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| THE PALOMAR SKIPPER 300 |
| THE PALOMAR SKIPPER 300 HERE'S A REAL CLASSIC FOR YOU 4"8950'S OR "6LF6'S GAVE YOU A REAL 300 WATT AM DEAD KEY(NO BULLSHIT CB WATTS HERE), AND WITH ITS CHROME TOP CASE,AND BIG TUNE AND LOAD KNOBS,THIS AMP HAD THE LOOKS TO MATCH. WITH A 1974 LIST PRICE OF $269.00 PLUS TAX IT WAS ONE OF THE TUBE LINEAR BARGAINS OF THE "70'S" THOUGH BACK IN THOSE DAYS,YOUR FATHER WORKED 40 HOURS PLUS OVERTIME AND CAME HOME WITH LESS THEN $200.00 WITH ALL ITS GOOD LOOKS,THE SKIPPERS WERNT ALL PEACHES AND CREAM, THIS WAS THE AMPLIFIER OF CHOICE OF NORTH JERSEY LEGEND WILBUR"BILLY THE KID'"HOWELL BILLY SAID THAT AFTER A NIGHT OF DRUNKEN DEAD KEYS ON CH 19,THE RECTIFIER DIODES WOUID SHORT OUT,USAULLY TAKING THE FILTER CAPS OUT WITH THEM, HE ALWAYS KEPT A SOLDERING PLUGGED IN,AND FRESH DIODES AND FILTER CAPS ON HAND. WITH "8950''S AND "6LF6'S NOW EXTINCT, MOST SKIPPERS TODAY ARE JUST SHELFHANGERS, REMINDERS OF ANOTHER TIME WHEN C.B RADIO HAD 23 CHANNELS,EXTRA CHANNELS MET YOU HAD 22A, AND C.W MC CALL'S '"CONVOY" WAS PLAYING ON YOUR AM RADIO MAYBE THE "70'S WERENT THAT BAD AFTER ALL??? |
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