1 Watt Amp - is this possible?

So I'm now thinking about this amp I just acquired (62-9035 )  and the first thing I'm really curious about is that it is only a 1amp amp.  Really?  Even my little Fender champ is 5 or 6amps.  With a 12" speaker?  Since I cannot hear it yet, I am curious what I can expect.  The Fender Princeton that I had I believe was 15amps and for playing around the house, it was at times, more than my household members or neighbors cared for if I really wanted to push the tubes.  Having said this, my little champ is great because I can get a great saturated tone without having the cops come to my door.  But 1amp?  I am not a volume junkie but I do like to have that option when I'm in the mood.  What can I expect from this amp in relation to the two Fender amps that I just described?  If you could tell me, or point me in the right direction what other Valco amps use this circuit I would be interested in getting some history and more reference info on it.  thanks!

 

Kelly Thornton

 

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Permalink Reply by Terry Dobbs on March 15, 2011 at 11:07pm
Hi, the 62-9035 is a cool amp, but your suspicions are correct, it is more like 6-7 watts output power. It is very much like, if not the same circuit as the Supro S6622, the Gretsch 6152 and the National Model 22. It is a single ended Class A amp with Reverb and Tremolo, classic Valco breakup, I have seen these Airline models using this circuit with either a 10" or a 12" speaker. The Reverb is marginal, and just blending it in enough to hear sounds best, and not much like the Fender Reverb sound. Your Champ is not quite as loud as this amp, and your Princeton sounds like a later model with 2-6V6's and obviously is a much louder amplifier. The Airline might be a good fit for your circumstances, a nice example of the smaller Valco line up from the mid 1960's.

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