For years the Matchless DC-30 amplifier has been the holy grail of Vox AC30 style amps. Those that have owned them love the tone but are likely hard of hearing and riding in a wheel chair due to the weight and volume. That all ends with the release of the Matchless SC Mini. It has been a while since Matchless has released an amp within this series and we could not be more excited. With a 1×10″ speaker this amp is sure to be smaller and the 8 watts puts it in the perfect range for most worship guitarists and studio musicians. This is an amp that is sure to take the worship guitar industry by storm. Price is slated to be around $999. Below is a snippet from Phil Jamison from Matchless about the amp.
The Mini, which will most likely be called the SC-Mini is an 8 Watt Combo. It’s powered by a 5AR4/GZ34 Rectifier tube. The output is a single EL84/6BQ5 which is cathode self biased and is true Class A with a single ended output transformer.
The PreAmp input is an EF86/6267 with a 6 position rotary switch sweeping from thin to fat in tone. The Phase Inverter is run by a single 12AX7/ECC83. The speaker inside is a single 10″ Celestion Greenback. The cabinet is made of Poplar, which is a lighter and more ambient sounding wood instead of the more dense birch ply.
The circuits will be made with a PC board but with many of the same components found in our larger amps. Essentially this is a small Class A recording amp based off of Channel 2 of the DC30, SC30, and HC30 series.
The amp demonstrated at the 2015 NAMM show is a prototype and it may evolve slightly before it goes into full production this Spring.
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Anyone try one of these yet?