The Headstrong Blue Lamp line was our first offering to the boutique amp market back in 2003. These amps feature the great circuit designs of the late 50s narrow panel Tweed amps. All hand wired, point to point on old school fiber boards, featuring alnico speakers and lacquered Tweed covered, finger jointed pine cabinets to complete the classic vibe.
New amp Quality, Old amp Tone!
Options & Upgrades
Head or Combo
Several speaker options
Matching extension cabinets
Blue Lamp TV
A reproduction of the great Tweed Vibrolux, the BLTV features a stock 10” Alnico Jupiter with upgrades to a 12” available. Same cab size as a BL112, but a bit less wattage. The Bias Vary tremolo in this amp is a warm swampy pulse that will please the blues lovers.
Prices start at $2800
Blue Lamp 112
A faithful reproduction of the famous 5E3 Tweed Deluxe from 1957. A cathode biased 18 watt tone machine with a simple Volume/Tone control layout to guarantee ease in finding that great tone. Originally the flagship model for Headstrong, the BL112 is the perfect small grab and go amp for virtually limitless gigs and recording sessions. Featuring hand wired fiberboard construction just like the original coupled with a solid pine cabinet and a Jupiter Alnico speaker.
Prices start at $3000.
Blue Lamp 210
The BL210 is a replica of the famed 2X10 Tweed Super amp. Coming in at about 30 watts with 2-10 inch Weber Alnico speakers this is a nice mid wattage amp for club gigs. Just the right amount of headroom and dirt for various playing styles. Warm with touch sensitivity that is never hard on the ears!
Prices start at $3800.
Blue Lamp 310
One of my personal favorites from this series, the BL310 is a 5E7 Tweed Bandmaster amp with 3 10 inch Alnico speakers. Part of the magic of this amp is the slight mismatch in ohms from output transformer to speaker load. It creates a slight drop in wattage (28) from the same circuit with matched speaker load. This enables a great bluesy crunch with perfect stage coverage for louder gigs.
Price: $4000
Blue Lamp 115
The venerable 1X15 Tweed Pro shares the same circuit as the BL210/310 but with a 15 inch Alnico speaker. A bit darker than the other two models and to my ears favors Strat and Tele guitars. Loads of bottom end and warmth with a nice country twang.
Price: $3800
Blue Lamp 410
The famous Tweed Bassman lives again at Headstrong. 45 watts into 4-10 inch Alnico speakers to capture that tone that has had people paying thousands more for...For many years! Clean, loud and bold, it fits in nicely for louder gigs where more headroom is required and more than the BL310 can provide.
Prices start at $5000
Blue Lamp 212
The great Low powered Tweed Twin, there are so few of the originals out there mainly because some of the most famous guitarists of all time have bought them all up. There is a good reason for this. TONE! At 50 watts it is loud enough for most gigs with plenty of headroom to cover the stage. The 12 inch speakers cut through the mix very well. If the BL410 is not quite enough the BL212 will do the trick!
Prices start at $5000
