FS: Benson 300 amp - as played by Howard Roberts

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n***@icloud.com

2014-12-07 17:01:21 UTC

For Sale - Benson 300 amp. Howards Roberts made these famous. This amp
is great for jazz and pretty rare. Completely gone through - new tubes,
caps, biased, cleaned and tuned up. 50 watts, brand new Weber CA15
paper dome speaker. Tolex is ugly but amp works beautifully.
Everything works but the "fuzz". I also have a photocopied manual and
http://www.utstat.toronto.edu/mikevans/hroberts.html $550 plus shipping
OBO . I'm located in San Francisco. Contact Peter at

Dear Mr. Grey,
Filmmaker musician Vincent Gallo here.
I and looking for a Bensen amplifier to purchase.
Can you help?
Kind regards,
Vincent Gallo
vincentgallo(at)vincentgallo(dot)com

thomas

2014-12-07 18:06:49 UTC

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Post by n***@icloud.com

Dear Mr. Grey,
Filmmaker musician Vincent Gallo here.
I and looking for a Bensen amplifier to purchase.
Can you help?
Kind regards,
Vincent Gallo
vincentgallo(at)vincentgallo(dot)com

That post was from 2001. Pete died some time ago.

van

2014-12-07 22:56:08 UTC

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Post by n***@icloud.com

Dear Mr. Grey,
Filmmaker musician Vincent Gallo here.
I and looking for a Bensen amplifier to purchase.
Can you help?
Kind regards,
Vincent Gallo
vincentgallo(at)vincentgallo(dot)com

Wow! Who said this NG didn't attract cool people?
VG uses very hip music in his films as opposed to what those retards in Hollywood are using nowadays. "Buffalo '66 had some primo Stan Getz from the Live at Tanglewood LP, plus King Crimson ("Moonchild")and Yes.
He's also got a great collection of Gibson hollow bodies and vintage amps.
There was a Benson amp very recently on Ebay. I don't see it up there now, but maybe you could check the archives, if they have archives.
Ciao, paisan a mia.

Docbop

2014-12-07 23:14:22 UTC

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There is a Benson amp page on Facebook and people do post when they see ones for sale.

Ron Benson was the nicest guy and remember when I went to GIT he was the one who gave me my entry tests and playing audition. He had a couple Benson amps in his office.

Mr. Maj6th

2014-12-08 17:04:23 UTC

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Post by Docbop
There is a Benson amp page on Facebook and people do post when they see ones for sale.
Ron Benson was the nicest guy and remember when I went to GIT he was the one who gave me my entry tests and playing audition. He had a couple Benson amps in his office.

I had a 15" Benson. Ron would do the mods and repair for me. He was
a nice guy. That amp sounded like the old standels, but damn it was
heavey. If you remember the amp had a series of modules that pluged
into the back, each had a different sound. I believe there were nine
of them. I only had two, they did the job for me. I always thaought
that was a great idea.

Maj6th

a***@d55.k12.id.us

2016-02-25 19:48:12 UTC

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I have one too. My fuzz works, you aren't missing a thing. the clean
sound is great

Does anybody know what tubes these amps use?

Lord Valve

2016-02-26 14:05:32 UTC

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Post by a***@d55.k12.id.us

I have one too. My fuzz works, you aren't missing a thing. the clean
sound is great

Does anybody know what tubes these amps use?

EL-34/6CA7 for the output stage. One 12AX7 for the PI/drive.
The two channels used 12AX7s right at the inputs...but the
bulk of the circuitry otherwise was solid-state.

Lord Valve, ThD
Expert (fuck you)

j***@bellsouth.net

2020-04-07 22:34:36 UTC

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For Sale – Benson 300 amp. Howards Roberts made these famous. This amp
is great for jazz and pretty rare. Completely gone through – new tubes,
caps, biased, cleaned and tuned up. 50 watts, brand new Weber CA15
paper dome speaker. Tolex is ugly but amp works beautifully.
Everything works but the “fuzz”. I also have a photocopied manual and
http://www.utstat.toronto.edu/mikevans/hroberts.html $550 plus shipping
OBO . I’m located in San Francisco. Contact Peter at

I have a Benson 300H and am in search of sound modules and schematics for them.

Tim McNamara

2020-04-10 22:06:13 UTC

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Post by j***@bellsouth.net

For Sale – Benson 300 amp. Howards Roberts made these famous.
This amp is great for jazz and pretty rare. Completely gone through
– new tubes, caps, biased, cleaned and tuned up. 50 watts, brand
new Weber CA15 paper dome speaker. Tolex is ugly but amp works
beautifully. Everything works but the “fuzz”. I also have a
photocopied manual and schematic. For more info on these amps check
out: http://www.utstat.toronto.edu/mikevans/hroberts.html $550 plus
shipping OBO . I’m located in San Francisco. Contact Peter at

I have a Benson 300H and am in search of sound modules and schematics for them.

Well, since Peter posted his note nearly 19 years ago, I'm not sure
he'll be able to be helpful. But you never know.

It's interesting that the link is still active and has some great
information about Howard Roberts. And some amp schematics:

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There may be someone doing someting with Benson amps:

https://www.bensonamps.com/#thelist

but no idea if they are at all related to the old ones from decades
past. Might just be another guy named Benson who makes amps...