Benson Amps Chimera Head 30W Guitar Amplifier in Bourbon Burst finish.
Chimera 30 Watt Guitar Amplifier Bourbon Burst
This 30 watt head and 2x12 companion speaker cabinet is for players who love the unique tone and bread-and-butter simplicity of the Monarch, but need it in a louder package for the big stage. Like other Bensons, it is fully hand-wired point to point on terminal strips using premium components and Mercury Magnetics transformers. Instead of a British-American switch, the Chimera has a bass control that takes the differences between the voices of the Monarch and makes them variable. The tone controls are musical and versatile… it is hard to find a harsh sound!
4 x JJ 6V6, 2 x JJ 12AX7 preamp tubes, 5AR4 rectifier
30 watts
Speaker outputs: 1 x 8 ohm, 1 x 16 ohm
Dimensions/weight
Head 18.5”W 8”H 8”D 22 lbs
Cabinet 18.5”W 34”H 10”D 35 lbs
Build
Point to point construction on terminal strips *no circuit, eyelet or turret board*
Mercury Magnetics transformers
Carbon Comp resistors
Jupiter Capacitors
DC filments for low noise
Dovetailed pine speaker cabinets
Baltic birch head cabinetSpeaker Customizations
Celestion G12H Well-balanced…a good choice for most Chimeras
Weber 12A125A Darker, less efficient AlNiCo for a tweed sound
