Saturday, April 26, 2008

Jakson Amplifiers

I was contacted the other day by a local custom guitar amp builder. Jackson Amplification makes extremely high quality hand built amplifiers. They are located in the Dallas Ft. Worth, North Texas area. Their website highlights each amp and there are many sound clips available for your audio pleasure.

Here are the highlighted amps from their website.

The Atlantic from Jackson Ampworks is one of the most versatile and touch responsive amplifiers ever built! With tones that range from California Clean to UK Crunch, and infinite variations in between, The Atlantic is one amplifier that can do it all! For even more flexibility, activate the included footswitchable Mode Selector (gain boost) and the Atlantic becomes one of the most versatile amps of all time!







The Union Jack from Jackson Ampworks captures the tone of late 60's British Blues! From clean tones that resound with the richness of a grand piano, to the thickest, warmest, most organic overdrive tones available, the
Union Jack is one amplifier that no musician should be without! Capture the most famous tones from the legendary guitar heroes of the 1960's with the Jackson Ampworks Union Jack!








The Britain from Jackson Ampworks is an amplifier whose tonal palette covers many of the legendary tones that originated from the United Kingdom. Every tone ranging from a sparkling clean chime, to rich and aggressive overdrive is found in this amplifier simply by adjusting your guitars volume control! Possess the best of the legendary British guitar sounds with the Jackson Ampworks Britain!

Below is a list of some of the high quality components used in the Jackson Ampworks series of amplifiers.

  • Laser Cut and Polished Stainless Steel Chassis with Welded Corners
  • Stainless Steel Hardware
  • Multi-Speed Chassis Mounted Fan
  • Stainless Steel Fan Mount
  • Clarostat Sealed Conductive Plastic Potentiometers
  • Silver Plated Teflon Wire
  • Custom Wound Heyboer Transformers
  • Precision Cut and Drilled Turret Boards
  • G10 Fiberglass Turret Board
  • Stainless Steel Front and Back Face Plates
  • Silk Screened Front and Back Face Plates
  • Stainless Steel Serial Number Plate - Laser Engraved
  • Central Point Grounding with Star Ground
  • Distributed Power Supply
  • Innovative Omni-Range Bias Adjustment
  • Locking Bias Adjustment Pots
  • Gold Plated Ceramic Tube Sockets
  • Mallory 150 Coupling Capacitors
  • JJ and Sprague Atom Filter Caps
  • Heavy Duty Carling Switches
  • Fully Isolated Switchcraft Input and Speaker Jacks
  • 5% Carbon Film Resistors
  • Threaded Metal Inserts (for securing back panel to cabinet)
  • Nylock Plate Nuts (for securing chassis to cabinet)
  • Finger Joint Baltic Birch Cabinets

Go to their website and check out Jackson Amplifiers today!
www.jacksonamps.com

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