In the twilight of the 1960s, SF Bay Area amp repairman to the Stars, Randall Smith, was inspired to start building his own amplifiers after coming to a deep appreciation for the 50s Tweed circuits. He loved their organic-sounding voice, powerful controls, and the way they smoothly transitioned from clean to clip and back again.
Standing on the shoulders of a giant, Smiths (and the Worlds) first venture into boutique guitar amplification resulted in a new Boogie amp design inspired by that wonderful, timeless-sounding preamp. Five decades later we returned to pay homage with the original California Tweed 4:40. Now, weve distilled the essence of that tweed-based performance and authentic 6V6 character in a new, more compact format. A beautifully simplistic design that raises the bar in the world of vintage tone. The NEW CALIFORNIA TWEED 2:20 1x10 COMBO.
A quick glance at the front panel of the California Tweed 2:20 reveals single-channel simplicity. Channel features include Normal & Low Inputs, Gain, Treble, Mid, Bass, Presence, Reverb, & Master Controls. Our legendary vintage all-tube, spring reverb with external reverb switching jack and a fully buffered, tube-driven series FX loop round out a feature set that delivers everything you need for golden tone, and absolutely nothing more.
Features
- 6V6-loaded 1 x 10-inch combo amp with Tweed-based performance
- Multi-Watt Power yields 1W, 10W, and 20W power options
- Normal and Low inputs give you a stylistic choice of voicings
- Footswitchable reverb adds dimension to your playing (footswitch and cable sold separately)
- Maintenance-free fixed-bias design
- Brilliant-sounding Jensen Blackbird Alnico 40 speaker
Specs
- Type: Tube
- Number of Channels: Single channel
- Total Power: 20W (10W/1W settings)
- Speaker Size: 1 x 10 Jensen Blackbird Alnico 40
- Preamp Tubes: 5 x 12AX7, 1 x 12AT7
- Power Tubes: 2 x 6V6
- Reverb: Tube Driven Spring Reverb
- EQ: 3-band EQ, Presence
- Inputs: 2 x 1/4 (normal/low)
- Outputs: 1 x 1/4 (8 ohm), 2 x 1/4 (4 ohm)
- Effects Loop: Series FX Loop, Buffered
- Footswitch I/O: 1 x 1/4 (reverb)
- Footswitch Included: No
- Construction Material: Baltic Birch, Cream Bronco Vinyl covering
- Power Source: Standard IEC AC cable
- Height: 16.25
- Width: 16.5
- Depth: 10.0
- Weight: 26.4 lbs.