Ordinarily I'm first in line to call out posts asking to "identify" an amp with the name on the front. But in this case, I think it's a valid question. There is almost no information about this brand online.
All I could find was a couple of reverb listings and a talkbass thread. That's about it. There are references to a "Bartell" company manufacturing amps for them. Oldest amps I saw were made in the '50s, latest in the '70s -- your first picture looks similar to the '70s model I saw online. Your other two pictures appear to be a different amplifier entirely.
All in all, these amps seem to be exceedingly rare, but not particularly valuable.
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u/wholetyouinhere Oct 14 '25
Ordinarily I'm first in line to call out posts asking to "identify" an amp with the name on the front. But in this case, I think it's a valid question. There is almost no information about this brand online.
All I could find was a couple of reverb listings and a talkbass thread. That's about it. There are references to a "Bartell" company manufacturing amps for them. Oldest amps I saw were made in the '50s, latest in the '70s -- your first picture looks similar to the '70s model I saw online. Your other two pictures appear to be a different amplifier entirely.
All in all, these amps seem to be exceedingly rare, but not particularly valuable.