.Our first product, and still one of the all time favorites is the 18. Based on the 18 watt Marshall (tm) with a few circuit changes. Goes anywhere from sweet clean tones, to classic rock, to heavier gain, but not too heavy. Think AC/DC, Van Halen, ABB, etc. This amp does it all, and does it so well. Touch sensitivity on either channel is second to none. Play lightly, it's sweet cleans, dig in a little and its mild bluesy overdrive. Dig in harder and its Classic rock at its finest. No need for pedals with this, but it loves a good boost as well. Do not confuse with the original 18 watt Marshall amp, this amp has all that, and much more.
The first channel, or "normal" channel is based on the stock amp, nice chimey cleans to a killer smokey blues. Great feel and dynamics.
The second channel or "bright" channel is the hotrodded channel. This channel has had the tremolo removed, and another gain stage and full range EQ added in its place. With a master volume on this channel, it can go from amazing chimey clean to nice crunchy gritty blues, to a killer classic and hard rock tone. No over the top heavy muddy gain here, but a killer hot plexi level.
For those who wonder if 18 watts is enough to gig with, the answer is YES. Several customers report that its great to be able to turn an amp up enough at a gig to get that sweet power tube distortion without being yelled at be the soundman, or the club owner. Easily loud enough to be heard over all but the most heavy handed drummer.
Amps come standard with
PEC Mil Spec pots
GT/Mullard RI 1212AX7/ ECC83, JJ ECC803, TungSol RI 12ax7OR EI ECC83
JJ EL84
EH 6CA4/EZ81 rectifier
Transformers are Heyboer copies of the original Radio Spares trannies.
Sozo Vintage series and Mallory 150 caps, 1% tolerance resistors, all teflon wire and shieled input cable for low noise.
$1695
THE 18
1X12 Combo
With standard
ceramic speaker
(g12h or g1265, etc)
$1895
Also available with
Alnico Blue, Bluedog,
Scumback etc.
Please inquire
SOUNDS
Greg Martin
Greg Martin from the Kentucky Headhunters was kind enough to record some clips of the 18 he purchased. Greg is a legendary guitar player, and has a wonderful style and feel for tone. Also he is one of the nicest guys you could ever talk with. I am very happy to have him with me as a customer. The first 2 clips were done with his 1958 burst, and the last 3 clips were done with an '80 Heritage, with RS Guitarworks custom designed Fralin pickups. All of the guitar tones, rythym and lead and slide were done with one of our 18 watt style amps. The cab was an old marshall 4x12 with vintage celestion g12h30 speakers. These are small files for those with slow connections. I will be putting the same clips up in a larger file for more resolution for those with faster connections soon.
Anthony Steele Clips
This set of clips were recorded by Anthony Steele. Anthony is an
outstanding guitarist who has played with a "who's who" of famous musicians including Buddy Miles. Check out his site for information and contact info. His clips were recorded using a Gibson R8 loaded with
WCR Coils pickups. They were recorded plugging the guitar straight into the Reinhardt 18. Speakers were Celestion G12-65's in a 2X12 cab.
New Atom Eve Eclipse
These clips are from the newest AtomEve Eclipse cd. Bryan Long did these during his latest recording sessions for the cd. For the first clip he used an old 335 and a vintage Marshall 8x10 cab.
the second clip is his '57 jr with the same 8x10 cab.
WARNING. Big clips. These are full tunes without vocals.
HEAD
Shawn Tubbs, who plays for Carrie Underwood, and also does a lot of session work in Nashville, was messing around with an 18 one day, and did a clean to slightly dirty clip. the dirty was using a LovePedal Eternity.
MORE CLIPS
Jon Butcher, from the Jon Butcher Axis, and more recently The Barefoot Servants, did a few clips with a strat and the 18. Clip one is a short clip, and clip 2 is with the 18 and a strat, and using his song At the Feet of the Master as a backing
