Swart Super Space Tone 30 head and 2x12 cabinet

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LIST PRICES:Super Space Tone 30 head, $2,549.00; 2x12 cabinet, $699.00

MANUFACTURER:Swart Amplifier Company, swartamps.com

FRONT-PANEL CONTROLS:(Preamp) Volume, Treble, Bass, Reverb; (Compressor) Compressor Sensitivity, Compressor Level; (Overdrive) Overdrive Gain, Overdrive Tone, Overdrive Level; Trans-Impedance Power Attenuator

OUTPUT:30–35 watts, depending on output tube type

CHANNELS:One

INPUTS:Hi and Lo

FEATURES:All-tube, cathode-biased output stage; no negative feedback; black powder-coated 12-gauge aluminum chassis; turret-terminal construction; Sprague and Tube Amp Doctor electrolytic capacitors; Mallory 150 and Mojo Dijon signal capacitors; CGE pots; carbon-comp resistors; cloth-covered wire; ceramic tube sockets; three-spring Accutronics reverb tank; Heyboer transformers

CONTROLS:Volume, Hi/Lo gain switch, Tone, Master Volume, Space (reverb), and Tremolo Speed and Depth

CABINET:Finger-jointed pine, with black lacquered tweed covering

TUBE COMPLIMENT:Three JJ ECC 83S/12AX7 tubes (preamp, tremolo and phase-splitter), one JJ ECC 832/12DW7 tube (reverb send and return), four Electro-Harmonix 6V6 GT output tubes (also accepts two EL34s), one JJ GZ34S rectifier tube
FOOTSWITCH:Space (reverb) and Tremolo on/off (included)

SPEAKERS:Two 16-ohm Celestion G12M Greenback 12s, wired in parallel

POWER HANDLING:50 watts

PRO:SUPER-RICH TWEED-VOICED TONES WITH EXTRA GAIN, LUSCIOUS REVERB AND STRONG TREMOLO; TRANSCENDENT RETRO STYLING

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