B-STOCK: SX-20C

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The Ashdown SX 20C & SX 20H are two (1+2/3) channel amplifiers available in both head and combo formats.

The SX 20 features 3x ECC83 and two EL84 valves and is cathode biased, Output power is rate at 20W RMS   into 8 and 16 ohms.

Both amplifiers feature a dedicated clean channel (1) comprising of a volume control with Bass and Treble EQ controls, followed by a drive channel that is further split into two sub channels (2 and3).

Channels 2 and 3 have a gain control for each of which channel 2 is a lower overall gain than 3, and the controls are cascaded, therefore the gain for channel 3 starts from wherever channel 2 gain is set.

Following on from the gain controls are the shared EQ controls comprising of contour, bass, middle, treble, overall reverb and finally masters 2 and 3.

Masters 2 and 3 change in sync with gain 2 and 3. This means that a crunch tone can be set up on channel 2 and then by switching to channel three can be either overdriven further by increasing the gain control on channel 3 or simply be made louder by increasing the master for channel 3.

The fitted reverb is a Belton Block, generally acknowledged to one of the best digital reverbs available and is global (ie applies to all channels)

Rear panel features include jacks for speaker connections at 8R and 16R and the 2 way footswitch for channel selection.

A buffered effects loop is also fitted with a level control and two recording out jacks which have a tailored response to emulate a 412 cabinet. One of these is a “live” socket which enables the amplifier to still power the speaker, whilst the other is “dead” and mutes the amplifier for silent recording.

Finally located on the front panel are the two push switches that change between channels 1 – 2 and 2—3 (note that these switches need to out for the footswitch to work if connected).