MusicMan 112RD 50 Guitar Combo Amp 50W

MusicMan 112RD 50 Guitar Combo Amp 50W at <usic Park in Perth

Music Man 112-RD Fifty 50 Guitar Amplifier 

The Music Man 11-2 RD Fifty is a 50 watt guitar amplifier from Ernie Ball in conjunction with DV Mark (Mark Bass).  DV Mark is a brand of guitar amplifiers that are made and designed in Italy featuring a lightweight design, great components and underrated tone.  The two things people know best about the original Music Man amps is they sound killer but they weigh a lot!  They weigh so much that a lot of people would steer clear of them.  For example, their 2×10 combo weighs about as much as a Fender Twin, so get your back ready if you do buy an original.

The nicest thing about the reissue series of  Music Man amps is the fact they are light! Thanks to the new neodymium magnet in the speaker and class D amplification, these amps are way lighter than you’d expect from a combo.  The 112-RD fifty weighs about as much as Fender Mustang III.

Below is a video of the Music Man 112-RD 

The best of both Worlds

The Music Man series of amps features a unique design which must account for their killer tones they are famous for.  The amps feature a solid state preamp mixed with a power tube output section loaded with some 6L6 tubes.  6L6’s sound big, warm, and round (think Fender Super Reverb, Blues Deluxe, etc.).  This winning combination offers more clean headroom on the clean channel with some of the best overdrive tones ever on the dirty channel.

Speaker Design

The original speaker was a EVH speaker which was a traditional large magnet speaker.  This was part of the reason the amp was so heavy (but sounded amazing!).  The new series of Music Man amps feature a special designed speaker that is both lightweight (under half of the original speakers weight) while still being true to the tones of the original EVH speakers.

Music Park in Perth Western Australia carry a great range of Amplifiers