Kustom Defender 5W Class A Guitar Amp: Is this the cheapest 5W valve guitar amp yet?

Submitted by alan on Sun, 07/25/2010 - 19:59

Introduction

I'm a fan of small, low-power guitar amplifiers for nailing the tone you want at the volume that your neighbours will condone. I know a lot of people give the cheaper models a hard time, expecting top-end boutique tone out of a cheap Epiphone valve junior hot rod. Well that's not going to happen. There's a point to small amps and this new model, the Kustom The Defender 5W Class A Guitar Amp Head Black may have just found a nice niche.

The advantage of this amp for me over other small amps, e.g. the epiphone mentioned above, is that I could connect it to the speaker of my choice. Often it's the speaker in the small combos that's the weak link

In this head-only format, this amp's definitely on my list of amps to try, now I just need to find somewhere local enough.

Specifications

Simply put (as it's a simple amplifier): It's a 5W valve amplifier with one control knob - volume. It's that simple.

Kustom The Defender 5W Class A Guitar Amp Head Black

Kustom The Defender 5W Class A Guitar Amp Head Black

The Kustom Defender 5H Guitar Map head may have you asking if there is anything more fun than a low-wattage all-tube amp head that provides authentic, cranked-up tube tone at modest volume levels. And can you say "simple?"The new Defender 5W guitar head has a single knob—volume. But the fun lies in hearing what this knob does as you slowly turn it up. Starting in the counter-clockwise position, you'll move through clean and clear tube tones to progressively dirtier sounds until this little sucker is just plain screaming.This "clean-to-mean" response isn't due to any overdrive or distortion circuit, it's just the sound of the Kustom Defender 5H amp's single EL84 power tube moving naturally into increased output distortion. And it's great for cranking up and controlling the action right from your guitar's volume control—no channel switching required. Defender 5H amp head features include one 12AX7 preamp tube, one EL84 power tube and 3 speaker outputs (4, 8, and 16 Ohm).

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