Based on our Vintage 50, this amp was designed with the gigging musician in mind. Special lower-powered output transformer delivers about 30 watts. This amp was designed for venues where 50 watts would be too much. You can wind this amp up to enable it to produce that sweet tone at reduced volume.
Just like the Vintage 50, this amp is a 4 input, non master volume setup, with a shared set of tone controls. The JKC 33 has a killer, sweet full clean tone, and starts to get gritty around 4 on the volume. From 4 on up, it gets thicker and smoother crunch tones. As with all of our amps, it responds very well to the guitars volume control, and to your pick attack. When wound up, gets a nice gritty clean, or clean with a little hair on it, by rolling the volume back on the guitar. Go from there, to singing leads with just a turn of the guitars volume.
Power section is 2 el34's, OR 2 KT66's. and the preamp uses 3 12ax7's. Solid state rectification keeps this amp tight, even when wound up.
Built with the same attention to detail, and high quality of all of our amps. Custom wound Heyboer transformers, hand assembled and wired with Mil Spec PEC pots, ARS filter caps, "Dijon" coupling caps, NOS carbon comp resistors in all critical locations. Chassis are welded for extra support and durability, and switches are all heavy duty units for long troublefree service. I am constantly testing preamp tubes for the best possible combination of tubes.
I have also been testing the use of KT66's in this amp, and its amazing. All amps are now set up with the ability to adjust for KT66's, to give you that early Page,Clapton, etc type tone.
Standard on all amps is
Custom-wound proprietary Heyboer output transformer
Heyboer choke
Heyboer power transformer
PEC mil spec pots
Winged C or Mullard RI matched el34 power tubes.
A mix of Mullard, JJ, EI, or Tungsol preamp tubes.
NOS carbon comp resistors on plates and cathodes
"Dijon" mustard coupling caps
ARS and Sprague high quality filter caps
Handwired with silver core teflon jacketed wire.
External bias jacks, with top mounted 10 turn bias pot for easy,
precise biasing.
