Carl's Custom Dark Tweed Champ Boutique Amp. Widely regarded as the closest you can get to the an original 5F1 without dropping $3K+. From Carl:
The 5F1 Classic Tweed Champ is the king of recording and practice amps. It's Clapton's "Layla" amp, Joe Walsh’s "Funk #49" amp, and Keith Richards secret studio weapon on countless Stones tracks. It can be heard on all sorts of other the classic rock and blues cuts too. It has a distinctive aggressive overdrive that is familiar from the moment you plug in. It has a low 5 watts of output so can be fully cranked with ease.
Please don’t confuse these with the many clones and re-issues out there. Mine with stand toe to toe with an original while having less noise and being more reliable.
Each one is carefully and meticulously built and tested.
- 5 Watts All Tube Power (Uses one 6V6, one 12AX7 and one GZ-34 or 5Y3 Rectifier Tube)
- Meticulously Hand-wired
- Improved grounding system and layout minimizes hum and noise. It much quieter at idle than Fender’s RI and every boutique version I’ve encountered.
- Single Volume Control
- Hi and Low inputs
- Combos are made of Solid Finger Joined Pine with Lacquered Tweed
- 4 ohm Speaker Out on 5 watt combo version
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