The
June Bug is named after my daughter, Ava June, and they have a
LOT in common. Sweet and mild, but with a wild side a mile wide!
The
June Bug started out to be a Tweed Princeton type amp, but in
true Nolatone form, she took on a life of her own! A high gain
overdrive channel, several modifications to the power supply,
and beefier Mercury output iron takes the June Bug to new and
exciting places but with plenty of hip vintage vibe on tap.
Using
two preamp tubes we've managed to craft a 2 channel amp with a
clean channel that is very similar to a small tweed amp, but with
more headroom, and an overdrive channel with, count 'em, THREE
cascaded gain stages!
The
two channels share the first preamp stage and the volume and tone
controls. The overdrive channel also has a "sweet gain"
and "hot gain" control. These level controls control
the two extra gain stages in the OD channel. One is voiced for
a rounder more vintage tone, and the other voiced for a hotter
tone with more bite. These controls allow the player to dial in
more of one or the other.
This
baby sounds amazing with the gain cranked and the volume dialed
back for bedroom volumes as well. One of the best we've heard.
No power scaling required here. We like the bedroom sound on this
amp better than the power scaled amps we've heard at similar levels.
One
other swell feature: The convertible cabinet. It ships as a 1x10
with the speaker mounted on an adapter ring that can be unbolted,
ring, speaker, and all, and replaced with a 12" speaker.
This speaker change can make the amp usable even for smaller gigs!
Specifications:
Power
Tube: 1 x JJ 6V6
Rectifier:
5Y3GT
Preamp
Tubes: 2 x 12ax7/ECC83
Controls:
Sweet Gain, Hot Gain, Channel Switch, Volume, Tone.
