A rare
circuit that was only made for a
year or two in the late 50's is
sought after and hard to find.
If you are lucky enough to find
one expect to pay $3,000 to
$6,000. I have re-created this
awesome amp and, in my opinion,
it is the best sounding
tweed amp.
The cabinet is made of pine and
is lacquered as they did in the
50's. This cabinet is known as
the "Big Box" which gives the 20
watt circuit nice lower mids and
low end compared to a deluxe
size cabinet. This amp also has
the best tremolo I ever heard.
Another thing that sets this amp
apart from some of the other
lower watt tweed amps is that it
has a long tailed phase inverter
that gives this circuit some
great head room.
The speaker is a 12" Weber
Alnico 12A150(B) and sounds
perfect with this amp. The amp
is constructed using USA made
paper bobbin transformers
(original spec), carbon comp
resistors, point to point eyelet
board, Jupiter tone and bypass
caps and vintage style cloth
wire.
The amp is powered by two JJ6V6
power tubes, three JJ12AX7
preamp tubes and one JJ5U4
rectifier tube. The circuit is
dead on original except for a
bias pot and stand by switch.
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Specs:
20
watts
Lacquered pine
tweed cabinet
Weber 12" Alnico
12" 12A150(B)
Speaker
(other speakers
available by
request)
Jupiter tone and
bypass caps
Carbon comp
resistors
Classic tone
original spec
transformers
Tremolo foot
switch
Two JJ6V6 power
tubes
Three JJ12AX7
preamp tubes
One JJ5U4
rectifier tube
Hand wired point
to point eyelet
board
2 Channels:
bright and
normal
Tone speed and
depth controls
Price: $1995 |
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ToneQuest Report
April 2015
RetroKing Tremolux
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