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Louse Electric KR12 Amp (Marshall Plexi/Tweed) - $1,600 (oakland piedmont / montclair)
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Marshall Plexi combo from top tier builder. Master works beautifully - sounds great at reasonable volumes.
The cabinet and speaker combo is super - this just has a great resonant and alive toneL: vibe and richness and sparkle. Marshall at all volumes and can get quite loud if you want. Superb Marshall cleans as well. A lot of tonal range... best driven amp tones imaginable truly.
I love this amp... I've had many boutique Plexi types and this beats them all but I just have to downsize and let er go. Also... of course perhaps the coolest looking of em.
Very good condition - a few scuffs and bit o' tolex imperfection - shown in the photos - but overall feels and looks very clean. Sound is epic and beautiful and is the best Marshall combo I have ever played and have played/owned very many boutique ones: Carr, Fargen, Friedman, Suhr.
No trades. Price listed is firm.
The KR12 is an EL34-based, single 12″ combo. It is the result of Louis Rosano’s longstanding work with Hubert Sumlin and Keith Richards. The KR12’s four inputs offer different levels of gain from crisp, crunchy throatiness to a hefty vintage rock bark.
Based on the Louis Electric M12 used by Sumlin, the KR12 has several gain options and unmatched headroom, but preserves the warmth of a 1950’s and 1960’s vintage style amp. The KR12 has Volume and Master Volume controls, middle, treble, bass plus Presence. In addition, on all new KR12 models, the damping knob which adjusts the level of negative feedback will be placed on the top control panel. This is an excellent feature to have because most amplifiers only offer a fixed resistor in the feedback circuit which limits tone shaping.
The new KR12 offers a single-ended switch which provides the player to run the amp at 20 watts.
Winner of 2004 Guitar Player Editors’ Pick award
Classification: AB1, fixed bias
Recommended Bias 37 to 47 mili amps for each side
Power output: 20/40 watts
Speaker: Celestion Classic Lead 80
Speaker load: 8 ohms
Controls: Volume, Master Volume, Treble, Bass, Middle, Presence, Single Ended Switch.
Four Gain Inputs
Damping Control to alter feedback circuit
Pre Amp Tubes: 3-12AX7
Output Tubes: 2-EL34
Rectifier: 1-5AR4
Height: 17 1/2″, Width: 23 1/2″, Depth: 8 3/4″
Weight: 48 lbs.
Eyelet Terminal board construction
Hand-selected caps and resistors
Custom designed hand built transformers
Belton tube sockets
Switchcraft and Carling input jacks and switches
High-quality machine grade fasteners
Moisture free circuit board
Dimensions L 24 D 9 H 21
KR12 User Instructions
Please take time to familiarize yourself with all the functionality of the KR12. With this manual Louis Electric will go over each feature of the amplifier to make sure the user has the best experience with their Louis Electric purchase.The KR12 has a top mounted design featuring six specific knobs: Volume, Master Volume, Bass, Middle, Treble and Presence knobs. The input section has four inputs split between Gain Input and Normal.
Gain Structure Process
4 Input /3 Different Gain structures
For clean sound plug guitar into normal input 1
For slight increase in gain plug guitar into gain input 1
For medium gain, leave guitar in gain input 1 plug pedal into normal 2
For high gain leave guitar in gain input 1 plug pedal into normal 1
Legendary Tone
Artists such as Keith Richards, John Fogerty, Danny Gatton, Hubert Sumlin, Warren Haynes, Jorma Kaukonen, Duke Robillard, Robben Ford, Ana Popovic, Jackson Browne and so many others have worked with Louis Electric Amps. One listen and you too will understand that “Legendary Tone Lives Here.”
We suggests at this point for best results back the master volume down