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1964 KLemt Echolette M40 best Vintage Tube Amp f Guitar Bass w. distortion Sound
Estimated price for orientation: 430 $
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Description Condition: Manufacturer refurbished: An item that has been professionally restored to working order by a manufacturer or manufacturer-approved vendor. This means the product has been inspected, cleaned, and repaired to meet manufacturer specifications and is in excellent condition. This item may or may not be in the original packaging. See the seller’s listing for full details. See all condition definitions- opens in a new window or tab ... Read moreabout the condition Brand: Echolette Klemt Amplifier Technology: Vacuum Tube Type: Electric Guitar Amplifier Number of Channels: 4 Model: M 40 Suitable For: Performance Amplifier Type: Head
Shipping: 25.- GBP to all countries of the European Community. Rest please ask me. Vintage Klemt Echolette M 40 Tube Amp Germany 1964 with a special tuning-adaptor !!!!!!! This rare amp is hand made and has point to point wiringand is in good, clean condition both visually and electronically, and with great sound. With a special connector designed by me to upgrade tuning the amp. Very easy to use with enclosed instructions. Everything works fine as it was just fixed and reconditioned in Bobby Staedel's repair shop. He is a German expert in vintage gear. In General The M 40 was developed at the end of the 50's by sound engineer Klemt and the owner of the company Echolette Hans Bauer. In the sixties and seventies the amp was often used by Rock´n Roll and Beat bands. It is an all tube amp with point to point wiring. An engineer told me that it´s circuit design is very similar to the first Marshall amps that came out about ten years later! Most of today´s affordable amps are built in China what means something according to their quality and longevity. For half or a third of their price you normally get an M40 that is built like a tank. I think that´s not a real choice. Today Guitar players searching for the pure sound of all tube amps with point to point wiring. Or they want to upgrade their Pod sound through real tubes. The M40 would be a very good choice for that.If you want to hear the amp and with a tuning adaptor, simply link in with the following youtube: and Microphone preamps with tube circuits are really sought-after. Again: the M40 could be a good solution as there are 4 very good microphone preamps in it. Harddisc Recording – in general digital recording demands for tube preamps to bring analogue warmth into the sterile recordings. If you got a pair of M40s you´ll be on the right side (not to talk about keyboard amplification or monitor purposes – those are too ordinary tasks). What makes the M40 so versatile? Very simple: the amp was designed in 1959 as an amp for a whole band, what meant 1x vocals, 2x guitars and 1x bass. It got 4 inputs, every input can handle a wide range from vocals to guitar. For each input you got a gain and a tone control. All 4 inputs are mixable – what means simultaneously usable. Then there is a master section with a master volume and two EQ controls for bass and treble. – The master volume may be important for all guitar players – of course. You got an Aux Send/Return (a so called 5-pin Din-jack). In former times this was used for connecting the legendary tape delay machine NG51. Today you can use it for all kind of effect purposes, but it offers the possibility to get the signal right after the tube preamps. Therefor you can chose each of the 4 preamps to go through that jack by push and pull mechanics on the preamp´s volume knobs! That means the digital world can get the benefits of the four excellent tube preamps! Additionally there is a general line out – in former times for connecting a tape recorder. So all in all the M40 is a real allrounder – but the best is yet to come! What´s about the sound – you mentioned Marshall? If you´d plug in a guitar you will get a real nice, very warm tube sound. Just wonderful. But what about distortion? First of all: this amp wasn´t made for that. Distortion was an indication for a bad design in those days. So you got to use a simple trick that all AC30 users know by now: You go into the first input, you go through a bridge-cable into a second input. And if you turn it´s volume up? The beast awoke! This amp turns to be a wolf in sheep´s clothing. It distorts, crunches and delivers sounds that are just as good as those known from old Vox or Marshall amps – if not better! Unbelievable! The M40 is a true pendant to Dr.Jekyll/Mr. Hyde. – The special bridge adapter cable is inclusive of course. (.... just recovering for a second....) If you like it clean or distorted the M40 manages all tasks and instruments in a competent manner. It is a typical, meaty all tube amp that cuts through the band with it´s 40W power. Famous Users It is known that The Beatles and The Rolling Stones used the M40. Some say that The Shadows, Eric Clapton and David Gilmour did it as well, but that is not confirmed. Shape This M40 is in very good shape – electronically and optically. And it´s a good example for German quality, very solid. Specs Output: 32W konstant/40W Peak Voltage: 110 – 250 V (110, 130, 220, 240, 250 V) Frequency: 50/60 Hz Frequency Response: 40 – 15.000 Hz 4 Inputs: Din 3-pin Aux Send/Return: Din 5-pin Line-Out: Din 3-pin Input Sensivity: 1mV – 100mV 5 Speaker Outputs: 5 – 16 Ohm 1 Spaker Output with 100 V Tubes: 4xEL84, 5xECC83, 2xEZ81 Dimensions: 12 inch Width, 8,6 inch Depth, 5 inch Height Weight: 9 kg Scope of delivery A power chord – of course. As the input and output jacks don´t have the today´s standard I will ship it with all cables/adapters that you will need (if you wish). And now it´s your turn to wake the beast!Shipping: 25.- GBP to all countries of the European Community. Rest please ask me. Sold As Is – Thanks For Watching
Description
| Condition: | Manufacturer refurbished: An item that has been professionally restored to working order by a manufacturer or manufacturer-approved vendor. This means the product has been inspected, cleaned, and repaired to meet manufacturer specifications and is in excellent condition. This item may or may not be in the original packaging. See the seller’s listing for full details. See all condition definitions- opens in a new window or tab ... Read moreabout the condition | Brand: | Echolette Klemt |
| Amplifier Technology: | Vacuum Tube | Type: | Electric Guitar Amplifier |
| Number of Channels: | 4 | Model: | M 40 |
| Suitable For: | Performance | Amplifier Type: | Head |
Shipping: 25.- GBP to all countries of the European Community. Rest please ask me. Vintage Klemt Echolette M 40 Tube Amp Germany 1964 with a special tuning-adaptor !!!!!!! This rare amp is hand made and has point to point wiringand is in good, clean condition both visually and electronically, and with great sound. With a special connector designed by me to upgrade tuning the amp. Very easy to use with enclosed instructions. Everything works fine as it was just fixed and reconditioned in Bobby Staedel's repair shop. He is a German expert in vintage gear. In General The M 40 was developed at the end of the 50's by sound engineer Klemt and the owner of the company Echolette Hans Bauer. In the sixties and seventies the amp was often used by Rock´n Roll and Beat bands. It is an all tube amp with point to point wiring. An engineer told me that it´s circuit design is very similar to the first Marshall amps that came out about ten years later! Most of today´s affordable amps are built in China what means something according to their quality and longevity. For half or a third of their price you normally get an M40 that is built like a tank. I think that´s not a real choice. Today Guitar players searching for the pure sound of all tube amps with point to point wiring. Or they want to upgrade their Pod sound through real tubes. The M40 would be a very good choice for that.If you want to hear the amp and with a tuning adaptor, simply link in with the following youtube: and Microphone preamps with tube circuits are really sought-after. Again: the M40 could be a good solution as there are 4 very good microphone preamps in it. Harddisc Recording – in general digital recording demands for tube preamps to bring analogue warmth into the sterile recordings. If you got a pair of M40s you´ll be on the right side (not to talk about keyboard amplification or monitor purposes – those are too ordinary tasks). What makes the M40 so versatile? Very simple: the amp was designed in 1959 as an amp for a whole band, what meant 1x vocals, 2x guitars and 1x bass. It got 4 inputs, every input can handle a wide range from vocals to guitar. For each input you got a gain and a tone control. All 4 inputs are mixable – what means simultaneously usable. Then there is a master section with a master volume and two EQ controls for bass and treble. – The master volume may be important for all guitar players – of course. You got an Aux Send/Return (a so called 5-pin Din-jack). In former times this was used for connecting the legendary tape delay machine NG51. Today you can use it for all kind of effect purposes, but it offers the possibility to get the signal right after the tube preamps. Therefor you can chose each of the 4 preamps to go through that jack by push and pull mechanics on the preamp´s volume knobs! That means the digital world can get the benefits of the four excellent tube preamps! Additionally there is a general line out – in former times for connecting a tape recorder. So all in all the M40 is a real allrounder – but the best is yet to come! What´s about the sound – you mentioned Marshall? If you´d plug in a guitar you will get a real nice, very warm tube sound. Just wonderful. But what about distortion? First of all: this amp wasn´t made for that. Distortion was an indication for a bad design in those days. So you got to use a simple trick that all AC30 users know by now: You go into the first input, you go through a bridge-cable into a second input. And if you turn it´s volume up? The beast awoke! This amp turns to be a wolf in sheep´s clothing. It distorts, crunches and delivers sounds that are just as good as those known from old Vox or Marshall amps – if not better! Unbelievable! The M40 is a true pendant to Dr.Jekyll/Mr. Hyde. – The special bridge adapter cable is inclusive of course. (.... just recovering for a second....) If you like it clean or distorted the M40 manages all tasks and instruments in a competent manner. It is a typical, meaty all tube amp that cuts through the band with it´s 40W power. Famous Users It is known that The Beatles and The Rolling Stones used the M40. Some say that The Shadows, Eric Clapton and David Gilmour did it as well, but that is not confirmed. Shape This M40 is in very good shape – electronically and optically. And it´s a good example for German quality, very solid. Specs Output: 32W konstant/40W Peak Voltage: 110 – 250 V (110, 130, 220, 240, 250 V) Frequency: 50/60 Hz Frequency Response: 40 – 15.000 Hz 4 Inputs: Din 3-pin Aux Send/Return: Din 5-pin Line-Out: Din 3-pin Input Sensivity: 1mV – 100mV 5 Speaker Outputs: 5 – 16 Ohm 1 Spaker Output with 100 V Tubes: 4xEL84, 5xECC83, 2xEZ81 Dimensions: 12 inch Width, 8,6 inch Depth, 5 inch Height Weight: 9 kg Scope of delivery A power chord – of course. As the input and output jacks don´t have the today´s standard I will ship it with all cables/adapters that you will need (if you wish). And now it´s your turn to wake the beast!Shipping: 25.- GBP to all countries of the European Community. Rest please ask me. Sold As Is – Thanks For Watching