Westbury 250

This is a re-branded Westbury 250 under the name EG 30L.
It is a pretty standard Solid State amp with basic features
2 inputs into one channel. Volume with Pull Pot for boosting highs
Bass and Treble tone controls. Spring Reverb. Master Volume.

I bypassed the AC on this to make it run on batteries and I have to say that for busking this amp really kicked.

The amp hasn't worked in almost 20 years so I'm going on memory.
It had a nice bit of breakup and decent clean tones. I used a distortion and delay pedal with it and it handled them well.
The spring reverb left much to be desired. It was like listening to something in a fish tank or an unpleasant short delay. I hooked up a spring reverb from another amp and the difference was amazing. Too bad they scrimped on that but it was a "budget" amp so not much to complain about there. I used the delay pedal to make up for the reverb.
AS noted in other reviews the Volume/Gain knob had a Pull Pot to boost highs and this added a nice bite to the sound.

The amp worked fine without issue for over a year but it died a terrible death at my hands.
I bypassed the AC on this to make it run on batteries and I have to say that for busking this amp really kicked. Unfortunately I reversed the battery leads and fried a transistor inside the thing.
AS far as I can tell the amp was solid and only stopped working as a result of my abuse.
I have used the cabinet and speaker for the last 20 years with no problems.

The company seems to have disappeared of the face of the earth. Because this was not a large conglomerate making large quantities of amps it was hard to get any technical information to repair the damage I did. You can't expect much when you buy cheap no name re-branded gear.

I've been playing for approximately 30 years.
I have a JCM800 50W Marshall, a Fender Twin, a Princeton and a Peavey for amps. I've owned Roland and Gibson amps. I have approximately 30 guitars including Gibson, Fender, El Degas, Epiphone, Washburn, Ibanez, Squier, Tokai, Yamaha and Harmony.
I've had effects ranging from Boss, Ibanez, Arion, Sholz Rockman. Morley, Dunlop, Digitech/DOD and more.
I purchased this amp in 1986 and ended up using it as a battery powered amp for busking. It was a great battery powered amp.
Before altering it I used it for jamming. It was cheap and exceeded any expectations I had for it. I'm sure it would still be working if I hadn't reversed the battery leads.
Would I replace it? No. Do I regret buying it? No.
The one thing that was really lacking on this amp was the terrible reverb. With a better reverb tank this amp would have been competitive with any similar solid state amp of the time. With all the modeling amps available now this amp wouldn't fit the market but the company might have lasted longer if they'd had a better reverb because I'm sure that would have put people off from buying this amp.

I know very little about the amp other than what other reviewers have said... that's why I picked one up when I saw it on Ebay! I found a copy of the circuit schematic on the web. I think the preamp design, which uses discrete FET transistors, has a lot to do with the sound. To my ears, FETs are closer to the performance and sound characteristics of tubes than bipolar transistors or bipolar ICs. The features are pretty basic but everything you need is there... gain, volume, bright pull, bass, treble, reverb. Line out, footswitch jack for reverb (takes any std footswitch with a phone plug).

I have to agree with the other reviews. There is something about this amp. It just has "it", whatever "it" is. You have a lot of flexibility between the gain, master and bright pull switch to dial in a lot of tones appropriate for just about any kind of guitar. I've tried this with a strat, yamaha sg1000, samick jz-2 jazzbox, 335, carvin dc200 with passive/active electronics, and it responds well to each one. It is surprisingly loud and can cover from nice full clean sound (not Fender, but nice) to marshally. The built-in cheapo speaker is really well matched to the amp. I've tried adding other cabs to it and that can fill out the sound but this is a great little rig as is. If you want to play super loud, you might want to go with an added cab (no jack for this, so you have to rig it yourself or get a tech to do it). I'm 'only' giving a 9 because I like the sound from my Fuchs amp better, and because there is a slight (not irritating) hum with the reverb engaged. I would not hesitate to gig with it, the audience doesn't know/care about tubes vs. transistors and think this sounds just fine.

This guy has been around, what, 20-25 years and it's all original. Even the original vinyl cover is in great shape, not dried or cracked. the tolex job was really good, it's still basically new. No rust, no speaker damage, whathaveyou. That's a pretty good reliability statement. Rule 1: Never gig without a spare of anything that can break. Rule 2: Everything can break.

Fuggedeboudit. Long gone, hasta la vista. Too bad, good stuff. Just goes to show, once again, that good name and marketing can wipe out excellent product with mediocre or poor name and marketing. Come on, what were these guys thinking when they came up with names like Unicord (is that a fairy-tale animal or the simpler version of the TriCorder?) Univox (is that a vox with its nuts cut off?) and Westbury (do you get buried in Westbury or is that just a place that hosts emily post etiquette seminars?)...

I'm old. So what. I know what's good and what's crap. This is good. I have a Fuchs and a Rivera amp, but I'm still keeping this (and a Crate Powerblock). I can't promise I'll be buried with it, even if it IS a WestBURY. They could have given us an extension speaker jack but they probably studied at leo fender's school of how to be cheap. Can't blame 'em. Solid.

The features are minimal and are perfect for a plug and play amp of this time period. It has a pre-gain volume with a useful bright pull pot and a master volume that allow for anything from a great warm woody clean sound, up to a well done 70's to early 80's Marshall overdrive tone. The treble and bass have a slow rise but you will find your favorite setting and probably leave it there. The small tank reverb has a very unique sound and just right to add some dimension. There is a reverb out and a basically a line out on the back that are very useful, especially the line out. Send the 250 to a power amp fed to a 4x12 cabinet and it becomes the best solid state pre-amp you have ever heard and I'm a tube snob all the way. The original 12" speaker manufacturer is unknown to me but I love the tone this speaker has. These amps were part of Univox from 1980 to 1982 and the components were made in China and the cabinets was made in the USA. Very little information is available on Westbury and especially the Model 250.

Due to the designers having history with Marshall and I believe, Vox, the tone is old school British. A semi-bright woody tone is one way to describe it. Based on some minor adjustments, this amp will equally take single coils, P-90's or dual humbuckers. It also suprisingly loves pedals. In fact, slam it with a tube pre-amp for gain and you think you have half stack on your hands. I have played with a full band, including two other guitar wankers and could rise over the noise to make some really sweet Santana tones using a SansAmp pedal. The amp is very quiet when idling. The recorded tones are perfect for the vintage tones without the volume of a tube amp but it can go loud without become an ice pick. Very cool amp and vibe !

I bought it used a few years ago and didn't really know much about it. All I knew was that my ears sad it had something worth discovering. I was right. This small combo has been pushed to it limit and then some and just smiles at me. The speaker has picked up a slight voice coil buzz at very low volume but I rarely play soft. The speaker was voiced for the era and I don't want to replace it or have it rebuilt for fear of changing the tone.

I would love to talk to someone who knows more about this amp.

I've been playing a long damn time and I expect my amps to feel organic, like an extension of me. If they don't breathe with my dynamics, they won't make it home with me. I don't care what anyone says about amplifier emulation either. I have tried everything on the market and fake is still fake. Good quality tube amps sound better and play better if you actually know how to play, but just because an amp has tubes in it, it don't mean squat. (The Fender Hot Rod crap comes to mind among others). Once you play through the real deal not usually found at Guitar Circus or wherever, you can't go back or sometimes ever forward to modeling. In the case of the Westbury Model 250, which is solid state, I was reminded that solidstate can sound good in the hands of a great designer or maybe it was just a fluke. Either way, if you have one of these amps, guard it like the holy grail it is. If you have the chance to buy one, just do it!

I own a Westbury 250 amp and I purchased it new in 1981. I have played with this amp for almost 25 years and love it very much. It is a very simple design but it sounds better that anything on the market today.

I play a '77 Ibanez Artist solid body with "demarzio" stock pick ups and a Stratocaster. I have played over the years mostly rock but have played country music this has the best sound that I could ask for. I have shown up at studios with my "little" amp and had people to turn their noses up at it but after I play they are like "wow that is a great amp" and then I just smile and leave. With the pull highs I can get alot of distortion and also be very clean with just an adjustment

Well I don't want to jinx myself but I purchased this in 1981 and have used it thousands of hours and have NEVER had to work on it!

I am looking for another Westbury amp for a backup but have not found one yet. Have never had to deal with the company.

I have been playing for about 28 years. This little amp and me have been through alot of gigs and sessions together and I just love it. I have tried to replace it several times but can't find anything that I like as well. I play in a rock band now and the other guitar player has a VOX (that has been in the shop for two month's) mine blows his away. We have Marshall and Peavey amps as well but this is the best sounding amp that I have.

loo, I have no idea about thisamp except hat it is a Westbur "Model 250" with three inputs labeled "1-2- AND 3", It has avolume knob that is alsolabeled "pull highs",A bass, Treble and Reverb, and a "Master Volume". It is solid state with an optional line out and reverb jacks in back. Simplicity at it's finest.

It has a great clean sound very Jazzy, crisp and clear. no amp fuzz. and uis raher loud despite having abadly punched out and ripped seaker cone. extremely vrsatile and can be used for everything fromGigging, recordind, or goofing and has been. ou could play anything through i from country to trash and it is just as crisp and clearand tonally sund asa damn piece of crystal.

I've had alot of amps but got rid of them all once I got this one. It is everything you need.

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irreplaceable. It looks like aMarshall knock of right down to the grating andface lettering. Butsounds better thanmost any arshall out there. I f you know ANYTHING ABOUT THIS AMP PLEASE E-MAIL ME AND LET ME KNOW!!!! manufacturing date, anything.