Benson Amps Dizzy Bird w/ Speaker Cabinet Night Moves w/ Wheat Grill

The Benson Dizzy Bird is an incredibly powerful swiss knife amp and utility. It can be used as a 1 watt amp, a direct box, a preamp to your amp, a preamp with a beautiful short tank reverb or a short tank reverb in front of your amp. I absolutely adore this piece and I know I am going to regret losing it but I need to sell in order to cover some new bills.

Sold with the 1x10 matching cab with a Jenson speaker.

I am posting a video with a bunching of noodling for sounds clips. It is being run in various ways, first is the direct out in front of the amp, then the tall bird reverb only in front of the amp, and then the Dizzy Bird on it's own through the 1x10. It sounds absolutely brilliant recorded.

From Benson Amps:

The Dizzy Bird is the Tall Bird Reverb and Vinny 1 watt amp in a single enclosure.  We think of it as our multi-FX unit plus an amp.

The Dizzy Bird can be used in a few different ways.

1.  Use the Tall Bird and the Vinny sections completely independently...on different sources.
2.  Use the Tall Bird into the Vinny...these are internally connected in this order when you plug into the input on the front and use the direct or speaker outs on the back.
3.  Use the Vinny into the Tall Bird by running an instrument cable from the direct out on back into the input on the front, and use the output on the front going to another amp.  The speaker output on the back can still be used, but the signal would be without reverb.  This is nice for a wet-dry setup.

• Point to point construction on terminal strips - no circuit, eyelet or turret board
• Carbon Comp resistors
• Mallory 150M tone capacitors
• DC filments for low noise
• Baltic birch head cabinet
• Tubes: 3x12AX7s 1x12AU7 1xEL84
• 1 Watt output into 8 ohms

From Benson Amps:

BENSON AMPS DIZZY BIRD SETTINGS AND OPTIONS

1. JUST REVERB

Purpose: Creates fantastic tube reverb effect with dry, wet, and dwell options.

Cable 1) Guitar →Input Tall Bird

Cable 2) Output Tall Bird →Monarch Reverb

“instrument level”

Dry- Unity gain, can boost amp

Dwell- Controls how long the decay will last, and will last longer depending on force of your

attack.

Wet- Controls overall reverb presence and volume, and can push amp louder when set above

12 o’clock (5 on the dial).

Dry at 0 = takes guitar signal out and all your hear is reverb

SAMPLE REVERB Setting Options:

A.) Expansive and ambient cloud of sound

Dry → 0

Wet → high

Dwell → high

B.) Spring Reverb Drip: Classic surf drippiness, great for percussive playing

Dry → low

Wet → low

Dwell → high

C.) Ambient Swells: loses attack of instrument for harmonic atmosphere

Dry → off

Wet → high

Dwell → high

D.) Large empty space: sounds like playing in an airplane hanger

Dry → 12 o’clock

Wet → experiment with lower

Dwell → experiment with lower

2. JUST 1 WATT VINNY (No Monarch Reverb, or Tall Bird Reverb, it is turned off))

Purpose: Killer 1 watt amp producing great compression, overdrive and eventually distortion.

Cable 1) Guitar→Vinny In

Cable 2) Disconnected Monarch Reverb speaker cable→ 8 Ω (back of Tall Bird)

Now you have a Vinny (Monarch Reverb turned off)

3. OPTION: ADD TALL BIRD REVERB TO VINNY

Purpose: Adds the Tall Bird Reverb to the Vinny 1 watt amp.

REVERB FIRST: If guitar is plugged in to the front input on Tall Bird, then you have reverb AND

the Vinny, as the Tall Bird and Vinny are interconnected internally.

Cable 1) Guitar → Input on Tall Bird

Cable 2) Monarch Reverb speaker cable → 8 Ω

4. VINNY/MONARCH REVERB COMBO- DISTORTION AT LOW VOLUME*

Purpose: Results in distortion out of Vinny at lower volume levels, perfect for home or studio

use.

Cable 1) Guitar→Vinny In

Cable 2) Direct Out Vinny →Monarch Reverb Input

Increase the volume to high on the Vinny, then control overall volume with the Monarch Reverb

volume control.

5. OPTION: ADD REVERB

Purpose: Adds the Tall Bird reverb unit for obtaining reverb to the Vinny for playing at

low volume levels.

Cable 1) Guitar→Input Tall Bird

Cable 2) Direct Out Vinny →Monarch Reverb Input

*Monarch Reverb speaker cable plugged back in to the original Monarch Reverb position.

6. CAUTION: ADVANCED OPTION!

ADD SPEAKER TO OUTPUT OF VINNY = TWO SPEAKERS GOING!**

Purpose: Use the dry signal out of the speaker, and the wet signal out of the Monarch

Reverb for- well, I don’t know what for but it’s cool!

Cable 1) Guitar →Vinny in

Cable 2) Monarch Reverb Input→Tall bird Output

Cable 3.) Cable Direct Out →Tall bird Input

Step 4.) Speaker Cabinet cable → 8 Ω

Allows for:

-Turn up wet on Tall bird, now feeds the Monarch Reverb

-Dry signal out of speaker

-Wet signal out of reverb

7. DIZZY BIRD AS PRE-AMP (Vinny First, Tall Bird Second)

Purpose: Use the Vinny as a pre-amp to Monarch Reverb

Cable 1) Guitar → Vinny In (back of DB)

Cable 2) (Jumper) Direct Out (back of DB) → Tall Bird Input

Cable 3) Tall Bird Output → Monarch Reverb Input

*Max out volume on Vinny, use Monarch Reverb for volume control to get high distortion

**Speakers are probably out of phase, but who gives a shit, this is amazing!