Supro presents: Black Magick, a recreation of one of Rock
& Roll music’s holy-grail amplifiers. This all-tube, high-gain blues
machine hearkens back to the dimensions, cosmetics and circuitry of the
Supro amps from 1959, just like the one loaned by Jimmy Page to the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum. In tribute to this legendary and
extensively modified Supro combo, we’ve used the cabinet dimensions from
a ‘59 Supro 2×10 and replaced the baffle with a 1×12 and armed this
25-watt combo, with a custom, British voiced speaker that was specially
developed for the Black Magick amp.
With more gain on tap than any other Supro reissue, Black Magick
absolutely rips for heavy blues and classic rock guitar styles. This
amp’s traditional, cathode-biased “Class-A” power section uses 6973
tubes to achieve the instantly recognizable midrange grind and
phenomenal touch dynamics that define the Supro sound. A complete range
of tones from warm cleans to heavy distortion can be accessed by simply
adjusting the volume knob on your instrument. The signature Supro power
tube tremolo adds footswitchable depth and dimension to this historic
Rock and Roll machine.
The preamp found in the Black Magick features two channels wired in
parallel, with independent volume controls and a single, shared tone
control. The vintage-correct front-end topology of the original 1959
Supro combos has been streamlined in the Black Magick, with automatic
linking of channels 1&2 when using only the first input jack. This
flexible arrangement provides double the gain when used with one
instrument and also allows for two instruments to share the same Black
Magick or for the use of an A/B/Y box to achieve channel-switching on
the fly.