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Friday July 4, 2008
 
 

Rock n Roll Amps, lead by guitarist Jack Kivolowitz with 40 years experience, is committed to providing high quality affordable amplifiers that let your guitar or bass sing the way you know it can. Every Rock n Roll Amps product is made by hand with point-to-point wiring and is individually tested, tweaked and refined.

You can buy a bigger name, but you can't buy a better tone.

To purchase or inquire about one of our products, please call (516) 902 - 5534 or contact us here.

We are seeking quality resellers for our products. If you have an established storefront and cater to a clientele of hardcore players, please contact us here.

Even at 19, Jack knew good tone when he heard it. That's a 1960's Les Paul Black Beauty in his hands.
 

 
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  • Unless otherwise indicated, all sound samples have been recorded directly to software with no pedals, stomp boxes or effects units. A touch of delay was added during editing on some.
  • I do not play with a pick
  • I will completely restore any working vintage Fender, Marshall, Traynor, Ampeg, Sovtek and other brand tube amp for $150.00-$200.00 (depending on model)flat fee plus parts. Restoration of electronics only.
  • Repairs done at an hourly rate of $50.00 per hour.
  • Written estimates are $30.00. You pay shipping both ways.
  • Custom cabinet heads, combos available. Prices on request.
  • Custom Fender style chassis available, any size.
  • Celestion ,Eminence, Jensen speakers available.
  • Check out www.nakedbodyguitars.com for professional nitro cellulose custom finishes for your guitar
  • I have the pleasure of being associated with an up and coming band. Check out http://www.envyonthecoast.com . They're great. And you are hearing BeeHandy heads on the recording.
  • Harmony Central reviews are growing
  • Just got my favorite guitar of all time back from Larry Fitzgerald at http://www.fretjobs.com/ . He did a monster fantastic job. The guitar is better than new.
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    Model BMC $1799.00 (USD)
    Combo unit combines the Model BM circuit with two Celestion 10 Vintage speakers in an open back cabinet. The sound is amazing. Great vintage throaty honk with moderate to high sustain. Great for Blues, Hard Rock, Zeppelin, Stones, ACDC etc. Roll back your guitar volume and it cleans up as if it had a separate clean channel. Note from Tom M who owns one of the first of these amps :My Rocknroll amp is the only amp I need for studio playing,gigging, and for my own personal use and enjoyment. It's light enough to carry to gigs and plenty loud enough. It has great gain and an excellent clean tone.My ROCK N ROLL AMP is the amp that I've been looking for for a long time. Jack stands proudly and confidently behind his product.....Thanks Jack, Your friend and customer, Tom M
  • Black or Blonde cabinet
  • Wheat grill cloth.
  • 2- 6L6 or 2-EL34
  • 3-12AX7
  • Properly grounded cord and 3 prong plug
  • Great tone at bedroom or gig rehersal level
  • Dual bias. Matched power tubes are not needed
  • Optional gain boost switch
  • 4/8/16 ohm 3 position rotary switch included
  • Point to point hand wired on military style turret board
  • Built to last from the best parts
  • Custom aluminum chassis

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    Model CD Head $2399.00 (USD)
    Here we have a super over the the top high gain circuit with effects loop. Spans everything from soaring gain to clean with the turn of your guitar's volume knob.
  • Controls include: Master volume1, Master volume2, gain, overdrive, treble, middle, bass, presence, resonance.
  • Footswitchable between two different volume levels and overdrive on and off
  • 2x 6L6
  • 4x 12AX7
  • 4, 8, and 16 ohm selector.
  • Effects loop
  • Speaker cabinet is not included. Head only.
  • Custom speaker cab is available as separate item.
  • Play Sample just a flick riff on the bridge rolled back
    Play Sample Rolled back bridge, moderate gain
    Play Sample overdrive on
    Play Sample overdrive on harmonics feedback
    Play Sample just some growling
    Play Sample bridge, volume rolled back, overdrive off
    Play Sample more moderate drive riffin on the bridge
    Play Sample volume on guitar brought up a bit
    Play Sample Riffing
    Play Sample riffin
    Play Sample some chording rhythm
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    BM Conversion $650.00 (USD)
    So, your tired of your bass amp turned guitar amp from Fullerton barking and biting, making you deaf. We will take your Bassman head and make it sound like a fine toneful amp similar to everyone's favorite amp from England. Master volume, gain, treble, middle, bass, presence. Here is quote from Colin M "Just unpacked and plugged in today. I'm very happy. Only had time for a little test but ended up playing all night. I'm in serious shit. Thanks, Colin."
  • New faceplate
  • 6L6
  • All electrolytics replaced
  • Completely new circuit, on hand wired military style turret board. Old circuit and board is removed.
  • Gain, middle, presence controls added
  • Proper grounded cord and 3 prong plug
  • Great tone at bedroom or gig rehersal level
  • Dual bias added. Matched power tubes no longer need
  • Completely retubed and biased
  • Optional gain boost switch
  • Optional Output transformer change to accomadate 4/8/16 ohm cabinets with 3 position rotary switch included
  • Play Sample Sort of an early Clapton kind of tone using a Hamer Studio with WCR Crossroads pickups and a 2-12 Marshall cabinet with Mesa Boogie Celestion 90's. Just a drop of echo added after the fact. Bridge pickup.
    Play Sample Starts off with the neck pickup with the volume control rolled back and then switching to the bridge pickup at the point where it becomes more authoritative and growling.
    Play Sample Just some doodle on the bridge pickup. Nice growl.
    Play Sample Optional high gain switch engaged.

     
    BeeHandy Head $1999.00 (USD)
    This amp is in between the Model CD and Model BM. More gain than the BM and slightly less than the CD with a voicing all it's own. Will easily feed back into multiple harmonics. The sound files are of the one pictured and is brand new in a custom head cab and chassis.
  • Controls include: master, gain, treble, middle, bass, presence.
  • 2x 6L6/5881
  • 4x 12AX7
  • Effects loop
  • 2 speaker outs
  • New multi tap output transformer
  • 4,8,16 ohm selector
  • Dual bias pots
  • Other options available.
  • Play Sample BHandy head built for Ryan in Canada. Brand new, not a Bassman head.
    Play Sample Bhandy head built for Ryan in Canada. Brand new, not a Bassman head.
    Play Sample BHandy head built for Ryan in Canada. Brand new, not a Bassman head.
    Play Sample New BHandy head, not Ryan's head. Minor circuit change. also recorded with a different mic in to a cheap 4 track cassette recorder.

       
    Bee Handy (Bassman head conversion) $699.00 (USD)
    These amps start life as Bassman heads. They are reborn as high gain harmonic drenched with a voicing all their own. Will easily feed back into multiple harmonics. Bill Handy, manager of the throne of tone over at Royal Music (a cool place to buy and drool over hip gear) in Merrick NY has the first one built as a head unit. Send me your Bassman head and I'll build this amp into it. Sounds similar to amp below.
  • 2 new JJ 6L6
  • 4 new JJ 12AX7
  • Effects loop
  • Optional- New multi tap output transformer 2,4,8 ohms
  • New custom head case optional
  • Dual bias controls
  • Other options available
  • Completely recapped a rewired
  • New 3 wire power cord
  • New military style turret board hand wired
  • New pots
  • New Rocknrollamps faceplate
  • Play Sample Bee handy head with echo thru effects loop and a little more added during editing. I guess you can say I listen to Gary Moore. Recorded using a 1996 Hamer Studio with WCR Crossroads pickups.

     
    BeeHandy Model (Bassman Conversion)Combo $1499.00 (USD)
    These amps start life as Bassman heads. They are reborn as high gain harmonic drenched with a voicing all it's own.Will easily feed back into multiple harmonics. Bill Handy, manager of the throne of tone over at Royal Music (a cool place to buy and drool over hip gear) in Merrick NY has the first one built as a head unit. Send me your Bassman head and I'll build this amp into it. Or send me your head and I'll convert it to a combo complete. Price is for the combo.
  • Controls include: master, gain, treble, middle, bass, presence.
  • New JJ 2x 6L6
  • 4 JJ 12AX7
  • New multi tap output transformer
  • 2/4/8/ ohm selector
  • 1-12 or 2-10 (slightly higher) custom open combo back cabinet
  • Other speaker configurations available
  • Modest weight, not a back breaker
  • Effects loop
  • Play Sample Rich, very rich
    Play Sample Yea gary, very rich

     
    TR Conversion #1 YBA-1 Hotrod $499.00 (USD)
    So, your tired of your bass amp turned guitar amp fromYorkville barking and biting, making you deaf. There is a reason they call it a "Poor man's Plexi". Because it is not a Plexi. We will take your Bassmaster or other Traynor head and make it sound like a fine toneful amp similar to everyone's favorite amp from England but better. The price above is for the mod only on your amp. Does not include the amp. Here is a qoute from Paul L.who purchased a modded YBA-1 recently "The Traynor is great; it has response that I haven't heard before. It sounds very nice, like a good mix of Marshall and Soldano to my ears. Clean sounds are nice and distinct, and the gain is quite warm and thick, but I thought it was cool that I could make it gritty as well. I still haven't found a specific tone to settle on, but I think that's good because I keep finding good sounds. Anyway, well done! This amp is one of the best I've played. - Paul
  • Controls include: master volumn, gain, overdrive, treble, middle, bass, presence
  • Dual Bias (matched power tubes no longer needed)
  • Properly grounded cord and 3 prong plug
  • All new electrolytics
  • Price includes all parts EXCEPT tubes.
  • Completely new circuit. Old circuit is removed.
  • New pots
  • Will not deface your amp.
  • Play Sample Modified Traynor YBA1 Bassmaster.
    Play Sample Neck, very thick
    Play Sample Extra gain switch
    Play Sample Normal overdrive
    Play Sample Guitar volume rolled back
    Play Sample General doodling
    Play Sample Bridge pickup
    Play Sample Neck

     
    TR Conversion $0.00 (USD)
    Here we have a super over the the top high gain circuit with effects loop. Spans everything from soaring gain to clean with the turn of your guitar's volume knob. Sound clips were recorded with a modified 70's Traynor PA head. This is a sample of the high quality modifications Rocknrollamps is capable of. Send me your Traynor or Fender, or Marshall and get this installed in your head. Your amp must be in good working order otherwise repairs and new tubes are extra.I had a head cab from a burned out Peavey Classic 100 and this chassi fit right in with some slight modifications to the head case.
  • Controls include: master volume, gain, overdrive, treble, middle, bass, presence and resonance
  • 2x 6L6
  • 4x 12AX7
  • Effects loop
  • New footswitch
  • SOLD
  • Play Sample Modified Traynor PA head, killer sustain Echo or reverb added after recording
    Play Sample Modified Traynor PA head, killer sustain Echo or reverb added after recording
    Play Sample Bridge Echo or reverb added after recording
    Play Sample Scott is a friend and a customer. I asked him to bring over the amp to make some clips of him playing. You are listening to Scott playing a Partscaster. Home assembled Tele from various parts. Amp into a 4-12 Marshall cabinet loaded with English G12T-75.
    Play Sample Close mic into a cheap 4 teack cassette recorder. No effects on the amp or guitar during recording. Light echo and reverb added during edit.
    Play Sample Tele neck
    Play Sample Tele neck
    Play Sample Clean sound achieved by rolling back guitar volume only.
    Play Sample Tele
    Play Sample Just riffin
    Play Sample riff on Scott is not using a pick on these samples.

     
    YBA1 hotrod $0.00 (USD)
    YBA1 conversion. SOLD
  • Recorded using Hamer Studio with WCR Crossroads pups thru 2-12 Celestion AVT100 closed back cab. Microphone into sound card. Mild delay added, nothing else.
  • Sold
  • Play Sample Neck, very thick
    Play Sample Extra gain switch
    Play Sample Normal overdrive
    Play Sample Guitar volume rolled back
    Play Sample General doodling

     
    18 watt with overdrive $1799.00 (USD)
    Does your 18 watt just not cut it? Well mine does. 18 watt with gain, set into a custom bent aluminum chassis. Similar in sound to an early 2203,2204 but tweaked to perfection. Controls include master, gain, treble, middle, bass, presence, 3 position bright switch,on-off, standby,4/8/16 ohm outputs. Head version available. I highly recommend the head version over the open back combo. It is my experience that master volume moderate to high gain amps loose bottom end in open back configuration and need the support of a closed back cabinet.
  • Custom cabinet
  • Weber Silver Bell in this one is a $125.00 upgrade.
  • Excellent sustain and tone at low volume for you late night bedroom jammers.
  • 2 JJ EL84, 3 JJ 12AX7
  • Standby switch
  • Recorded thru a Marshall 4-12 cabinet using 2-12, Hamer 1982 Sunburst with CR Coils Darkburst pikups.
  • Head version price $1699.00
  • Play Sample Bridge pickup. Recorded so quietly you could serve dinner and talk.
    Play Sample Bridge rolled back a bit, even quieter
    Play Sample D Drone Some echo added afterwards
    Play Sample D Drone Some echo added afterwards
    Play Sample D Drone Some echo added afterwards
    Play Sample D Drone Some echo added afterwards
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    Lifco Bassmaster $0.00 (USD)
    This amp was made by a company that cloned the Traynor YBA-1 Bassmaster sometime in the late 60's I believe. I got it pretty cheap on ebay in terrible condition. What sold me is the huge transformers they used. This amp now is completely modified and hot rodded. It is similar to the YBA-1 mod that I've been doing. It's sweet and sings nicely and has wonderful crunch. It's a moderate overdrive amp. Sort of Cream kinda Clapton. The case is beat up but what comes out of it surely makes up for it's looks. This is a true player's amp. It's about 50 watts. SOLD.
  • Completely retubed 2-5881 3-12AX7
  • New electrolytics
  • Completely new circuit
  • Dual bias pots, does not need matched output tubes
  • Drive switch
  • New 3 prong grounded cord
  • SOLD
  • Play Sample Lifco
    Play Sample lifco
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    Play Sample lifco
    Play Sample Chording on neck pickup and switching to bridge

     
    Tweed/Plexi/Reverb Callahan model $0.00 (USD)
    This amp started life as Silverface Bandmaster Reverb head. I rebuilt it to do what it's name implies. While humbuckers sound fabulous, single coil guitars shine even brighter. I was commissioned by my buddy KevinC to build this amp. Kevin, being the crazy tweaker that can not leave anything alone actually happened upon a combination that is absolutely amazing. He bought an off white Bandmaster Reverb chassis sized combo cabinet with oxblood grill cloth and put a 15" weber alnico speaker in it with a Weber? Beamblocker. It is tone from heaven. Sound samples courtesy of Kevin.
  • 2 knob Reverb
  • 2 separate preamps and tone stacks
  • Plexi channel brightness switches between Brutal(normal), Nice (much mellower), Off(no bright cap)
  • Huge headroom
  • Big fat in your face tone
  • It loves pedals.
  • Very portable/giggable.
  • Play Sample Fender Strat going through all positions, Boss reverb added to amp reverb.
    Play Sample Plexi setting with 5000pf bright cap bypassed. Fender Esprit (Robben Ford) Treble the Rhythm PUP with OCD pedal (knobs @7 oclock.
    Play Sample Fender Strat position 2 Tweed setting with boss reverb added to amp reverb

       
    Hot Rod Deluxe Cleanup mods $99.00 (USD)
    Send me your Hot Rod Deluxe to make it a better sounding clean amp. Tighten up the bottom, more spank, make the clean channel stay cleaner louder and most of all make the reverb more useable.
  • $99 fixed cost parts and labor
  • You pay shipping both ways
  • Price based upon properly functioning amp to start with

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    Reissue Bassman Cleanup mods $129.00 (USD)
    Tighten up bottom end Stays cleaner to louder volumes More punch, sweeter sound.

     
    Deluxe Reverb $0.00 (USD)
    1977 Deluxe Reverb Silverface. This amp is not stock. It is much better than stock. First it is in a brand new cabinet with a 2-10 baffle. 2 Brand new Eminence Legend 10's. Completely recapped. Biased. Retubed with mostly Groove tubes. 3 prong cord. Large rubber feet. New handle. Blackfaced to AB763 circuit with minor changes. Treble caps reduced slightly to get treblyness out. Push pull volume pot converted to Bright switch for that channel. Vibrato disconnected. Vibrato "Speed" knob is now "midrange" control for that channel. Reverb is on both channels. Vibrato "Intensity" is now Reverb "Dwell". Yes it is now a 2 knob Reverb amp which allows much more fine control of the already sweet reverb. Last but not least, the ground switch was converted to a half power switch. Channel 1 has new JJ ECC82 for spankin clean sound. Channel 2 has new JJ ECC81 for a little more punch without to much breakup. NO holes were drilled. All mods are reversable. All mods professionally done. No pick used on any recordings, only fingers. No effects except amp reverb. SOLD
    Play Sample American Hamer Studio with WCR Crossroads pickups.No effects except amp reverb. No pick
    Play Sample American Hamer Studio with WCR Crossroads pickups.No effects except amp reverb. No pick.
    Play Sample American Hamer Studio with WCR Crossroads pickups.No effects except amp reverb.
    Play Sample American Hamer Studio with WCR Crossroads pickups.No effects except amp reverb.
    Play Sample American Hamer Studio with WCR Crossroads pickups. Neck.
    Play Sample Eric Johnson Strat. No effects except amp reverb.
    Play Sample Eric Johnson Strat. No effects except amp reverb.
    Play Sample Eric Johnson Strat. No effects just amp reverb.

       
    D Clone $0.00 (USD)
    Clone of a Dumb Bell ODS. Prototype still in development. Built in to a silverface bassman chassis with Dlator built in
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  • Play Sample Mild Overdrive Strat doodle some bridge, some neck
    Play Sample Enter Description Here
    Play Sample Clean side
    Play Sample Clean Strat chording with delay
    Play Sample Clean comp going thru Strat pickup positions with and without delay
    Play Sample Mild over drive Strat Bridge doodle w delay
    Play Sample Hamer neck and then bridge riffin with delay
    Play Sample Dclone getting there
    Play Sample Home made Esquire

     
    Marshall Clean Dirty conversion $850.00 (USD)
    Take a JCM 800, 900 or other model Marshall or similar amp and replace the circuit with a new military style hand wired turret board that features a 5F6A based clean channel and a Marshallesque overdrive channel. Now you can go from spankin' clean to downright dirty in one amp. Two completely independent channels sharing a common output section (that by the way is genetically common to both). When done your amp will do Clean as well as it does Dirty. Price does not include any other unknown parts or sevice. Price is based on YOU sending me your amp in good working condition. You pay shipping both ways.
  • Footswitchable thru relay circuitry
  • Footswitch also toggles between the two different values of feedback required for the output section.
  • OPTIONAL Full tube buffered effects loop with send and return jacks and level controls
  • New Rocknrollamps faceplate
  • 2-3 new preamp tubes and sockets depending on options
  • New filament transformer to handle added load
  • Dual bias controls
  • New potentiometers

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    JK30R with 3 Knob Reverb Combo $2400.00 (USD)
    Crisp, throaty, sparkly,chimy, glassy. 3 knob reverb. Loves pedals of all sorts.
  • 4 EL 84 power tubes
  • 4 12AX7 + 1 EL84 preamp and reverb tubes
  • Long reverb pan
  • 3 Knob reverb includes Depth, Tone, Dwell
  • Volume, Treble, Bass, Presence
  • Custom wound high quality Heyboer transformers
  • 4 and 8 ohm jacks
  • GZ34 tube rectifier
  • Hand wired on military style turret boards
  • Cathode biased
  • Price shown is for the Head only version.
  • 1-12 Combo with Celstion G12H30
  • For 1-12 Combo with Alnico Tone Tubby add $250.00
  • 2 EL34 version also available.

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    JK30R Head only $2200.00 (USD)
    Crisp, throaty, sparkly,chimy. 3 knob reverb. Also sounds great with boost or distortion pedals. recorded with a close mic and a room mic with just the reverb in the amp. Price is for the head only. Sound clips through Marshall 4-12 cabinet using 2 of the speakers. Recorded with Eric Johnson Strat.
  • 4 EL 84 power tubes
  • 4 12AX7 + 1 EL84 preamp and reverb tubes
  • Long reverb pan
  • 3 Knob reverb includes Depth, Tone, Dwell
  • Volume, Treble, Bass, Presence
  • Custom wound high quality Heyboer transformers
  • 4 and 8 ohm jacks
  • GZ34 tube rectifier
  • Hand wired on military style turret boards
  • Cathode biased
  • Heavy duty rubber feet
  • Play Sample Bridge EJ Strat Keely modified TS9
    Play Sample EJ Strat Keely modified TS9
    Play Sample EJ Strat Keely modified TS9
    Play Sample EJ Strat Keely modified TS9
    Play Sample EJ Strat straight into amp, reverb is from the amp. No effects period.
    Play Sample reelin in the years. 1996 American standard strat with Fender Hot Noiseless pickups through a Keely modded TS9 into a JK30R head to a 2-12 Marshal cab with G12T-75's. Played at a small dumpy club, recorded with 1 mike on a cheap cassette recorder.
    Play Sample Keyboard player did not know the chords so we did it 3 piece and I fudged some chords (supposed to be piano). Riffs are close but not exact.
    Play Sample IMHO. All finger picked.
    Play Sample reelin

       
    Envy on the Coast $0.00 (USD)
    Envy on the Coast is an up and coming band that is touring the country. They are friends of friends and I had the good fortune to become associated with them. They are a group of talented young musicians. You can listen to and download one of their tunes below or cut and paste one of the addresses into your web browser and listen to their other fine tunes. The recordings are pro and use ROCKNROLLAMPS BHANDY modified Bassman heads on all the tracks.
  • http://www.purevolume.com/envyonthecoast
  • http://www.myspace.com/envyonthecoast
  • Play Sample Envy on the Coast Temper Temper

       
    DUPLEX50 $500.00 (USD)
    Formerly a 1967 Bassmaster. Converted to a Duplex50. Duplex50 is 2 amps in one. It is a single channel amp with switches that internally rearrange the circuit to go between Plexi and 2203. Price is for the mod only. Send me your amp in working order, you pay for return shipping. A little echo was added after the fact. If anyone is interested I do have the same sound clips without echo if you need to hear it. email me and I can send them to you.
  • Switch between 2 different amps
  • Switch for feedback loop value change
  • Switch for gain increase
  • Switch to take treble peaking out of circuit
  • Switch to toggle between No Bright, Plexi Bright, 2203 Bright.
  • Dual bias pots
  • New face plate
  • This one was SOLD to my buddy Gene R in Fla.
  • Play Sample bridge
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    Play Sample neck
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    JK22R $2500.00 (USD)
    Similar to the JK30R but 2 El34's cathode bised. GZ34 rectifier. Picture and more info coming soon.
  • 3 knob reverb
  • EL34 based
  • Play Sample Fender American Strat with High Output noiseless pickups into a Keely modded Tubescreamer into the JK22R combo. 2 G12T-75. Close mic. No effects except the reverb built in to the amp.

       
    Converting a Custom Vibrolux Reverb to a "63 $125.00 (USD)
    I am completely familiar with Converting a Custom Vibrolux Reverb to a "63 Vibroverb RI

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