Description
Here is a rare Bluesmaker Mk II from Canadian builder John McIntyre. "The Bluesmaker Mk II”
features Stereo, all-tube recording amp. 1 EL84 per side. 3 watts per side (left, right). Class A.
Speaker Out. Selectable Speaker Impedance; 4-8 ohm selector Built-in dummy load for each
channel (left, right). Built-in speaker simulator (cab-sim filter) for each channel (left, right).
Independently switchable between Smooth (Celestion 12?) or Brite (Jenson 10?). Can drive
speakers or use headphone jack even while using built-in speaker load. Stereo tube fx loop.
Draws from the basic concept of the Bluesmaker amp modification described by John McIntyre
in Guitar Player, Feb 93 with greatly enhanced tone control. Clean and crunch channels 4
midrange controls; 4 Tone Circuits. From Canada. Controls: Input, Gain (with Pull Boost), Bass,
Midrange, Treble, Presence, Left-Right Master Volume Controls, StandBy, On/Off."
I belive this is an early unit, the previous owner believed it to be the 1st of 3 units made. While
this is the predecessor to the Lexicon 284 and shares a lot of the features, it is unique in a few
important ways. This is the only one he built with a tube driven spring reverb tank, While its a
small tank, it sounds great and is perfectly suited to this amplifier.
The unit has some wear, and marks. mainly the rack mounts are partially broken off, but it will
still mount on a rack.
"BluesMaker MKII
John McIntryer's amplifiers were well-regarded in the guitar community, as evidenced by the fact
that they were featured in Guitar Player magazine and that he collaborated with Actodyne
General Inc. on a line of amplifiers based on his original "Bluesmaker" series. John McIntyre ran
Musitech from Calgary in the 80s-90s, and was the developer of the Bluesmaker amplifier. The
Bluesmaker MKII provides great power tube distortion at volume levels that won’t make your
head cave in. This makes the amp perfect for home studio, or apartment playing. Class A
operation assures rich harmonics and a warm tone."
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