I have hosted a Tube Guitar Amplifier Webinar every Tuesday night for over 12 years. This is a webinar for aspiring amp techs, hobbyists, and amp designers. I was asked to design an amp online so my webinarians could see the process. This took several months of Tuesday nights. For every design consideration , I selected features by "vote of the class". You can imagine what happened. The class wanted every feature one could possibly think of:
* Two channels, ( one lead and one clean)
* Three-knob reverb (dwell, tone and mix) Tube and transformer driven, full size reverb pan,
* Tremolo speed and intensity
* Solid-state/Tube switchable rectifier
* Variable negative feedback control (make it as raw as you like)
* Built-in power-attenuator (turn your amp up and your speakers down)
* Headphone jack that automatically disconnects the speaker for private practicing
* Kendrick Kwik bias feature to quickly adjust bias when in fixed bias mode
* Features two EL84 output tubes
* KENDRICK 15" Yellowframe Speaker
* Massively overbuilt output transformer (as much iron as a Twin, rich and aggressive).
* Massively overbuilt power supply for that high-performance "sports car" feel
After I designed the circuit, I designed the perfect layout with all the grounds in the correct places, and the lead dress perfect for the ultimate in quietness and negligible hum. All thirty-five webinarians wanted to build one and requested I make kits available for everyone. Of course, I had to build a couple of prototypes first to fine-tune and tweek some of the component values to really voice everything nicely. The combo amp in this listing IS THE ORIGINAL PROTOTYPE Combo 1X15 amp that I voiced to perfection. It is the pinnacle amp that all the other kits would all be striving to be like.
I am offering this custom-built combo amp (with more features than any other boutique amp) for $3,900.
Don't bother with an offer as the amp will be sold for $3,900. Much Too nice to give away .
Note: I did make a 2nd prototype that was listed separately here on reverb. It was exactly the same amp chassis design, however; it was in a Head format. Everything else was the same, even the python snakeskin Tolex covering. It was gone in two days!
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