One hot amp at the 2010 NAMM show was the Egnater Tweaker from boutique amp designer Bruce Egnater. What is unique about this amp is the mini switches that are user accessible on the front panel for “tweaking” the amps tonal character. These switches include TIGHT and BRIGHT options as well as VINTAGE and MODERN gain voicings. I’m looking forward to some web reviews of this amp, heck, I would like to fire this amp up myself for a test drive.

The Egnater website has yet to list the Tweaker Amp, but here are the current specs.

15 Watts All-Tube
2 x 6V6 Power Tubes
3 x 12AX7 Pre-amp Tubes
Master Volume, Gain and 3-Band EQ
Modern/Vintage Amp Voicing Switch
Buffered Effects Loop
Selectable AC, British and American Tone Controls
Clean/Hot Gain Selector
Tight & Bright Voicing Switches
100V / 115V / 230V Switchable

Stay tuned to Egnater for more info.

Carr says that the amp is voiced like a combination of a Vox and blackface Fender that can be pushed into Vox/Marshall territory. While it draws on these classics for inspiration, Carr says that the amp is definitely its own thing. “The amp uses the Vox toolbox of architecture and tube compliment,” explains Steve Carr, “but it has been tweaked and expanded in a Carr way!”

The Artemus features a 5ar4 rectifier, 4 EL84s and 2 12AX7s. The output section is running class A Fixed bias (test points and bias pot easily accessible) with a zero negative feedback.

The amp will be ready to ship late February, and Carr says that they will be, “aggressively priced with all the normal Carr quality component and construction techniques.”

Link Carr Amplifiers