British Champion 1x8 and 1x12 Combo
Marshall JTM meets Tweed Champ!
1x8 Combo in Standard Cosmetics
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Description:
One of my most popular amps is my Classic Tweed Champ. In fact Tweed Champ style amps are some of the most popular amps on the market today for two good reasons: they sound great and are very portable! The Champ is an amazing low volume recording amp with great 50’s American Tweed tones but what about players who want a similar feature set but a brasher more British tone? That’s where the British Champion comes in! It’s a mixture of the great Plexi tone and the Tweed Champ tone. Part Champ and part JTM45. Loaded a KT66 it puts out 10W glorious watts in to a 8 inch speaker. The result is a great, killer British tone akin to the early Marshall amps with health dose of tweed champ.
Another great feature is that is can many other power tube types for different tones. KT66, 6LGGC, 5881, 6V6, or 6L6WGB all without changing anything but the tube!
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Power: 5/10W Watts All Tube Power (Comes with one KT66, one 12AX7 and one GZ-34 Rectifier Tube)
Meticulously Hand-wired
Low Noise: Improved grounding system, dc elevated heaters, and special resistor selection and minimizes noise
Controls: Hi and Low inputs, Single Volume Control on 8 inch Combo—-Volume and Tone on 12” Combo
Finger Jointed Pine Cab
8-ohm Speaker Out
Speaker: Celestion 8 in inch combo, Weber Legacy in 12 inch Combo
Optional London Power Scaling on 12” Combo
Tube Swapping: 5W when using a 6V6 and 10W with KT66. It can also use a 5881, 6l6GC, or 6L6WGB.
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Celestion Speaker in 8 inch combo, Jensen 12 in 12”, custom wound transformers, Switchcraft Jacks Mallory 150, Panasonic, and Vishay tone caps, Long Life Filter Caps, Special resistor selection for the best tone and least noise, finger joined pine cab on combos.
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“OMG!
I'm on cloud nine!
This really does sound like an old Marshall at listenable dBs!
Where has this been all of my life? I have owned, and played through, many top notch amps, but this British Champ is , for my purposes, by far the best!
About 15 years ago, I bought a Marshall Custom Shop JTM 45 Offset head and cabinet. It was fantastic, but way too loud.
This little amp of yours reproduces that vibe but in a much more manageable way.
Although still breaking it in, it is the most " organic " amp which I have played through.
It seems to breath and think what I am playing!
Other brands have included Mesa Boogie, Fender Custom Shop, Morgan, Suhr and Supro.
Keep doing what you are doing! “
Bernard D.
“Carl,
Received the amp last night and I love it! I think plugging my strat straight in is all the tone I’ll ever need. I’ve got it dialed in for a tasty amount of overdrive that I’m certain will fit in a mix at the next jam session. Also, the fit and finish is superb, holy cow!…..”
Ryan M.
1x12 British Champion with London Power Scaling in the older style cabinet. New Cabs have the same front as the 1x8 combo
Head Version
1x12 Version in Dark Tweed with Vox Brown Diamond Grill.