British Legend NEO amplifier
• Special Hand Wired Audio Series
• All tube / 100W / 4x 6CA7 / 6x 12ax7 / 3 x Nixie IN12
• 3 Channels: Clean - British - Legend, no switching noise when selecting the channels
• Small size housing: 16,2 x 10,2 x 9,0 inch • Weight: 38 lbs
• Channel 1 Clean: Volume, Bass and Treble controls - Bass boost and Treble boost switches
• Clean sound: From funky clean to vintage style mode
• Channel 2 British: Gain, Volume, Bass, Middle and Treble controls - gain boost switch
• British sound: Legendary british rock sound + gain boost
• Channel 3 Legend: Gain, Volume, Bass, Middle and Treble controls - gain boost switch
• Legend sound: High gain sound, defined, british, lead
• Power Wizard: Power attenuation - New circuit design
• Infinitely variable, from 100W to 1W, from monster to silence
• Slider potentiometer under RODENBERG logo, display by 3x Nixie tubes
• Wizard OFF switch for Clean channel
• FX Loop, serial, 12ax7 tube buffered, switchable on amp and by foot switch
• Main amplifier damping switch: High/Low, for bluesy, full or fast, defined sounds
• DI output, level control, no speaker simulation
• 3 way foot switch: Clean / British / Legend, 200 inch cable length, cable removable on both sides
• 3 way foot switch included in price
• 100% handmade in Germany
• 3 years warranty
• Custom Tolex can be chosen (extra charge)
• Power Wizard: Power attenuation - New circuit design
Infinitely variable - from 100W to 1W - From monster to silence
Slider potentiometer under RODENBERG logo - Display by 3x Nixie tubes
Wizard OFF switch for Clean channel
Completely new, unique circuit design
Main amplifier overdrive and compression at lowest volume
The Wizard slider also functions as a master control potentiometer
• Power Wizard - Infinitely variable
The Power Wizard is the heart of the British Legend Neo head. The power attenuation is based on a completely new one circuit design. By the slider
potentiometer under the RODENBERG logo you can adjust the power output step by step from 100W to 1W. The result: main amplifier compression
even at small volumes. The dialed in output power is shown by 3x Vintage Nixie tubes. This results in plenty of sound variants: For a standard amp
with gain and volume, you normally adjust the gain for overdrive and the volume potentiometer for main volume. With the Power Wizard you can
adjust the output power of the British Legend Neo amp to any power level. This allows you to set the volume control of a channel until maximum,
so you can ovedrive the main amplifier. With the Power Wizard slider you now can adjust the output power of the amplifier to any volume. Means,
you can overdrive the main amplifier with Gain and Volume potentiometer to get distorted and and saturated sounds and then adjust the main output
power by the Power Wizard to get the sound at any output volume.
• No more heights or sound losses with small volumes because you can adjust the volume control of your channel wide up and then reduce the
overall volume by the power wizard.
• From half to maximum setting of the volume control of a channel you do not get more volume but compression and more Gain, the main amplifier
is overdriven and by the Power Wizard even at the smallest output volume. This is the sound on a fully overdriven amplifier. In combination with
Gain, Volume and Power Wizard you can get plenty of sounds with each channel.
• The PowerWizard slider can also work as the master volume potentiometer of the British Legend Neo amplifier.
• With the Power Wizard you can also dial down the Gain control lower than usual and dial up the Volume control to get more main amplifier gain.
So you get great rock sounds with a lot of definition.
• A once set sound at home sounds exactly the same on stage, simply raise up the Power Wizard slider.
• By a switch on the rear of the British Legend Neo you can cut off the first Clean channel from the Power Wizard circuit, the clean channel will
always run to 100W. The Power Wizard controls then the British and Legend channels only. In this case, the Nixie display always shows 100W
when usingin Clean channel, but showing the adjusted output power when using the British and Legend channels. This make sense when you
need a total clean sound at highest volumes.
• British Legend NEO
The British Legend Neo amplifier offers some additional features that are unique. 100W in the very small size case (16,2x10,2x9,0 inch) and
an acceptable weight 38 lbs, provide an easy handling with lots of power inside. By perfect placement of the components and special hand-wired
audio wiring each amplifier contains three legendary sounds with lots of switching options.The completely new Power Wizard design offers plenty
of sounds within each channel. This Power Wizard circuit is not only a reduction of the output power, it can make each sound better by
overdriving the main amplier at lowest output levels. The British Legend Neo amp is completely made by hand with attention to detail in my workshop.
The wooden case is made of birch multiplex, top quality. All metal parts (except corners) are made of stainless steel (chassis, logo, front panel,
rear panel, ventilation panel) and are specially designed for the British Legend Neo. All work: production and assembly, installation of all components,
wiring and testing are exclusively made in our workshop. Only high quality, selected components are used.
Amp, design, circuit, construction, wiring, sounds, stainless steel layouts as well as the complete design by Ulrich Rodenberg.
• Power Wizard OFF - Clean channel
By a switch on the raer of the British Legend Neo you can cut off the first Clean channel from Power Wizard, the clean channel will always run to 100W.
The Power Wizard controlls then the British and Legend channels only. In this case, the Nixie display always shows 100W when usingin Clean channel,
but showing the adjusted output power when using the British and Legend channels.
This make sense when you need a total clean sound at highest volumes.
• Sounds
• Clean: Volume - Bass - Treble - Bass Boost - Treble Boost = Ultra Clean, from Funky Clean bis Vintage Style mode
The Clean channel has ist own EQ, it can sound vintage clean as well as modern. With the FAT Boost you can get a lot of bottom to the sound.
The Treble Boost gives you shining high frequencies. Funky, Ultra Clean, Vintage Clean to modern sound, warm and bluesy. When using the clean
channel with the Power Wizard you can slightly overdrive the sound too. This gives you a clean sound with compression and overdrive if wanted.
If you need a total clean sound at highest volumes you can switch the Power Wizard out of the clean sound circuit by a toggle switch on the
rear panel.
• British: Volume - Master - Bass - Middle - Treble - Gain Boost = Legendary British Rock Sound + Gain Boost
The British and the Legend Channel uses the same EQ. The British sound is an optimized JCM800 sound. His goal is the medium overdrive sound
with special heights, always a straight rock sound, perfect for rhythm. The sound that you can hear on thousands CD‘s. With a Gain Boost toggle
switch you get a more singing overdrive sound, perfect for lead sounds. When you use the British sound with the Power Wizard you can get two
times more overdrive and compression if wanted. This is the real overdrive sound when you play a tube amp on his maximum volume, but
here you have the same sound at any volumes from 100W to 1W silence mode.
• Legend: Volume - Master - Bass - Middle - Treble - Gain Boost = Absolutely that High Gain Sound - defined - british - lead
This channel has plenty of gain, A singing lead sound, fat with compression but still working in the british line, Eddie says hello.
With the Power Wizard this channel goes to be a monster. The British and the Legend Channel uses the same EQ.
• FX Loop
FX Loop • Serial • 12ax7 buffered. The Fx loop can be switched on/off on amplifier and foot switch (not included).
The FX Loop is placed between the pre-amplifier and the main amplifier, buffered by a 12ax7 tube. At its output the signal is low impedance so
you can use long connection cables without a loss of sound. The return jack can be used as an input to the the main amplifier. The FX Loop can
be switched ON/OFF by a switch on the rear of the amplifier or by a foot switch (not included). Activated (without effect device), (almost) no sound
difference can be recognized.
• DI Output
Here the complete sound can be taken directly. The level of the signal can be adjusted by the output level control. You can use a speaker simulation
box or send the whole signal of the amplifier to other equipment. Attention: A speaker must always be connected!
• Impedance selector switch
3-way selector switch for 4 / 8 / 16 impedance, 2 jacks for speaker. On the rear you can find the 3-way impedance switch for connecting
all kinds of speaker cabinets. the two jacks are wired in series. Be sure to dial in the same impedance as you cabinet has!
• Main amplifier damping switch
For bluesy rocking or fast sounds with plenty of gain. You will find the damping switch on the rear panel. The circuit works direct in the main
amplifier section. If you like more bluesy rocking medium overdive sounds set this swich to low. If you like fast, very distorted sounds set
this swith to high. In the end it‘s all a question of your own taste.
• 3 Channel foot switch
Switchover Clean + British + Legend
3 Jewel LED indicators for Clean + British + Legend
Connection: 5pin XLR 200 inch cable length
Cable removable on both sides
• Technical data:
Selected capacitors • Carbon resistors
Power Wizard - Infinitely variable - Display by 3x Nixie tubes
3-way selector switch for 4 / 8 / 16 impedance - 2 jacks for speaker
DI Output - Level adjustable
Illuminated power switch on the rear panel
Input power selector 115V / 230V (USA/Europa)
IEC socket + Main fuse + anode fuse (intern)
Stainless steel case - Panels - Logo - Ventilation panel
Housing => Birch plywood • Elephant tolex • Silver Piping
Small Size Housing (16,2x10,2x9,0 inch) • Weight 38 lbs
All amplifiers are completely made by hand with attention to detail in my workshop. • No industrial production • Made in Germany!
