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Sound Pure's Take

The Chubster provides full-bodied rock tone! We love the ruby red tolex of this portable 1x12 combo! With american and british pre-amp channels you get the best of both worlds with clean and thick american cleans and mid-happy british lead tone!

This amp handles a lot!  Should be a consideration for many styles.

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Recorded with this gear

medal mania electric guitar bridge pickup

Also in this recording AEA R84 Ribbon Microphone LaChapell Audio 583s MKII 500-Series Tube Preamplifier Sennheiser MD 421 II Cardioid Dynamic Microphone Lynx Aurora 8 I/O D/A and A/D Converter

McNaught Vintage Single Cut electric guitar (bridge pickup) played into Rivera Chubster 40 Combo(channel 2, volume 5, bass 5 mid 6, treble 7, master 5, presence 10, boosted) mic'd with AEA R84 into LaChapell Audio 583s T... Read more

McNaught Vintage Single Cut electric guitar (bridge pickup) played into Rivera Chubster 40 Combo(channel 2, volume 5, bass 5 mid 6, treble 7, master 5, presence 10, boosted) mic'd with AEA R84 into LaChapell Audio 583s Tube Preamp & mic'd with Sennheiser MD 421 II into A Designs Blue Preamp feeding Lynx Aurora 8.

blues hotel electric guitar neck pickup

Also in this recording AEA R84 Ribbon Microphone LaChapell Audio 583s MKII 500-Series Tube Preamplifier Sennheiser MD 421 II Cardioid Dynamic Microphone Lynx Aurora 8 I/O D/A and A/D Converter

McNaught Vintage Single Cut electric guitar (neck pickup) played into Rivera Chubster 40 Combo(channel 2, volume 5, bass 5 mid 6, treble 7, master 5, presence 10) mic'd with AEA R84 into LaChapell Audio 583s Tube Preamp... Read more

McNaught Vintage Single Cut electric guitar (neck pickup) played into Rivera Chubster 40 Combo(channel 2, volume 5, bass 5 mid 6, treble 7, master 5, presence 10) mic'd with AEA R84 into LaChapell Audio 583s Tube Preamp & mic'd with Sennheiser MD 421 II into A Designs Blue Preamp feeding Lynx Aurora 8.

blues hotel electric guitar bridge pickup

Also in this recording AEA R84 Ribbon Microphone LaChapell Audio 583s MKII 500-Series Tube Preamplifier Sennheiser MD 421 II Cardioid Dynamic Microphone Lynx Aurora 8 I/O D/A and A/D Converter

McNaught Vintage Single Cut electric guitar (bridge pickup) played into Rivera Chubster 40 Combo(channel 2, volume 5, bass 5 mid 6, treble 7, master 5, presence 10) mic'd with AEA R84 into LaChapell Audio 583s Tube Pream... Read more

McNaught Vintage Single Cut electric guitar (bridge pickup) played into Rivera Chubster 40 Combo(channel 2, volume 5, bass 5 mid 6, treble 7, master 5, presence 10) mic'd with AEA R84 into LaChapell Audio 583s Tube Preamp & mic'd with Sennheiser MD 421 II into A Designs Blue Preamp feeding Lynx Aurora 8.

walking arpeggio electric guitar neck pickup

Also in this recording AEA R84 Ribbon Microphone LaChapell Audio 583s MKII 500-Series Tube Preamplifier Sennheiser MD 421 II Cardioid Dynamic Microphone Lynx Aurora 8 I/O D/A and A/D Converter

McNaught Vintage Single Cut electric guitar (neck pickup) played into Rivera Chubster 40 Combo(channel 1, volume 8, bass 3 mid 7, treble 5, master 5, presence 8) mic'd with AEA R84 into LaChapell Audio 583s Tube Preamp &... Read more

McNaught Vintage Single Cut electric guitar (neck pickup) played into Rivera Chubster 40 Combo(channel 1, volume 8, bass 3 mid 7, treble 5, master 5, presence 8) mic'd with AEA R84 into LaChapell Audio 583s Tube Preamp & mic'd with Sennheiser MD 421 II into A Designs Blue Preamp feeding Lynx Aurora 8.

phat electric guitar

Also in this recording AEA R84 Ribbon Microphone LaChapell Audio 583s MKII 500-Series Tube Preamplifier Sennheiser MD 421 II Cardioid Dynamic Microphone Lynx Aurora 8 I/O D/A and A/D Converter

James Tyler Studio Elite Retro electric guitar (position 5 pickup) played into Rivera Chubster 40 Combo(channel 2, volume 5, bass 5, mid 5, treble 7, master 5, presence 8) mic'd with AEA R84 into LaChapell Audio 583s Tub... Read more

James Tyler Studio Elite Retro electric guitar (position 5 pickup) played into Rivera Chubster 40 Combo(channel 2, volume 5, bass 5, mid 5, treble 7, master 5, presence 8) mic'd with AEA R84 into LaChapell Audio 583s Tube Preamp & mic'd with Sennheiser MD 421 II into A Designs Blue Preamp feeding Lynx Aurora 8.

phat & fast electric guitar

Also in this recording AEA R84 Ribbon Microphone LaChapell Audio 583s MKII 500-Series Tube Preamplifier Sennheiser MD 421 II Cardioid Dynamic Microphone Lynx Aurora 8 I/O D/A and A/D Converter

James Tyler Studio Elite Retro electric guitar (position 5 pickup) played into Rivera Chubster 40 Combo(channel 2, volume 5, bass 5, mid 5, treble 7, master 5, presence 8, with boost) mic'd with AEA R84 into LaChapell Au... Read more

James Tyler Studio Elite Retro electric guitar (position 5 pickup) played into Rivera Chubster 40 Combo(channel 2, volume 5, bass 5, mid 5, treble 7, master 5, presence 8, with boost) mic'd with AEA R84 into LaChapell Audio 583s Tube Preamp & mic'd with Sennheiser MD 421 II into A Designs Blue Preamp feeding Lynx Aurora 8.

chubby electric guitar

Also in this recording AEA R84 Ribbon Microphone LaChapell Audio 583s MKII 500-Series Tube Preamplifier Sennheiser MD 421 II Cardioid Dynamic Microphone Lynx Aurora 8 I/O D/A and A/D Converter

James Tyler Studio Elite Retro electric guitar (position 5 pickup) played into Rivera Chubster 40 Combo(channel 2, volume 5, bass 3, mid 5, treble 5, master 5) mic'd with AEA R84 into LaChapell Audio 583s Tube Preamp & m... Read more

James Tyler Studio Elite Retro electric guitar (position 5 pickup) played into Rivera Chubster 40 Combo(channel 2, volume 5, bass 3, mid 5, treble 5, master 5) mic'd with AEA R84 into LaChapell Audio 583s Tube Preamp & mic'd with Sennheiser MD 421 II into A Designs Blue Preamp feeding Lynx Aurora 8.

From Rivera Amps


Almost all of the features of its bigger brother, the R55, with 40 watts of EL34 power, five 12AX7 preamp tubes, housed in a extra deep open-back enclosure and fitted with a Celestion G12L-55 rear-mounted speaker. Rich and fat low end, and spongy sweet mids and highs for an overall pleasing tone. Like most Rivera amplifiers, features include two fully independent preamp channels, each with its own distinct voicing (British and American), and footswitchable boosts delivering four easy to dial-up sounds, preamp/power amp patch loop, and line out. This amp sounds much bigger than its size and is affordably priced. Get some "Chub" in your life!

Cabinet Material
American Maple Solid Core Plywood
Cabinet covering
Ruby Red Tolex® Vinyl
Grille Cloth Color
Vintage Blonde
Cabinet Hardware
Chrome plated metal corners, Vintage style Leather Handle
Dimensions
20.5" x 12" x 17"
Weight
45 Pounds

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