Valco seemed to drop this by sometime in early 1958.īetween the two you will alternately find the OT mounted on the wall of the cab or on the P15P speaker, as the 550 coded P15P speakers sold to Valco all had the OT mounting bracket affixed. Also, during the first year (1957), the 1615T had an extra plastic badge applied to the upper corner of the baffle (diagonally opposed to the painted "Supro" label) that said "Accordion" in script. The primary difference was that the 1615T did not have bright caps on the volume pots. Both were the same cabs, same speaker, same circuit (year by year) etc. The two amps are identical, save one or (early on) two differences: the 1615T was marketed as the "accordion" amp and the 1695T was marketed as an "all purpose" amp. Something I should interject is that frequently (looking at eBay or Reverb sales etc.) I see the 1695T and the 1615T being confused. These are bright, mid-range heavy screamers!! But the Vega (and some of the earlier 169x variants) has an extra gain stage on the tremolo channel. 15" speakers sound different, of course, and the larger cab helps a bit too. While there are some very basic similarities between these two models, you'll find the 1695s to be louder (they're powered by a pair of cathode-biased 6L6s (7027s in the case of my Vega.a variant of a 6L6). (NOte that Valco-the company that made Supros made the same or very similar amps under many different brand names including National, Gretsch, Valco, Airline, Atlas, Vega, et al.) I've got an old 1624T as well. My Vega V70 is almost identical to a 1695T and it does indeed have an absolutely wicked midrange crunch. You may want to visit my youtube channel - I've got videos of these amps.
I've also built a clone of this amp (several actually). I've tweaked mine a little bit to get a bit more low-end in the tremolo channel and a bit more highs in the normal channel. I have an early 60s version of the Coronado which does NOT have the extra gain stage but it's got some wicked overdrive in it too.įWIW, my favorite Supro model is the 1688TN, a somewhat obscure 2x12. But good luck finding one.these are highly sought after and prized owners tend to hang onto them.
The one you really want, I suspect, would be an old Coronado (1690T) which is quite similar to the 1695T this model has two 10s.
(NOte that Valco-the company that made Supros-made the same or very similar amps under many different brand names including National, Gretsch, Valco, Airline, Atlas, Vega, et al.) I've got an old 1624T as well.
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