We are very happy to have these in! The very first Mini Chief’s in Australia and wired for 240v!!
The Mini Chief is a 3 watt beast of an amp. After many requests for a small format amplifier that could be used at home, in the studio, and even at small gigs, we decided to produce the Mini Chief. The Mini Chief features Mercury Magnetics OR Heyboer transformers and is handwired using terminal strips. The stock tube compliment is 1x12AX7 and 1xEL84, cathode biased. Producing 3 beautiful watts, this amp excels at touch sensitivity. While most other amps below 5 watts get “grainy and stringy”, the Mini Chief gets angry, like your cousin from down the street after a few too many…this thing is one raucous beast. The tonal range is between small V*x style amps and bigger M*rsh*ll style ones. The Mini Chief also features something seldom seen on mini amps—it has 4, 8, and 16 ohm outputs. This amp is a full on, giggable mini amp, in a beautiful, small box.
For different flavours, the user can swap the preamp tube out. The Mini Chief comes stock with a 12AX7/ECC83 preamp tube. For lower gain, one can use a 12AT7/ECC81, and for the most clean headroom, a 12AU7/ECC82 can be used. These tubes can easily be swapped. We suggest taking your amp to a tech to have the tube swapped, unless you are comfortable working with high voltage--tube amps store high voltage and can kill you, so please do not try this if you do not know what you are doing. Make sure not to touch ANYTHING inside of the amp...and always, make sure that the amp is unplugged from a power source if you are going to try this. If you cannot be sure that you can do this, take your amp to a tech to have the tube swapped out. Again, tube amps can kill you...DO NOT REMOVE THE CHASSIS if you are not sure how to handle an amp safely.
We decided to house it in a simple pine head cabinet, with a milk paint finish that has a NITROCELLULOSE topcoat…that’s right…it’s got nitro on it! This amp will be perfect at your home, the studio, or at small gigs…you could even sneak it into your office, if you’re so daring…we won’t be held responsible for you getting fired or anything like that…just get crafty on sneaking a speaker cab in!
CHASSIS COLOUR, HEAD CAB MATERIAL AND COLOUR, AND KNOBS MAY VARY FROM UNIT TO UNIT!
- 3 Watt mini amp!
- Class A, cathode biased!
- 240v for Australian/New Zealand power!
- 1xEL84 cathode biased, 1x12AX7 tube compliment!
- 4, 8, and 16 ohm speaker outs!
- Head only!
Warranty & Returns
All New products are covered by the manufacturers new warranty. Please check their website for the length of warranty and warranty conditions. If an item you receive is faulty get in touch with us ASAP. Second Hand products come with a 4 week warranty from us. If there is an issue let us know ASAP! This covers normal use and does not cover accidental damage, misuse, wrong power plugged into it, modding, water damage or any other damage caused by mistreatment. Just treat it nice and all will be good!
Shipping
We send A LOT of packages every week so don't worry about the shipping side of things!
We've never lost a thing and your awesome new gear will be packed up really well to avoid any damage in transit.
If your order comes in before 2pm we will ship it same day. Most of the time we pack things up all the way to 4pm so just call if you need it to leave same day after 2pm.
We ship mainly with Australia Post but may use a courier depending on location and size of the package.
Free Post ships with Australia Post standard and expected shipping times are between 4-6 business days depending on location. It will be longer to outside of metro and rural areas.
Express Post will usually be with you next business day in metro areas of QLD, NSW, SA, VIC and TAS. WA will take 2 days to metro and extra days after that to out side metro and rural areas.
Everything we ship has a tracking number with the exception of some power cables and smaller envelope packages. You will be emailed tracking once your order has been shipped!
Videos
We are very happy to have these in! The very first Mini Chief’s in Australia and wired for 240v!!
The Mini Chief is a 3 watt beast of an amp. After many requests for a small format amplifier that could be used at home, in the studio, and even at small gigs, we decided to produce the Mini Chief. The Mini Chief features Mercury Magnetics OR Heyboer transformers and is handwired using terminal strips. The stock tube compliment is 1x12AX7 and 1xEL84, cathode biased. Producing 3 beautiful watts, this amp excels at touch sensitivity. While most other amps below 5 watts get “grainy and stringy”, the Mini Chief gets angry, like your cousin from down the street after a few too many…this thing is one raucous beast. The tonal range is between small V*x style amps and bigger M*rsh*ll style ones. The Mini Chief also features something seldom seen on mini amps—it has 4, 8, and 16 ohm outputs. This amp is a full on, giggable mini amp, in a beautiful, small box.
For different flavours, the user can swap the preamp tube out. The Mini Chief comes stock with a 12AX7/ECC83 preamp tube. For lower gain, one can use a 12AT7/ECC81, and for the most clean headroom, a 12AU7/ECC82 can be used. These tubes can easily be swapped. We suggest taking your amp to a tech to have the tube swapped, unless you are comfortable working with high voltage--tube amps store high voltage and can kill you, so please do not try this if you do not know what you are doing. Make sure not to touch ANYTHING inside of the amp...and always, make sure that the amp is unplugged from a power source if you are going to try this. If you cannot be sure that you can do this, take your amp to a tech to have the tube swapped out. Again, tube amps can kill you...DO NOT REMOVE THE CHASSIS if you are not sure how to handle an amp safely.
We decided to house it in a simple pine head cabinet, with a milk paint finish that has a NITROCELLULOSE topcoat…that’s right…it’s got nitro on it! This amp will be perfect at your home, the studio, or at small gigs…you could even sneak it into your office, if you’re so daring…we won’t be held responsible for you getting fired or anything like that…just get crafty on sneaking a speaker cab in!
CHASSIS COLOUR, HEAD CAB MATERIAL AND COLOUR, AND KNOBS MAY VARY FROM UNIT TO UNIT!
- 3 Watt mini amp!
- Class A, cathode biased!
- 240v for Australian/New Zealand power!
- 1xEL84 cathode biased, 1x12AX7 tube compliment!
- 4, 8, and 16 ohm speaker outs!
- Head only!
Warranty & Returns
All New products are covered by the manufacturers new warranty. Please check their website for the length of warranty and warranty conditions. If an item you receive is faulty get in touch with us ASAP. Second Hand products come with a 4 week warranty from us. If there is an issue let us know ASAP! This covers normal use and does not cover accidental damage, misuse, wrong power plugged into it, modding, water damage or any other damage caused by mistreatment. Just treat it nice and all will be good!
Shipping
We send A LOT of packages every week so don't worry about the shipping side of things!
We've never lost a thing and your awesome new gear will be packed up really well to avoid any damage in transit.
If your order comes in before 2pm we will ship it same day. Most of the time we pack things up all the way to 4pm so just call if you need it to leave same day after 2pm.
We ship mainly with Australia Post but may use a courier depending on location and size of the package.
Free Post ships with Australia Post standard and expected shipping times are between 4-6 business days depending on location. It will be longer to outside of metro and rural areas.
Express Post will usually be with you next business day in metro areas of QLD, NSW, SA, VIC and TAS. WA will take 2 days to metro and extra days after that to out side metro and rural areas.
Everything we ship has a tracking number with the exception of some power cables and smaller envelope packages. You will be emailed tracking once your order has been shipped!