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FS: Matamp 1224 mk2 Head w/flightcase - SOLD

willrejoneswillrejones Frets: 35
edited April 2016 in Amps £
Hi all,

For sale is my Matamp 1224 mk2 head. I could be wrong but I believe these things bought brand new from Matamp (the only place to buy them - no distribution) go for around £1400 new? I'm looking for £800 including the flightcase. As it has the flight case I'm also happy to courier at buyer's expense.


This is a fantastic, versatile amp that has served me extremely well over the past 18 months or so. It has been kept in its flight case for any transportation and is in excellent condition - not a mark on it.

I bought this off a fellow forumite in August 2014. After looking through posts on this exact amp, I believe it was built by Dave Green pre 2005/6. If you take a peek inside at the wiring of these things, it's a great demonstration of point to point hardwired delight - clean as you could ever desire. Matamp (based in Huddersfield) will also do any mods you might require if you ask.

I had this serviced and revalved maybe 4 months ago with JJ 6V6s - it was originally running EL34s but it's cathode bias so you can stick most things in (within reason) without needing to rebias.

It's full of features - foot switchable mid boost, overdrive, reverb, power scaling etc. Full spec is thus (from the Matamp site):

  • 4 modes of operation: mono valve, duo valve, single ended Class A (1 or 2 valves) or push/pull Class AB (2 or 4 valves), triode/pentode and hard/soft power switching give 4 power levels making a total of 16 possible combinations.
  • Foot switchable reverb, voice and overdrive.
  • Push button overdrive, reverb, 212/412, Mid-up, 2 or 4 valves, Class A or AB, 1 or 2 valves.
  • Cathode biasing; you can fit 6CA7, EL34, 6L6, 6V6S output tubes without the need for re-biasing.
  • Valves: 6CA7, EL34 (standard), 6L6, 6V6S; you choose.
  • 4 x ECC83 at the preamp stage.
  • 40 watts nominal output.
  • Also available with fixed bias output stage for 75 watts nominal output.
  • Auto biasing.
  • Over-spec hand-wired transformer.
  • Hand-wired turret wiring.
  • Passive series FX loop.
  • 4Ω, 8Ω or 16Ω output.

Some photos - forgive the tape but I would forget my settings otherwise.

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