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Vintage tones that dreams are made of.
Airspeed didn't just settle for tone that was "good enough". It has taken countless iterations of engineering design and testing to get those classic vintage clean and crunch tones into one tube amp. The Airspeed™ FM-50 is the culmination of that effort. With tube-driven reverb and tremolo, a tube rectifier and circuit that closely resembles the classic clean and crunch circuits of yesteryear, the FM-50 has turned back the clock and delivered.
It wasn't enough to closely reproduce the vintage clean and crunch circuits of a Marshall® amp and a Fender® amp. They dug deep into what it takes to faithfully reproduce those tones. The key was to go beyond the circuit. If they were going to be true to themselves as guitar players and vintage amp aficionados, then they had to consider the importance of the particular speaker being used for each channel. And so they did just that. Introducing Airspeed's Circuit-to-Speaker™ technology.
Circuit-to-Speaker™ technology.
An undeniable influence in amp design is the relationship between the circuit’s profile and the speaker chosen to optimize the circuit's intention. A speaker trying to be all things to all circuits will not deliver a compelling, authentic tone for clean or crunch. The speaker has to support the circuit's intention to bring it to life.
Why do you think those vintage Marshall and Fender amps have different speakers? Some experts say that the speakers are the most defining component of your tone!
Airspeed's Circuit-to-Speaker technology allows you to connect different cabinets/speakers to independent clean and crunch channel outputs on the Airspeed FM-50 head. The right speakers and routed to right channels for the right tone. No other amp company in the world gives you this level of control in producing the exact tone desired in one system.
A breakup you can live with.
There's a vintage tone that's super important and it's in-between clean and crunch - it's clean breakup. It's that natural overdrive tone that used to be achieved in the old days when amps just had one volume for the clean channel. On those amps, you'd have to turn that one volume control up all the way to get that tone - but you also got a ton of volume. Can you say "hearing loss?".
Airspeed wanted to give you the ability to get this tone and keep your hearing. This is exactly what the FM-50 clean gain control is for. Think of the clean gain control as the volume knob on a vintage '65 Fender Twin®. You get all that natural breakup but the additional volume control on the FM-50's clean channel lets you keep the room volume where you need it.
'Choose the speaker cabinet configuration, speakers and the wood panel treatment for your Airspeed FM-50 amplifier system. Also included:
The Tone.
The crunch channel instantly reminds you of Angus Young and David Gilmour and clean channel gives breath and air to sweet tones reminiscent of Mark Knopfler, Eric Johnson and Pat Metheny. Then add a bit of delay or tremolo to shape your sound and finally some sweet tube reverb to fill the voids.
The Innovation.
Loaded with features that you’ve been asking for all your life. Angled speakers inside the cabinet. separate outputs for clean and crunch channels routed to different speakers (only on the two 2 x 12 or the 4 x 12 cabinet configuration). Read about all the innovation.
The Quality.
Designed in the USA. Built in the USA. Made with the best components and materials to give it a rugged yet elegant look and feel.
