Half the Weight = Half the Tone? 20W High Gain Amp Prototype

[blackie13]

3 12ax7s and diodes...?

 

[EddyLenz]

3 12ax7s and diodes...?

No, it's all-tube with 4 12ax7.

 

[Junk Yard Dog]

Thank you! This one has a Depth knob on the left, which helps a lot. Comparing it to my 50 and 100w Amps at bedroom volume, the punch is pretty similar, cranked it would probably be different though haha.

I'll add some room recordings in the next video

Yeah, awesome! I referenced the JJ Jr because based on threads, many that owned or played the Jr say it punches well above its EL84 weight, so it’s encouraging that we can get “bigger” tone and feel in smaller packaging. I think the trend could move back from modelers to real amps when it comes to gigging for some guitarists like me that still wanna use tubes, and I think one way to do that is offer huge sounding tube amps in smaller, easier to move formats. The 5153 50w really did it well 9 years ago.

Look forward to the in room clips when you have time. Cheers!