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Amp Auction: Satellite Amplifier Helion Hand Painted One of a Kind Tube Amp

Amp Auction Description: Myself (Adam Grimm, owner of Satellite Amplifiers) and a good friend of mine (Eric Sorensen, <a href="link">http://www.espwave.com</a>) decided to create a collaborative project to give something back to the world. I have a few of Eric's paintings and really enjoyed his work, and thought it would be wonderful on an amplifier.I sent Eric one of our standard Helion model amplifiers and an uncovered head box. He asked me what I wanted, and I told him I didn't want to know. I wanted him to have free creative rein to do whatever he wanted to do. He did a marvelous job. The amplifier is one of our standard Helion models. It is a 25 watt all tube amplifier. It consists of a pair of 5881 power tubes, a pair of 12AX7s in the preamp section and a 5AR4 rectifier (switchable to solid state). The amp comes with high and low inputs, and a switchable 4, 8, and 16Ω outputs. The amp uses Mercury Magentics transformers (as do all of our amplifiers), turret board and point to point wiring, carbon comp resistors. You can find more info about our amplifiers at <a href="link">http://www.satelliteamps.com</a>. The amplifier comes with our standard lifetime warranty on the electronics.Eric told me quite a bit about the painting process. The highlights are that he designed the painting based on his impressions of the amplifier (he had never played this model before). He described the painting as a visual way of describing what he felt the tonal range of the amplifier was. The amplifier was hand painted with water colors, and then a multi layer of lacquer was sprayed over the top to ensure a lifetime of durability. We talked about a number of non-profits that we loved, but I decided to give this to something new. I was doing some research and found the San Francisco Rock Project, and thought it was the perfect fit (Eric spent a bit of time in the bay area over the years, and we both love rock, and have kids). The San Francisco Rock Project is a non-profit designed to help kids from 7-17 learn to play instruments and helps fill the void left by the defunding of the musical education programs in our schools. (<a href="link">http://www.rockprojectsf.org/</a>)On Jan-28-12 at 18:47:58 PST, seller added the following information:Eric informed me that the amplifier has 15 coats of lacquer on it.We will also include a series of digital photos documenting some of the creative process .The amplifier is signed and dated by myself, and the cabinet is signed and dated by Eric.

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