Matchless Excalibur 35
I saw this on the Make'n Music website and had to try it - boy am I glad I did! There's almost no info at all on these amps and the few clips that are out there are really not very good.
Still, it had all the specs I wanted in a Matchless - Class A, EL34's, MV, mid and cut controls, and plenty of gain.
This amp kills - imagine a Chieftain on steroids, except that you don't have to crank this amp to get the goods. Tons of gain but still cleans up incredibly well. It's got a MV that can be switched out of the circuit, which is how I've been running it - it's really not needed. Just the gain and volume controls allow you to get great tone at any volume.
I don't know why Matchless doesn't seem to be pushing this amp at all. It debuted at NAMM 2011 and that's all I can find out about it. The one I bought from Make'n is S/N 0001.

I saw this on the Make'n Music website and had to try it - boy am I glad I did! There's almost no info at all on these amps and the few clips that are out there are really not very good.
Still, it had all the specs I wanted in a Matchless - Class A, EL34's, MV, mid and cut controls, and plenty of gain.
This amp kills - imagine a Chieftain on steroids, except that you don't have to crank this amp to get the goods. Tons of gain but still cleans up incredibly well. It's got a MV that can be switched out of the circuit, which is how I've been running it - it's really not needed. Just the gain and volume controls allow you to get great tone at any volume.
I don't know why Matchless doesn't seem to be pushing this amp at all. It debuted at NAMM 2011 and that's all I can find out about it. The one I bought from Make'n is S/N 0001.
