Goodsell Amplifiers - Valpreaux 21

Find it at Rudy's Music Stop in New York City

(212) 391-1699
info@rudysmusic.com

The latest addition to the Goodsell family is the Valpreaux, the imagined French spelling of a contraction of "Valco" and "Supro". ("Valpro" was already being used by a Euro-pharmacuetical company). Along with a few vintage Gretsch models some of these amps used the 6973 tube, which was also found in juke boxes and certain hi-fi applications. About the same size and shape as an EL84, the 6973 is capable of up to 20% more power at plate voltages of up to 400vdc.
Architecturally, the Valpreaux is very similar to the Super17 - exact same control surface - and a single gain stage matched to a long-tail phase inverter, which was not present on any of the originals. A much-larger power tranny facilitates a 5-volt GZ34 rectifier tube, and the front-end utilizes 4 12AX7s just because it can. The Valpreaux has noticeably more girth than the 17, and the breakup, coming at the same place on the dial as the 17, is thicker, like your mama's gravy made in an iron skillet after a roast beef. This amp is as fun to distort as the 17 is to run clean - two completely different beasts of the same DNA.

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[surfocaster]

What a FANTASTIC amp and outstanding playing as well. WOW!

[bareknuckles2u]

I wish I could play as well as he can, but he seems more interested in impressing than demoing

[willievega]

Great playing!