We love going into pawn shops and thrift stores in that off chance we find some great vintage audio gear. Fender must like doing that too, because they have released a couple of amps that have that great vintage look and feel. The Pawn Shop Special amplifiers present a cool, unconventional take on amp design by evoking the enjoyably esoteric finds you might discover in a pawnshop or second-hand store.
These special series of amps come in two versions, the Excelsior and the Greta.
Excelsior features:
- 13 Watts of output power
- Two 6V6 output tubes
- Two 12AX7 preamp tubes
- 15″ Special Design speaker
- Guitar, Microphone, and Accordion inputs, each with individually optimized circuitry
- Bottom-loaded primary chassis with top-loaded control chassis for low noise and operating convenience
- Volume control
- Tremolo with speed control
- Treble/Bass tone switch
- 1/4’’ speaker plug may be disconnected to use Excelsior with an 8-ohm, 15W minimum, external speaker enclosure
- Price $399.99
Greta features:
- 2 Watts of output power
- One 12AT7 output tube
- One 12AX7 preamp tube
- 4″ Special Design speaker
- VU meter with “CLEAN to OVERLOAD” indicator
- Volume and Tone controls
- 1/4″ instrument input
- 1/4″ line out (for using as a preamp with another amplifier)
- 1/4″ speaker out (for using with an external speaker enclosure)
- 1/8″ AUX input (for hi-fi tube amplification of external music playback device; Instruments may be played simultaneously with recorded music)
- Price $259.99
Retro? Check. Awesome? Check. Want? Double check. Release date is April, so start planning now!
