Supro Tremolectric 50 (3x10 Combo)

This amp was made in 2005, serial number 6. Yes, the thing is versatile. I play chicken pickin country, straight blues, jazz, and blues rock, and it delivered everything I asked for before it showed me some tones that I didn't even know that I loved. It's a 2 channel amp with a footswitch, sweet effects loop, 3 knob tube reverb and tube tremolo. Now, I've always liked simple designs, but this amp smokes my others. Channel one is just a volume knob running the tone stack (treble, mid, bass) into a global volume, reverb section, and vibrato. Channel two is the same but with a gain knob. On the back panel there is also a 3 way ohm load selector (4,8,16) which can really cut the head room of the amp down if you insist on utilizing the clean channel power tube saturation without melting faces. Comes with footswitch for tremelo and channel switching. Led turns bright blue on the gain channel. All of the features I'll ever need are here. Oh yeah, it's running at 50 watts with two 5881's in the power section through 3 custom designed 10s. This is a gig rig for sure, but the global volume is awesome for recording.

Okay, I use a strat that I built (trust me) that utilizes lindy fralin pickups, an alder body, and a solid rosewood neck. This amp absolutely smokes at blues, country, rock, and indie type stuff. It's very moody and sexy sounding, to say the least. There is no noise even at the highest volume settings. On the clean channel, this amp will perform the legendary combination of blackface sizzle mixed with a tweed warmth. The low end is very punchy and warm, but without losing articulation. As you bring up your volume, it just gets better and better. On the drive channel, this is eric clapton. Also, the clean channel will in fact stay clean to usable levels, and it responds very nicely to changes in your guitar's volume settings. Overall, gain sounds produce a sort of warm, sultry fuzz around your notes, while clean sounds retain that smoky, yet chimey tone without the fuzz. Don't buy this for metal. Buy it for...everything else.

This thing is built like a brick shithouse. I always have a backup at gigs. I know that the only time I'll never need one is when I don't bring it, so...Anyway, when I called supro, I spoke with a very enthusiastic tech who was very very helpful in the decision making process. He told me that every one of these amps is guaranteed for life. No paperwork. If you own one, and it breaks, he will take care of it for you. I should also mention that Bruce Zinky (designer of the fender vibroking) considers this amp a benchmark that he's achieved for himself. So, back to reliability...yep, built like a brick shithouse.

Supro/zinky people love talking with their customers, even to the point that Bruce Zinky gets on the phone and chats. This company is amazing, they stand by their products for life, and they know tone. Rock on.

I play guitar for a living. Here's some amps I've owned: Goodsell super 17, 65 and 66 super reverbs, orange ad30r, tone machine, fender tonemaster, fender vibrolux reverb, fender deville (absolute piece of sheet), sundown, 65 bassman (through a thd 2x12), hughes and kettner puretone (sweet), buddah (several, hated them all...), soldano astroverb, matchless clubman 35...you get the point. I was looking damnit, and I found this one. My only pedals are a maxon od-820 (sweet) and a homebrew cpr comressor (really sweet). If it's just killing you, you can hear a soundclip of this amp at www.myspace.com/mattspinks. Hopefully, I won't get in trouble for that. It's just me drunk trying out my new amp in the apartment. I should mention that the tone you hear was quiet enough to talk on the phone over, and that the only effect used was the maxon on the lead track at it's most minimal setting. The only reason I used it is cause I'm lazy and I didn't want to get up and plug in the channel switcher. Also, try to listen for the spots where the amp "talks back" to me. It's really fun to record with. Welp, rock on.