johnyholiday Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 Do you know this man ,if not you should ,Ebay member, "ollie-folly" ,every once an awhile he picks up , "Ampeg Fliptop Portaflexes" an such ,an fixes them ,after all he designed them,he also experimented with the Karlson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnyholiday Posted February 21, 2006 Author Share Posted February 21, 2006 [:'(]Sweet,flip the top, your ready to Rock ,flip the top, your ready to Roll! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrWho Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 lol johny, what's with you and karlsons? You post about them so much I'm tempted to give some a listen...you know anyone in the chicago/champaign/indy region of the US? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnyholiday Posted February 21, 2006 Author Share Posted February 21, 2006 Yes, but today its about , the Ampeg Flipper,yesterday it was the "EV Mobile Demonstration Unit", an likely contents 1952, an day before that it was "The Little Basterd",what is not know about the past, is what's not know about the future, an of course a rare MP3 interview with John Karlson over 50 years ago[H] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnyholiday Posted February 21, 2006 Author Share Posted February 21, 2006 []An before that the 15" reflex horn outline & subwoofers 56 years ago ,gig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnyholiday Posted February 21, 2006 Author Share Posted February 21, 2006 An coming in the future ,the "Dumble Overdrive Special" boutique amp,scary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Spinner Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 If you deal with Howard Dumble...... you must be .....well, Dumb..! i have a Budda Stringmaster ... a dumble clone a great amp without the hype +1 on the Portaflex, Johnny one of the first amps i played thru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkBK Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 Still have mine -although it is later vintage - 70/early 80's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnyholiday Posted February 22, 2006 Author Share Posted February 22, 2006 Further it has been found that John Karlson an Jess Oliver were good freinds for along time, and after Ampeg, the Oliver Sound Company built Karlson's asymetric projectors, contact Jess for History Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnyholiday Posted February 22, 2006 Author Share Posted February 22, 2006 Who took the Budda, Budda was started with seed money from the sell of a Dumble Overdrive Special,those Budda dudes are up to some monkey bizz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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