2016 kenton electrix rv-34

A custom made amplifier by myself that serves as one of my personal amps in my main two-amp rig. The other amp is a 65’ Fender Deluxe Reverb. This is a fully hand-wired all tube Frankenstein combination of a Marshall JCM-800 preamp and a VOX AC-30 power amp with extensive modifications. Originally designed by my mentor Jim Kramer who teaches at Roberto-Venn. This was put in a custom Seafoam Green cab with psych rock artwork painted on by hand. It puts out about 50 watts at full tilt and specializes in distortion.

The tube lineup is - 12DW7, 12AX7, 12AT7, a pair of EL-34’s and a solid state rectifier. The power amp has zero negative feedback resulting in a lot of touch sensitivity. The cathode biased Class AB power tubes provide dynamic compression that pairs well with the huge amount of gain on tap from 4 full gain stages in the preamp. The amp is “pre-modified” to be able to take any combo of 12A - - series preamp tubes and any pair of these power tubes: EL34, 6L6GC, KT66, 7581A, 5881, 6CA7, KT77. Being able to experiment with so many different variations of tube compliments is fun and also allows the amp to be set up for many different styles of music.

I can make these available upon request as well as a matching fuzz/filter pedal.