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Mr. Natural
Keep On Truckin...

This one's a real sweetie! 45w M-type* master volume-style based on my old TopFuel circuit. This one's set up for 5881/6L6 tubes and sports a JTM45 output tranny from Dagnall in England. The controls are (R-L starting from the input)- girth switch, gain, bass, mid, treble, volume, presence and resonance. Switches for standby and power and a good ol' jewel light. The power tranny is from Hammond and is rated for about 30% more current than a vintage M-style part. That means a beefy power supply with big solid low end. So, we've got a power tranny from Canada, an output tranny from England, tubes from Russia, all in an amp built in Texas. Gotta love the internet!;-)
On the back we have a standard IEC AC plug. This fits any standard computer-type power cord. Next we have fuses (3 amp and .5 amp). Next to those we have bias test points. You can plug any normal voltmeter into these and check the bias of your power tubes. There are also 2 bias adjustments on the chassis, one for each power tube. You can adjust the bias of each power tube to keep them running the same (matched) in your amp. The ouput jacks are for 16 ohms (one jack), 8 ohms (2 jacks), and 4 ohms (2 jacks). These are hardwired and should be more reliable than an impedence switch. And if they do get messed up they're easy to fix. Which they shouldn't 'cuz they're really good Switchcraft jacks.
The head cabinet is 3/4" birch plywood. It's covered in a dark red leather. That's right, real leather! It's a nice upolstery-grade leather that should look great for years. And if/when it gets scuffed it'll just look cooler, like a leather jacket. I always wanted to do an amp with a polished chassis and metalwork. This one got the full treatment. Hand polished/buffed aluminum chassis, polished tranny covers, even the cap clamps and tube sockets got polished. It looks like a hot rod engine or something. It's beautiful!
The inside is another thing of beauty, starting with the handmade zebrawood eyelet board. Yes, the eyelet/circuit board is 1/8" thick solid zebrawood with a gunstock oil finish. They used to use wood circuitboards in high-end radios and stuff in the 20's and 30's. Yes, it's non-conductive and works great! I wouldn't say it gives the amp a "woodier" tone, but...:-)
This is loaded with Mojo Dijon caps and a combination of carbon film resistors and Dale hi-fi metal film reisitors for the tube plates for low noise and transparent tone. The wiring is 20ga stranded PVC. Beefy stuff for amp wire. Beautiful, reliable, and easily repaired if needed.

The Tone:
I made this amp to be a versitile gain monster. There is no low-gain input or option. It's as clean as you dial it up to be. With little gain and a lot of volume it's a chimey English gent with plenty of sustain, courtesy of the extra gain stage. Very pedal-friendly, if that's what you're into. The "Girth" switch brings on more gain and lows for a heavier sound. Lean on the gain a bit more and the classic rock tones come forth. Crunchy yet smooth. "Distortion" is too ugly a word for this sound! It sings!! Set the amp for "kill" and your guitar's volume will give you all the clean and dirty you'll need for classic rock and blues. This is what you were thinking when you thought you wanted a M-type* amp!

Check out this video of Nicky Moroch playing the Mr. Natural at the 2010 Nashville Amp Expo. This will give you some idea of the tones of this amp. From sparkly, chimey cleans to thick, smooth classic overdrive.

SO...
Mr. Natural is a natual born rock guitar amp. From the real leather cabinet to the polished metalwork to the wood eyeletboard inside, this is the real deal. Handmade for pure rock tone. This doesn't try to change your guitar, it brings out the detail and beauty of your tone and your music. Naturally!;-)

Price: $2200.00
contact: acepeppercustoms AT gmail DOT com - ph: 512.557.4480
 
*Disclaimer: M-type stands for Marshall. This is just used as a reference, seeing as I have nothing to do with Marshall or Korg Inc. Just so ya know...