Author Archives: patsweet
BR110 aka PreBS 15
A custom PreBS 15 with personalized faceplate for repeat client, Chicago Blues musician, Breezy Rodio. Custom features include a multi-voltage power transformer for use in Italy and a utility outlet as found on many larger vintage Fender amps. A hemp … Continue reading
PreBS T5 8″ and 10″
A couple of new PreBS T5 builds are completed and available for sale now! A traditional 8″ version with Alligator Tolex and a custom Black 10″ version with a special Mercury Magnetics OT and 6V6/6L6 switch to maintain proper bias … Continue reading
BFF Head and Cab Prototype
First of its kind! The BFF, A PreBS20+ in a PreBS15+ sized chassis(BFF faceplate coming soon). All of the best hand-wired features of the Princeton Reverb, Deluxe Reverb, and Vibrolux Reverb in one compact head with separate cabinet for easy … Continue reading
PreBS 15 Black with 12″ Speaker
Another PreBS 15 is completed! This one is a traditional looking build with 12″ Eminence GA-SC64 speaker, Mercury Magnetics transformers, and user adjustable bias control and test points on the rear panel. This $50 upgrade will pay for itself the … Continue reading
PreBS 20 Tie Dye
A very special custom PreBS 20 for a “Deadicated” client with tie dye grill cloth from artist Courtanay Pollock from late 60′s Grateful Dead fame. This one has Mercury Magnetics transformers, Weber 12F150B speaker, and push-pull midboost, as well as … Continue reading
Sweet 1×12 Cherry Bassman Cab
A custom cherry 1×12 speaker cabinet for a black or silverface bassman head! Made for a friend, Chicago Blues, Jazz, R&B guitarist Hiro Konishi. SOLD!
PreBS 20+ Cherry cab
Fresh off the bench, this PreBS 20+ is extra Sweet with top of the line Mercury Magnetics trannies, solid cherry cab with dovetail joints and hand rubbed oil/urethane finish. This time around I went with a traditional 1×12 baffle featuring … Continue reading
PreBS TT40
The first Sweet Low Power Tweed Twin build is completed! This is one of the most unique and interesting Fender tweed era models with dual rectifier tubes, a unique pre-amp circuit, cathodyne phase inverter(like tweed Bandmaster and Princeton Reverb), and … Continue reading
Tube Cage for Fender Blues Jr and Pro Jr
As an amp tech for several decades, I cant tell you how many broken and bent tubes and damaged sockets I’ve seen in Blues and Pro Jrs. The new III version comes with a cage but it is not available … Continue reading
McKoustic 30 combo
Introducing a new Sweet combo for acoustic instruments, the McKoustic 30! Another McKeever collaboration with my dad who built the cab from solid cherrywood and finished with hand rubbed oil/urethane. The sealed and ported cab features full range Eminence 10″ … Continue reading