GIBSON GA-77RVT/GA-77RVTL VANGUARD Description
- 50W, 1-15 in. regular speaker (GA-77RVT) or optional 1-15 in. Lansing speaker (GA-77RVTL), guitar combo, eight-tube chassis, preamp: 4 X 6EU7, 1 X 12AU7, 1 X 7199, power: 2 X 6L6, rectifier: 5V4, two channels, tremolo, reverb, top/front silver control panel, four inputs (two per channel), 10 black and silver knobs (first version: Ch. 1: v, b, t, Ch. 2: v, b, t, r, depth, freq., power switch) or 12 black and silver knobs (second version: Ch. 1: v, t, m, b, Ch. 2: v, t, m, b, r, depth, freq., power switch), Indian Brown covering, Spanish Crush brown grille, 26 in. wide, 20 in. tall, 10.5 in. deep, 1,229 shipped (310 shipped with JBL speakers), mfg. 1962-67.
The earliest models built in 1962 may have featured an old-style cabinet covered in tweed. In 1963/64 a middle tone control was introduced to each channel. Although this amp was shipped through 1967, it doesn't appear that it adopted the style between 1965 and 1967 that featured black covering, a silver grille, and front white control panel.