Supro Supreme question

[Madison]

I had one on borrow as my first amp from a collector.
Are there a bunch of different models of Supremes?
Were all the Champ style amps from Supro called Supremes?
If I recall, the one I had on had was very much like the one in this video.

(the end of the video shows the control panel.It's just one volume and inputs)
Looking for a schematic on this.
I remember that amp sounded very good cranked.
The owner wouldn't sell it to me, even at that time

[theundeadelvis]

[phsyconoodler]

That one is an octal preamp push-pull amp with 2-6V6's.

[RicharD]

Valco made their big money supplying cheap amps to Montgomery Wards.  They also made amps for Gretsch.  Supro was their "in house" brand.  My Monkey Wards 62-9025 was the same circuitry as the Gretsch 6152 and the Supro Tremoverb.  3 different amps, in 3 different cabinets, with 3 different brands, but all electronically the same.  I'm speculating that Supros were mostly built from left over parts from Montgomery Wards production runs.  I researched the Thunderbolt quite thoroughly.   There are no less than 4 different schematics floating around the web, one of which has a grievous error in the paraphase PI.  Another with the bridge rectifier drawn shorted.  The one that passed across my bench had a 5U4GB rectifier.  There's no Thunderbolt schematic that I've seen besides my own that shows a 5U4GB rectifier.

>Are there a bunch of different models of Supremes?
Probably.  Extremely likely given the "hand over fist" nature of the Valco Amplifier Co.

>I remember that amp sounded very good cranked.
11 is the Valco sweet spot.
Spinal Tap taper pots.
 

[Madison]

Thanks for all the awesome info!

>>11 is the Valco sweet spot.
Spinal Tap taper pots.