Toronto-based Tony Texeira has been building amplifiers for over 15 years under the Tex/Texeira name, and has been pivotal in bringing the "projector amp" concept into the marketplace following in heralded amp builder Bernie Raunig's footsteps.
One look at the Tex lineup and you'll see that namesake proudly represented. Tony has taken the concept and formalized it into a robust, well-built design that has proven to be much more road-worthy and reliable than some of the more finicky vintage projector circuits of the 50s and 60s. Just ask Kathleen Edwards and Bahamas' Afie Jurvanen.
This particular model- the Bernie Custom- is Tony's tweaked recipe of one of the original Bernie Raunig projector amp conversions owned by session guitarist extraordinaire Colin Cripps. All of the aforementioned superlatives apply here- amazing dynamic response and feel, with a surprising amount of low end and low mids for a low wattage EL84 powered amp.
Simple but effective Volume and Tone controls are very interactive, and can take you from sweet low volume chimey cleans to authoritative and harmonically rich tube overdrive. The addition of a Master Volume give you even greater control, which works great for taking the amp from your living room to the stage or studio.
Condition: This is a very lightly preowned example that was completed right at the end of 2023. The Stealth Blue rexine covering is in excellent shape and the amp sounds absolutely wonderful.

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