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"50 Watt Combo"
 

 

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*Style II Combo Cabinet
 

2 channel 4 inputs (high & low)
High treble & normal channels

2 Volume, Treble, Mid, Bass and presence

2 Matched Svetlana EL34 power tubes
3 JJ 12AX7 preamp tubes
1 Solid state rectifier (GZ34 tube by request)*

Heyboer transformers  (120/240 volt primary)

Output Tranny has correct 3.4 k primary
4, 8 or 16 ohm selector
Two speaker outputs
Plexi panels
Original 50 watt Plexi specs
Dijon "mustard" caps allen bradley carbon comp resistors
Aluminum chassis
Hand wired point to point (Teflon wire)
Baltic birch cabinet (black Levant Tolex)
2 x 12 Combo Price: 
$1,895

Style I Cabinet:
28"h x 22"w x 12"d

Style II Cabinet:
28"w x 20"h x 9"d

5 year limited warranty.
1 yr speakers 90 days tubes

Head Version:
$1,545

9"h x 26"w x 8-1/4"d


Style I Combo Cabinet

Your choice of:

 

Weber  speakers:
Ceramic Blue Dog
Ceramic Silver Bell
Ceramic 1230 (G12H30)
Ceramic 1230-55
Celestion Speakers:
12" G12H30
12" Greenback
12" Vintage 30

 

OPTIONS:
Optional Tolex:
add $35.00
 
Optional Grill Cloth:
add $35.00
 
Optional Knobs:
add $10.00
 
Weber Speakers:  
12" AlNiCo Blue Dog:
add $100.00 ea
 
12" AlNiCo Silver Bell:
add $100.00 ea
 
Celestion Speakers:  
Celestion Blue:
add $150.00 ea
 
Heritage Series G12M:
add $100.00 ea
 
Heritage Series G12H:
add $100.00 ea
 
Other makes and models of speakers available by request.  

 

The "50 Watt Combo" is a replica of the 1960's 50 watt plexi with a solid state rectifier (you can order this with a GZ34 rectifier tube * if you want) in a combo version.  It uses two EL-34 output tubes and a heyboer 50 watt plexi output transformer. The output tranny built for me by heyboer has the correct 3.4k primary plate load.  Unlike the 45, which uses a shared cathode, the 50 watt uses a separate cathode arrangement on the first tube, which adds pre-amp gain.  A .68 bypass cap on the second stage 33k slope resistor and 500pf cap gives that classic British midrange crunch of the original. 

You can order this amp with a small switch that takes this .68 bypass cap in and out of the circuit. I also offer my gain stage mod, which gives you a great amount of controllable gain.  The master volume is included in the gain stage mod.

Also available is the optional negative feedback control that will give you more or less power amp gain. This amp is a rocker!  Hand wired on a vintage style turret board just like those great amps of the 60's.   Also available in a Head Version.

AVAILABLE MOD OPTIONS:

Mercury Magnetics Plexi Output Tranny: 
add $155.00

Cathode Cap Mod:                        add $35.00
On the plexi and metal face amps up through 1972, there was a .68 cap on the second stage cathode circuit.  It gave an increase in gain and midrange. My 50 watts come stock with this cap but you can order this amp with a small switch (that I install on the front panel) that takes this cap in and out of the circuit.

Gain Stage Mod:                 add $100.00
I also offer my gain mod, which works like this: the input tube has two sides, channel one uses one half of the tube, channel two uses the other half.  On the gain mod, one half of the tube drives the other half of the tube using the volume two pot as the gain control and the volume one pot as the volume control.  This gives you a great amount of controllable gain.  When you plug into the channel one input, it bypasses the extra gain stage and works like a stock plexi preamp. Both channels work with a master volume that I install on the front or back of the amp.

Negative Feedback Control:           add $35.00
Also available is the optional negative feedback control. In these amps the negative feedback resistor varied from 47k to 100k depending on the year. With the control (mounted on back of amp) you can adjust this from 47k to 100k. This will give you more or less power amp gain.

Master Volume Mod:            add $50.00
Pre or post Pl master volume. I install these on the rear of the amp or in the front in an unused input jack hole.

SOZO caps upgrade:           add $35.00

Adjustable line out                 add $50.00

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