SOLD - Rivera R55 112 50w guitar combo £400 - SOLD £400

[skankdelvar]

[b]Rivera Fifty Five Twelve [/b][b]combo £400[/b]

Early 1990's Rivera 1x12 50w reverb guitar combo. Comes with Rivera footswitch and soft cover. Home use only.

This is a minty, fully functional example of the amp that established Paul Rivera's reputation as a boutique amp builder. Bought from Chandlers in Kew back in the 90's when I was downsizing from a Marshall head. Now I'm downsizing again so this must go.

The great thing about this amp is its remarkable versatility. Rather than 'clean' and 'distortion' channels, each channel is voiced for a characteristic sound – 'British' and 'American' and then boost-able. That's four basic foot-switchable sounds from a single 3-button footswitch. Throw in a variable level effects loop, line out, pull boosts, pull tone notches, pull bright switch and there are endless good sounds to be had from this whisper to a roar portable package.

How does it sound? Channel 1 (British) spans Marshall Plexi to JCM 900 with a sideways diversion into a convincing Vox grind. Channel 2 (American) goes from woody Tweed through chiming Blackface Fender to Mesa roar. Jazz clean to Metal madness at your fingertips - manual [url="http://www.rivera.com/pdf/R-SeriesV1.0.pdf"]here[/url]

Never gigged and from a smoke-free home, the combo has been serviced by BC forum favourite Steve Rowse of Steve's Amps. JJ power tubes and a mix of JJ's and Sylvanias (IIRC) in the pre-amp. I swapped out the stock Celestion G12T-85 for a Celestion Super 65; the G12T-85 is included in the sale or can be swapped back in at the buyer's preference.

Cash on collection from Bradford On Avon BA15 or will meet / deliver within a reasonable distance subject to prior agreement. Sorry – no trades, no shipping.
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[RhysP]

These are bloody brilliant amps & £400 is a serious bargain.
Very versatile a pretty much impossible to get a bad sound out of.
I used to have the 30 watt version & really regretted selling it.

[osborne900]

pm'ed

[skankdelvar]

On hold pending usual :-)

[guzzibass]

Good...! Saves me from temptation :-)

[skankdelvar]

Sold to a very nice man from Somerset.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1398696620' post='2436648']
These are bloody brilliant amps & £400 is a serious bargain.
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[quote name='guzzibass' timestamp='1398969531' post='2439609']
Good...! Saves me from temptation :-)
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Thanks for the kind comments, guys!

Edited May 4, 2014 by skankdelvar