FS/FT: KJL Dirty 30 Head
Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 6:14 am
I am selling a KJL Handwired Dirty 30 head. These amps are built by Kenny Lannes in New Orleans and they sound fantastic. This particular Dirty 30 was built for Bruce Clay at Rarebird guitars in CO. The circuit is designed around 6550 power tubes but it accommodates KT88s, KT66s (currently installed) and EL34s. The preamp uses 3 12ax7s and a 12at7 (The 12at7 is NOS). Single channel with Master and Preamp Gain, Bass, Mid, Treble and Mid notch selector switch (300Hz, 400Hz, 500Hz notches). The mid select is footswitchable but the footswitch is not included. Fixed (AB)/Cathode (A) bias switch, 8 & 4 ohm output jacks. Preamp, power supply and bias circuit are mounted/wired on thick, doubled-sided Military-grade PCB. Robust and very reliable with thick traces.
The KJL uses a Mitchell Power Transformer, Hammond Output Transformer, and a Stainless Steel Chassis by Laitram Machinery.
The cool thing about this amp is that it is not excessively loud so you can crank the master and get really nice chime and grind. Don't get me wrong, it is very loud at that point but it sounds great pushing the power tubes. The KT66s are also biased for only 60% max plate dissipation so you could rebias them up to 70% if you want to push the amp harder.
The head cab is covered in tooled leather style tolex and looks really cool.
This is a great amp that can do Vox AC30 and Marshall Plexi type sounds but my gear needs have me going in other directions (Orange/Hiwatt).
$650 + Shipping or...I would be interested in the following trades only:
-Fender Classic Series 50s or 60s Telecaster
-Fender Classic Player Jaguar
-Fender '65 RI Mustang
-Martin 00 or 000 Solid top (1/Road series, 15 series)
-Handwired amps
-Fairfield Circuitry pedals
-Gibson LP Jr in Pelham Blue
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Pics: https://plus.google.com/photos/113605237036952363009/albums/5986249385168207569?hl=en_US&authkey=CI37ibbqyeunlQE
The KJL uses a Mitchell Power Transformer, Hammond Output Transformer, and a Stainless Steel Chassis by Laitram Machinery.
The cool thing about this amp is that it is not excessively loud so you can crank the master and get really nice chime and grind. Don't get me wrong, it is very loud at that point but it sounds great pushing the power tubes. The KT66s are also biased for only 60% max plate dissipation so you could rebias them up to 70% if you want to push the amp harder.
The head cab is covered in tooled leather style tolex and looks really cool.
This is a great amp that can do Vox AC30 and Marshall Plexi type sounds but my gear needs have me going in other directions (Orange/Hiwatt).
$650 + Shipping or...I would be interested in the following trades only:
-Fender Classic Series 50s or 60s Telecaster
-Fender Classic Player Jaguar
-Fender '65 RI Mustang
-Martin 00 or 000 Solid top (1/Road series, 15 series)
-Handwired amps
-Fairfield Circuitry pedals
-Gibson LP Jr in Pelham Blue
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Pics: https://plus.google.com/photos/113605237036952363009/albums/5986249385168207569?hl=en_US&authkey=CI37ibbqyeunlQE