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Designer's Introduction
Welcome to Albion Musical Instruments smallest amp to
date, the AG10 combo. Having designed many “small”
amps, many of them destined to be award winning and
certainly “classics” in their own right, I realised that I had
somewhat of a challenge in front of me when creating the
AG range. “How do I beat what I have done before?”, “How
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amps to make them into really serious amps?”, I realised
there was quite a massive challenge in front of me! I
think that what I have done with the AG range actually
surpasses even my expectations. I hope that you agree
with me.
Thank you
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The AG10 combo features a ver y unique “hybrid”
preamplifier section combining high voltage FETs (field
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high voltage dc supply, again pretty unique in small guitar
amplifiers. This combination of circuit gives great valve
tone, as it should because it is pretty much a valve circuit.
The special high voltage FET that we use is the closest
electronic device to an actual valve, but without some of
the drawbacks of using an actual valve (cost, heat, high
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power amp circuit that also has some “tweaks” that lead to
a very convincing valve-like tone. A true monster of tone
in a small practise amp priced packaged.
The AG10 also uses an 8 inch loudspeaker instead of
the 61/2 inch loudspeaker as used by most of the AG10’
s competition. This also helps in giving a bigger more
satisfying tone than other amps in this price range.
The AG10 has a control line-up of GAIN control and
DRIVE switch to set up the preamp circuit for clean and
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for tone shaping applications, and a Master VOLUME to
control the output level from whisper quite to full bore.
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to connect your MP3 or CD player (or any other auxiliary
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and uses a standard stereo 3.5mm lead, mixing the signal
into mono mode suitable for the amplifier circuit, giving
you the facility to play along to recorded tracks for practise
purpose.
Another 3.5mm socket allows the use of standard stereo
headphones for private use.
The output of the AG10 can also be plugged into another
loudspeaker cabinet, bypassing the internal loudspeaker.
Plugging into a bigger cabinet widens the tone available to
something rather special! Great for using the AG10 as a
superb “classic rock” recording amp.
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