Marshall's Astoria Series is breaking new ground - high-quality hand-wired amps at the Boutique Amp level! The Astoria AST 3 Dual Head is a puristic dual-channel amp with some contemporary features such as tube-buffered, serial loop-in and push/pull-body (bassboost) circuitry. Both channels share a 4-band control, the Overdrive channel is adjustable in volume and gain. The cathode BIAS power amplifier draws 30 watts from a pair of KT-66 tube, the power can be reduced to 5 watts. The usual gain control is replaced by a sensitivity potentiometer in AST 3 - this is directly used for the feedback of the output stage. The degree of distortion is controlled without changing the sound characteristics. The Edge Controller has a similar function to a traditional Presence Pot, which affects high frequencies in the output stage.

Features:

• Technology: Valve
• Power: 30 W
• Channels: 2
• Loudspeakers: 1x 12"
• Loudspeaker Type: Celestion Creamback
• EQ: Edge, Bass, Middle, Treble
• Inserts: Series
• Pre Amp Valves: 3x 12AX7
• Power Amp Valves: 2 x KT66
• Impedance: 4/8/16 ohms
• Output for Extension Speakers: yes
• Headphone output with speaker mute: no
• Including: Footswitch and cover
• Dimensions (WxHxD): 60,0 x 54,0 x 26,0 cm
• Weight: 27,5 kg
• Country of Origin: England
• Finger jointed birch plywood case
• Cathode bias without negative feedback
• Switchable power reduction
• Hand-wired
• GZ34 rectifier tube

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