From our personal collection....we love this amp, and combination of it with the Atomic boost...well, as Michael Swart wrote: "The ATOMIC DUO is a package that cant be loverlooked as the Atomic Space Tone and the Atomic Boost are just made for each other. The pedal does work amazingly with the other Swart offerings as well, though might be a touch overkill for something like the 6V6se.
Anyone that knows pedals knows the Dallas Rangermaster and the history behind it. Michael took one of the all time favorite gain boosters with that legendary tone and distortion and made it even more reliable and less prone to RF Bleed.
This amp brings more tube soul than I thought possible, even compared to some of my favorite vintage amps. We are talking ALL TUBE circuitry, even the Tremolo and Reverb, all leading into the excellent 12" Mojotone BV-25m speaker.
I am actually so excited by this amp both aurally and visually. It's the second in our Tweed Series which takes our excellent finger jointed pine cabinet and covers it with top quality tweed, adding a lacquer to give it durability and that vintage, timeless look. We then add a rich, dark lacquer tweed on the sides which gives this amp a totally distinctive appearance. When we play out with this beast, everyone that "knows" comes up to inquire about the AST, this on the sound AND looks. Just like the original ST-6V6se, there is nothing out there like it.
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The AC is cleaned and rectified by the reliable JJ 5AR4, this a very robust tube providing excellent sonics due to the total lack of solid-state circuits in the rectification stage (SS rectification leads to a more hard/harsh tone and slams the tubes on power-up causing excess tube wear). A heavy duty, JJ 500V Surface mount capacitor is the mains filtering device.
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Powered by Twin EH 6v6's putting out 18-22 cathode biased Watts; the twin 6V6s seem to really put out an amazing mixture of soul~tone. We love this combo! (You can also sub 6L6s for a bit more headroom due to the extra beefy Heyboer Power Transformer,
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A 12AX7 does duty as the driver and bias regulated Tremolo. Ever heard tube tremolo? You will now. Simply put, if you're a tremolo fan, you won't go back.
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Reverb is all tube. Tube Reverb is the only way to go and our implementation leaves the competition sounding two-dimensional.
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The first preamp tube is another dedicated rocking 12AX7 to drive this beast to Mount St. Helens and back. Our whole driver/preamp circuit has been optimized from months of testing. The AST sings like no other.
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Custom built, Heavy Duty, power and output transformers - HeyBoer USA - The New Leader
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Carbon Comp Resistors for the BEST tone. Period.
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Mallory, Sprague and JJ Caps - only the best, all considered for their appropriate roles
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Finest silver tinned cloth & Teflon covered wire
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Hand Wired, point to point
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Standby Switch - warm up | extends tube life High and low inputs for high and low output pickups
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Dedicated 2-button foot switch for reverb & tremolo
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12" Mojotone British Vintage Series BV-25m
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And a hand-made, finger jointed pine cabinet covered in light with dark tweed tweed side panels. This cabinet is part of the magic of the Atomic Space Tone - We tested many different cabinet configurations and wood choices until we found the magic of the AST combo.
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Dimensions: 18" T x 15 1/2 W x 9 1/2 D ~ 29lbs
Ships in the original box!
