Friedman Introduces BE-100 Deluxe Amp
Company updates popular BE-100 head with plexi channel, thump switch and more.

Friedman has unveiled the BE-100 Deluxe amp, which updates the company’s popular BE-100 with a slew of new features.
Among the additions to the all-tube head are an extra gain and master for the HBE overdrive channel, a plexi clean channel borrowed from the company’s Smallbox amp and tone shaping tools that include a response switch, a thump knob and a thump frequency switch.
The BE-100 boasts five 12AX7 preamp tubes and four EL34 power tubes, as well as three channels—BE, HBE and Plexi. Additional features include a saturation switch, a voice switch to vary top end response, a Gain Structure switch, an ultra-transparent series effects loop, a four, eight and 16 ohm impedance selector switch and more.
For more information, head to Friedman Amplification.
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