You can hear the amp live at the
http://www.strikerlive.com
Check it out....live at the Coach House with Y&T , running two 4 x12 cabs
See it here at the youtube link below:
http://www.youtube.com/user/StrikerOC
You never have to be worried about being heard that’s for sure. Many amps sound great at the music store…you get it home and play with a band and it simply disappears in the mix or band situation. What does this happen? I happens because the most important “mids” have been greatly attenuated. This is the most fatal flaw in most amp designers- design. The Mahaffay Amps simply work better as they are made to played LIVE! Get one and hear the difference you have been missing and searching for.
A great
guitar amp should make your Stratocaster scream and Les Paul thunder. My amps
will get that job DONE PERIOD!
MORE....
2 POWERAMPS > channel outputs , 2 EFFECTS SENDS,
WET - DRY -WET setup from one amp! are you kidding me???
Is any of this
ringing a bell?
Very lightweight !!! 1/3 the weight of any head style amp with worlds better tone.
The AW99 is designed to recreate the warm tone of an “all tube amp”. Specifically, this amp was modeled after the sound of a full-blown Variac, high-gain Marshall into a load box.
By controlling all electrical parameters of the circuit we have been able to achieve this sought after tone in a light weight package. You will NOT hear the thin preamp tube tone buzz that we have all been subject to from other amplifiers. Most concert level systems comprise of the player’s favorite amp run into some sort of load device then into an external power section to drive the speakers. The Model AW99 operates the same way. BUT, because it has TWO separate output stages you can hook up multiple sets of speakers.
Back in the late 70'and well into the 80's my rig consisted of two 50 watt Marshall full stacks. I set them up this way: Stereo stacks, left and right and the top cabs just dry- no effects, this was not for volume but just for a wide HUGE sound. I had Tony Alamia, (Alamia Audio, Buena Park.Ca.) install master volumes in them to get better distortion and overdrive at a manageable stage volume. He had a very simple but clever way of doing this.
As a side note - Tony was very connected in the music industry, he use to sell replacement transformers to Van Halen. Eddie seemed to eat up everybody's transformer repair stock. Anyone who remembers this might remember how difficult it was to get spare Marshall parts in So. Cal in the 70's thanks to Eddie's obsession for blowing the damn things up all the time. Tony didn't like that much, he's an old school guy and refused to do “Eddies mod” of shorting the plates, on my precious Marshalls . At that time Eddie was also driving a Blond Fender Bandmaster right into the face of the Marshall , at least that's what he told me.
Kudos to Ed (Audio Western, Huntington Beach , Ca.) did a nice little gain boost mod too.
Ok. Back to the subject…
I also ran my Marshall 's with the top cabinets at a lesser volume level so I could hear myself sing. Just about everywhere we played guitar players in the audience would be coming up to me after the show and ask how I had got THE sound - I was also very lucky to have ”techs”…. that is.. local high school dudes trade setting up my stuff for pizza and girls, that way it was easy on me to carry the stuff from gig to gig. This finally ended at running 3 full stacks. Ok. Fade to many years later, after I started Songworks(AKA Mahaffay Amplifiers) I have been very lucky to be invited to a few back stage events. I learned something….the pros all run multi amp setups! I learned most players had been doing this for years. No wonder! This was the great tone pros had. So, the question is? How does the common player like you and I run this type of amp setup practically without carting around loads of amps and cabinets? I think I have invented the answer.
Well here is a world first! …a NEW spin on guitar amp design.
TWO OUTPUTS?? ……………..SAY WHAT???????
Yup! it has 2 separate independent power amp output stages (with volume control for each w/ line level effects loops) Rated at 33 watts each output…..think of it, you can run 2 of your favorite cabs or varying sets like 2x12's , 2x10's cabs or ANY combination set of speakers powered up all off the SAME amp x2
How about 4x12 cabs? LEFT and RIGHT cabs, Stereo!!! or one with effects one without. ( best ever for great tone)
Any speaker configuration you can think of. You will never have to worry about impedance matching or what cab or speakers to use. Use them all!
Why?…..what's the point?........
Through my experience this is I what I have conceived as being the best tone I have ever achieved:
“Amp, Load box, EQ , Effects, ( 2 power amps ) NEW!!!!!!!! if you only want a mono version just ask!!!
It's very tough to get this sort of setup around town without a workout. The NEW AW99 works the very same way and is designed to simulate the same arrangement, but with a lot less hassle and weight (22 lbs) ………..IT WORKS!
You have a line level effects loop on each output stage so you can have a special effect on each cab. Get rid of your multi amp colossus of junk. One amp is all you need. We have built in the legendary Mahaffay Amplifiers hand wired ¼ watt tube pre/power amp circuit. This is the only amp ever designed to actually give true power tube type distortion at any volume. Get the most articulate warm overdrive or a blistering hi-gain tube monster at a whisper bedroom volume or use it in the studio or take it out on the road.
All with the classic styling of the “old British“ it will look great on top of your own cab's or buy one from us.
If you like running multi amp setups it's simply the easiest way to achieved it.
The AW99 is deigned to copy the sound of a full blown Variac, Hi-Gain Marshall into a load box.
I should know I have one!
This new amp was designed to recreate the warm tone of an “all tube amp”.
By controlling all electrical parameters of the circuit we have been able to achieve this sought after tone in a light weight package. You will NOT hear the thin preamp tube tone buzz that we have all been subject to from other amplifiers. Most concert level systems comprise of the player's favorite amp run into some sort of load device then into an external power section to drive the speakers. The Model AW99 operates the same way. BUT, because it has two (three optional) separate output stages you can hook up multiple sets of speakers.
Yes and No, the amps final ECC83s tube is actually operating as a power amp
(A mere 1/4 watt). It is then sent to a load resistor (or soak) then to the TWO power stages. You can go 3-5 years with out worrying about any tube replacement. Even slight wall voltage imperfections will not affect the tonality.
My inspiration was my Marshall 50 watt and a Fender Bassman-mix. This amp can do what most other amps can't. If you roll back the volume control on your guitar it still retains a very Fender(y) clean tone. I know of no other amp that can do that well – try it and you will see. When you roll back on it will go right back into killer compressed and articulate sustain, EVEN without distortion if you choose. Push the gain knob a little higher into distortion and the note will stay on as long as you hold it.
Can you get low level tube distortion / overdrive tone too?
Yes, absolutely. Because all the tube tone is in the
tubes you can adjust the level from a soft whisper all the way to a loud
gig-able volume level. Case in point: I have an 14 year old son and a 12
year old son and my wife in the other, I can get the VH 1 or Hendrix vibe at a level and they can
be asleep in the next room.
Yes, you can drive any cabinet(s) 4-16 ohms
Yes, as a mater of fact, you can drive up to 2 4x12‘s! off the one amp.
Yes, most players never use the full output potential of their amps. I have found that 33 watts is the perfect power needed to play most anywhere. With the Model AW99 you get two 33 watt stages for 66 total watts of power. In most cases you really don't need all that power.
If you have ever heard three amps running at the same time, it is incredible experience. My amp makes it easier and lot simpler.
Yes, however I have found the perfect combination of these three tubes to be the best at low noise and high gain usage. You are welcome to try your own tubes.
YES the loop are on all two outputs....you can use ANY effects!
The amp is made right here in San Juan Capistrano Ca.
Tube circuitry is wired point to point.
Get ONE!