
the Nocturne BETTIE BLONDESHELL '63 8"x12" combo, Octal Tube amp
Nocturne BETTIE BLONDESHELL '63 8"x12" combo, Octal Tube amp. Thats a mouthful but effectively this is the normal channel of a 63' Blonde 6G6-B amp, but the usual 12ax7 preamp tube in the normal channel of said amp has been swapped for a set of NOS 6SQ7 Octal tubes from the front end of a 39' Gibson EH-185 era amp. AND even more interesting, I've given you the rectifier choice of the solid state 63' Blonde 6G6-B (perfect for hollowbodies) thats nice and tight, or the chewy tube rectifier response of the earlier blonde 6G6. So its switchable on the fly! Wait there's more, I put a PPV master volume in this amp when there shouldnt be. Why not, it will let you play at much lower levels and I did this for late night bedroom or studio rockin, at loud volumes its probably more of a ghastly grunge response but hey, its all about choices and variables. This baby has those, plus a Plank/F-hole switch, thats self explanatory. I love hollowbody guitars and teles, now you know. Last bit of switch