Swart Space Tone 6V6se Amp
The Space
Tone 6V6se is a Class A, 5 watt, single-ended, tube rectified box
of serious tone!
The original Swart Amplifier Space Tone 6V6se arose out of
musician/recording engineer Michael Swart's attempt to get the most
tone and soul from a small, easily manageable package for home/studio
use. The result is a stellar amplifier that surpassed ALL expectations.
The Space Tone Tweed Series amplifier is inspired by Classic designs
from the single-ended ALL VALVE era 50's. The Circuit is a customized
Fender Princeton 5F2/5F1 Champ derivative with Swart's own circuit mods
and tweaks thrown into the mix, making this circuit unique sonically.
The tone and clean to distortion character is in a class all its own.
We think this amplifier surpasses any amplifier of this type we've
played, both old and new, including the original Tweeds.
Along with the original Space Tone 6V6se, this is the sound that Swart
Amplifier Co has built on as ground Zero of the BEST DAMN TONE you'll
ever hear, regardless.
Each ST-6V6se is hand-wired, point to point, then burned-in and tested
before leaving Swart Amplifier Co. There are no circuit or turret
boards resulting in the most direct path, this harkening back to when
ALL amps were hand wired with care. Cloth wire is used for
hookup. Simply put, there are no semiconductors or solid state diodes
anywhere as the Space Tone is 100% valve powered.
The Supro inspired cabinet is hand-made finger jointed pine and covered
with high quality tweed, then lacquered for years and years of
wear, all with the vintage style and great tone.
Tubes include the excellent JJ 12AX7, Electro-Harmonix 6V6GT, and JJ
5Y3. It's a Pure triode front end into the great 6V6 all cleaned by 5Y3
tube rectification. All tube designs disappeared because of the extra
expense and the emergence of ultra-cheap solid state diodes. We feel
that eliminating ALL solid state devices is necessary to get the BEST
tone without the harsh, metallic sound of solid state.
Sound is amazingly BIG, BOLD, and SOULFUL, with a combination of grit
and complexity of tone that is immediately apparent. Go from super
clean to TUBE distortion with the turn of the volume knob.
It's safe to say that you'll have NEVER played anything quite like this
little gem.
Note: Humbucker Music
stocks
this amp in MANY custom colors, including TWEED,
DARK
TWEED, BROWN
OSTRICH, SURF
GREEN, BLACK/BLONDE,
and SURF/IVORY.