Blind Dog Valve Amplification

21/07/2025

A rare opportunity to acquire a Super Reverb-style amp in head-only format. Note, no speakers are included in this sale.

This amp is hand-built by Dr Andy Turnpenny of Blind Dog Amplification in the New Forest, England. It is the Blind Dog take on the classic Blackface AA763 Fender Super Reverb 45 watt valve amplifier. It differs from the Fender circuit in having only a single input jack on each channel and in using a more reliable Valve Wizard sag circuit in place of the valve rectifier. It features a full-length valve-driven spring reverb tank, a complement of 7 valves (ECC81, ECC83, 6L6GC), Demeter custom output transformer and heavy -duty NOS mains transformer.

Channel 1 gives powerful Fender-style cleans with Volume, Bass and Treble controls and Bright switch.Channel 2 gives lush tones with foot-switchable spring Reverb and valve-driven Tremelo. Controls are Volume, Treble, Middle, Bass, Reverb, Tremelo Speed and Intensity. Rear panel has Speaker Out - 8 or 16 ohm, Power and Standby switches, Mains inlet and Fuse. There is also an external Bias Adjust control.

The main circuit is constructed on the excellent UK-made AA Electronics Fender Reverb circuit board. This is a heavy-duty board, far superior to the industry-standard boards used in Fender amps.

The head cab is of strong birch-ply construction, laser engraved in Blind Dog's unique Art-Deco diamond pattern with metal corners and two strong handles on top. The control fascia has a brushed gold-coloured finish.

Collection only from Hythe, SO45

21/07/2025

08/06/2025

Just finished this cute little hand-wired 5 watt Blind Dog "The Champion" for a customer. Basically a Fender 5F1 clone with an 8" speaker and solid-state rectification. Sounds great - see short video of Mike Steele running a tune through it! Taking orders now, expect to pay around £400, depending on speaker and finish.

17/12/2024

17/12/2024

The latest off the bench: a cute little hand-wired blonde 5F1 Champ, all 5 watts of it. One of the classic tweed-style amps favoured my many of the greats for recording guitar. This I have paired with a 10" Celestion speaker. Just tweaking the tone a bit now to get the best out of the speaker.

Anyone interested in this or a hand-wired build of another classic valve amp , finish to your taste, my prices are surprisingly reasonable. Get in touch!

21/10/2024

Thinning out my modest bunch of guitars and thinking of letting go of my Loic le Pape Custom LP '57 Goldie.

Loic is a brilliant French luthier who specialises in hand- built steel- bodied guitars, based in many cases on classic Gibson and Fender designs. He follows in the footsteps of French/American builder James Trussart. If you haven't come across Loic le Pape, Google website loiclepapesteelguitars.com to see the many fabulous guitars he has created. Worth a look! There's also one or two on auction platforms and with Macari's who are UK agents.

I have attached pictures of my Goldie below. As you will see it's a heavily reliced '57 with rounded C '59 neck and hand wound SP Origin humbuckers. Sounds absolutely fantastic!

I am looking for ,£1850 to sell ( not much wiggle room I'm afraid. New price would be around £3,000 today!). Message me to arrange a try-out in Hythe (SO45). Alternatively, I shall be visiting The London Guitar Show at Kennington Park Race Course this Sunday 27th October if you're planning to come along (highly recommended!). I'm not exhibiting this year though.

Let me know if interested!