When Longhorn Amps started, the first production amp I built was the “Texas Blues” amp. It was based on the famous “Steel String Singer” amp. Not much
information was available at that time on the actual circuitry inside the amp. My
interpretation turned out really well, got me a lot of good reviews and a start in the business. I went on to make a simpler (less expensive) version omitting the High and Low step filters. Actually the filters weren’t totally omitted, I just hard wired my favorite setting inside the amp. This was the “Texas Tru Tone” amp, to which I later added a foot switchable overdrive channel creating the “El Vaquero” that morphed into the “El Patron” amp.
Fast forward - the actual circuit used in the SSS is pretty well documented now. I decided it was time to reintroduce the “Texas Blues” amp now using the circuit in SSS serial number 002.
- Front panel controls: Gain
Level (master volume) Bright switch
Deep switch Rock/PAB/Jazz switch Treble
Middle
Bass
High Filter
Low Filter
Reverb Send
Reverb Return Presence
Rear panel controls:
Fuse
On/Off switch
Standby switch
Speaker impedance 4/8/16 ohm Bias test points
Preamp out jack
Power amp in jack
6 - 12AX7 1 - 12AT7 4 - 6L6GC
Tube compliment:
Also on the top of the chassis is a bias adjust potentiometer and a bias balance potentiometer.
Price: Tweed or Tolex $4550.00 Suede $4750.00
