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TopHat Amplifiers are hand built, point-to-point circuit, high performance tube amplifiers with all the tone imaginable. Our Special Design Speaker Cabinets make for the best guitar sound possible. TopHat Amplifiers are made virtually bullet-proof in America with pride and old-school craftsmanship. Best of all, they sound great! |
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Custom Shop Series - Vanderbilt
Part of the magic of this design, is the far less common use of a large choke. Simply put, this coil affects the way the amp compresses and breathes. It causes a feel unlike any other. It is very hands and ear friendly. It also matches up with the Aluminum chassis and new found papery clarity of the Blue Alnico. The Aluminum chassis has welded corners and been fully powder coated and silk-screened on the outside, utilizing no faceplates. The head and speaker cabinets are finger-joined 15mm Baltic Birch plywood, covered in two-tone vinyl with an Art Deco inlaid piping design surrounding the new style round, lit up logo. An absolutely beautifully designed housing for our new chassis and Celestion Alnico speakers that are standard in the 1x12" cabinet and comes mixed with an Heritage G12H in the 2x12" version. Available in Black/Creme or Burgundy/Creme
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This
is TopHat's latest endeavor to produce the most outstanding,
classically based amp that will make records for the ages.
This amp really strives to reach tonal Nirvana. It was hard
to find room for improvement on our best selling amp -- the
Club Royale, which has been rated the best in the 2-EL84
class of amps. 
The
field is thick with this type of amp and a field tough to
beat. We also wanted to provide this in an Aluminum chassis
Head version, especially useful for those working in a
studio environment. We found the Aluminum chassis brings a
lot to the table, sonically. Much of this is very hard to
put into words. Put simply, it is more alive or lively,
presenting a more transparent sonic field. 
There
are two things that have come onto the market in the last
year or so that allow higher levels of correct breathing
tone to occur. One is the EZ81 rectifier tube. This is the
original rectifier used by 18-watt Marshall's and the Vox
AC15 (which our Supreme Sixteen is based on) amps. This tube
has been out of production for decades, yet very necessary
to feed a 2-EL84 amp the right amount of current. The other
item is the Celestion Blue Alnico. It is my personal
contention, not verified officially by Celestion, that the
Blue Alnico has been upgraded with the "glues, parts and
pieces" used on the new Heritage Series speakers, also made
with the "Blue", in England. This speaker has come along way
from where it has been the last 10+ years. It now allows all
the great things to happen, like the originals. THIS IS A
GREAT BREAK THROUGH! When we went to drawing board to design
this masterpiece, we started with what we believe is the
best 2-EL84 platform of all time -- the early 60's AC15. 
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