We're excited here at Watchtower Guitars to be producing videos of the amazing guitars and amplifiers that we have here at the shop. Our friend Jon Skibic is helping out with some great playing and having fun with these amazing instruments. This video was produced & recorded with a Universal Audio Apollo Twin using a Royer 121 & Sure SM57 into UA's Luna. We wanted to capture the guitar naturally into the Milkman TV40 and the overdrive is provided by a Mythos Herculean V2. The Milkman TV40 is loaded with a Celestion Creamback.
Inspired by Greg’s extensive vintage collection, but jam-packed with modern innovation. Based on a classic T-style body, we made it a bit larger, added a raised center ridge, and placed a chamber under the pickguard, all for tons of sustain and resonance. Of course, the guitar is equipped with the Fishman Greg Koch Signature Gristle-Tone pickups - hum-free, rechargeable active pickups with two distinct voicings. A roasted maple compound radius neck contributes to the playability, while the Wilkinson Classic 3-Saddle bridge with staggered brass saddles and steel baseplate keeps the tone vintage-inspired. This guitar sounds classic, but with tons of modern options at your fingertips.
From Milkman - Boasting 40 watts from a pair of 6L6 power tubes, the TV 40 has massive cleans and headroom. There is an internal 3 knob reverb system for dialing in a wide variety of reverb tones. The preamp has controls for volume, treble, midrange and bass as well as a bright switch for low volume fidelity. This is a single channel amplifier with inputs for two instruments. The TV40 has a 5AR4 rectifier tube and like all Milkman amplifiers is hand wired onto a turret board with Mercury Magnetics transformers and Jupiter Capacitors standard. It is built into a custom aluminum chassis and housed in a Pine cabinet.