Kool & Elfring Black Rose 50W Head BRUGT

BRUGT

The Black Rose is a 95% handwired ultimate blend of SLO overdrive and vintage Plexi tone, sharing the brutal force and endless sustain with the iconic American but with better dynamic response and less compression.

FEATURES

Ch1-mode 1: ‘Clean’
The gain setting starts at splendidly sparkling and dynamically clean. Beyond one o’clock the clean morphs into a clean sound with sweetly organic edge of breakup. The sounds of ch1-Tweed-mode are best described as dynamic, three-dimensional, open and sparkling. It’s warm yet with good definition. This mode reacts perfectly to fuzz and boost pedals plugged into the front.

Channel 2 ‘Overdrive’
Before nine o’clock you’ll find some incredibly cool crunchy 60s sounds. Turning up the gain knob a little further the sound will effortlessly change into an amazing compressed 80’s style crunch. When you turn beyond two o’clock you’ll be entering ‘overdrive territory’. The overdrive sounds are harmonically rich full and fat, yet tasteful, organical and musical. The sound of channel 2 is characterized by natural compression, super fat bass, even harmonics and unparalleled sustain. Whatever gain setting you’ll choose, it will always give a killer sound that cuts through the mix with ease. Channel 2 responds excellent to the volume-pot of your guitar.

SVC Volume Boost
The foot-switchable SVC Volume Boost enables you to soloboost channel 1 and channel 2 with adjustable volume control. In fact the SVC Volume Boost is an extra SVC Volume knob, with the exact same function as the original SVC volume knob. Turn this boost knob a little further than the SVC knob, engage the boost-button on your footswitch and your solo’s will be boosted unlike you’ve ever experienced. It is like having a crew member turnig up your SVC volume whenever you start soloing, absolute guitarplayer luxury!

True bypass effects loop (foot-switchable)
The effects loop is buffered by 12AU7 tube. Adding the 12AU7, for several reasons, is not the cheapest solution but the 12AU7 does this job best as it affects the original signal least. The effects loop’s volume knob enables you to amplify, attenuate or balance the signal. Last but not least: You can true-bypass the effects loop with the footswitch! Tech talk: True bypass is achieved by a double relay switch at the front- and back of the loop. When the loop is being bypassed the loop physically disappears from the signal path.

SVC -Seamless Volume Control- (Tube amp volume under control !)
As both channels have individual gain and master volume controls, it’s easy to find your sweet spot on each channel. In the power section you’ll find an extra ‘total’ volume control which enables you to balance both channels volume levels, perfect for playing ‘live’. But there is another amazing and unique feature called SVC (Seamless Volume Control). The power section ‘total’ volume control is capable of producing 0,1 Watt bedroom levels yet retaining great tone. So from now on the power-soak is a thing of the past!

SPECIFICATIONS

• 2 fully independent channels / 3 modes
  Channel 1-Mode 1 = ‘Clean’, Channel 1-Mode 2 = ‘Crunch’
  Channel 2 = ‘Crunch / Overdrive’
• SVC Volume boost (boosts channel 1 and 2)
• SVC – Seamless Volume Control: from 0,1 watt ‘bed room’ levels to 50 watt ‘Rock Arena’ levels (no tone loss at low volumes, no need for power-soak)
• Ultra wide gain range control on both channels for ultimate gain versatility
• True bypass effects loop
• Send-level-knob to attenuate or boost effects loop
• Manual Switch (ch1/ch2, effectsloop on/ true bypass, footswitch on/off)
• Footswitch (ch1/ch2, effects loop-on/true_bypass, SoloBoost on/off)
• Outputs 4, 8, 16 Ohm or 2×16, 2×8 Ohm
• Output: 50 Watts R.M.S.
• 2 x EL34 power tubes
• 6 x pre-amp tubes: 4 x 12AX7, 1 x 5751, 1 x 12AU7 (effects loop)
• Outputs 4, 8, 16 Ohm or 2×16, 2×8 Ohm
• Weight: approx. 24 kg
• Handsoldered / handwired in the Netherlands by Kool & Elfring
• Handwired signal path
• Dimensions: H=30 cm W=69 cm D=30 cm
• Construction: 13 ply lightplex cabinet, Finger joint corner construction, Two leather handles for excellent grip, High quality vinyl covering, Nickel Plated Cornersm Tolex: ‘Black Rose’