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Approaching its fourth year of production, the Overdrive Supreme™ has received glowing reviews BOTH domestic and foreign publications. We recently received a very favorable review in Japan's “Guitar” Magazine, as well as Guitar Player Magazine (February 2005). Guitar Player Magazine said: “The Overdrive Supreme™ certainly takes you straight to a satisfying tone zone with it's unyielding clean response, and ability to remain detailed at very high gain levels. It also has that quality of being able to continue to inspire you the more you play. The Overdrive Supreme™ is available in power ranges from 20 through 150 watts. Available in heads or 112, 210 or 212 combos. The ODs features a full time effects loop which can handle both line and pedal level signals. It can be run in series or parallel modes, and remains live, whether used as a line out (to drive a mixer or sound system) or a line in (for guitar synth, keyboard, drum machine, etc.). A spacious Accutronics 3-spring long decay reverb pan is used for a natural warm, yet detailed reverb.
The clean channel has brite and deep switches, as well as a rock/jazz switch, which changes the way the tone controls operate. Rock is a more aggressive and punchy bright tone, which jazz is lean and audiophile-like, being more balanced and smooth. There are passive high mid and low controls. The high control pulls for a mid boost, the mid control pulls for gain boost (which bypasses the tone controls). The clean channel acts as a preamp to the overdrive channel, and the tone controls and EQ switches are all active during overdrive use, including all boosts. The overdrive channel features separate OD in and OD out controls. OD-in sets the level of saturation in overdrive, while the OD out control sets the final balance between clean and dirty channels. There is a global master volume, master reverb and accent control, which adds presence and edge to the output stage. 
Features: ¾” solid wood cabinets with durable tolex coverings. Anodized aluminum 3-pc chassis with long-lasting silk screened labeling on rear panel and brushed aluminum overlay on the front panel. Heavy duty Cliff brand jacks. Solid metal shaft Alpha potentiometers. Ultra-long-life neon pilot lamp and heavy duty AC power switch. Simple user adjustable bias (except 30-W which is cathode bias). 
The SLX update simply adjusts various tube operating points and equalizations within the clean and dirty gain structure of the ODS. A few lengths of critical cable are also replaced with high resolution video/digital cable, which opens and extends the high end response, while smoothing the midrange out. The basic circuit design is unchanged, but the result is great detail, more touch sensitivity and a sweeter yet detailed overdrive. Note bloom and touch response are more noticeable. A tube replacement may also be required, as our choice of tubes throughout the amplifier has been carefully chosen to produce the specific tones inherent in SLX amps. 
Perhaps some of the most famous amps from New Jersey (besides ours!) were the Linden Ampegs and the legendary Trainwreck amps made by Ken Fischer in Colonia New Jersey. Ken Fischer was actually laughed at when he suggested a channel switching amp to owner Everett Hull at Ampeg! He eventually became legendary, by building a series of single channel non master volume amps under the Trainwreck name. Being from the N.Y, New Jersey area, I couldn't help but see, hear and service my share of Trainwreck amps over the years. Although I've built a great reputation for channel switching amplifiers, I've never lost my love for a good grinding rock and roll amp. Give me a Les Paul, a couple of hot naked humbuckers, an AC/DC riff or two through a nice 412 cabinet and I can be quite the happy camper! 
Well, when I started the development of the Lucky 7™, and Blackjack 21™, I wanted to make a series of single channel non master style amps with a more rock and roll attitude than our ODS and TDS amps. This new series of amps offers that rock and roll tone and attitude in varying power levels. All models share a similar “in your face” attitude, at different power levels. I felt a fitting top-model in the series would be a traditional “wreck-style” amp that had both the EL-34 power and attitude to drag off to a gig and shake some people up. An amp that was clean to mean from both the guitar volume control and your hands, a simple, short signal path for maximum speedy response and hand-to-speaker transfer, and just plain simple to “grab and go.” I took the basic 3-gain stage circuit topology of the original Express, had the correct power and output transformers designed, and added a few circuit twists of our own to the mixture. 
Representing a new direction for Fuchs Audio Technology, the Blackjack 21™ brings the high build quality and awesome tones people expect from Fuchs products to a new more affordable price range. The Blackjack 21™ is based on a dual 12AX7 preamp stage and a push-pull dual 6V6 fixed bias output stage. Unlike other amps in this price range, the Blackjack 21™ has a full compliment of extremely flexible tone controls. A liberal amount of clean headroom is available before the output stage begins distorting with a sweet yet cutting rock edge. Voiced like its siblings the Train 45™ and Lucky 7™, the Blackjack 21™ has a classic rock voice similar to a vintage Marshall or Trainwreck™ style amp, but with a more manageable power level. Its tone provides a cutting rock edge, filled with harmonic richness and chime. The circuit design also is “attenuator friendly”. (*) The Lucky 7™ and its higher powered sibling the Blackjack 21™ have a preamp stage designed to allow clean-to-mean from the guitar volume control. 
The chassis (like all Fuchs products) is aircraft grade aluminum, our internal construction is mixed PC board and hard wired. On the Lucky 7™ and Blackjack 21™, the preamp tubes and power supply circuitry are on the circuit card, while the power tubes and transformers are mounted directly on the chassis. A detachable power cord is standard. By using single point grounding, the amp is quiet and free of hum at all operating levels. 
Representing a new direction for Fuchs Audio Technology, the Lucky 7™ brings the high build quality and awesome tone's people expect of Fuchs products to a new more affordable price range. The Lucky 7™ is based on a dual 12AX7 preamp stage and a unique single ended 7-watt EL-34 fixed bias output stage. By switching to a 6V6, you can reduce power to less than 5-watts. Unlike other amps in this price range, the Lucky 7™ has a full compliment of extremely flexible tone controls. A surprising amount of clean headroom is available before the output stage begins distorting with a sweet yet cutting rock edge. Voiced like its bigger siblings the Train 45™ and Blackjack 21, the Lucky 7™ has a classic rock voice similar to a vintage Marshall™ or Trainwreck™ style amp. It provides a cutting rock edge, yet filled with harmonic richness and chime. The circuit design also is “attenuator friendly”. (*) The Lucky 7™ and its higher powered sibling the Blackjack 21™ have a preamp stage designed to allow clean-to-mean from the guitar volume control. 
The chassis (like all Fuchs products) is aircraft grade aluminum; our internal construction is mixed PC board and hard wired. On the Lucky 7™ and Blackjack 21™, the preamp tubes and power supply circuitry are on the circuit card, while the power tubes and transformer are mounted on the chassis. A detachable power cord is standard. By using single point grounding, the amp is quiet and free of hum at all operating levels. 