British Ambassador 12

A low wattage version of the great 70’s Orange and Matamps with London Power Scaling

Pine Cabinet with Burnt Golden Brown

British Ambassador Head 12
Color of Stained Pine

We sell cover to protect the head and also sell ext. cabs either in matching stains or in various tolex options.

Cabinets are now being made of solid box jointed pine but oak or poplar lumber can be used for a bit more. Various finishes are possible.

Description:

This amp is my take on the 70’s Orange and Matamp sound but without the ear-splitting volume. For those that don’t know the 70’s Orange and Matamps are different from the modern company’s amps and highly sought after on the vintage market. This one can get some great British clean tone, vintage overdrive, all the way up to some very heavy sounds. Perfect for classic rock, hard rock, early metal, doom, and grunge. The London Power Scaling allows you to get power tube overdrive at any volume, and the controls are extra versatile.


You can get some very Marshally sounding tones with FAC low or heavy sludgy tones with it turned up. This amp responds to the controls on your guitar so you can clean up by rolling the volume back.

Each cabinet is unique and built to give the amps character and beauty. Most are pine that is toasted, stained, lacquered and rubbed out before wax is applied.

Features:

12W with one El-34 and two 12AX7s, Drive, Treble, Bass, FAC, Limit and Power Controls. 4 and 8 ohm speaker out. Hand wired with high quality parts throughout. The cabinet is Baltic birch with pine front and back panels.


We can build higher wattage (25W and 50W) versions of this amp upon request.

Dark Burnt Honey Stain

Customer Comments:

“Hi Carl,

Hope you're doing well and life is good. The British Ambassador 12 arrived safely on Monday (super fast shipping!). I've been jamming on it for the last couple days... wow! What an amazing amp. It's so versatile; was able to get wonderful thick clean tones, tight classic rock tones, and massive, burly doom tones. Great for blues slide and jazz cleans too. Tons of depth and character!

Nails all the 70's rock sounds! Instantly sounded awesome right out of the box. I plugged it into the cab you built for me last year with the 15" EV speaker, playing a 1975 Japanese Les Paul Special with P90's. It sounds absolutely huge! Goes from beautiful, shimmering jazzy cleans to dirty, mean and massive. The tonal range is incredible. Thank you so much for this inspiring amplifier! 

All the best,
Dustin”