50s amp ?

[Davegilmour]

Hi I'm looking for a cool rickenbacker amp from late 50s .. Any recommendations for a good model they did?

[libratune]

Here are a few of my favorite Rick amp models from the late '50s:

M-9 with 12" speaker, somewhat comparable to a Tweed Deluxe. M-14-A also had a 12" speaker, but with larger cab and vibrato.

M-16 if you want louder; 4 x 10" combo.

M-12 is also cool with 2 x 12" speaker combo. (Note: There was also an M-12 model from late '30s/early '40s with single 12" speaker.)

Examples of all are on the Rickenbacker Register on this site. Find them using Advanced Search.

Starting around 1960, the amp prefixes were changed from M to B and many amps had a vibrato channel added (designated by "A" in model #).

M-9/M-14-A became B-9A and B-14/14A; M-16 became B-16/16A (in both combo and head/cab form).

[Davegilmour]

Thanks so much Ron! I can now work out which one to look for

[doctorwho]

Something spotted ... PM to be sent anon.

[doctorwho]

Just in case someone may wonder about my last post, I spotted something in my Internet wanderings that may be of interest to Dave, but rather than post a link and/or info here in the thread - and run the risk that he won't be the first to see it and someone winds up scooping him - I PM'd him with the info so that at this point only he has it.

If it turns out that he is not interested in the item I saw, I will post a link and/or info for everyone else to see.