Pearse G1 Guitar Amp late-80's - Black

Pearse G1 Guitar Amp late 1980's. Workhorse 100 watt amp used on 1000's of gigs, never whimpered once. This was one of the first tube-less amps that sounded the closest to tubes at the time, endorsed by Steve Via, Alan Holdsworth, Les Paul and many others. I worked at the factory in Buffalo, NY as shipping manager and had the electronics guys do all the latest artist mods (EQ and Gain structure).

One knob not original (I stumbled coming home tired from a late gig and banged it into the door jamb). The potentiometer is fine. Tons of design features/options: Dual channel (clean and dirty, or both simultaneously, switchable via footswitch included). FX loops for each individual channel and a master effects loop (pre-amp to power amp). Nice musical sounding limiter. 3 different db input sensitivity settings. Separate inputs for each channel and a combined input. Internal spring reverb tank (lightly foamed to tone it down a bit for my personal preference).

Cabinet is a bit dinged up after 30+ years of steady gigging, but has no rattles. I have it as a closed back cab currently, the open back boards are long gone. I used to run two of these in stereo, one closed back and the other open back, in a Marshall-like stack. I used this amp for electric violin as well as guitar and had a MTX 4" mid-range "cranker" car stereo speaker also in the cabinet for a little extra sweet high-end for the violin (included, but currently disconnected). Original Fane 12" speak included also. Padded factory amp cover included. Removable casters.

Great amp. Sad to see it go, but it is time to get it to another good home, as I have moved on to other rigs for my electric violin. I will ship for FREE anywhere in the US.