Here's a brief desciption of the Reverberocket from Ampeg's website
Ampeg debuts a new amp in 1961 that offers a fabulous new effect in addition to the traditional tremolo feature...on-board reverb. Ampeg calls its new amp the Reverberocket R12R and uses the neoteric Hammond spring type of reverb. The Reverberocket is introduced at the summer industry trade show in July, 1961, about a year after Hammond introduced their spring reverberation unit. The Reverberocket is quite possibly the first combo amp ever to be offered with on-board reverb.
Here's what the seller have to say about this auction...scroll down to see how much it sold for!
This is a 1961 Ampeg Reverberocket R12R Combo Amplifier with built in reverb and a Jensen Alnico 12" speaker. 1961 was the first year of production for this fantastic amp and this particular amp has a very low serial number of 294. Everything on this amp appears to be original with the exception of the leather handle, the two 6v6 power tubes, 3 prong power cord for safety, and couple of resistors/capacitors that can be seen in photos but this amp is easily 98% original and untouched. I could not believe how wonderful this amp sounded the first time i plugged into it. The reverb is lush and organic sounding, the tremolo has great depth to it and really captures the vintage tone. This amp has a great tone just as it begins to break up as well. No new amps can even compare to the natural warm tone of these old amps. Think Rolling Stones, Zeppelin 1, and older Aerosmith tones, or simply roll back your volume and achieve real les paul or BB King clean tones. All tubes with the exception of the power tubes are period correct 1960's sylvania tubes branded by ampeg and the Jensen Concert Alnico 12" speaker is also original and in good working order. This amp is so low in serial number that someone at the factory actually hand wrote the tube complement inside of this amp. This amp is also nearly dead quiet when on, no noises, hisses, or pops from this beauty. Great shape for a 50 year old tone monster! Feel free to email me with any questions, good luck and happy bidding
Ampeg debuts a new amp in 1961 that offers a fabulous new effect in addition to the traditional tremolo feature...on-board reverb. Ampeg calls its new amp the Reverberocket R12R and uses the neoteric Hammond spring type of reverb. The Reverberocket is introduced at the summer industry trade show in July, 1961, about a year after Hammond introduced their spring reverberation unit. The Reverberocket is quite possibly the first combo amp ever to be offered with on-board reverb.
Here's what the seller have to say about this auction...scroll down to see how much it sold for!
This is a 1961 Ampeg Reverberocket R12R Combo Amplifier with built in reverb and a Jensen Alnico 12" speaker. 1961 was the first year of production for this fantastic amp and this particular amp has a very low serial number of 294. Everything on this amp appears to be original with the exception of the leather handle, the two 6v6 power tubes, 3 prong power cord for safety, and couple of resistors/capacitors that can be seen in photos but this amp is easily 98% original and untouched. I could not believe how wonderful this amp sounded the first time i plugged into it. The reverb is lush and organic sounding, the tremolo has great depth to it and really captures the vintage tone. This amp has a great tone just as it begins to break up as well. No new amps can even compare to the natural warm tone of these old amps. Think Rolling Stones, Zeppelin 1, and older Aerosmith tones, or simply roll back your volume and achieve real les paul or BB King clean tones. All tubes with the exception of the power tubes are period correct 1960's sylvania tubes branded by ampeg and the Jensen Concert Alnico 12" speaker is also original and in good working order. This amp is so low in serial number that someone at the factory actually hand wrote the tube complement inside of this amp. This amp is also nearly dead quiet when on, no noises, hisses, or pops from this beauty. Great shape for a 50 year old tone monster! Feel free to email me with any questions, good luck and happy bidding
Winning bid: US $661.01
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