Bruno Underground 30 Head & 2x12" Cabinet late 1990's - Black
from Bruno Amplification:
The Bruno Underground 30 is one of the most coveted guitar amps in the world. It is an incredible sounding, hand-built masterpiece that has received rave reviews and awards from top musicians and guitar publications. This is an amp that must be heard and only then can you understand how an amp from a small boutique company could inspire such extraordinary endorsements.
The Underground 30 is a truly remarkable amplifier with superb clean and distortion voices mated with a vast tonal range, incredible dynamics and rich complexity. It's beautiful clean voice has a silky chime that is deep, spacious and sensuous. The tone is really something very special. Crank it up and the Underground 30 screams with big mean ballsy tone mixed with exquisite upper-end sparkle, complexity and singing sustain. It sounds equally fabulous with either humbuckers or single coil pickups, layering sounds with lush harmonics while retaining excellent touch sensitivity and note articulation. (An almost impossible accomplishment in amplifier design that has taken Tony a lifetime to achieve).
The Underground 30 is available either with or without Tony's Custom 3 Knob Tube Reverb System built in. This is the lushest, most spacious reverb system and has separate controls for reverb tone, reverb mix and reverb dwell. The tonal quality and flexibility of this reverb will astound you.
The Underground 30 features 36 watts of class A power from 4-EL84s, 3-12AX7s, and a GZ34 rectifier. Reverb models include 1 additional 12AX7s and 1 EL84 for the tube driven reverb circuit. The cabinet is constructed of solid pine for its sweet brightness and then fine tuned with a birch ply baffle for superb resonance. Finger-jointed construction is used just like the finest furniture which provides a very strong, extremely rigid, rattle free cabinet that will last a lifetime. Other features include premium tolex coverings, padded handles, heavy duty feet, stainless steel screws/bolts and chromed steel corners. Standard finishes are black, brown, dark green, red or cream with an Art Deco style control panel and aged Ivory "chicken head" knobs. It comes as a head, 1X12, and 2X12 combos.
The Underground 30 was the solid winner in Guitar Player Magazine's Feb. 97 shootout of 23 boutique guitar amps. It was also awarded Guitar Player Magazine's highly coveted The Year's best Gear award for 1997 in their Nov. 97 issue. Guitar World Magazine loved the Underground 30 and wrote an excellent review in their June 1995 issue.
The Bruno Underground 30 is being hailed as the very best -The world's finest sounding amp.
About Tony Bruno:
Tony Bruno is a man obsessed with a single goal --- To build a guitar amp with the ultimate tone. To this end he uses only the highest quality Premium and New Old Stock components for each amp. He is meticulous in his quest and never totally satisfied with his amps even though they are universally praised as the finest sounding in the world. Many recording artists, session musicians and guitar publications refer to Tony as The Amp Guru because each of his different amps delight the senses with amazing tonal complexity, warmth and balance. His vast knowledge of tube amplifier design, components and construction combined with a superbly tuned ear place him in very high demand.
Other well known companies are constantly coming to Tony for design help with their hi-end or custom shop amplifiers when only the best will do. Tony refuses to build "factory boutique amps" assembled by many people in quantities that sacrifice tone and quality. Each Bruno Amp is a custom designed labor of love, which is point to point wired and stringently tested by Tony. This includes all hand wiring, solder joints, circuits, pots, transformers, phase, operation, frequency response, bias, tubes, speakers, cabinet tone and finish quality. An accomplished guitarist with over 1000 amp designs to his credit, Tony plays each amp by itself and with a full band to make sure it has the highly coveted Bruno Sound. He even uses a mixed audience test to "woman proof" every amp because of a woman's more sensitive high hearing. If any amp's tone isn't perfect Tony takes it apart and tweaks it until it is worthy of the Bruno name. Bruno amps never go out to anyone until they have "The Tone That Stands Alone".
This amplifier is in Excellent condition, showing signs of light use and careful storage. Though we do not know the exact production date of this package, we have assessed that it is from the late 1990's due to the date found on one of the speakers. This amp has been tested and functions as intended. There are minor scrapes and scratches in t he outer vinyl covering but no areas of major tears or loss. The top of the cabinet bears marks of the feet of the amp head. Should you require more photos of this package or have any additional questions, please reach out to us via Reverb or directly at the shop.
Handcrafted by Tony Bruno
36 Watts Class -A Tube Power
4x EL84 Tubes
2x 12AX7 Preamp Tubes
1 GZ34 Rectifier Tube
1x EL34 for Tube-Driven Reverb Circuit
Normal & Bright Channel Volumes
High, Low, & Presence Controls
2x Inputs
2x Speaker Outputs
4, 8, & 16 Ohm Switchable Outputs
Ground Lift Switch
USED
$7,000
The Bruno Underground 30 is one of the most coveted guitar amps in the world. It is an incredible sounding, hand-built masterpiece that has received rave reviews and awards from top musicians and guitar publications. This is an amp that must be heard and only then can you understand how an amp from a small boutique company could inspire such extraordinary endorsements.
The Underground 30 is a truly remarkable amplifier with superb clean and distortion voices mated with a vast tonal range, incredible dynamics and rich complexity. It's beautiful clean voice has a silky chime that is deep, spacious and sensuous. The tone is really something very special. Crank it up and the Underground 30 screams with big mean ballsy tone mixed with exquisite upper-end sparkle, complexity and singing sustain. It sounds equally fabulous with either humbuckers or single coil pickups, layering sounds with lush harmonics while retaining excellent touch sensitivity and note articulation. (An almost impossible accomplishment in amplifier design that has taken Tony a lifetime to achieve).
The Underground 30 is available either with or without Tony's Custom 3 Knob Tube Reverb System built in. This is the lushest, most spacious reverb system and has separate controls for reverb tone, reverb mix and reverb dwell. The tonal quality and flexibility of this reverb will astound you.
The Underground 30 features 36 watts of class A power from 4-EL84s, 3-12AX7s, and a GZ34 rectifier. Reverb models include 1 additional 12AX7s and 1 EL84 for the tube driven reverb circuit. The cabinet is constructed of solid pine for its sweet brightness and then fine tuned with a birch ply baffle for superb resonance. Finger-jointed construction is used just like the finest furniture which provides a very strong, extremely rigid, rattle free cabinet that will last a lifetime. Other features include premium tolex coverings, padded handles, heavy duty feet, stainless steel screws/bolts and chromed steel corners. Standard finishes are black, brown, dark green, red or cream with an Art Deco style control panel and aged Ivory "chicken head" knobs. It comes as a head, 1X12, and 2X12 combos.
The Underground 30 was the solid winner in Guitar Player Magazine's Feb. 97 shootout of 23 boutique guitar amps. It was also awarded Guitar Player Magazine's highly coveted The Year's best Gear award for 1997 in their Nov. 97 issue. Guitar World Magazine loved the Underground 30 and wrote an excellent review in their June 1995 issue.
The Bruno Underground 30 is being hailed as the very best -The world's finest sounding amp.
About Tony Bruno:
Tony Bruno is a man obsessed with a single goal --- To build a guitar amp with the ultimate tone. To this end he uses only the highest quality Premium and New Old Stock components for each amp. He is meticulous in his quest and never totally satisfied with his amps even though they are universally praised as the finest sounding in the world. Many recording artists, session musicians and guitar publications refer to Tony as The Amp Guru because each of his different amps delight the senses with amazing tonal complexity, warmth and balance. His vast knowledge of tube amplifier design, components and construction combined with a superbly tuned ear place him in very high demand.
Other well known companies are constantly coming to Tony for design help with their hi-end or custom shop amplifiers when only the best will do. Tony refuses to build "factory boutique amps" assembled by many people in quantities that sacrifice tone and quality. Each Bruno Amp is a custom designed labor of love, which is point to point wired and stringently tested by Tony. This includes all hand wiring, solder joints, circuits, pots, transformers, phase, operation, frequency response, bias, tubes, speakers, cabinet tone and finish quality. An accomplished guitarist with over 1000 amp designs to his credit, Tony plays each amp by itself and with a full band to make sure it has the highly coveted Bruno Sound. He even uses a mixed audience test to "woman proof" every amp because of a woman's more sensitive high hearing. If any amp's tone isn't perfect Tony takes it apart and tweaks it until it is worthy of the Bruno name. Bruno amps never go out to anyone until they have "The Tone That Stands Alone".
This amplifier is in Excellent condition, showing signs of light use and careful storage. Though we do not know the exact production date of this package, we have assessed that it is from the late 1990's due to the date found on one of the speakers. This amp has been tested and functions as intended. There are minor scrapes and scratches in t he outer vinyl covering but no areas of major tears or loss. The top of the cabinet bears marks of the feet of the amp head. Should you require more photos of this package or have any additional questions, please reach out to us via Reverb or directly at the shop.
Handcrafted by Tony Bruno
36 Watts Class -A Tube Power
4x EL84 Tubes
2x 12AX7 Preamp Tubes
1 GZ34 Rectifier Tube
1x EL34 for Tube-Driven Reverb Circuit
Normal & Bright Channel Volumes
High, Low, & Presence Controls
2x Inputs
2x Speaker Outputs
4, 8, & 16 Ohm Switchable Outputs
Ground Lift Switch
USED
$7,000