Bogner Helios 50
An amplifier that we can already call a modern classic. It derives its roots from classic Marshall amplifiers of the 70s and 80s, which were modded by Reinholdt Bogner in his early days as an amp-maker. He decided to put all his knowledge about those mods in one amplifier and created an incredibly, touch-sensitive amp with a lush 3D sound that can go from sparkling clean to roaring rock sounds. It lets you create and shape your tone whether you prefer cleanish sounds with a lot of headroom, crunch, or true high-gain leads.
Among current users of this amplifier, we have Steve Lukather, a previously long-time user of Bogner Ecstasy.
Technical condition is mint. Visually it has a minor tolex tear in the front (see pictures)
Features:
- 50W of tube power, 2xEL34 output tubes,
- Two inputs (Hot/Plexi)
- Two channels (clean / drive)
- Volume knob for clean channel
- Volume and Gain knobs for drive channel
- 3 brightness settings per channel
- 70s/80s mode for drive channel
- Common Presence knob
- EQ (low / mid / highs) for drive channel
- EQ bypass mode for drive channel
- Variac Switch in the back (decreases internal voltage to form "Van Halen" brown sound)
- "Bottom" control in the back
- tube-buffered, transparent FX loop
- Impedance for speakers 4 / 8 /16 ohm