On 9 March in New York City, Bonhams hosted a landmark auction that included lots, the great majority from Eric Clapton’s personal collection. Cale, and Joe Bonamassa were also featured. This is the first time that such a large and interesting collection of amps – all of which helped created EC’s legendary sound – was offered on the auction market.

Auction for a Lab Series L5 – vintage guitar amplifier and highly respected Solid 2x 12” speakers – original CTS date stamped ; watts for plenty of loud​.

Email Sugaree Licks any additions or corrections to Versions. King and Ty Tabor like them, too! The clean tone is excellent. The built-in distortion is OK, but the amp sounds better with a good distortion pedal, or using a small, overdriven tube amp as an overdrive. The parametric mid on the second channel is very cool one of the better two knob parametric mid controls made , as is the built-in compressor.

The reverb is pretty good except at extreme settings. Email Sugaree Licks any additions or corrections to Features.