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Panama Guitars Unveils the Shaman Series of Amps

Panama Guitars Unveils the Shaman Series of Amps

The Shaman 20 is designed to deliver the ultimate in flexibility.

Boquete, Panama (January 19, 2015) -- Panama Guitars is proud to announce the launch of its Shaman Series of All-Tube Guitar Amplifiers. Starting at $699.99, the all-tube Shaman Series is designed for maximum tonal flexibility with no sacrifices.

ā€œThe Shaman Series combines 60-plus years of tonal history with modern innovations in a perfect blend of yesterday and today,ā€ said Matt Hornby, Marketing Manager for Panama Guitars. ā€œOur goal with the Shaman Series was to provide boutique all-tube tones and supernatural flexibility in a compact package of sustainably harvested woods, all at a great price.ā€

The Shaman 20 is designed to deliver the ultimate in flexibility: From '50s cleans and hot-rodded British tones, to fire-breathing modern metal, this little beast does it all in a compact cabinet, handcrafted in Panama from sustainably harvested exotic tonewoods. It features two fully-independent footswitchable channels (ā€œCleanā€ and ā€œUncleanā€) each with independent Master, Presence, Bass, Mid, Treble, Gain, and two switchable voicing modes covering a range of tones from classic tweed and blackface cleans to hot-rodded British and ultra-modern high-gain, with a shared, hard-bypassable effects loop and a selectable 10/20 Watt EL84 Power Section.

The Shaman Retro 20 is the same amp as the Shaman 20 but designed to deliver a more specifically vintage experience. The Shaman Retro still has plenty of gain on tap but eschews the more modern tonality in favor of a nuanced vintage flavor, still in a compact cabinet handcrafted in Panama from sustainably harvested exotic tonewoods. It features two fully-independent footswitchable channels each with independent Master, Bass, Treble, Gain, 2 clean and 3 unclean switchable voicing modes covering a range of tones from classic tweed and British cleans to classic 80s brown and 90s metal tones, with a shared bypassable effects loop and a selectable 5/10/20 Watt EL84 Power Section.

The Shaman Series of amplifiers feature our bypassable Harmonic Content Limiter which introduces symmetrical / asymmetrical clipping allowing for a wide range of subtle yet highly effective distortion variations, from Plexi and JCM800 to modern high-gain.

The Shaman Series is now shipping to select Panama Guitars dealers worldwide.

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