Pritchard Sword of Satori Combo Amp in Excellent Condition

Rare Pritchard Sword of Satori combo amp in excellent condition. This is a boutique, fully analog solid-state amp designed to capture the feel, response, and harmonic behavior of classic tube amp circuits without tubes, digital modeling, menus, or maintenance headaches. Extremely versatile, touch-sensitive, and surprisingly powerful, with multiple amp voicings, onboard boost, 3-band EQ, speaker outputs, DI options, and effects loop. A serious sleeper amp for players who want vintage-inspired tones in a dependable, compact package.

Full description

For sale is a Pritchard Sword of Satori combo amp in excellent condition. Pritchard amps have a cult following for a reason: they are not typical solid-state amps, and they are not digital modelers. The Sword of Satori uses all-analog circuitry to recreate the feel, dynamics, sag, compression, harmonic content, and response of classic tube amplifier designs.

This amp is designed as a highly versatile one-stop combo for players who need a wide range of usable tones without carrying multiple amps. The onboard Voice control offers a broad selection of amp-inspired sounds, from acoustic-style clean tones to Fender-style Blackface, Vox-style brightness, Marshall-inspired drive, smooth solo voicings, notch/bass-emphasis sounds, and more. It can cover clean jazz, blues, roots, rock, slide, experimental, and studio work with ease.

The controls are powerful but straightforward. The IN control helps match the amp to your guitar and adds harmonic response. The Volume/Gain control takes the amp from clean volume into clipping, sustain, and distortion. The Boost adds volume on clean sounds or extra gain when the amp is already dirty. Bass, mid, and treble controls provide high-resolution EQ shaping.

The combo uses a 10” speaker along with a pair of Pioneer 3.5” horn tweeters, giving it a unique and wide-range response. It is also equipped with multiple useful outputs, including speaker outs, XLR EQ DI, amp DI, effects send/return, practice jack/attenuator, and footswitch capability.

This particular amp was previously looked over by a veteran studio tech and given a clean bill of health. It is sturdy, rare, and ready to use.

Controls / features

• IN control for touch response and harmonic interaction
• Volume/Gain control for clean volume, clipping, distortion, and sustain
• Voice knob with multiple classic amp-inspired voicings
• Boost control for clean boost or added gain
• Bass / Mid / Treble 3-band EQ
• B & C boost/channel switching capability
• Watts control for lower-wattage feel up to high-power performance
• Practice Jack with built-in tone-enhanced speaker attenuation
• Speaker output jack
• XLR EQ DI output
• Amp DI output
• Effects send/return
• Footswitch input for channel/boost switching

Voice knob settings noted

• A — Acoustic: miked acoustic-style response for solid-body guitars
• B — Bass Boost: inspired by Wes Montgomery-style tone
• F — Flat: Fender vintage Blackface-inspired
• H — Heavy: emphasized treble for high-gain sustain
• L — Lead: Boogie/Marshall-inspired lead voice
• M — Moderately Bright: vintage Marshall-inspired
• N — Notch: bass notch and accented treble for high-gain sustain
• P — Precision: precision-bass-inspired guitar tone with treble emphasis, high-mid notch, and rolled-off bass
• S — Smooth Solo: bass and treble emphasis for bigger solo sounds
• V — Very Bright: Vox Top Boost-inspired with treble cut

Condition

Excellent condition. Fully functional and recently checked over by a qualified tech. Shows normal light signs of use for a used combo amp, but overall very clean and ready to play.

there are some light, odd, scratches on the backside, but these are purely cosmetic

Suggested price language

Asking $1,890 or best reasonable offer. These are rare boutique amps and do not come up often.

Tags / search terms

Pritchard Sword of Satori, boutique solid state amp, analog modeling amp, tube amp alternative, jazz amp, blues amp, studio amp, combo amplifier, rare guitar amp, Fender Blackface style, Vox style, Marshall style, Boogie style.

This item is sold as-described. I do not accept preference-based returns, trial-period returns, or returns for buyer’s remorse. If the item arrives damaged or materially different from the description/photos, please contact me through Reverb within Reverb’s required window and provide clear photos/video so we can resolve it through Reverb’s process. Item must be returned in the same condition received, with all original packing and included items.

Please review all photos and ask any questions before purchase. Vintage and used gear may show normal cosmetic wear, aging, oxidation, scratchy pots, or other minor signs of use unless specifically described otherwise.