Jimi appeared to have used a Silvertone Twin Twelve combo amp around late 1962 or early 1963, as seen in a photo of him performing with the King Kasuals. At the time, he was playing what is likely a 1961 Epiphone Wilshire.
According to the book Starting at Zero: His Own Story, the amp was a gift from the owner of a club where the band was performing during this period:
In Clarksville we worked for a setup called W & W. Man, they paid us so little that we decided the two W’s stood for “Wicked and Wrong.” […] Then we got in with a club owner who seemed to like us a lot. He bought us some new gear. I had a Silvertone amp, and the others got Fender Bandmasters.
Starting at Zero: His Own Story
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