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     Avatar 18W Guitar Amplifier Head

  (Rubber feet have been
cropped from photo but are there)

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Hear this new amp on the "NY amp show '11 Celestion Gold Speakers" video on youtube

 
This auction is for one brand new
Avatar 18w guitar amp head. The auction is for an amp covered in black
tolex with white piping. The auction price is $995 with free shipping
with in the lower 48 states only. No international shipping. Paypal,
Visa or MC are accepted.

Please check out our other auction for the 112 combo version of this great sounding amp!

Below is partial info from our AvatarSpeakers site for reference.

- 18 watts all tube

- All point to point wiring

- Hand made here in the Pacific Northwest. USA.

- Choice of tolex and piping color to match your cab.

- Dimensions 20"W x 9"H x 9"D (including rubber feet) Weight 18 lbs

     
  $995. plus $19 shipping  .... 10 day trial period

Media:

Avatar 18w YouTube Demo
Video

Avatar 18w
YouTube Demo Video.

Avatar 18w YouTube Demo
Video
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Avatar 18w at the New York Amp Show Celestion Demo Room on Youtube.

Avatar 18w REVIEW on the Gear Page.

Customer Video

Avatar 45 watt

Youtube video

http://youtu.be/0phWinmlO-o

Youtube demo video

http://youtu.be/xumoz_-YJCU

Avatar 18 Watt Amp Head Features:

? 2 channels

? Hand-wired in the USA

? Parallel output jacks

? Selectable 4/8/16 ohm output

? Cathode biased power section

? Tube rectified

? Tube Lineup: (3)
ECC83/12AX7, (2) 6BQ5/EL84, (1) 6CA4/EZ81

Channel 1

Channel 1 (the right input) is based on the Normal channel from
the Marshall

1974. It is a relatively simple ECC83/12AX7 preamp that features
a tone control and a

volume control. It is a very transparent channel that can go
from clean to classic rock

distortion. It cleans up really well when the guitar volume is
rolled off.

Channel 2

Channel 2 (the left input) is a preamp based on a more modern
design than

Channel 1. It’s a higher gain ECC83/12AX7 preamp that features a
3-band tonestack, a

gain control and a volume control. It has a fuller, more modern
distortion tone than

Channel 1 and the tonestack and volume controls allow for a wide
variety of tones to be

dialed in at various overall volume levels.

Poweramp

The poweramp uses a pair of 6BQ5/EL84 tubes in a Class A/B
push-pull

configuration. The power tubes are responsible for the classic
overdriven tone that has

made the original 1974 so popular. This amp is no exception and
the power section

distorts in a very pleasing way. The more you turn it up the
better it sounds!

Construction Notes

This amp is completely hand-wired using quality components. The
turret board

construction makes it much easier to modify or replace
components than printed circuit

board construction.

Components Used;

? Mallory 150 caps

? Low-noise carbon film
resistors

? Alpha pots

? Cliff jacks

? Carling switches

? Heyboer transformers

? Full set of JJ tubes
included

Other Notable Features

Starting with the preamp channels, Channel 1 is a very simple,
clean preamp. It’s

a single gain stage fed into the phase inverter. The volume knob
controls how hard the

phase inverter and power tubes get driven. Higher volume
settings here produce the

classic 18 watt power tube distortion.

The Channel 2 preamp produces much more distortion than Channel
1. It has 3

tone controls, a gain control and a volume control. The amount
of preamp distortion can

be set to taste and it allows for higher gain tones at lower
volume than Channel 1. The

volume control on Channel 2 works similarly to Channel 1 in that
it controls how much

power tube distortion is produced. The beauty of Channel 2 is
that it gives you the ability

to mix the preamp and power tube distortion levels. Use the Gain
control to set the

preamp distortion and the Volume control to mix in the
appropriate amount of power

tube distortion. The “sweet spot” mix of preamp/poweramp
distortion will vary

depending on guitar and speaker combinations used but once you
find it, it can’t be easily

beaten.

The poweramp is equipped with a modification known as the “Ruby
Buzz Mod”.

Basically, it’s a modification to the “stock” 18 watt power
section that prevents crossover

distortion buzzing without compromising the tone of the power
tubes. This is a very

popular modification on 18watt.com. Also included thanks to
18watt.com is what is

known as the “Huge Cathode Bypass Cap”. As mentioned earlier,
the power section is

cathode biased. The “stock” 18 watt cathode bypass capacitor is
replaced with one of a

much higher value. This helps to stabilize the power tube
cathode voltage and lends itself

to a tighter overall feeling than the amp would otherwise have.

All in all this is a great amp for classic rock, blues, country
or pop styles. The two

channels offer a wide variety of tones and can be easily
switched with the use of an A/

B pedal. Additionally, a “Y” pedal can be used to play both
channels simultaneously for

even more tonal variety.   Demo
Video coming soon.

Free
shipping. We ship Fedex ground insured,  lower 48 states only. No
international shipping. We accept Paypal, Visa or Mastercard. GOOD LUCK

From the latest Premier Guitar Magazine:

Wednesday, Jun 08, 2011

GALLERY: New York Amp Show 2011
Shawn Hammond
Go inside the New York Amp Show, held June 4-5 at the Embassy Suites in Piscataway, New Jersey.

New York Amp Show 2011

Avatar Head
Avatar's brand-new EL84-powered,
18-watt head was showcased atop a 2x12 loaded with Lynchbacks at
Celestion's New York Amp Show booth.

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Colin
12 hr 52 min ago

These amps sound amazing!