Drake occupies a special niche, as it will forever be known as the "Fender Amp Light".
Yes, that beautiful little jewel, that comes to light as the big tubes warm up, was made by the Drake company for many years, and it's amazing how a single faceted glow of color can be so evocative of the past...
These amp lights were the 11/16" size. They also made a 3/8" as well, and either one worked great for dashboards...
Again, they were beautifully crafted, with rich colors, and were yet another vestige of the great but disappearing Chicago manufacturing base, along with Stewart Warner and others.
Drake lasted from the war years until 1972, but their memory will live on for as long as we remember our first hot rod, and our favorite great guitarists...
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