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The Blackjack 21®-II and Lucky 7®-II continue the tradition of bringing the high build quality and awesome tones people expect from Fuchs® products to a the affordable price range. The
Blackjack 21® and Lucky 7® have been redesigned for 2011. These models have a classic rock voice similar to a vintage Marshall® or Trainwreck® style amp, but with a more manageable power level. Its tone provides a cutting rock edge, filled with harmonic richness and chime.
The Lucky 7®-II remains a single ended class-A output stage with an EL-34 as standard. The amp can be switched to 6V6 for 4 watts instead of the 7 watts of an EL-34. The Lucky 7® features two channels. Channel one is a single volume control non-master channel with high, mid and low controls, a gain boost which works while keeping the tone controls active. A digital reverb based on the same technology used in the Good Verbrations® pedal provides a fully adjustable lush reverb, with level and decay controls. Channel two has its own input gain control and output master volume. It shares
tone controls with channel one, as well as the tone controls being active with the gain boost activated.
The Lucky 7®-II is based on a dual 12AX7 preamp stage and a singled ended EL-34 or 6V6 fixed bias output stage. Unlike other amps in this price range, the Lucky 7®-II has a full complement of
extremely flexible tone controls. A liberal amount of clean headroom is available before the output stage begins distorting with a sweet yet cutting rock edge. Voiced like its siblings the Train 45 and Blackjack 21®, the Lucky 7®-II has a classic rock voice similar to a vintage Marshall™ or
Trainwreck™; style amp, but with a more manageable power level. Its tone provides a cutting rock edge, filled with harmonic richness and chime. The circuit design also is "attenuator friendly".
The chassis (like all Fuchs® products) is aircraft grade aluminum; our internal construction is
mixed PC board and hard wired. On the Lucky 7® and Blackjack 21®, the preamp tubes and power supply circuitry are on the circuit card, while the power tubes and transformers are mounted directly on the chassis. A detachable power cord is standard. By using single point grounding, the amp is quiet
and free of hum at all operating levels. A single input and single ¼” output jack are provided. The
rear panel features and IEC power connector, fuse holder, standby switch, 4 and 8 ohm outputs, a patch jack for pre/post outboard effect loop, as well as a 2-way footswitch jack.
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