This amp was designed and built by Mark Bartel, best known as the mastermind behind Tone King amps. With his own brand, Bartel has elevated the quality even further, offering hand-wired designs that are both innovative and unique. One of the standout features is how differently the tone stack responds when turning the bass/treble knobs, setting the Roseland apart from anything else on the market. Here’s what Bartel has to say about it:
"The 45W Roseland is a purist design, all tube 1×12 combo with reverb and tremolo powered by a pair of 6L6 tubes. Its’ single channel Multi Voice preamp offers an incredibly wide range of voicings ranging from sparkly cleans to thick, woody tweed to driven plexi crunch and grind. It includes tube driven spring reverb with both mix and dwell controls to fine tune the reverb sound to be as splashy or subtle as you choose. Its bias modulation tremolo has a particularly smooth and round effect. The solid wood cabinet with unified baffle/body construction delivers a lively, deeply resonant, and unconstricted sound. A unique master volume circuit is extremely transparent, maintaining the same sound and vivid presence all the way down to bedroom volume."
This amp is in superb shape, with minimal signs of previous wear.