BirdSong Amplification Merlin – ’57 Princeton/Champ

Using the original 5F2a Princeton schematic - which is basically a 5F1 Champ with an added tone control – and packed it into a beautiful tweed pine cabinet.

True to the original, the Merlin is hand constructed and soldered on eyelet board. We only used components of excellent quality, such as Sprague Orange Drop® capacitors, Ruby® Tubes and Celestion® speakers.

This single ended class A design delivers wonderful cleans at low to moderate volumes. When turned up, you are indulged with a unique touch sensitive overdrive.

• 5F2a Champ / Princeton circuit
• Celestion® Eight 15 speaker
• Ruby® 6V6 output tube and Ruby® 12ax7 preamp tube
• Sprague Orange Drops® coupling capacitors
• Tube rectifier
• Controls: volume and tone
• Pine cabinet
• Tweed covering
• Leather handle
• Chickenhead knobs
• 5 watts