Description
This is a used Audio Kitchen Little Chopper amp head. The item pictured is the one you will receive. It has been tested and gone over by the experts at our shop to ensure it’s working properly and is free of issues, unless otherwise noted in this listing. Please read the description carefully and check over all photos for condition and wear. We do our best to describe all items as best as possible and note any wear we find, but please be considerate that it is a used piece and it won’t be perfect. We pack all items with care when shipping them. If you have any questions about this or any other piece of gear we have, please let us know and we’ll be happy to help!
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Condition Notes:
– Condition: 9/10
– Any wear of note: It shows general signs of use upon close inspection but there’s no wear of note. In amazing shape overall and full working order!
– General notes: This little head sounds really incredible! With 7-watts of all tube power that you can crank up for natural break up, or pull it back for crystal clear cleans and more!
– Accessories included: Power cable only.
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Specifications:
- Brand/Model: Audio Kitchen Little Chopper
- Serial numer: 131
- Wattage/Output: 7-watts
- Channels: One
- Power tubes: 1x JJ EL84
- Preamp tubes: 1x Mullard NOS CV4024 (12AT7/ECC81), 1x JJ ECC83S (12AX7)
- Rectifier tubes: 1x Mullard EZ80
- Controls: Gain, Bottom, Middle, Top, Stack, Power, Bright switch and Hi/ Lo gain input selector switch,
- Dimensions: 8.75″ H x 13.5″ W x 9″ D
- Weight: 19lb
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From Audio Kitchen:
Little Chopper
The Little Chopper is the foundation stone of the Audio Kitchen product range. It has become renowned for it’s articulate clarity, even when heavily over-driven, and its tonal footprint has informed every subsequent design.
It was conceived as an amplifier which would be inspiring to play across the whole of its tonal spectrum and consequently make ‘getting a sound’ in the studio as simple as possible.
‘Inspiration’ and ‘Scope for exploration’ are both spurs that have surfaced again and again in discussions about what leads us to make our amplifiers sound the way they do. Firstly an amplifier should inspire you; secondly it should present you with the possibility of hearing yourself in a new light whenever you plug in; even with the same instrument. Subtle changes in how you attack the strings, different combinations of volume, tone and pick-up settings can all send you along new paths before you even need to touch a control on the amp.
If those two qualities are the result, the contributory elements are manifold. The Little Chopper has been the test-bed for lots of changes and ideas over the years, always in the pursuit of more inspirational performance. We audition capacitors in blind tests, we have been through many different potentiometer types and track materials, we audition prototype output transformers exhaustively until we find ‘The One’, we obsess over which way every wire goes into each amplifier; the list goes on.
The question: ‘What does the Little Chopper sound like?’ is not easy to answer. The circuit was not based on any specific design; rather its evolution was informed by the sounds of amps we had admired. The outcome is an amplifier whose sound is transparent and nuanced, and whose disposition allows you to assert your character rather than vice versa.
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7 Watt single-ended class A guitar amplifier
Nominal Output Impedance: 8 Ohm
ECC81 and ECC83 preamp valves, EL84 output valve
Controls: Bright Switch, Hi/ Lo gain input selector switch
Gain, Bottom, Middle, Top, Stack, Power (EL84 headroom control)
Off/ Standby/ On switch
Shipping & Returns
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Refunds will be issued minus all related shipping expenses, if free shipping was initially given, the cost we incurred to get the item to you will be deducted from your refund. A 10% restock fee will also be deducted from your refund. Restock fees will be waived for full value exchanges.
Here are exceptions to our return policy.
- Custom orders of any kind are non returnable and non refundable. We often charge a deposit before we will place a custom or special order. All special order deposits are NON REFUNDABLE, no exceptions.
- Microphones, Harmonicas, In-Ear Systems and any other items that come into contact with your mouth or ears.
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- Guitar or bass pickups that have been installed or used in any way.
- Any item advertised as “USED” is non returnable.
*Payments for music lessons are non refundable, no exceptions.
View our detailed Return Policy here.
Early Order CancellationAll deposits are non refundable. Lots of our products are special orders and in many cases your order has to be built for you at the factory. This is what makes a lot of our products special. Once your order is started, it's being put together just for you. For this reason we ask that you don't cancel your order after you place it with us. If for some reason you absolutely have to cancel your order with us, we will assess you a 25% cancellation charge. This amount is equal to 25% of your total order amount. Ask us before you place your order to see if what you're purchasing is considered a special order.
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