Club 40

An early style circuit voiced for a flat frequency response, GZ-34 rectifier and output transformer with 3.4K primary for EL-34's make the Club 40 a direct descendant to the early JTM-50. The early plexi circuit as used in the Classic 45 is carried over in the Club 40. The output transformer is a Drake replica unit specifically designed for EL-34's however will also work with various other tubes such as 6L6, 5881 and KT-66's. For lower power output 6V6's may be used also. Plate voltage is around 415vdc with GZ-34 rectifier. All filtering stages are 32uf. Power transformer is externally selectable for 120v, 200v, 220/230v and 240/250v operation.

The Club 40 as with all Germino amplifiers use the same quality components consisting of NOS carbon comp resistors and TAD "mustard" film/foil caps mounted on an electrical grade fiberglass turret board. Sprague and ARS electrolytic's, 2 watt Mil spec pots, heavy duty Carling switches, Cliff jacks and NOS conch tube sockets all mounted in an aluminum chassis with spot welded corners for strength. Custom wound transformers and choke by Heyboer. The Club 40 is shipped with Winged "C" Svetlana EL-34's and GT 12AX7's.

Options available for the Club 40 are:

	Solid state rectifier or a tube/solid state rectifier switch
	Additional filtering and our High Voltage power transformer for those wanting a louder and tighter amp for maximum clean headroom.

"This amp has a great clean sound and starts to break up around 4 on the volume, perfect for that slightly broken Jimi "clean" tone. The bottom end is perfect for a Strat. At higher volumes it distorts like an old Marshall should. When dimed it can get pretty crunchy with humbuckers. As far as the comparisons to the real vintage Marshalls ... I'll take this amp hands down. It's very close to the '68 and had a much richer tone than the '71." - Harmony Central review

"Nearly one month with the Club 40 and every day I get happier! Already used it in two big sessions, the amp passed with flying colors, you should see the engineer's face! Amazing fat tones, the cleans are UNBELIEVABLE too!" - Germino Club 40 owner

"Got the amp! I am happy to report that my modded Club 40 is one of the finest amps I've heard!!! Greg I am stunned, you are a true artist!" - Germino Club 40 owner

"I recieved the amp on Friday and I wanted to send you a HUGE THANK-YOU!!!! It sounds absolutely fantastic and I am very grateful to you for taking the time to tweak the amp. You are a top shelf guy and a genius with the amps!!" - Germino Club 40 owner

All audio clips courtesy of Emerson Swinford.

Strat Clip 1 - 208KB, 25 second clip
Clean and bluesy, straight with no pedals

Strat Clip 2 - 406KB, 25 second clip
Slightly broken up tone with Line 6 Delay modeler

Strat Clip 3 - 340KB, 21 second clip
Same as clip 2 with Fulltone Univibe added

Strat Clip 4 - 466KB, 29 second clip
With Fulltone Clyde Wah pedal

Strat Clip 5 - 532KB, 34 second clip
With homebuilt geranium fuzzface clone into Boss DD5 delay; guitar volume is turned up and back down to dirty and clean up the fuzz tone.

Strat Clip 6 - 386KB, 24 second clip
Octavia clone into a Boss DD5.

Les Paul Clip 1 - 410KB, 26 second clip
Neck pickup straight, then homemade Rangemaster (treble booster) clone kicks in.

Les Paul Clip 2 - 534KB, 34 second clip
Clean tone, then Analogman bi-comp, then Analogman Chorus.

Les Paul Clip 3 - 312KB, 19 second clip
Clean, then homebuilt distortion pedal called a BSIAB II kicks in.

Les Paul Clip 4 - 488 KB, 31 second clip
Clean, then Fulltone OCD kicks in.

Les Paul Clip 5 - 428KB, 27 second clip
Clean, then Fulltone Full Drive kicks in.

Tribute (full song) - 3.7 MB, 3:53 runtime
Emerson Swinford playing a Strat.

Blonde Tolex (full song) - 3.1 MB, 3:18 runtime
Emerson Swinford playing a Strat.