I'm Don Anderson, founder of Club Amplifiers. I hope you will find this site useful as you explore your sonic objectives.
Guitar Player Magazine has done a very nice review of a Club Amps 30W 1x12 blues combo in their February (NAMM) 2010 issue. If you didn't see it, and can't find a copy, send us an email at info@clubamps.com. We'll send you a .pdf copy. The review describes the 30W blues combo as extremely touch sensitive, articulate, with ballsy overdrive and pedal friendly (for high gain overdrive and specialty voicing). If you aren't familiar with the Guitar Player reviews there is a section where the editors can express "concerns". They wrote "Can an amplifier be TOO clean". We thought that was a really great compliment. Our thanks to Guitar Player Magazine.
Our mission statement is a pretty simple one:
1)
Very compact amplifiers suitable for working "clubs" with small stages 2) Amplifiers that sound the absolute best in their pure form 3) Very big, full articulate sound!
Club Amps are pedal friendly,
simple, yet robust. If you play rock in a classic style we give you the basics that made the likes of Hendrix and Clapton great. If you play jazz we give you clarity and detail. If you shred, nothing will get lost. If you are a country picker we can help you be detailed without being brittle. If you play the blues we've even got special transformers for that, for an earthy, smokey, bluesy timbre.
Most musicians use a pedal board these days. We think that's great, especially for overdrive. Adding more gain to a tube amp adds noise. We don't like noise. If you put beautiful technique into your playing, but the sound comes from an amp that doesn't sound as good as your technique, do you really sound your best?
Modern amps tend to push "features"
while the accountants work to cut costs. At Club Amps it's SONIC
EXCELLENCE that rules; END OF STORY!
The same great sounds as original Club Classics, Series II offers some new features as requested by you, our customers. For details on Series II please check out the "products" page.
A Series II Club Classic Head.
Club Classic Head on a 1x15 cab
Series II Club Classic 1x12 combo. This is what the editors of Guitar Player tested for their review.
Mouse Maze of Point Blank on the left performing with a Series II 50W Club Classic EL34 head at the Dallas International Guitar Festival. The "tiny" Club head is sitting on top of a Peavey head and 4x12 cab. This was the Peavey stage. Mouse is using the 4x12 Peavey cab with the Club Head. You can hear the performance on youtube. Search Point Blank Dallas. Look for the entries for 2009. There are also 2008 performances. They are great, but don't use a Club Amp. I suggest "Stars and Scars", but if you have the time all of the 2009 performances are good.
It's the Lonster himself! Loni Specter, the man behind the Amp Shows, does a little Fender bending at the the Club Amp Room at the NY Amp Show.
The picture above is from Loni's LA Amp show. This picture is the NY show.
Featured at both the LA and the NY Amp Shows was the "Club Classic Stack". The Club Classic Stack was developed to be a "better choice" for the "high volume" club musician who has to haul their own gear. A 50W-60W head with two 1x15 cabs can fit into virtually any car. I'm sure many of you know how much fun it is to haul a half stack. But, with the two 1x15 cabs you'll have over 85% of the cone area of the half stack. Our line-up of 15s is simply amazing!
We have fun at these shows switching between three Eminence custom 15s and three Weber custom 15s, each with a unique voice. We cover the spectrum from 50s vintage straight cone to a custom Eminence with an aluminum voice coil for a really, really aggressive attack in the upper register and amazing ability to follow the most subtle string touches.
A partial family portrait, though the family is too large for all to make it into the picture. At Club Amps"Our Standard Is Custom", as you will learn as you read on. We build to order. In this picture you can see the Club Classic Stack mentioned above, a "Twin" blues amp, a "Little Monster" (50W 1x10 combo), a traditional "half stack" and more.
Club Amps take classic amp tone to a higher level. Rock musicians get a "rock solid" bottom end (never muddy) and articulate clarity even in overdrive. Our blues amps have a very special "smokey" blues timbre that's also great for classic rock, earthy country and many styles of jazz. For country artists we have great options for crisp, clean mids and highs with just a ton of punch, yet without being brittle. And, for "clean" and jazz a Club Amp with the standard output transformer offers sweet, rich, smooth articulate clarity. There's nothing "standard" about it. It sets the standard.
As you can see from the pictures, Club Amps aren't fancy. The focus is on being musical, strong, reliable and timeless. You won't make a fashion statement with a Club Amp, you'll make great music. Of course, simple elegance and "classic black" are always in fashion. Club Amps are designed and built for the club and studio musician. You know, you don't have roadies yet. You pack your own gear. As you cruise the site you will see that we believe volume control with speakers is a great way for the club or studio musician to sound their best no matter what the gig. This 1x12 combo is great for small-to-medium gigs, practice or the studio, but stacked on a 1x15 extension cab it's able to create the volume you need for bigger gigs.
Let's face it; many of you "mic" your amps these days. But, that doesn't necessarily let you dial in the best volume for optimized speaker response or the best output transformer response. And, even with a good PA it competes with vocals. When you can let your amp be a point source on the stage it makes a difference in what the audience actually hears.
About this website
We build amps as our primary mission. You could say our permanent web site is still under construction, but our priority is on building amps. This site will be replaced at some point with a more sophisticated site. We are now "good-to-go" with credit card transactions and we can accept Paypal. Because everything we make is to customer criteria the normal "shopping carts" of e-commerce don't work very well. We're working on a best way to enter orders with custom criteria using an online shopping cart. When we figure that out or when we start offering "standard products" that's probably when we'll create a new site.
This site contains a lot of information, perhaps more than many musicians would want. But, over the years we've found that our happiest clients are the ones who have put some serious thought and research into what they "really" want. If you are not familiar with our company or our product I encourage you to start by taking a look at the "Products" page. Check out the product page first, then take a careful look at the About Us page and "Why Club Amps?" We've been building amps for a very long time. We make a really great amp. I hope we'll be building an amp for you soon.
Please send comments and inquiries to info@clubamps.com
Welcome to Club Amps! 
A Series II Club Classic Head.
Club Classic Head on a 1x15 cab
Series II Club Classic 1x12 combo. This is what the editors of Guitar Player tested for their review. 
Mouse Maze of Point Blank on the left performing with a Series II 50W Club Classic EL34 head at the Dallas International Guitar Festival. The "tiny" Club head is sitting on top of a Peavey head and 4x12 cab. This was the Peavey stage. Mouse is using the 4x12 Peavey cab with the Club Head. You can hear the performance on youtube. Search Point Blank Dallas. Look for the entries for 2009. There are also 2008 performances. They are great, but don't use a Club Amp. I suggest "Stars and Scars", but if you have the time all of the 2009 performances are good.
It's the Lonster himself! Loni Specter, the man behind the Amp Shows, does a little Fender bending at the the Club Amp Room at the NY Amp Show.
Featured at both the LA and the NY Amp Shows was the "Club Classic Stack". The Club Classic Stack was developed to be a "better choice" for the "high volume" club musician who has to haul their own gear. A 50W-60W head with two 1x15 cabs can fit into virtually any car. I'm sure many of you know how much fun it is to haul a half stack. But, with the two 1x15 cabs you'll have over 85% of the cone area of the half stack. Our line-up of 15s is simply amazing! 
A partial family portrait, though the family is too large for all to make it into the picture. At Club Amps "Our Standard Is Custom", as you will learn as you read on. We build to order. In this picture you can see the Club Classic Stack mentioned above, a "Twin" blues amp, a "Little Monster" (50W 1x10 combo), a traditional "half stack" and more. 
Club Amps take classic amp tone to a higher level. Rock musicians get a "rock solid" bottom end (never muddy) and articulate clarity even in overdrive. Our blues amps have a very special "smokey" blues timbre that's also great for classic rock, earthy country and many styles of jazz. For country artists we have great options for crisp, clean mids and highs with just a ton of punch, yet without being brittle. And, for "clean" and jazz a Club Amp with the standard output transformer offers sweet, rich, smooth articulate clarity. There's nothing "standard" about it. It sets the standard.
