I know we've discussed the G&L Whippersnapper amp that prototyped around 2010. Just today, I found a piece of info I don't recall seeing before.
This began because I saw the news that the band
X released a new album today, on Bandcamp. Gave it a listen and it sounds good. So I dove into the 'net about Billy Zoom and his amp building, just to refresh my memory about it and see if he was still producing. Found a link to a Gretsch Talk forum topic, from 2017, asking Mr. Zoom about what gear he was using at a then-recent gig. Money quote:
"That's a prototype that I built for G&L about 8 or 9 years ago. They were considering adding an amp line, but they decided it would be too expensive to build cheap. It's either 30 watts or 10 watts. I always use it on the 10 watt setting. Pair of 6L6's, active EQ, Vintage 30. It has the More channel that goes from 11 to 20."
A nice photo and a sketch are in the thread, too. Cool!
Link:
http://gretschpages.com/forum/billy-zooms-jet-set/current-amp-rig/57452/page1/EDIT: OK, so the Whippersnapper was a smaller amp with fewer knobs. So, BZ's prototype was not that amp exactly. But interesting info nonetheless.