Tribute

The TRIBUTE archtop Jazz guitar amplifer by SeQuel Amplifiers[tm]. A respectful modern interpretation…not a clone…of a famous 1948 amplifier, The Gibson GA50.

The original amp model became an integral part of the classic Jim Hall sound, it was Barney Kessel’s favorite, and found its way to Howard Roberts for a while among other leading Jazz guitarists. More recently Dale Bruning used one to record a wonderful Duo album with Bill Frisell titled “Reunion.”

The point of the SeQuel Tribute is simply to amplify an archtop guitar purely and honestly.

Technology has obviously changed since 1948. This has left us with some components no longer manufactured and others which are technically superior. So we asked ourselves: “what would the engineers of that time have designed if today’s materials were available then?” The result may well be what we’ve developed in The Tribute.

There are exactly three control knobs on the Tribute: Volume plus only enough Bass and Treble function so that a guitarist can adjust the amplifier to the room but not to alter the inherent sound of the guitar.

Here are some quotes from SeQuel TRIBUTE clients:

“I have played the Gibson GA 50T side by side the SeQuel TRIBUTE. They both have a beautiful authenticity in each note. Clear as church bells on a snowy night in the mountains! Each is “warm” in tone. There is a difference – the TRIBUTE has that astounding “head room” thing going on. The GA 50T does not. That’s what separates them.”

“Believe me, I LOVE the Tribute. It’s the most beautiful sound I have ever heard for archtops.”