From the dusty, oily laboratory of world-renowned Hammond organ guy Richard Goodsell comes a new family of EL84-based 17 watt guitar amplifiers with astonishing tone and playability. With transformers and topologies inspired by vintage Hammond designs from the 50s and 60s, and with a respectful nod to our British forebears, Chicago meets Liverpool and takes a gig in Nashville...
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Goodsell Dominatrix 18 Watts $1899.00
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On the heels of the surprising popularity of the vintage Univox-inspired
Unibox 10, comes a new Goodsell model - the Dominatrix 18. Packaged in
the same venerable 5E3 cabinet as the Unibox and 17 MkIII, the
Dominatrix takes it's inspiration from the Watkins Dominator series made
in England in the '60s and '70s. At first glance, the Dominatrix
appears to be structurally similar to the MkIII: 2 EL84s and a trio of
12AX7 dual triodes - but then there's an EZ81 tube rectifier where there
was a solid-state one on the MkIII. Further scrutiny reveals that the
six knobs serve different functions; gone is the tremolo replaced by a
tone stack that notably includes a mid-range control. Volume, master
volume, and the now-familiar Goodsell reverb round out the knob
complement. Behind the faceplate dwells a 2-stage pre-amp, a significant departure from the 17's single-stage configuration. This pre-amp is followed by a phase inverter that is physically similar to the one in all the other Goodsell amps, but with completely different component values, mostly taken from the Watkins recipe. Like all other Goodsells, the Dominatrix is cathode-biased, however the bias resistors and grid resistors differ significantly. The result is a new amp that has all of the physical attributes of the MkIII (light weight, compact size) with improvements on the original design (hand-wired, reverb, mid-range, master volume, rectifier) that is different enough from it's predecessors to warrant it's own model designation. The sound is browner than the 17, and there is quite a bit more gain on tap, perhaps not as much as a Black Dog, but way more than other Goodsells. Distinctly British, but leaning more in the direction of Marshall rather than Vox - but plenty of good cleans on tap as well. The overall vibe is early British Invasion - a pint short of full-on Mersey, like Page on a Herman's Hermits session. |
Goodsell Custom 33 / 17 dual power 33/17 watts 2x12 $2399.00
ALL Tube with a tube rectifier, hand made by Richard Goodsell !
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-Goodsell Custom 33 2x12 Combo-
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The 33 takes the simple theme of the 17 and doubles the power.
With the exact same front-end as the Super 17, the 33 features 4x EL84s
in a basic 3-knob head or combos with reverb and tremolo (now optional
on the head as well). All 33s feature cathode biasing, tube rectifiers,
8/16 ohm output switch, and 17/33 half-power switch. Combo is blue. |
Goodsell 33 watt combo $ 2299.00
All tube with a tube rectifier, hand made by Richard Goodsell !
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