PG's Joe Coffey is On Location in Van Nuys, CA, for the 2009 LA
Amp Show where he visits the Channing Amps booth. In this segment, we
get to see and hear from both Channing's offerings, the CL30 and CL45
heads.
The CL30 is a hand-built 30 watt head with 4-EL84 power
tubes. The two preamp channels (EF86 channel available as an option),
tube rectifier, Mercury Magnetics transformers, custom Unified Turret
Board construction, 2-pan chassis design for preamp shielding and can
come with an optional international voltage select power entry module
(North America, UK, Europe).
The CL45 is 45 watt head (used by
Jeff Beck) with 2-EL34, 2-6L6 power tubes. It also features two preamp
channels (normal, bright), tube rectifier (solid state optional),
Mercury Magnetics transformers, custom Unified Turret Board
construction, 2-pan chassis design for preamp shielding and can come
with an international voltage select power entry module (North America,
UK, Europe).