Opening Spring 2025!
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The
Vintage Tone

Guitar Tube Amp
Servicing and Repair

Denver, CO

Heritage. Authenticity. Reliability.

At The Vintage Tone, we wish we could have sat beside Lily, Lupe, and Julia to watch them build the most iconic guitar amplifiers ever made. That said, we understand the push-pull of originality vs. reliability and commit to doing what is right for the customer, but also what the amplifier.

We specialize in servicing and repairing vintage Fender, Gibson, Silvertone, Airline, Supro, Valco, Ampeg, and other point-to-point wired tube guitar amps, usually from the 1940s-1970s.

Note: Grand Opening Prices!

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Our Services

  • Evaluation/Bench Fee

    $50 (Waived for now!) - Required

    We will evaluate your amp and see what’s going on. We will then discuss whether or not to proceed from there. If the amp touches our bench, the Bench Fee will be charged ($50 currently waived during opening months). This fee will be applied towards any additional work — no double charge.

  • The Tune-Up

    $ Contact Us - 1.5 hours max

    Like a guitar setup for your amp, we’ll give your amp a thorough unaltered servicing: clean jacks, switches, tube sockets, and pots; test the tubes; test and tighten ground connections, and many other servicing steps to get your amp working as well as possible without alteration. Plus, you will receive a full written evaluation of your amp’s condition.

  • Full Service/Repair

    $$ Contact Us + parts

    Here comes the oscilloscope and soldering iron! Possibly replace as needed any of the following: resistors, capacitors, diodes, pots, switches, lamps, wiring, tube sockets, AC cord, etc.

    Diagnostics and repairs can be costly. We’ll discuss our recommendations and options with you prior to changes and fees.

    Note: Parts will be charged to the customer.

  • Appraisal

    $100 - 1 hour max

    How much is Grandpa’s old amp worth?

    We’ll evaluate your amplifier’s condition and originality, and provide an appraisal based on equivalent SOLD items in various popular marketplaces. You can use this information to help sell or insure your piece.

About TVT

Joe Moore

— Owner, Operator, Amp Fanatic

“It began when I realized an unfortunate truth: most amp techs are retired or dead.”

I have been a musician, guitar and amp nerd for many years. After being bitten by the gear collecting bug and servicing my own amp, I wanted to have a “real” amp tech deal with some hairier and scarier amp issues. After asking around for recommendations I realized that most amp techs were retired, crazy, or dead.

That’s when I realized: I have to do this myself.

Don’t get me wrong, there are many amazing (and sane) techs out there. I’m friends with many of them. But, there are not enough of us.

I couldn’t stand the thought of these amazing machines of music-making slowly falling apart and heading for the scrap heap. We need to keep these old amps going so musicians can keep making magic.

While robots can pick-and-place on PCBs 24/7, only real people with real hands and skills can to fix this amazing old gear.

That’s why I’m here.

 FAQs

  • You get everything back. Even the broken stuff. That carbon comp resistor that disintegrated to dust when we looked at it sideways? That cracked vacuum tube? The shredded original (or not) AC cord? You get it all back.

  • Probably not, though we can discuss possibly performing non-altering Tune-Up or Appraisal Services.

  • Probably not, but let’s talk about it.

  • No, we are not a retail sales store. In fact, we prefer that you order the parts needed for your repair from a retailer such as amplifiedparts.com and have them shipped directly to us.

  • No, not at this time. We only accept local drop-off and pick-up at our shop in Denver, CO.

  • If we’re having this conversation, we have discussed the situation and you agreed to proceed with The Vintage Tone opening up the amp and incurring at least the Bench Fee.

    From there, we either did not feel comfortable with the changes requested, required, or the complexity of the job. We reserve the right to turn down or stop any job. This is for your benefit.

    Why do you still have to pay? Because we spent time on your amp, we might have performed real work, and/or installed parts, all of which will be detailed on your itemized invoice.

    In addition, you will receive a report with our analysis and work done. You can take this to another amp tech which will be valuable information for to them.

  • No. I promise. I’m just normal, sane, and rational guy that you might want to shoot the breeze with or enjoy a brew. We’re all just guitar, amp, and music nerds, right? No reason to get all controversial!

    But, for the record:

    • The Earth is round.

    • Birds are real.

    • Jet airplanes are emitting fossil fuel fumes and water vapor but not… I don’t even know what to say.

    • Radio waves are not cooking our brains — your cell phone is welcome in my shop.

    Let’s all just through life alive and make amazing music and friendships!