FS: Mango Duo 18 and 2x12 with Celestion Blues, ultimate Vox tone

dickieguitar

The best vintage Vox crunch available to the human ear. The Mango Duo 18 is a British-made boutique head based on the original AC15 circuit and sounds way, waaaay better than anything Vox's Chinese factory is making nowadays.

This one has the "coffee and cream" vinyl and comes with matching 2x12 cab fitted with Celestion Blues. Both amp and cab have the original Mango padded covers.

Just volume and tone for each channel plus a "cut" knob that controls the top end after the phase inverter.

The two EL84 output valves and EZ81 rectifier are JJs. One channel is driven by a 5751, which is a low-gain ECC83/12AX7 but can easily be replaced with a standard one, and the other has an EF86. This is more crunchy but the noisefloor is very low on both channels.

Full spec at http://mango-amps.com/duo18.htm

£635, London area pickup/delivery only. Genuinely reluctant sale but I need the cash for a Rickenbacker 360 - part-ex welcome, but not for anything that isn't a Rickenbacker 360.

guitargeek62

Price?

dickieguitar

What a helmet. Sorry. Will update that now.

thewiddler

PM'd

guitargeek62

dickieguitar said:

What a helmet. Sorry. Will update that now.

Bargain-a-licious!

stuagu

that is a lot of tone for the money. :-)

thewiddler

Has this still not sold yet? All that Voxy goodness, an EF86 channel, a pair of blues for silly money.

Dodge

Ooh, that looks tasty.  Any gut shots?

dickieguitar

Here's a couple. It's hybrid construction - small PCB, chassis-mounted valve bases, neat and efficient layout. 

dickieguitar

Hmm, thinking this might be better off in a shop.

Dodge

dickieguitar said:

Hmm, thinking this might be better off in a shop.

You're probably right - I can't find a demo anywhere, it'd be nice to know how it sounds.

guitargeek62

If I hadn't bought my Mesa recently I'd be all over this. I'm still tempted, but I'm still in the honeymoon period!

stuagu

Theres £300 just in the speakers.... Superbargain!

davedave

If I had the money I'd have this off you in a heartbeat.

AxeWieldingBastard

Have a bump for many hours spent drooling over the Mango web site.

 

"If I was a rich man, budubadubadubadum"

dickieguitar

Dodge, I can almost - but not quite - be arsed to record some samples myself.

Will give this another week then see if Charlie Chandler's got room for it.

dickieguitar

Deposit taken. SOLD.