$400 is the cost of the deposit, not the product. The Earhart Reverb Plus runs at $3499 USD, not including a premium finish.

The Earhart Reverb+ is essentially the Earhart Reverb with some added goodies! We’ve given it a full tone stack, adding a variable bass control and making the voicing switch variable via the treble control…allowing all the tones of the original but now with more control. We have also incorporated our novel tube driven power scaling circuit powered by a 6L6 power tube (set up as a voltage regulator). This approach allows plate resistance to still exist in the power supply (despite the lack of a tube rectifier) which leads to sag and harmonic richness at any volume, except maximum wattage where the solid state rectifier directly feeds the power section.

The Earhart is our side hug to the top boost style of amplifier.  Not being into the whole clone thing, we took part of the tone stack from the original 60s design, modified it, and dovetailed into the Monarch platform retaining some of the trickery that contribute to that platform’s touch sensitivity and harmonic characteristics.  The Earhart also utilizes EL84 power tubes biased into class A.  The result is a dream come true for those seeking a top boost type sound with better clarity, harmonics and a three dimensional feel.

The Earhart features Volume, Tone, and a Normal/Top Boost switch that adds to the versatility of the circuit.  Normal takes away the chime and make the Earhart behave as a well balanced very good sounding amp much like the Monarch design.  The top boost setting adds the chime on top.  In both modes the tone knob control controls the balance between bass and treble frequencies…utilizing that in tandem with the volume can control the “tilt” of the frequencies allowing for many different sounds from a two knob amplifier.  The midrange is very slightly scooped, but not as scooped as the original top boost style amps lending a satisfying sweetness to the sound.

The Earhart Reverb Plus is just like the Earhart Reverb except….we’ve given it the full Chimera tone stack instead of the voice switch (basically making the switch variable) AND we have incorporated into the design a novel tube driven power scaling circuit powered by a 6L6 power tube (set up like a voltage regulator). This approach allows plate resistance to still exist in the power supply (despite the lack of a tube rectifier) which leads to sag and harmonic richness at any volume. The maximum wattage setting (15 watts) bypasses the 6L6 in order to create an option for pure solid state rectification if desired. The power ranges from 1/2 a watt to 15 watts making this an incredibly versatile amplifier for studio or stage!

Specs

• 13-18 watts (depending on rectifier)

• Speaker outputs: 1 x 8 ohm, 1 x 16 ohm

Dimensions/weight

• Head 13.5”W 8”H 8.25”D 16 lbs

• 1x12 Cabinet 17”W 18.5”H 10”D 20-23 lbs

Build

• Point to point construction on terminal strips - no circuit, eyelet or turret board

• Custom Soursound transfomers

• Mallory 150M capacitors

• Dovetailed pine speaker cabinet

• Baltic birch head cabinet

• Benson Custom Ceramic Speaker