Polytone Amps / Mini-Brute II / 1975 / Black / Amp For Sale

Polytone Mini-Brute II Amplifier

I am the original owner of this 1970s Polytone, which was purchased for me as a young student by George Pritchett, the leading jazz guitarist in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  I have used it lightly, mostly at home, gigging out occasionally.  This amp is in excellent original condition, and has never been used professionally or abused in any way.  After owning it my whole guitar playng life, I am only selling it because I have just restored a Gibson GA-50, and since I don't play out much, I don't mind the extra weight and bulk compared to the Polytone.

These polytone amps are legendary in the jazz world, please see below for history and artists. This model features a 12" speaker, reverb, 3 switchable tone voicings (Brute, Dark, and normal), Hi and Low inputs, and bass & treble EQ. The volume pot is stacked, with the main knob controlling volume (clean tones) and the small knob (red) adding optional distortion. On the back it features an output for an extension cab, as well as a line out, and a footswitch input (does not come with footswitch). This is a perfect amp if you want those classic jazz guitar tones.  

Here is some history on Polytone:

In 1968,  after a very successful career as a jazz performer and recording artist,  Tommy Gumina started the Polytone Amplifier Company.  Tommy had been designing and building his own amps since the '50s and since then has been helping players such as Jim Hall,  Joe Pass,  Herb Ellis,  George Benson and Peter Leich get that quintessential jazz tone in live performances and on recordings.  Polytone Artists include Ron Affif, Howard Alden, Ron Anthony, George Benson, Dan Brennan, Norman Brown, Jimmy Bruno, Herb Ellis, Jim Fox, Jim Hall, Vail Johnson, Carol Kaye, Peter Leitch, Mundell Lowe, Dave Stone, Phil Upchurch, Buster Williams, Barry Zweig and many more.

 
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