So this thing has been in the local (Roanoke, Virginia) Craigslist for ages... I'm curious enough that I'm tempted to go check it out. There's not a lot of information on the Almighty Google about it, but I figure surely somebody here might save me a wasted Sunday afternoon.

https://roanoke.craigslist.org/msg/6000331947.html

So, is it rarer than moon rocks? Good candidate for American Pickers?  Or is this the missing piece to finding 'my sound' ? 

Cool...looks like something from Navy Surplus.
Does the power meter bounce around when you play?

Looks cool but also too big and unwieldy to be practical. Things that stay on craigslist for a long time tend to be overpriced. If it was a Versatone I would say get your butt over there but this one would need some research.

Found this link on an old TalkBass thread: http://www.tobyspeakers.com/index.php?dispatch=pages.view&page_id=3

Sounds like a cool story... probably a better story than the actual thing, but still, a pretty cool idea some bass player/engineer had. Maybe just a little ahead of it's time. Like that time I invented chocolate cool whip.

(I'm telling you guys - I DID! And it was awesome... that is until Mom discovered the empty can of Hershey's... but I could have been a millionaire at 6.) 

I'm darn-tootin' tempted to go plug my Distillate into that thing tomorrow just to say I did.

I had a dog once named Toby.

Moon Rocks?

See?  Flip-top boxes are sturdier than soft packs.

It's Made in Texas (like me!) by a company called RAMCO.  What's not to like?  I suggest chicken-fried steak with Texas Sheet Cake for dessert.  I'd, you know, skip the Lone Stars . . . . . .

I'm trying to understand why it's called "Flip-Top".  I mean, the old Ampeg flip-tops you actually flipped the top, but why this?

Peter

Quote from: cozmik_cowboy on April 09, 2017, 07:13:37 AM
I'm trying to understand why it's called "Flip-Top".  I mean, the old Ampeg flip-tops you actually flipped the top, but why this?

Peter

Pic 5 in the ad kinda' shows it 'flipped' Coz... I'm not going to have time today to go check it out, (yard work calls... ) but it's not going anywhere anytime soon. I just gotta' see this thing firsthand. If (BIG IF) it works, and has any decent sound, I may make the guy an offer. It's been listed for at least 3-1/2 years.

I just think it's cool somebody built their own line of bass amp, and apparently built at least 100 of them before moving on.

OK, I think I see now; the speaker & control panel are at 45°, and the head hinges down knobs-to-grill to make a box for transport, right?

Peter

Yeah... more like a flip-up-top.