Wem Clubman late 70s.

koneguitarist

Just picked up a late 70s valve Clubman, been in a mates shed, damp and not been played for years. He rang me up said it’s noisy hums badly and stinks. (Bit like some drummers I know). And could I have a look at it. So I told him not to turn it on again and pop it round. I thought it was a SS amp but opening it up it has a Mullard ECC83 and Mullard EL84. Caps looked a bit buggered so replaced them all for safety and made sure it was thoroughly dry and clean. Swapped out a couple of wires which went very close to valves and looked like covering was very brittle so rerouted and replaced.
Then turned amp on and sounds sweet as can be. It’s not like a fender,Marshall or Vox tone, slightly drier and more hifi. Treble if turned up past 6 can be very cutting and sharp, but overall, a nice plug in a play amp. Certainly louder than a champ equivalent, ain’t tried it with pedals yet, 
Overall a nice inexpensive amp with its own charm. 

Henrytwang

Cool old amplifiers. I’ve had several old 1970s WEM low wattage amplifiers over the years and found them to be reliable and they sound great. The wiring is not traditional point to point but the circuit boards seem to have lasted well and it’s easy to change capacitors etc if needed, if you’re lucky they still have original Mullard valves in them. My WEM amps have also had good speakers, the manufacturers seem to  vary, I think that they fitted what was available at the right price at the time.