1940s Electromuse A46 1x12" Tube Amp Combo

While labeled Electromuse, this amp was built by National/Valco for the brand. It's approximately 10w in output and has a 12" speaker. Winfield Holt of Orator Amplification went through it entirely and it's buttoned-up, serviced, and ready to go.

It has a midsy, very old-school voice that's instantly of its time. It makes a decent harp amp (if you're not going entirely driven) and a great, "dusty Americana" guitar amp. As you can hear in the video, it gets driven in an interesting, spidery way, and has very much its own thing going on.

The cabinet itself shows some wear and tear but its overall in really good shape for its age. It has cute features like a giant, red pilot light (it glows like Rudolph's nose at night!), textured tolex, a brown control panel/chassis with contrasting cream stenciling, and cool-as-heck grill cutouts. It's deco as heck!

Bonus points are awarded to three inputs, two master volume knobs for channel splits, a master tone control, and a master "quality" control which is sort-of a "brilliance" or "presence" control.

Consignment tag: WHT








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