Milkman Sound 30W Dairy Air Amp Head 6L6 (Vanilla Tolex) and 1x12" Extension Cabinet (Celestion 12” Alnico Cream/Vanilla)
Milkman Sound 30W Dairy Air Amp Head, Vanilla Tolex, 40W Class AB, 6L6
WATTAGE
- 40W Class AB with 6L6
SPEAKER
- Outputs to power 4/8/16ohm speaker
- Matching Cabinet: Jupiter Alnico or Ceramic magnet 12" Speaker, Celestion Alnico Cream 12"
DIMENSIONS & WEIGHT
- 16-1/2" W x 8" H x 7-1/2" D 15lbs
- Matching Cabinet: 19-7/8" W x 17" H x 10-1/2" D 23lbs
Manufacturer's Description
Milkman Sound 30W Dairy Air Amp Head, Vanilla Tolex, 40W Class AB, 6L6
The 30 watt Dairy Air was designed to be portable, versatile, and extremely simple. There is no reverb or tremolo option, which means I was able to fit a lot of power into a very small head cabinet. The idea is that if you travel by air, you can take this amplifier with you and use any speaker. Need a backline amp but don't like the tone? Take the lead from the internal speaker and plug it into your 30W head. Done. Take your tone with you!
The Dairy Air is built with the same high quality components as every other Milkman amplifier: Mercury Magnetics, Jupiter Capacitors, Carbon Composition Resistors - its all in there! I designed a custom aluminum chassis in order to make sure I could fit in all the best components. Every point is wired by hand, onto a custom made turret board, with cloth covered wire. Building an amp this way makes it very hard to damage, and very easy to service - you could bungee this thing to the outside of the airplane and still make your gig. (note: don't try that)
The Dairy Air has a matching speaker cabinet option, and it is available in any custom shop finish. The speaker cabinet is made out of pine, and is very light on its own. Even if you are not traveling by air, you will be traveling very light with this setup.
Milkman Sound 1x12" Extension Cabinet, Celestion 12” Alnico Cream/Vanilla
I designed the Sideman amplifier about 4 years ago as the only two channel Milkman amplifier. It served as a go between for guitar and pedal steel players. However, I decided to introduce a brand new single channel version that I consider to be the "full featured" version of the 40W Pedal Steel Mini. Many guitar players were asking if the Mini could have this feature or that - why not just throw the kitchen sink into the Sideman Well, thats exactly what I did.
The preamp circuit and overall voicing is the same as the 40W Mini, however the Sideman has larger transformers and runs at slightly higher voltages inside. That, coupled with its larger speaker baffle gives the Sideman an impressive amount of power for how small and light it is. Similar to the Mini, you can run a 5AR4 rectifier or a solid state plug in rectifier in place.
The Sideman has gotten a total makeover from its original form: it has shrunk down into a 1x12" combo that weighs about 41lbs, features a 3 band EQ with bright switch, and has a 2 knob reverb system with dwell and blend controls. Dwell allows you to lightly drive the tank when running the preamp hot. Another addition to the Sideman is rich, deep, bias modulating tremolo. The amplifier comes with the custom Milkman two button foot switch, and a removable IEC type power cord.
The Sideman is hand wired onto a turret board with Mercury Magnetics transformers and Jupiter capacitors. The combination of a pine cabinet and efficient speakers keeps the weight down to about 41lbs while putting out a considerable amount of volume, and fantastic guitar tone. For customers who are interested, I will still build a custom two channel Sideman as a dual channel Steel/Guitar amplifier. Please contact me through the contact page.
Features
- WATTAGE-50W Class AB
- SPEAKER-1x12" Celestion Alnico Cream, 8ohm
- EFFECTS-Tube driven spring reverb with dual knob control,Bias modulating tube tremolo