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Manufacturer's description

Rivera Amplifiers are legendary for not only the best tone on the planet, but also for rugged construction and a long life. This tradition continues in the latest additions to our growing family: Introducing the Rivera Pubster and Clubster series. Compact and lightweight, yet big on tone, the all-tube amplifiers in this remarkable new series will please amateurs and pros alike.

Paul Rivera designed the now-collectible Super Champ® for Fender in the early 80s, and now the Rivera Pubster and Clubster series delivers the tone and versatility that will create new legends in the 21st Century.

The Pubster and Clubster are both available with 25 watts of 6V6GT power and a 10" Rivera Vintage Gold speaker, or with 45 watts of EL-34 power through a 12" Rivera Celestion Vintage Gold speaker. Every amp in the series uses two 12AX7 preamp tubes - reliable and easily accessible for service. All Pubsters and Clubsters are built with full plywood cabinets, welded zinc-plated steel chassis, audiophile-quality components, and military-grade construction. Pubsters and Clubsters come with a footswitchable Accutronics 3-spring mechanical reverb, and a 2-function footswitch is provided at no extra cost.

The features don't end there. Around back, an effects patch loop is provided along with an external speaker jack and a line output for recording or P.A. feeds. Like all Rivera amps, our power cord is detachable and easy to replace.

Pubsters are easy-to-use channel-switching amps with a single 3-band EQ section. A footswitchable boost with its own gain control, as well as a second master volume to regulate the level, let you go from a clean rhythm to a fat lead solo at a tap of a toe.

Clubsters have two completely independent preamp channels, each with its own EQ. section. Channel 1 is a high-gain channel with 3-band EQ and a switchable gain boost, and Channel 2 is a clean channel with 2-band EQ and enough gain and headroom to overdrive the power amp when needed - or keep it sparkly clean.

Dialing up clean and distortion tones has never been easier. From Mississippi Delta Blues to Birmingham Steel Rock to Nashville Clean, your tone is home with our Pubster and Clubster series.

Even though these new models are the most affordable Rivera models yet, each one of these is more than professional enough to use for serious working musicians. Using a pair of Clubster or Pubster 25 amps in stereo, placing them on a risier or even a pair of stools, allows you to cut even the most demanding small club gig.

For recording, Pubsters and Clubsters can do the job well. Utilizing good micing technique in recording situations,these small packages of excellent tone will lay down great sounding tracks. You can also use the Pubster and Clubster amps to power an external Rivera 412 cabinet, allowing you to record stack sounds easily.

Casuals like a wedding or party could not be any easier, due to the compact size, low weight, and abundance of fine tone.

With our new 25 models, we are using the legendary 6V6GT Tubes for a fat and sweet output stage overdrive character. We're proud of our new Pubsters and Clubsters. We made 25 and 45 sound like a million!