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7. While It's True Pete Used Sunn Amps...

Wed Sep 17, 2025, 06:09 PM

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...the amps shown in the pics you provided are not the same as those on the Smothers' show.
The heads in that video are trapezoidal. Sunn made rectangular amps.
Also, the grill cloth on the cabinets from the TV show are almost certainly Vox.
Back in the 70s, I played keys in a band with a guy who had a Vox. Looked like those Pete is using.
BTW: that guitar player I knew became a dentist!
Here's a pic with the name plates attached.

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