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Nolatone Road Hogg Lite 20w 1x12 Combo Amp - Used  From Nolatone

This simple and effective boutique combo amp gets the job done and sounds amazing!  

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What We Think

Condition: Used, Excellent

This ain't your mama's Marshall! This amp manages to amalgamate the best parts of some of our favorite classic amps in a portable combo package. Loaded with a Scumback speaker and equipped with an output for the extension cab of your choice!

Manufacturer's Description from Nolatone

Imagine being able to get Plexi tones and Blackface Bassman tones (but without the flabby bottom) from the same amp. The Road Hogg series amps allow you to do JUST that! 

The Road Hogg preamp starts with a Plexi toplogy, but with some very powerful modifications that allow you to choose if you want that classic Plexi midrange, or scoop that out and reveal a cleaner decidedly more Bassman-like tone. Read "The Full Story" below for all the details on how I make this happen.

The Road Hogg Lite offers the same great preamp as it's big brothers in a smaller, lither, and more affordable package. But don't let the cost and size fool you, this little tone monster packs a serious punch. It's enough volume for most bar gigs and will hang with most drummers just fine. All in a package waiting in at around 35lb! 

As with every other member of the Road Hogg family, the Road Hogg Lite is ultra dynamic, responding to pick attack and even the most subtle nuance of player and guitar. It also makes a fantastic pedal platform.

NOTE: The Road Hogg Lite is NOT a Plexi clone!

It starts with the basis of the venerable Plexi circuit and builds on it to offer so much more. 

Nolatone Ampworks

About Manufacturer

At Nolatone Ampworks we hand build our amplifiers one at a time using ultimate care and attention to detail to create an instrument that will last a lifetime and deliver tone and feel that will allow you to express yourself in ways you may never have thought possible!

We do this by using only the highest quality parts, well thought out circuit layouts, and impeccable build quality.

Some highlights of the quality you receive with a Nolatone Amplifier:

Custom wound Mercury Magnetics transformers

Custom layouts using point-to-point or turret board depending on design.

Circuit construction performed by U.S. Military trained soldering tech.

1 Watt Carbon Film resistors in the audio path

Circuit components chose for best tone and reliability

High Quality German made F&T or Sprague Atom Filter Caps in the power supply

Critical tube positions cushion mounted to for minimized vibration, reducing microphonics and tube reliability issues over time (applies to models 15 watts and above)

10 amp Carling switches. Can you say "Ka-CHUNK"?! (applies to our higher power models)

Switchcraft Jacks

All these things make a difference, and together make a HUGE difference!

Rather than regurgitating the traditional chassis/circuit layouts from popular amps of yesteryear, we put a lot of though into how these layouts can be improved:

We locate our transformers on opposite ends of the chassis for more direct access to lead connections, in addition creating better balance when carrying the amp. Signal leads and high voltage leads are very well isolated from each other. This minimizes noise and maximizes stability.

We design our chassis using CAD software to optimize circuit layout.

Some Notes on Soldering

This one is often overlooked, but we believe very important for long term reliability. Looking inside many an amp, vintage to the absolute top ranked boutique offerings of today all too often "blobby" solder joints can be seen.

Using too much solder can conceal potential problems with the joint. It's possible that years down the road, a contamination in a solder joint, or a cold solder joint will cause a problem, and this type of problem is notoriously difficult to track down, and that translates to EXPENSIVE to fix!

The US Navy Aviation community, where Paul was trained to solder, has strict requirements for soldering as the equipment is subjected to extreme conditions including vibration, high g-forces, salt water, etc. These requirements dictate that a proper solder joint should have enough but not too much solder. A lead should be visible on the turret with a concave flow of solder bonding it to the surface of the turret/pin/etc. This type of solder joint is far less likely to cause problems after leaving the builders bench.

Specifications

Model: Road Hogg Lite

Serial: RHL-0010-20

Year: 2015 (est)

Power Output: 20 Watts

Output Tubes: 2 x 6V6 (Cathode Bias)

Preamp Tubes: 1 x 12DW7/ECC832 / 2 x 12AX7

Rectifier: Solid State Plugin

Controls: Bright Blend, Volume, Mid, Bass, Treble, Master Volume

Panel Switches: Bright, Fat Boost, Plexi Boost

Speaker: Scumback J75-LD

Weight: 35 lbs