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We had the lunchbox craze some years back; now comes the tiny amp revolution.
There's the Vox MV50 (50 watts at 4 ohms, 1 pound), the Orange Micros from a few years back, and pedalboard clean amps like the SD PowerStage 170 (2 lbs.), ISP Stealth Ultra-Lite (0.9 lbs), and the various Quilter Blocks.
Now here's an 18-watt all-tube head that's 9 inches wide, 7 inches deep, 2.5 inches tall, and about 6.5 lbs.
Specs:
(2) 6AQ5 Power tubes (2) 12AX7 Preamp tubes
Single channel and Dual channel models
18 watts or 9 watts switchable
Gain and Master controls
3 Band EQ with Bright and mid boost switches
Mid boost foot switchable
Buffered (pedal level) effects loop
16 and 8 ohm Impedance selector
Speaker Compensated line out
Internal Load resistor for silent use
Cooling fan with on/off switch
Evidently this head is British-voiced. The gold faceplate sort of matches Marshall cabs. Footswitchable mids boost is cool.
Made in USA, street price is $899 for Single Channel and $1199 for Dual Channel versions.
The initial reports from Gear Pages suggest plexi/Orange kind of sounds, which is intriguing. Sometimes I wish Marshall had cheaper low-watt plexi-voiced amps, so this may scratch that itch.
There's the Vox MV50 (50 watts at 4 ohms, 1 pound), the Orange Micros from a few years back, and pedalboard clean amps like the SD PowerStage 170 (2 lbs.), ISP Stealth Ultra-Lite (0.9 lbs), and the various Quilter Blocks.
Now here's an 18-watt all-tube head that's 9 inches wide, 7 inches deep, 2.5 inches tall, and about 6.5 lbs.
Specs:
(2) 6AQ5 Power tubes (2) 12AX7 Preamp tubes
Single channel and Dual channel models
18 watts or 9 watts switchable
Gain and Master controls
3 Band EQ with Bright and mid boost switches
Mid boost foot switchable
Buffered (pedal level) effects loop
16 and 8 ohm Impedance selector
Speaker Compensated line out
Internal Load resistor for silent use
Cooling fan with on/off switch
Evidently this head is British-voiced. The gold faceplate sort of matches Marshall cabs. Footswitchable mids boost is cool.
Made in USA, street price is $899 for Single Channel and $1199 for Dual Channel versions.
The initial reports from Gear Pages suggest plexi/Orange kind of sounds, which is intriguing. Sometimes I wish Marshall had cheaper low-watt plexi-voiced amps, so this may scratch that itch.
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