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22
Tango
UPDATE: We have a new look for the 22
Tango. A Classic TV front cabinet for max hip factor! It still has the
trademark Nolatone "V" panel in a cool TV front cosmetic.
More photos coming soon, but here's what it looks like:
Watch
the videos
The
22 Tango is the result of my quest for the ultimate small club
gigging amp that's also great in the studio. In this I wanted
more clean headroom from a pair of 6V6's, sweet, swirly and
huge sounding cleans, and at the same time a killer crunchy
overdrive with singing lead tones. I also wanted the amp to
be lively and responsive to the touch. I accomplished all of
this.
I
designed the 22 Tango because I had a hard time finding an amp
that can "get it's tone" in a smaller bar gig, but
still have enough clean headroom to handle Johnny Cash and funk.
Dial it up for a bit of overdrive with just the guitar, roll
the volume off a bit for cleans, and put a couple of pedals
in front and you've got a range from clean sparkle to as heavy
as the pedal you hit it with.
It's
a dual 6V6, tube rectified, using fixed bias and NO negative
feedback. It's rated at, you guessed it, 22 watts, and it's
an original design. The cabinet you see is 24" x 21"
x 10/11" (it's slant front: 10" deep at top, 11"
deep at base).
It
is also available in a head, 1x12, 2x12 extension cabinet, and
2x12 combo format.
22
Tango features:
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Custom
Wound Mercury Magnetics transformers
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Minimum
1 watt resistors throughout
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Custom
layout for shortest possible lead runs.
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Industrial
grade 15 amp Carling switches.
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Switchcraft
plugs and jacks.
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Hand
wired by a dude (that'd be me) who still holds a Level C Micro
Miniature soldering certification from the US Navy. That means solder joints good for 10 G's and 80,000 feet altituede!
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Micalex
tube sockets.
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Footswitchable
Boost.
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Bright
switch allows that extra sparkle when you need it.
My
cabinet is my own design built of solid pine with dovetail jointed corners. It produces
beautiful, swirly clean tones, nice bottom, balanced response
across the frequency range, and great projection. It's
also lighter than a plywood cabinet, not to mention the
sweet resonance of solid pine. This makes for a large
cabinet combo that weighs in at only 41.5lb!
Why
6V6's? They have a beautiful round clean tone with their
own unique chime and sound great overdriven. AND, given
the power range of these tubes, you can get "your
tone" without getting banned from the establishment!
The
transformers are the heart and soul of the amp and
we use ONLY the best: Mercury Magnetics!
The
power tranny is beefier than typically found in a
6V6 based amp delivering higher plate voltage and
a surplus of headroom. This makes for a very lively
feeling amp that doesn't squish out when cranked.
Adding to this, the output tranny is where the cake
is. It is quite oversized for the power rating is
the result is a 6V6 amp that doesn't "give up"
and squish out nearly as quickly as most. The result
is exceptional punch and clarity (some use name "Hiwatt"
in their description).
The
tone controls are based on the time tested Fender/Marshall/Vox
circuit, but have been modified to have a wider
control range than the originals allowing a wide
range of tones to be dialed up.
This
package adds up to a gig ready tone monster that lets
you cover everything from country and jazz all the
way up to hard rock, and all with exceptional tone
and NO compromises!
And
because the 22 Tango uses the absolute minimum circuit
to get the job done, the amp is very responsive to
pick attack and guitar volume and tone controls as
well, and nuances of different guitars and pickups
come through clearly.
Videos
on Youtube
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