NASHVILLE, TN – April 5, 2017 – 3RD POWER is excited to announce the new Wooly Coats Spanky MKII amplifier to its line of award winning amplifiers, hand-built in the company’s East Nashville, Tennessee shop.
Operating on a pair of 6V6 output tubes, the new 15 watt Spanky MKII is 3RD Power’s response to overwhelming customer demand for a Spanky combo amp with reverb and HybridMASTER. The Spanky MKII is a single channel 112 combo amplifier that expands on the Wooly Coats Spanky brand of clean American guitar tones, with its’ unique mid-range frequency control that takes you from Blackface to Tweed, by introducing core professional features of it’s bigger brother, the Extra Spanky.
Hand-built in East Nashville, TN
Premium American-made Heyboer Transformers throughout
Premium American-made 12′′ Eminence George Alessandro Speaker
Pure tube spring reverb with a refined Ambient voicing based on the Dual Citizen
Volume, Treble, Middle and Bass controls
Expanded mid-range frequency control for Blackface to Tweed styled tones
8 ohm and 4 ohm speaker jacks
1W carbon film resistors for low noise, 1/2W carbon composition resistors for tone
Long-tailed-pair phase inverter for greater headroom
Power and Standby switches on the front panel
Mallory and Orange Drop coupling capacitors
F&T power supply filter caps
Choke filtered power supply
Available as a head or 112 combo
Dual 6V6 output tubes
5AR4 rectifier tube
Model Name: Spanky MKII Power: Class AB, ~20 Watts (tube rectified) Power Tubes: J 6V6 duet as standard Preamp Tubes: V1 – V2: ECC83, V3 – V4: Sovtek 12AX7 LPS Tone Controls: Volume, Treble, Middle and Bass Reverb Controls: Reverb LevelOther Controls & Features: | | HybridMASTER™ Level Control for fine tuning your volume without changing your tone Weight: 31 lbs. Case Composition: Solid 3/4 in. Pine Speaker Output: Two Jacks with an 8 Ohm/4Ohm Selector Switch Dimensions: 112 Combo: 19-7/8 in. x 16 in. x 9.5 in Head: 19-7/8 in. x 8.5 in. x 9 in Operating Voltage: 120V is standard. Export 240V and other mains voltages are availableStandby Switch: | | Standby Switch located on front panel Rectifier Tube: 5AR4 Certification: CE Certified