An open-back 2x12 extension cabinet from TopHat's Special Design series, hand-built from 11-ply Baltic Birch and loaded with Celestion Heritage G12H speakers.
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Builds: Amps · Est. 1994
Durham, North Carolina amp builder founded in 1994 by Brian Gerhard. Top Hat builds point-to-point tube amps rooted in classic Vox and Marshall designs, led by the Club Royale, Emplexador and King Royale lines, and every amp is built to order.
Founder: Brian Gerhard
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View all 17 amps →A 33-watt, 6L6-powered version of the Supreme 16 platform in the same portable head shell, tuned for more headroom and a fatter low end.
A 33-watt Class A cousin of the Club Royale, upsized to run 6L6, EL34, or 6V6 power tubes on a custom Heyboer transformer without rebiasing.
An open-back 2x12 Custom Series cabinet, 15mm Baltic Birch construction with a choice of Celestion GH12, Alnico Blue, or mixed speaker loading.
TopHat's best-selling Club Series combo - a single-channel, cathode-biased 20-watt Class A amp built around EZ81 tube rectification and a pair of EL84 power tubes.
TopHat's flagship Custom Shop head, an EZ81-rectified 2xEL84 amp built on an AC15-inspired platform with a welded, powder-coated aluminum chassis.
The closed-back counterpart to TopHat's SD Series 2x12, same 11-ply Baltic Birch build and standard Celestion Heritage G12H loading.
A gainier variant of the Super Deluxe that swaps the first preamp tube for an EF86, adding a Clean/Boost switch for a hotter second stage.
The closed-back version of TopHat's SD Series 1x12, built from 11-ply Baltic Birch with Celestion Heritage G12H/Empire speaker loading.