Goldentone ‘Little Giant;’ suitcase amp 1965

Goldentone ‘Little Giant;’ suitcase amp 1965

In the period from 1961 to 1973, Rose, Morris & Co in Melbourne were Australia’s largest amp maker.  The smallest Goldentone amp in their 1965 catalogue was this Model 1750 ‘Little Giant’ 4.5watt combo suitcase amp, housed in a fibreboard cabinet with sloping baffle.   The top mounted amp circuit, based around one 6GW8 power tube provides 4.5 watts of smooth Class A tone via two controls: volume and tone, into a ‘Heavy Duty’ Rola 8-H 8” speaker on a plywood baffle: simple and toneful.  All electronics and speaker are original, except we recently installed a NOS 6GW8 tube for peak performance, and grill cloth is newer. One section of the fibreboard ‘grey tartan’ fiinish on the top has been touched up.  Sounds very good:  clean up to 7 on the Volume dial, and thereafter loud enough to disturb the neighbours. A fully functional and historic Aussie amp.