Fifty Watt. At Specimen, instead of needlessly complicating the proven by adding superfluous bells and whistles, we juggle only with the basics and try to create new balance with old ideas.
- This is the Specimen Fifty Watt prototype: a bit rude cosmetically, but robust sonically. Its timbre could be described as close to that of Leo Fender's Tweed 50s: quick but relaxed compression surrounding an unapologetic honesty of wide-band proportion.
• 50 watts
• Two 6L6 and two 12AX7 tubes
• One control each for volume and tone
• Passive "limited influence" tone-control knob
• Two unique inputs
• Primitive phase inverter
• Cathode bias
• Capacitively coupled inputs
• 12" vintage 30 Celestion speakers
• 1/8" thick phenolic terminal board
• Nickel-plated binding posts
• 18-gauge nickel-plated steel chassis
• All chassis-mounted tube sockets, input and output jacks, potentiometers, and switches