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Raider · #1 10-30-2009, 04:52 PM

I recently acquired this amp and am facinated by it. I need some help though. Can someone tell me the history of how this amp fits in with the other kenrich models. It has a drive level on the front which points to a grid driven situation but the finals are grounded grid. I have never seen one set up like this one. Im interested in the history of this company. I have done research on the Maco line and some of the others. Does anyone have a timeline on when these were made in contrast to the others. The amp has 2 driving 6 20lf's. It seems to do about 1 grand, even has a cheezy modulation meter/ rf meter/ and cathode meter i cant seem to get to work. Any info on all of the above would be great. Love the grid driven amps like the pride/ wawasee modulators/ maybe the elkin?. Love the nostalgia. raider

MisterFatty · #2 10-30-2009, 05:41 PM

Golden Eagle made these back around mid 80 or so, the company was NOT related to Kenrich, nor Browning. these were made back when CB was still a huge thing, but on a decline. They also made a 750, and a 200 base, as well as a line of solid state mobile amps.

I doubt you will find much background on the builder, probably a fairly small operation, and fairly short lived. I owned a 750 and a 1K, they would both do well over the rated power output, but the build quality wasn't the greatest, I much preferred some of the other Sweep tube amps.

They were very impressive boxes while/when they worked.

Here are a few pics of others they built... going to hunt through some archived info i have and see what else I can dig up...

MisterFatty · #3 10-30-2009, 05:42 PM

one of the mobile rigs

MisterFatty · #4 10-30-2009, 08:34 PM

one more bit of info, a page I scanned a few years back, was originally a sale flier from H&Y

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