manu_zitnik

I've had this amp for about a year and a half now. Mine's from 1969 or 1970 judging from the codes written on the pots (dated '69), built in England, point-to-point construction with huge transformers and all the "magical" components you can expect from an amp of that era: mustard & tropical fish Mullard capacitors, piher carbon comp resistors. I had the original Erie filter caps replaced for some nice F&T ones. This is an amp that is built just as good as the other famous British amps of the time (Marshall, Vox), but Carlsbro couldn't compete on the marketing level and thus got completely forgotten afterwards. It's a 50 watts monster with no master volume. Having an attenuator is a necessity. Two channels: Treble & Bass. Tons of lows, a super precise presence control called "Tone Cut". I would describe the sound of this amp as a nice in-between Vox and Marshall: not as chimey as a Vox, not as grungy as a Marshall, yet it still retains lots of character and packs some mean punchy tones. I use it with a Hiwatt cabinet which is a great combination IMO. If you stumble upon one, be aware they can be quite hard to find, yet they are usually not expensive at all because most people who are unaware of the quality think they must be some crappy amps, being not as famous as Marshall. How wrong they are! :)

Selmer may be celebrated for its saxophones (they used to make the "holy grail" of all saxes, the Selmer Mark VI), but they made great amps too. The Treble & Bass 50SV model that I have is from the early 70s, PTP construction, built in England with great components and tidy solder work. It is the last version of that model. Granted, it's ugly! But if you're familiar with the awesome crunch of a JTM45, this amp will please you to no end. It's got its own flavor going on, but you can get a very close rendering of the tones on AC/DC's first albums (High Voltage, Let There Be Rock). The crunchy tones you can get from this amp are simply out of this world. The Bass channel is super bassy and the Treble channel is super trebly, which is a common complaint. Thus, most people bridge them together. I just use it with the bass channel, plugged into a very trebly cabinet to balance things out. I love it. Please try one if you can, you'll be surprised this is not more famous than it is. I forgot to add the amp has a built-in effects loop, stock!

Made in 1970s in Italy. The JEN company used to build Cry Baby Wahs before Dunlop, and also built pedals for Thomas Organ in the USA, and Vox in the UK. This is a silicon Fuzz using three transistors. Very trebly and full of bite, It cuts through any mix. Best fuzz pedal I've had for lead work. It's not very convenient for the modern player though: no 9v power supply (battery only) and not true-bypass, like most vintage effects.