Eric Clapton Signature Amp Line...

[rsalinger]

The Fender EC Twinolux (2x12”)... one of Eric Claptons' new Signature Amps. http://www.fender.com/products/clapton
I'm definitely itching to build something "Tweedy".

Low-Powered Twin with tremolo and attenuator. Correct?

Cheers,
Rob

[ampmike]

Oh Boy,It never ends,They look like the real deal!!But you are right We can build them ourselves,I did the mojo tweed deluxe and use it at church weekly.I got told to turn it down a bit last week.Its sounds great.Thanks for the link the amps look really nice,Mikey

[martin manning]

Yes, tryly hand-wired unlike some other that make that claim, and they look great. Street prices are 3k for the Twin, 2k for the Tremolux, and 1k for the Vibro-Champ.

[ampmike]

On you tube there is a great demo on those amps.They do have some cool features to make them very friendly in the studio as well in the clubs.You can attenuate and even shut a speaker off on the twin,The prices in order of amp size is 1 thousand,2 thousand and for the twin 3 thousand.the you tube clip really gives you a look at the features,Cheers Mikey Sorry, Martin we must have been posting at the same time about prices

[gary sanders]

nice!....Dear Santa.......

[martin manning]

Sorry, Martin we must have been posting at the same time about prices

Yea, great minds... Seriously those seem pretty fair given the USA hand labor involved.

[Cantplay]

Suprized to see the assembly workers all wearing gloves.

It must be an OSHA requirement or something.

Much more difficult to wire an amp up with work gloves on.

John

[Zippy]

Suprized to see the assembly workers all wearing gloves.

I wonder if they are using lead-free solder.

What other hazards might they be trying to avoid?

[Masco]

Notice how the sockets are mounted and tubes installed before the circuit board is installed. Personally, I don't usually solder my tube pins while the tubes are in the sockets. I doubt Leo would do that. Any thoughts on that practice?

http://youtu.be/54sNv1Ck6dc

[martin manning]

The gloves might be for protection from burns. Tubes in means no danger of plugging a socket up when soldering.

[Phil_S]

At the end of the video, did you see the nifty cage they put around the tubes?

[martin manning]

I was looking for the cage in the shop pics... People can't be trusted to avoid touching hot objects!

[loctal]

MSRP on the twin thingy is $4.199.99.

[Jana]

"Personally, I don't usually solder my tube pins while the tubes are in the sockets. I doubt Leo would do that. Any thoughts on that practice?"

I always solder the sockets with tubes installed--I use old tubes with straight pins. That way I know that all the contacts are lined up properly. For some contacts it won't matter much but for some of the contacts, such as pins 4 and 5 for the heaters, the cathode follower tube, etc., that helps the contacts have proper alignment.

[FUCHSAUDIO]

At the end of the video, did you see the nifty cage they put around the tubes?

Thats for CE compliance. It's the law for exported amps and may become required in the states eventually.