AMP HEADS

GYPSY 50 SERIES AMPLIFIERS

THE “50 SERIES” IS VOICED FOR MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY IN A STRAIGHT FORWARD SINGLE CHANNEL DESIGN. IT CAN MAKE SMOOTH TRANSITIONS FROM CLEAN TO OVERDRIVE AND EFFECTIVELY NAVIGATE BETWEEN AMERICAN AND BRITISH TONES. EXTREMELY TOUCH SENSITIVE TO CAPTURE AND CONVEY EVERY NUANCE AND EMOTION OF YOUR PLAYING STYLE.

CLEAN TONES ARE WARM AND PUNCHY WITH A SPARKLING TOP END, AIRY REALISM AND A HINT OF TUBE SATURATION.  OVERDRIVE CAN BE DIALED IN WITH THE AMP’S VOLUME CONTROL WHILE RETAINING SENSITIVITY TO CHANGES IN YOUR GUITAR VOLUME AND TONE SETTINGS.  OUTBOARD PEDALS AND EFFECTS WORK WELL, WHETHER DIRECTLY INTO THE FRONT OR THROUGH THE SERIAL BUFFERED FX LOOP.

OVERDRIVE HAS A PUNCHY DYNAMIC RESPONSE YET MAINTAINS CLARITY AND ARTICULATION, EVEN AT HIGH GAIN SETTINGS. BREAK-UP IS HARMONICALLY SWEET AND COMPLEX WITH A FINISH OF THICK SWIRLING BLOOM AND SUSTAIN. PLAYER FEEL CAN BE SET MORE FIRM, OR CAN RELAX AND SAG DEPENDING ON VINTAGE/MODERN SETTINGS. THE integrated hIGH VOLTAGE TUBE BOOST CAN CUT THROUGH THE MIX AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL OVERDRIVE AND COMPRESSION

SPECIFICATIONS

50 WATTS, CLASS AB POWER

SINGLE CHANNEL

HIGH-VOLTAGE TUBE BOOST -  VARIABLE FROM CLEAN BOOST TO MILD OVERDRIVE - LED FOOTSWITCH

EFFECTS LOOP – SOLID STATE OR TUBE BUFFERED AVAILABLE,  SERIAL ROUTING, AND SWITCHABLE FULL BYPASS

COMBINATION BRIGHT (UP) AND HI-CUT (DOWN) SWITCH WITH STANDARD VOICING (MIDDLE) POSITION

MASTER VOLUME – OPERATES POST-PHASE INVERTER TO RETAIN TONE AND CHARACTER OF THE “BIG BOTTLE” POWER TUBES AT LOWER VOLUMES

PREAMP IS EQUIPPED WITH HANDPICKED AND TESTED VINTAGE 12AX7 AND 12AT7 TUBES

KT-66 POWER TUBES ARE HAND SELECTED TO FIND THE STRONGEST TUBES, BURNED IN TO PREVENT DRIFTING AND INDIVIDUALLY BIASED TO MAXIMIZE DYNAMIC RANGE AND EVEN ORDER HARMONICS

INTENSELY TOUCH SENSITIVE AND ARTICULATE

CAN BE FINE-TUNED TO SOFTER VINTAGE FEEL OR TIGHTER MORE MODERN RESPONSE

SOLID STATE RECTIFIER

Hand crafted with highest quality components

best-in-class COMPONENTS AND SWITCHES – MILITARY GRADE AND PREMIUM BRANDS

FINEST WIRING AND LAYOUT METHODS USING TURRET, POINT-TO-POINT AND PCB

CUSTOM TRANSFORMERS FROM MERCURY MAGNETICS, HAMMOND AND MERCURY COMPONENTS

NEW OLD STOCK (NOS) PREAMP TUBES…THEY SIMPLY SOUND BETTER AND ARE LESS SUSCEPTIBLE TO FILAMENT NOISE 

SILVER WIRE AND SOLDER FOR MAXIMUM ELECTRON TRANSFER, STRENGTH AND RELIABILITY  

STRONG 12 GAUGE ALUMINUM CHASSIS  

STAINLESS STEEL HARDWARE

MAINS FUSE ON THE BACK, SURGE PROTECTION BUILT IN

DUAL HT (HIGH TENSION) internal FUSE PROTECTION ON THE POWER TRANSFORMER

DUAL VOLTAGE SPIKE PROTECTION ON THE OUTPUT TRANSFORMER

locking dual bias - controls each power tube bias separately

ceramic tube sockets

each AMP is BURNED-IN, STABILIZED, CALIBRATED, VOICED, THEN CHECKED WITH THERMAL IMAGING TO INSURE STABILITY

11-PLY BIRCH CABINETRY WITH FINGER JOINTED CONSTRUCTION ON ALL CABINET WORK