1956 Gibson GA-5 Les Paul Junior Combo amp

Here's a cute little amp from the Gibson "Golden Era" that has had a life well spent in its 70 years of existence...

A couple of years ago the original 110Volt Power Transformer was replaced by a Hammond 370CX 230V Power Trafo so it can be used in Europe more easy without bringing (and accidentally forgetting...) your 230-110Volt transformer to the gig. The Stancor Output Transformer was replaced for a new one but the old one (untested) is included. Also a few ASTRON capacitors and resistors were replaced (originals included), a 1956 POT was replaced (original included) and there are 2 drilled holes in the cabinet, 1 in the side and 1 in the back, which have been covered. Someone probably thought it was a good idea to have an extra hole to feed the power cable through or whatever. Last but not least the speaker is vintage, probably 1960 but not original to this amp. The 1956 Gibson GA5 Les Paul Junior uses a simple 3 tube setup consisting of a 6SJ7 preamp/pentode, a 6V6GT power tube, and a 5Y3 rectifier tube.

Now that is out of the way, here's the good stuff. 
 
Classic vintage amps typically come with hefty price tags. It's counterpart from Fender (the legendary Champ) fetches about 3.000 Euro these days and a mint Gibson GA-5 amp sells for at least half of that. These little buggers are great for practicing at home, for recording in the studio, or for gigging when played through one of the PA's found in so many clubs, and they sure do have that vintage tweed cool factor. For the working musician, however, one problem presents itself. These amps are collectible, and collectability means higher prices. But not this one.
 
This might be the bargain deal you were looking for.

Given a little TLC you could either get it back to original spec or just leave it as is and play the living bejesus out of this thing. It is cool and sounds great. With a Telecaster or Stratocaster this little baby shines and sparkles with that old vintage brown sound but without losing clarity and bells. Push it with a guitar with P90's for example and it will get a nice raunchy edge to it. Push it more with an overdrive pedal in front and you're in deep ZZ Top territory. You could even spoon in a little bit bigger speaker to get more bottom end if preferred, you wouldn't be the first one to mod this amp. And that's the cool thing about it: you dont have to worry anymore about it being in collector grade museum condition. 

It's the stray dog, that barks every tune in the book!