Description
Description
In the twilight of the 1960s, SF Bay Area amp repairman to the Stars, Randall Smith, was inspired to start building his own amplifiers after coming to a deep appreciation for the ‘50s Tweed circuits. He loved their organic-sounding voice, powerful controls, and the way they smoothly transitioned from clean to clip and back again.
Standing on the shoulders of a giant, Smith’s (and the World’s) first venture into boutique guitar amplification resulted in a new Boogie® amp design inspired by that wonderful, timeless-sounding preamp. Five Decades later, we return to pay homage. Now, drawing on these 50 years of experience, we bring forward an exciting new realm of tweed-based performance and authentic 6V6 character. A beautifully simplistic design that raises the bar in the world of vintage tone. The NEW CALIFORNIA TWEED™.
A quick glance at the front panel of the California Tweed reveals single-channel simplicity. Channel features include Normal & Low Inputs, Gain, Treble, Mid, Bass, Presence, Reverb & Master Controls. Our legendary vintage all-tube, long-tank spring reverb with external reverb switching jack and a fully buffered, tube-driven series FX loop round out a feature set that delivers everything you need for golden tone and absolutely nothing more.
Single Channel, 5 Power Voices, One Simple Switch
The California Tweed is powered by 4x6V6 Power Tubes, while the preamp features 5x 12AX7 and 1x 12AT7 preamp tubes. Our patented Incremental Multi-Watt™ (Patent 9,917,560) Power Amp, featuring Duo-Class™ (Patent 7,173,488) and Dyna-Watt™ technologies, provides five power levels, two operating classes, and three wiring options via a single 5-Way Rotary Switch! Choose from the following power options:
FEATURES:
- 40 Watts - 4x 6V6 Class A/B Pentode
- 30 Watts - 2x 6V6 Class A/B Triode + 2x 6V6 Class A/B Pentode
- 20 Watts - 2x 6V6 Class A/B Pentode
- 10 Watts - 2x 6V6 Class A/B Triode
- 2 Watts - 1x 6V6 Triode + 1x 6V6 Pentode, Single-Ended Class A Parallel
Harken back, bounce on forward, while never sacrificing one drop of golden California Tone
SPECS:
- Wattage: Multi-Watt™ 2, 10, 20, 30, or 40
- Channels & Modes: 1 Channel
- Mode Voicings styles: Single Channel with two Inputs: Normal Input = Clean to Overdrive Low Input = Clean
- Graphic Eq Reverb Fx Solo: Reverb
- Foot switchable Functions: Reverb (Footswitch & Cable sold separately)
- Speakers Impedance: 1 - 8 Ohm Jensen Blackbird Alnico 40 / Total Load = 8 Ohms
- Weight: 46.4 Lbs.
- Dimensions: 19 1/4" H x 22 3/4" W x 10 3/8" D