Spartan 30 is a custom designed amp model, based on vintage british circuits.
This is a vintage style amp, and from coupling caps to transformers, uses the exact same methods
The amp is hand wiered with top components, and features vintage style UK hand-made transformers, vintage oil caps, carbon resistors, and NOS tubes, wich all make the tone vintage style smooth, organic and natural.
The chassis was custom designed and made of 1mm (non magnetic) staineless steel. Both the head and matching cab are custom built from top quality solid wood.
The amp has two distinct channel modes, wich are switchable on the top of the chassis. One mode works like an 1960 AC30 (channels sum out-of-phase), the other "stock" mode is a juicier, more muscular sound, with plenty of gain and articulation.
It features 3 channels, being the first an Ef86 pre, the second a linkable (with channel3) 12ax7 pre, the third is a 12ax7 1960 top-boost-like channel, with the diference that in this channel (in "stock" mode) you can bring the Eq all the way up and still have a very balanced response.
All the 3 channels can be blended, using patch cable method, for mixing diferent flavours of the three.
The bias adjust pot, can be accessed from the top of the chassis, and adjusted within safe values. Also there is the option for working the power section in Pentode or Triode operation (for diferent sounds and dynamics).
The head cabinet offers an improved ventilation, while protecting the amp, and displaying vintage style look's. The matching 212 cabinet has 2 alnico blues series-wired for 16ohms. But the amp also excells with Alnico gold, G12H, and g12M speakers, all with different tastes.
Features:
Power Output 30 Watts Pentode/ 15 Watts Triode
Output Tubes 4 - EL84
Preamp Tubes 1 - Ef86, 3 - 12ax7
Rectifier 1 - Gz34
Controls (Channel 1) Ef86 Pentode/Triode, Volume, Bright, (Channel 2) Volume, Link, (Channel 3) Volume, Treble, Bass,(All Channels) Cut, (Power section) Pentode/Triode.
Additional 2 distint modes of channel operation (Stock/AC30 style), acessible user friendly bias adjust pot, patch cable channel blending, 8 and 15 ohm outputs, Fx loop on channel 3.
Samples:
(home-recorded with an sm57, 20cm away off-axis)
Stratocaster soft blues - low volume in pentode mode
Stratocaster w/fat 50's single coils
Deluxe HSS Stratocaster w/scn single coils - country
Stratocaster rhythm - ef86(channel 1)
Stratocaster jazz - ef86(channel 1)
Stratocaster funky jazz impro - ef86(channel 1)
Deluxe HSS Stratocaster w/scn single coils - blend channel 1 & 3
Deluxe HSS Stratocaster w/scn single coils - bluesy funk
Deluxe HSS Stratocaster w/scn single coils - triode
