigate such damage. Do you have a sump pump down there? My insurance agent wants photos and serial/model numbers for an accurate claim. You've probably already done this but close up movies of anything you'd want to claim in case of flood or fire ( God forbid) is important. Thanks so much for the tour. You have a great collection collection! -Rick

[@davemassie3726]

Nice Brad, You got me inspired to do the same. The before amp fix looks like my living room! Thanks for sharing. See you soon.

[@TheGuitologist]

World of difference. If you order some, do me a solid and use my affiliate link in the description to get to Amazon and search for your sizes from there. Help me steal from Amazon. :)

[@davemassie3726]

Will do.

[@tonebolts400]

I now want to play an explorer into the discoverer.

[@TheGuitologist]

And boldly go....

[@tonebolts400]

for me it would be the land of dud notes & bad chords. I never knew of those amps but as soon as you said Discoverer i thought Explorer. Epiphone should do it as starter pack.

[@brianterrill9587]

@11:39 Look into getting a RAID hard drive setup. Basically it's 2- infinity harddrives setup like barber pole, mirror and stripes. Even with a 2 drive array you still have a copy. The redundancy is a safety and size factor and the cards aren't that expensive ie $20 for a 4 drive card and up.

[@hearpalhere]

So much awesomeness happening in this video! The Shark Sandwich shirt rocks, the amps of course are the highlight, and the reference to the Warriors is also great. One of my best friends got a beautiful Ampeg B18 from the 1960's and it was beat up pretty bad and was spray painted with an obscenity across the grill cloth. He restored it to a original condition and it's an incredible sounding amp. The thing is that I think people when they paint stuff like that it, it's done when it's not vintage. I find that people don't think much of messing with something that is like 5-10 years old and just beat up. You have some beautiful guitars too, rock on Brad!

[@scottriddle5468]

Oh man you have a diary of a mad man album, that's in my opinion Ozzy best work

[@TheGuitologist]

Scott Riddle my fav Ozzy album is Speak of the Devil. Brad Gillis blew my mind as a young player.

[@vmat1000]

Well, this is better than me moving to a smaller place a parting company with 3 amps. Sure, cheap stuff (crate gx65, vox PF and peavey SP112) but i loved 'em. Geez, less than $150 for all of them.

[@triplesevensix291]

Good stuff Brad. Have a sound weekend mate.

[@TheGuitologist]

Thanks brothaman.

[@tobylong3725]

Those are great shelves. We have two in our garage.

[@TheGuitologist]

In the garage, I need to build some more wooden ones. Can never have too much storage space.

[@sylvainalain6637]

How much weight can they handle ? A lot of amps are heavy I’m pretty sure

[@guywerry6614]

Suggestion for you: with your child in the centre, consider anchoring each shelf to a wall stud, just in case something gets un-balanced. It would suck bad if your Little Darling grabbed a shelf and pulled all of those heavy amps down on her.

[@michaelmitchell5909]

the room looks amazing by the way man!... your a very fortunate person!..

[@broncobum]

For the side wall triples and back wall pair of shelves you can share legs between the 2/3 sets and not have pairs of legs side by side taking up room. It also stiffens them up when you link them together.

[@waltersmetak]

at 0:38, the face is priceless!

[@kenoakee]

great collection Brad. I hope you have been able to catch up on some of those projects.

[@ProphetForProfit]

I don't mean to be a nanny or anything, but you may want to consider anchoring those shelves to the wall. It'd be awful if one toppled forward for some reason and ruined the contents (not to mention whatever they landed on). It's simple and cheap and worth it. Anyways, your collection looks awesome man. Great upgrade to the space.

[@bobtheblindbedroomguitaris8742]

how cool Brad you has an elector. In 82 I think I bought for $25 a electric guitar tube amp it was so I remember correctly it had like a white wood veneer and I remember things shaped sort of like the oldlarge jukeboxes and yeah it was my only tube amp I have around. And when I move to California it got stolen in shipping somehow was killed me. I didn't realize that amp went to the forties I thought it was from the fifties sometime yeah and they don't somebody that guitar that went along with that if I'm not mistaken cool the first time I've ever heard mention of that amp

[@RRW276]

Wow, Brad! The space looks great! Consider yourself lucky :) to have such a space like that. In my neck of the woods you generally don't see basements in homes. Anyway, the setup looks great too!

[@quintas66]

I may have missed it, but did you put in wall anchors? You'd be surprised how easily the little ones can pull over a large piece of furniture, especially on carpet. Crazy cool collection!

[@TnTravelers33]

Looks great I’m going to be doing the same thing in my storage room👍🏻👍🏻

[@Chris66JTM45]

Nice Brad ... you're well on your way to having your very own amp museum

[@Ryan-re7oj]

Great collection! I wish I was more of a collector. I've had some great amps pass through my hands over the years but the profits made soothed the sellers remorse! :D

[@conanseibel4464]

Makes me feel better about my guitar collection. Now I can say I only have 15...👏🏼

[@SDsailor7]

Looks like you got work for the next thousand years.good luck on all your projects.Cheers

[@tobylong3725]

You have inspired me to buy a multi meter to learn how to work on guitars and amps. Let the sparks fly....lol.

[@daveanderson5680]

Hey Brad, I scored a working Peavey Triumph 60 12” combo amp with a ‘60’s Jensen 100 watt Vibranto installed last summer for $120. IMHO.....you can skip the foot switch because the “gain” and “ultra gain” channels are both just the nasty “clipping diode” variety of distortion which isn’t very useable unless you like the really dated hair metal band non-organic type of distortion. You’d be better off just running a good dirt pedal into the front end or into the effects loop. If you google “Peavey Triumph mods” you will find info on improving the dirt channel by shunting past 2 diodes. However, the clean channel is worthwhile and can blow your ears off if you’re not careful.

[@listentojt]

Always wanted one of those premier reverberation units

[@gringopig]

Belle and Sebastian vinyl! Lol now I know why I like your channel.😁

[@CentaurusRelax314]

Hope you're certain the shelves, loaded, are sturdy and balanced enough that your toddler can't grab on and pull the whole magila down. Or, even pull a single amp down on her/him.

[@daleweber2579]

That Peavey head is pretty cool . If you need a slightly better footswitch checkout eBay there's a guy who makes old vintage amp footswitch 6 prong style or standard 1/4 jack too. Pretty sure hebuilds them for your Peavey too.

[@sparks2749]

You are SO correct about the Triumph 60 and the foot switch - I have the combo version that I bought when they first came out - it's a monster! I keep it in a ATA case these days. I hope you find a switch pedal - because these amps are worth their weight in tone! I also collect Mesa Boogies and would say the Peavey is every bit as good!

[@TheGuitologist]

I'll build one from scratch.

[@miniguitarv]

Thank You for sharing your collection with us :) GREAT VIDEO!

[@josephmartinez3851]

Dude if you run out of room I can store some of that for you at my house... That is the most amazing playroom ever... There's an Epiphone zeffer and there is a tiger and a seal...

[@daleonov]

Great collection! Although I can only imagine how much work is maintaining all of them. The storage shelves were definitely a good idea.

[@chokkan7]

Don't feel bad about your 'Warriors' amp; I once found an old batwing headstock Dano for $5 in a junk shop because someone had done an Eddie Van Halen paint job on it before doing their Pete Townsend impression...the PU still worked, and I still have it...good job of organizing your place...

[@TheGuitologist]

Good score!

[@GainasBuzz]

I would love to sit in the 'amp closet' and play guitar all night :)

[@hulkslayer626]

Only 2:17 into the video and I already know... you're about to get a killer cardio workout!! Hahaha :)

[@mischef18]

Looks like stacks of fun bro, thanks for sharing. ATB

[@tungtobak]

Buckit list suggestion: Build a 50 output active splitter and play all at the same time; see what the bottom of a crater looks like.

[@dirtcube6492]

Hey Brad, you gotta anchor those shelves to the wall and restrain the amps somehow so the baby can't pull them over.

[@BenG76Cards]

My wife had to get a big treadmill like that. She usually hangs clothes from it. LOL. Awesome amp collection and guitar room.

[@357bullfrog]

Great bunch of toys ! You got the good stuff. If you need more room send a few to me 😀

[@garyhundsrucker7771]

It would have been cheaper and faster yet to put up a 10 foot Led Zepplin tapestry ,check your local head shed for pricing!You could still do it!Walkway to amp heaven....maybe you need a stairway too....🤔

[@TheGuitologist]

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[@joshuakozee5719]

I hope I can have that.

[@toddweaversound]

Nice work man. Glad to see things coming together.

[@michaelbill123]

That style of shelving are known for slipping down. Some of those amps can get pretty heavy. I’d make sure I keep all the big, heavy ones on the bottom racks. Those plastic inserts that go inside the shelf corners can slip down. I think I would build custom wooden shelving for those priceless classics.

[@legozach77584]

I'd love to see a video on that Electar. I've seen some on Reverb and they piqued my interest, but I was never in a position to take the risk and buy one

[@augiedoggie8814]

You may need to reinforce those shelving units.A sheet of k-3 might be in order.

[@beermtb]

What a great space!

[@shawnclifton4742]

If you plug a power bar into the socket, and zip tie it to the front leg of the shelf, you'd have easy access to plug in your amps or a vacuum.

[@YeeThirty]

Is that a Nintendo N64 under the tv?

[@skycarl]

Great storage planning and construction.. tough to get a lot in a little but you did it buddy. It's cool that your daughter is taking an interest in your work. Maybe she'll be fixin and turning amps and guitars when you're old and retired... ;p)

[@TheGuitologist]

skycarl she's likely to be an artist or thespian.

[@stevemitchell9848]

@@TheGuitologist your such a bad ass...guitar player..and electronics technician !!!

[@bloodswarms]

I was just looking at those shelving units the other day. I hope they bear the weight of those amps!