Up for sale, a 1980 Music Man Seventy Five tube amp head in excellent, original condition and perfect working order. Launched in 1975, Music Man was founded by former Fender Plant Manager Forrest White, former Fender Sales Rep Tom Walker, and Leo Fender himself. Being a hybrid affair, this amp matches a solid state preamp to an all tube power section, in this case EL-34s, providing plenty of headroom, with the warmth and fullness of a tube power section that can get as gritty as you want when the tubes are cooking! Making that easier, the amp features a Hi/Lo power switch, which actually works differently than most in that it's not a 1/2 power switch, but rather a control for how much plate voltage the power tubes see, giving you control over the clean headroom where "Lo" is similar to a typical amp, and "Hi" sends a colder bias to the tubes. Tonally, this amp is very much in Fender territory with bold, sparkly cleans and dynamic grit, and the Bass channel is notably thicker and punchier.

A two channel amp, the Seventy Five offers plenty of options for tone sculpting with both channels including Volume, Treble, Middle and Bass knobs as well as Bright switches on both channels and a Deep switch on the Bass channel for filtering the low end when needed. The second channel boasts a Master Volume which governs both channels for achieving saturation at an appropriate volume for any given gig or studio situation.

The circuit is clean and essentially untouched, with original tone caps in the preamp and Schumacher transformers that date to '80. The original CTS pots date to the 5th week of 1980. The tubes are a pair of properly biased Electro Harmonix EL-34s that have plenty of life left. Cosmetically, this amp is very clean, with original smooth black tolex and silver sparkle grillcloth.

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