1979 Music Man 212 Sixty Five Black, Very Good

This 1979 Music Man 212 Sixty Five combo amp serial number CN01247 is in very good condition. There are some “scuffs and nicks” in the black tolex covering, overall cosmetically quite presentable. This amp is in original unmolested condition other than tube replacement. These amplifiers are becoming harder to find as they have always had and are continuing to develop a following. They are rugged powerful roadworthy units that were the first designs to incorporate a hybrid of tube and solid-state technology.

The preamps used solid state integrated circuits, while the power amps featured a tube driven output stage. The preamp in the Music Man amps, unlike the corresponding Fender amps, can really overdrive and by 1979 the lone 12AX7 inverter tube was eliminated for for a complete solid state preamp design. These amps are quite loud, work really well with pedals and offer good headroom with bright “highs”, strong “mids” and “lows”, lots of punch! The “sixty five” amplifier series were the first products that the newly renamed company Music Man brought to market under the guidance and design of Leo Fender and Tom Walker.

On a personal note, I bought an HD130 210 new many moons ago and gigged with it all over the country for years. I used a LPB power booster to overdrive the normal channel and built my own channel switch box before anyone was building channel switching amps. It was fabulous. Music Man amps were Eric Clapton's main amp for years, and Johnny Winter used them to the end.

These are great amps, ad one to your collection!

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