Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

203

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

1

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

Wood body; fabric covering; metal handle and interior components; glass tubes; synthetic handle grip, knobs

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

40,2 cm

Largeur

21,0 cm

Hauteur

37,8 cm

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Communications

Catégorie

Musique

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

Galt

Pays

Canada

État/province

Ontario

Ville

Galt

Contexte

Pays

Inconnu

État/province

Inconnu

Période

Inconnu

Canada

Little is known about the provenance of this amplifier. The amp was given to Mr. Pilote in the early 1990s by a friend who had purchased it at a garage sale in Milton a couple of years earlier. This acquisition may well represent the first manufacturer of electric guitars and amplifiers in Canada. Information on the history of electric guitar manufacturing in Canada is almost non-existent. The Galt company may have been making lap steels and amps as early as the mid-1950s. In 1962 Glenn McDougall began building small numbers of electric guitars (though not lap steels) in Saskatoon, but guitar and amplifier making in general did not become well established in Canada until the late 1960s and early 1970s. Among the electric guitar manufacturers still active today is Godin Guitars, Montreal, a high volume manufacturer of instruments for the mass market. In the field of amplifiers, both Garnet (Winnipeg) and Traynor (Toronto) began in the late1960s, with Traynor still in business today. (Taken from the Acquisition Proposal)

Fonction

An instrument used to amplify the sound from an electric instrument.

Technique

At least superficially (further research required), the Mason amplifier circuit resembles a Fender Champ (1948), a three-tube design that features two input jacks, on potentiometer for volume control, a preamplifier tube, an output tube and a rectifier tube. (Taken from the Acquisition Proposal)

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

On the proper front: "THE/ MASON" inside of an inverted triangle. On the control panel on the proper back: "THE MASON"/ "GALT MUSICAL/ INSTRUMENTS LIMITED/ GALT ONTARIO"/ Around two inputs: "INSTRUMENTS/ 110-120 VOLT 25 OR 60 CYCLE/ 0.42 AMPS"/ Around a selector knob: "SWITCH/ LOW HIGH/ OFF"/ Around a fuse: "FUSE/ 2 AMPS"/ "CSA" (logo)/ "MODEL 6/ SER NO. 203"/

Manque

Appears complete

Fini

Light brown cloth with dark brown marbling over a wooden frame.

Décoration

S/O