The Kustom Contender is a boutique-styled, 18-watt tone machine that borrows special features from its big brother, the all-tube Defender guitar amplifier from Kustom. Utilizing a high-voltage 12Ax7 tube preamp design, The Contender harkens back to the small tube guitar amps of yesterday: chock full of sweet tone and snarling attitude. The Contender is housed in a '60s-era Pine cabinet, a key ingredient in its lively tone. Controls provided are Volume, Bass, Treble and Master, as well as Bright and Master Volume Bypass switches. With the Master engaged, it's easy to get chunky overdriven tones that ring with clarity. With the Master Bypass switch engaged, the amp is pure old-school, eliminating the Master Volume circuit entirely. Speaker duties are handled with authority by an 8-inch Eminence speaker. Special details include an exclusive stitched-pattern covering, an oversized, cushy leather handle, plywood baffle, jewel light and vintage-style power switch. Tube Tone lives inside The Contender.

Extremely low frequency response, down to 30Hz * Smart chassis design minimises acoustic distortion * Specially treated weather-resistant cone * 600Wrms continuous power handling (measured to AES Standard) * Flexirol technology for greater excursion control * Saturated gap technology for lower harmonic distortion * Extremely low frequency response, down to 30Hz * Smart chassis design minimises acoustic distortion * Specially treated weather-resistant cone

Saturated gap technology for lower harmonic distortion * Extremely low frequency response, down to 30Hz * Smart chassis design minimises acoustic distortion

The DL18MT low frequency reproducer speaker is an 18-inch, 8-ohm driver designed for professional high-level, high fidelity monitoring and sound reinforcement. Incorporated into the design are three exclusive Electro-Voice innovations; PROTEF coating, a Teflon-based coating, the Thermal Inductive Ring, and the Flux Demodulation Device. Also included in the DL18MT design are aluminum castings fastened to the pole of the magnet to control inductance and provide a major heat transfer from the voice coil, which improves power handling and reduces thermal dynamic-range compression.

Great as a club workhorse or ultra flexible studio tool, the Randall RM20HCRP tube amp head from the MTS series can produce any tone you need, and is ideal for work in any recording studio or small venue. It comes without any of the MTS preamp modules (sold separately) giving you the ability to custom design the guitar amplifier that's perfect for you. Randall offers 12 different preamps to choose from. The RM20HCRP is loaded with a single EL 34 tube that delivers 18 watts of rich warm, warm tone. Master controls include Boost Level, Density, and Presence. Comes in creme palomino with creme vinyl and palomino grill cloth.

The RUPA518 features two modes of operation stereo and bridged mono. Depending on the mode of operation, the RUPA518 can deliver from 5 to more than 18 watts of RMS power at the output. In stereo mode, each of the two inputs feeds its respective left or right output. Front panel level controls set the gain for both left and right channels. When the rear panel switch is set to the bridge mode, the two inputs A and B are mixed together and fed to the output. In either the stereo or mono mode, an internal audio peak limiter may be turned on using a rear panel switch.

An amp so versatile, it can be used for Rock or Country. The Classic 18 is a vintage-style single channel Class A/B amplifier loaded with a Celestion Greenback. Whether this is your first tube amp, or you're a connoisseur of tone, the Classic Series amplifiers offer you a chance to make yourself heard like never before.

The Standard 18 Head has the same amazing tone as our Standard 18 combo, but gives you the option of paring it with the cabinet of your choice. The two distinct channels give you a wide variety of tonal possibilities. Like all Standard Series amps, the Standard 18 Head is handwired and rigorously tested in our new Bay Area workshop.

This unique 2 channel amplifier gives players amazing versatility with its expressive sound and rich harmonics. VHT's lead engineer, Justin Magana, is on a mission to build amps with the incredible tone that you normally only find in high-end, boutique amps and the Standard 18 is one of his personal favorites. This combo has a very British sounding amp voice that is characterized by it's harmonic complexity and carries a Celestion G12H30 speaker. All Standard series amps are hand wired and rigorously tested and tweaked in our new Bay Area factory.