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The inspiration for this new design came from the greasy blues tone embodied by the excellent 1964 Deluxe Reverb amplifier in our vintage amp collection. We've never come across a new production amplifier that can do what this amp does. So we decided to build one.
Enter the Signature 20 and Signature 20R. We started with a Deluxe Reverb circuit and stripped away all of the nonessential elements to get down to the purest tone. Then we improved on it from there. Not only does the Signature 20 series do "it", it does "it" better.
We have always felt the smaller black face amps have suffered from muddy bass and piercing treble.
We corrected this by tightening the bass and smoothing the treble frequencies. Upper middle frequencies are very slightly
emphasized to help the amp sit better in the mix. Our Mid control has a broad sweep, which allows you to dial in the classic
scooped midrange common to black face amps, or pump it up for more midrange presence. The amplifier also has superior
"feel" due to its tube rectifier and modern class A bias.
Most of our amplifiers feature a Voltage control. This feature actually changes the operating voltages inside the amplifier just like a Variac. This changes the output volume of the amplifier better than any master volume. You can have the same tone at 2W that you have at 20W. Dial up your tone with the other controls and use the Voltage control to set the appropriate stage volume.
The Brilliance control is an ingenius feature that is something of a variable bright cap. If you like bright caps switched in, turn the control all the way up. If you don't, turn the control way down. If you wish you could have it somewhere in between, you know what to do.
We rounded out the Signature 20 with a passive series effects loop with the level set exactly half way between instrument and line level. This allows you to use both pedals and rack effects with the amplifier. The loop features true bypass when nothing is plugged in, so it gets completely out of the way if you don't want to use it.
The Signature 20R includes onboard tube-driven spring reverb. Voiced to be warm and full rather than bright, piercing and splashy, our reverb circuit is the lushest you will ever hear.
We know many guitarists take great pride in their collection of effects pedals. We had this in mind when we voiced the Signature Series amplifiers. The Signature 20 and Signature 20R take pedals very, very well.
Like all of our Relic™ amplifiers, the Signature 20 is studio quiet.
Relic™ amplifiers are hand-assembled using the finest components available at our factory in Frisco,
Texas. We hand-wire our amplifiers one at a time using heavy duty eyelet board contruction. Chassis are laser punched
at a local metal shop in Dallas, Texas. Transformers are 30% larger than spec and are made in the USA and Canada. Cabinets are
constructed with 13 ply voidless birch in St. Louis, Missouri. Relic™
amplifiers are built to outlive our customers. Doesn't that make you feel all warm and fuzzy?
| Clean Headroom |  |
| Overall Loudness | |
| Top End Chime | |
| Midrange Presence | |
| Bass Response | |
| Pedal Friendly | |
| Attack | |
| Sustain | |
| Feedback | |
| Signature 20 1x12 Combo | $1749 MSRP |
| Signature 20R 1x12 Combo | $1899 MSRP |
| Signature 20 Head | $1649 MSRP |
| Signature 20R Head | $1799 MSRP |
| Front Controls | Hi Input, Lo Input, Volume, Treble, Middle, Bass, Brilliance, Reverb*, Voltage, Standby, Power |
| Back Controls | Mains, Fuse, 4 Ohm Speaker, 8 Ohm Speaker, Effects Send†, Effects Return†, Reverb Footswitch* |
| Effects Loop† | Passive series instrument level |
| Input | 1/4" high and low instrument jacks |
| Output | 1/4" speaker jacks (4, 8 Ohms) |
| Indicators | Neon pilot lamp |
| Fuse | 1A Slo-Blo |
| Power Output | 20W RMS into 8 Ohms |
| Preamp Tubes | 12AX7 x1 |
| Phase Inverter | 12AT7 x1 |
| Power Tubes | 6V6GT x2 |
| Rectifier | 5AR4/GZ34 x1 |
| Bias | Cathode Bias |
| Operating Class | Modern Class A |
| Negative Feedback | Moderate |
| Speaker | Texas Heat 12" |
| Dimensions | Combo: 22"W x 20.25"H x 10.5"D |
| Head: 22"W x 9.5"H x 10.5"D | |
| Weight | Combo: 43.4 LBS |
| Head: 25.8 LBS |
* Reverb only available in the Signature 20R
† Effects loop only available in the Signature 20
Features and specifications subject to change without notice
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