UNIVOX - The Vintage Tube Amp (and bass!) Sleeper You Have to Hear

[@hh4826]

Sounds reallly awesome. I would love to find one of these amps someday.

[@goodyguitars4270]

some of the early solid state Kay amps with germaniums actually sound awesome

[@StringersLogic]

I still have my 1969 Univox Les Paul and it's still sweet! I installed a Brass nut and Brass saddles and it's had a fret job. You can see it in action on my page. I bought it in 1972

[@goodyguitars4270]

cool video.......... you actually know what you are talking about......... thanks!

[@morenoteslesstalk]

Trying many amps hasn't quenched my dream of experiencing Univox. They're nearly impossible to find in France or Europe. I recently had a lot of fun with a Univox PHZ-1 phase shifter (relabelled BST LM-200 in France). If you'd like to give it a shot, my experimentations are on my channel.

[@goodyguitars4270]

6973s are my favorite output tubes..... I think that one could be a Valco ----- who knows?

[@jimmyjakes1823]

Nice playing, and I agree old univox stuff is really good. I also wish I knew more about it, but for whatever reason the background info isn't there on the internet. What I do know is that univox was an American company that manufactured under their own name but also jobbed out a lot to electronics retailers and was sold under brands like Lafayette and Realistic. The earlier 60's amps were US made with point to point construction where as the higher watt 70's tube amp and heads with pcb boards were made in Japan. They all benefit from having those Atlas oil caps replaced. My first amp I had as a teenager was a big Realistic combo tube amp made by Univox that a guy I worked with sold me when I started playing guitar. I ended up making it into a custom head unit and putting the Jensen speakers into a closed 2x12 cabinet. I've held on to both for the 30 years since and picked up some other univox gear along the way. Maybe someday people will realize what an awesome deal this stuff is and start digging up specs and history, but that would also drive up prices.

[@budroe4057]

Had subscribed awhile back and glad I did, because this vid popped up in my feed today, and dude! Like, welcome to the world of the old Uni's Thanks!

[@reedj112]

Glad to be here!!!

[@j_drichmond]

Stumbled into this channel from the Loar video-these are wonderful; thank your for this content.

[@reedj112]

You're very welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@robertm9273]

In my early years, I had a Univox Guitar Amp U-1226. Now that it’s 50+ years old and I beat that by 16 years I decided to make a revisit. That being said now I repair, mod and working on a complete rebuild with more of today’s features that were not available years ago. I wish I never sold my fender 1963 precision base together they were fantastic.

[@jeffricharda1053]

Hey that is an absolutely awesome video enjoyed every bit of it thank you!

[@reedj112]

Thanks, Jeff! I have thing for those old Univoxes!!!

[@Mason_Wright]

Love this video man! Best one yet!

[@reedj112]

Thanks, Mason!

[@steveokon5431]

Cool demo, and playing Reed !

[@reedj112]

Many thanks!

[@mauricemusician7636]

Pickup shape should place it around 1974

[@ivanmartha5728]

what microphone and recording gear are you using to record it ?

[@reedj112]

I'm using a Cascade Fathead ribbon mic into a Black Lion preamp on the amps. The bass was recorded direct into Cubase using an amp modeling plug-in emulating an SVT (I think).