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Thanks, I still haven't heard back from him. The ad is a little bit old so it may have sold already or they just don't want to respond to my email. I can always try calling I suppose.

Gold Chorus 212 Finally found one for sale!!! No clue if it's a good price though since this is the only one I've ever seen for sale. Sadly it's on the other side of the country. I emailed the seller on the off chance they would be willing to ship it. Any members here that live close by to where the seller is? lol. Damn these are hard to find amps! <_<

I will! I responded thanking him and inquiring about the length or the production run, as well as where they were marketed. It really seems NO ONE knows anything about them, which is really really strange to me. I can only assume they made them for a split moment before ceasing. Perhaps to focus on the Gold Tone series, and to get out of solid state? I also asked if they had any kind of owners manual or schematic available. That would at least give me a very rough idea of what the amps may have been based on. It does look like the Classic Gold was a hybrid amp, with a tube preamp, and a "unique Vintage Midrange Filter" for a "precise mid dip". I'd be curious to see what the tone section looks like, on a schematic. Same goes for the Gold Chorus which is advertised as having "the most flexible and intelligent effects routing". Not sure exactly what makes it better then say a Dean Markley DMC80/DMC40 when it comes to effects routing. So that's where I'm at now. The hunt continues!

That's some good info there. I've only "fooled" around with a stereo set up once or twice when I used to run a lot of rack effects. Mostly just to goof around with the ping pong delay. But the majority of solo stuff I'm recording now is getting to the point that it relies on the whole stereo separation thing. A bit of good news, I got an email back from Gibson concerning the amp. So I guess that answers when they became available...I'll have to write him back to find out when production stopped on them I guess. He also included this ad for the amp. It gives a little bit of info. They have to have more then just this though... I'm going to write them back and see what else I can get out of him.

Well I wrote them another polite email last night, see if anything comes of it. Were you referring to actual Gibson employees when you said there are a few that contribute? That would be pretty stellar. I've always loved the looks of the Goldtone amps. I can distinctly remember my guitar teacher, many years ago playing through a Trace Elliot Velocette. Really sharp looking amp with the green tolex. Was it Gibson who acquired Trace Eillot? Just curious. I don't know my Gibson history all that well. I thought I had looked into the GA30RVS, but didn't think they had a stereo FX loops on them. Maybe you can answer this for me as I couldn't find a manual online. Looking at a picture of a GA30RVS I see it has stereo returns on it, is the FX send a mono or stereo jack? I'm really looking for an amp that allows for complete separate sends and returns for the left and right side. I know like the Fender Princeton Chorus has single send/return jacks but you can use stereo splitter cables to get individual sends/returns. The Gibson Gold Chorus, as you can see in the picture is set up the way I'd like it, two sends (L,R) and two returns(L,R). I never did understand why so many stereo amps have mono sends on them. I suppose because most effects have mono inputs? I typically use is though with different effects in the left and right channel. Any kind of effect I want to go to both sides usually gets run through the front end/main input jack. That's one really cool thing about the Yamaha VR stereo amps, both the 4000 and 6000 are literately two 1x12 amps in a single 2x12 cabinet. You have separate or switchable inputs, individual tone controls for both sides as well as individual line outs, and FX loops. You can also do channel switching on it, essentially switching between the two amp. Channel switching isn't really high on my list of "must haves" though. I generally play pretty clean. What dirt or fuzz I do use has always been in pedal form so yea. For a while I was thinking of building sort of stereo set up as I have a nice Carvin 4x10 tweed cabinet. Thought about buying two small 15-20 watt tube amps and making them into a single head unit. Just don't have the cash right now to try something like that. Anyways like I said I'll post back if I find out anything. Maybe in the meantime someone else will chime in.

First I just want to say thanks for the reply! This is honestly the first one I got from anyone. Had this posted on probably four other forums. Anyways I believe these amps were from the late 80's early 90's. Of course from what little I've been able to find on them they were meant to compete with the JC-120. Seems like that is said about EVERY stereo amp lol. I did email Gibson a few weeks ago but never heard back. Maybe I'll try again then. I kind of figured given the items age they may not have really anything on it. Worth a shot though for sure. Given that it says "Made in the USA" I'm going to assume it was in fact meat for the U.S. market. I know like the Yamaha VR4000/VR6000 stereo amps were only ever sold over seas. And for a while I thought perhaps this was was the same, only marketed over seas since I've never seen one for sale any where. And I've been searching off and on for a couple years. Honestly I'm not sure what my draw is, I'm sure it being rare though has a bit to do with it. Not that I'm a collector, I do love odd and/or hard to find gear. More or less I'm in the market for a stereo amp, with stereo ins/outs for the FX loop. I'd prefer to stay away from the Roland JC's. I've played then many times before, a few different models in fact. I'm not going to say they don't sound good but they don't have much character to their tone. Perhaps that was intended, as a kind of blank canvas but yea, I just want something different. I don't even know if I'll like the tone of this particular Gibson but never the less I'd love to know about them, if only for reference. The Amps I have it narrowed down to are the aforementioned Yamaha VR4000 and VR6000, Dean Markley DMC40 and DMC80, and the Ampeg SS140C and VH140C. As well as the Gibson amp this thread is about . All of them (except the Gibson possibly) have features and tones I like for different reasons. Anyhow that's the jist of it all! Thanks again for the input. I'll post back if Gibson offers any more information.

Hey everyone, new member here. I introduced myself a bit in the other sub-forum. Anyways I've been looking for information on a particular Gibson amp. The Gold Chorus GRC-70. I've posted on quite a few different forums asking these same questions and I've never gotten a single response. Not sure why it took me so long to seek out a Gibson forum lol. This is an amp I came across a while back but have never seen one or even heard any thing about them. So has anyone here had any experience or know the back story to this series of amps? Gibson had at least two different models from the same line. These are the only pictures I could find of the amp. I thought there were more out there a year or so ago when I was looking but looks like this is all that pops up on Google. I'm assuming they were only made for like one or two years or something. It wasn't like an over seas product that wasn't meant for the U.S. market I don't think. That's the only thing I can think of as to why they are darn near impossible to find. No idea if I'd even like the tone out of it I like the looks of it and the features it has. I'd like to at least be able to try one out eventually. I think ultimately I'm going to settle on the Dean Markley DMC40 or 80. My ultimate amp would be the Yamaha VR6000...I'd even settle for a VR4000 lol. Those were strictly an over seas amps that were never released in the U.S. I don't believe. Yet you still see them on eBay....but not Gold Chorus lol. Basically just want to know all there is to about them, as info is very scarce.