Welcome to the
Tube Amp Users Group
(STUG)
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What is it?Right around June 20, 2001, me and one other person realized that there was so little information to be had about our vintage Stewart Guitar Amps, that we felt really stuck. So, in the spirit of the frustration to locate information
on these most esoteric guitar amplifiers, we founded STUG (say it fast and it
sounds like stuck). So....the STUG was founded on June 20, 2001 with a whopping 2 (yes
2) people.
It's an admittedly small group of people interested in finding information on Vintage S.S. Stewart Guitar Amps. What we'd like to have here is pics, wiring diagrams, schematics, and information on S.S. Stewart tube amps. We have a couple of these great sounding amps, but, know nothing about them. If you know anything about tube amps, it's that they'll need servicing of one kind or another at some point. Unfortunately, there's no info to be had that we could dig up. What we DO have here is pics, and whatever info we were able to piece together about the two SS Stewart Guitar Amps that we have. Here are the only two amps we can even find pictures of that came from Stewart. This is my amp (don't even know the model):
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It's a 1960s Tube amp with a 10" speaker. I got mine from a friend that played in a band in the 60s. Mine looks like more of a tweed type. Light tan, and a little bunching of the front fabric, but, largely, it's in great shape. The Stewart nameplate is a thin plastic piece, slightly disfigured, and fell off the front. When I got it, I had to take out all the tubes and clean the contacts on the tubes and the sockets. It now works - and sounds quite good, too. It's a 2 channel amp that only works on one channel. If I could fix the other, I'd be really happy. It has vibrato which works fine, requiring a little fiddling with the levels when it's on vs. when it's off. Still, pretty neat amp. Definitely a keeper. |
This is Mike Clifford's Stewart Model 500 (added on 5/17/2003):
Mike said: "The grill is perforated cardboard or particle board. I have no idea of its age, but suspect the cabinet design mid 50's. And it Works!" My guess is that it's late 50's, possibly early 60's design. The cabinet is beautiful (I wish mine was that nice :).
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This is Peter Silberg's Stewart Model 700:This is the description of the amp from the eBay listing where it was purchased: This is a Nice Vintage S.S. Stewart Tube Amplifier in Good working condition. It has a Large 15 inch Speaker in great condition that looks to be orginal to the Amp The Tolex is in good condition and has 2 rows of thin white piping running the around the amp. The Front Speaker cloth is in good condition and has no tears. There is a rear speaker cover that unsnaps and folds down with chain supports to access the speaker section. The amp has 8 tubes, heres the Tube number list: (1EA.5YE),(1EA.12SJY),(4EA>6V^), and (2EA.12AX7. It has a tremalo section but no foot switch. This has a total of 6 plug jacks on the back of it. It has a total of 9 varibale control knobs, 8 at the top and a seperate 1 at the bottom that says "Sensitivity". This one seems to adjust the Power of the Amp. |
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Got Info??? Please send it to me at:
I can't wait to hear!!!
Thanks,
Bill Griffith
