Designed by Steve Carr and hand built using point to point techniques in Pittsboro North Carolina, the versatile Carr Sportsman pushes 19 6V6 watts through a single 12 inch speaker.
The Fender Custom Vibrolux Reverb Professional Tube Amplifier, built from 1995 to 2013, was part of Fender’s Professional Series, designed by the Fender Custom Shop and built in the factory.
The Vox AC30 is one of the most influential amplifiers – delivering fantastic tone and pretty high volumes, great for everything from rock to country.
The Mesa Boogie Road King, here in a 2×12 combo version, is an extremely capable and versatile amp, with four channels, two effects loops and 120 watts of power. This is not a bedroom amp! The Road King is designed to give the working guitarist a wide array of tones that can be readily tailored to the needs of the tune and venue. The four preamp sections can be mated with any of five (!) power amp sections, using EL34 or 6L6 tubes.
The new Henriksen “The Blu” model is solid state amplifier with a ton of clean power – and in a package no more than 9” tall! The Blu is the single channel version of The Bud, and pushes 120 watts of power via a special 6.5” Eminence Beta speaker. If features a powerful EQ and but in reverb, along with a phantom powered XLR/1/4” input and bluetooth compatibility.
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The Tone King Royalist 15 differs from most of builder Mark Bartel’s production in that focuses on recreating a UK sound, akin to the Bluesbreaker and Plexi but at reasonable power levels. Available in either 1×12 combo or split head / 1×12 cabinet configurations, the Tone King Royalist delivers 15 watts to a built-in attenuator, and then to a single 12 inch Eminence Texas Heat speaker. It is surprisingly light weight, yet it feels solidly built. For tubes, ut uses 3x12AX7 and 2x EL84s.
