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Hand-Wired Guitar Amplification

Hand-wired in England by specialists with

years of experience in defence standard

work, Hayden amplifiers combine elegant

design with the finest components and

meticulous attention to detail to create guitar

amplification of exquisite tone and quality.

Uncompromising specifications include non-ferrous

stainless steel chassis construction, hand-machined solid

gold turret tags, carefully matched tube sets, ceramic tube

bases and the highest quality defence-standard capacitors.

Over-spec'd transformers are hand-built in England using

the finest metal laminates, ensuring masses of headroom

with stunning articulation when driven hard – either clean

or overdriven.

Simple topology ensures the shortest signal path from

input to output, with tone circuit components linked

directly to the control pots on the front panel. Right down

to the hand-crafted, marine-quality birch ply cabinets,

engraved front panels and phenolic knobs, Hayden

amplifiers ooze quality all the way.

Buxom Blonde stack,Speakeasy 8-28 combo and Essex Blonde 8 combo.

Pictured far left: Haydenartist Richard McNamara of Embrace.

On the tour bus or in

the hotel room,

guitarists who simply

cannot live without the

unique tone of a point to point,

hand-wired tube amp get simple volume and tone controls, and

2 watts of power delivered by a Celestion Tube 10 loudspeaker.

The amplifier design is simple and elegant, with a single ECC83

tube in the preamp stage and a 6V6 in the output stage. And

hardly the heaviest guitar amp in the known universe, the Petite

Blonde can be made even lighter in weight by specifying an

Alnico speaker.

The spring reverb is footswitchable while a built-in power

soak, which operates via the DI output with the speaker

disconnected, makes the Essex Blonde 8 perfect for recording.

Effects send and return sockets are located on the front panel,

along with straightforward volume, treble, middle, bass and

reverb controls, plus an attack control which drops the gain and

decreases the dynamic range to make the amplifier cleaner and

more precise. And in a perfect example of Hayden’s exhaustive

attention to detail, controls are labelled on an angled panel,

which can be viewed clearly from the front or above.

Clean tones are pure and sweet with a smooth and articulate

overdrive readily on tap as the volume is increased. Owners can

customise the amplifier further by experimenting with

alternative output tubes including 6L6 and EL34, and with

different loudspeakers.


Petite BlondeInspired by the early Hawaiian guitar amplifiers of the 1940s,

the Petite Blonde is basic, bijou and beautiful.

Essex Blonde 8Simple and gorgeous – it has to be the Essex Blonde 8. An all-tube preamp

drives a mono 6V6 tube output section, with power delivered via a classic,

12 inch Celestion Vintage 30 loudspeaker.

ECC83 (12AX7) preamp tubes and a duet of 6V6 output tubes

are standard-issue in the Essex Blonde 15, but guitarists are

free to try EL34s for a classic, 70s rock sound or 6L6s for a

huge, clean tone with more brittle overdrive. And why not

perform your own ‘custom shop’ modification using the bypass

switch on the rear panel to optimise the amplifier for clean or

overdrive sounds.

Front panel controls include gain, master, treble, middle, bass

and reverb, with effects send and return sockets to the right of

the power lamp. Around the back, there are extension speaker

and balanced DI outputs, and a footswitch socket for the

spring reverb.

And by spec'ing the amplifier with 6L6s, the output of this

restrained performer jumps dramatically to more than 40 watts.

Triode/Pentode switching, 4/8/16 Ohm impedance switching,

fuse failure indicator lamps and an internal mains voltage

selector are evidence of an amplifier that leaves no stone

unturned in the pursuit of excellence. With a range of clean and

overdrive sounds readily available, the Cotton Club Blues keeps

things simple on the front panel with high and low gain inputs,

drive, master volume, reverb level, presence, treble, middle and

bass controls, plus a filter control providing continuously-

variable British/US voicing. Reverb, voice in/out and master

volume are all footswitchable, and purists may choose to defeat

the master volume control to realise even greater signal path

integrity.


Essex Blonde 15More power and greater versatility from the largest of the Essex Blondes.

Triode/Pentode switching allows operation in either 7 or 15-Watt modes, while

a 6-position pick-up control on the front panel enables matching with a wide

variety of guitars.

Cotton Club BluesFuelled by the spirit of 1920s Harlem, the silicone-rectified Cotton Club Blues

conjures up 30 Watts of sublime tone from an ECC83 (12AX7) equipped

preamp with a 6V6GT to drive the reverb, quad 6V6 equipped output section,

and a single Celestion Vintage 30 12 inch loudspeaker.

Speakeasy 8-28With a standard output tube configuration of four 6V6s, the

Speakeasy 8-28 features a spring reverb, variable British/US

voicing and a master volume defeat, with facilities for

footswitching reverb, voice in/out and master volume.

Triode/Pentode switching and the facility to experiment with

tube configurations further enhance the Speakeasy’s

extraordinary range of clean and creamy, high-gain sounds.

Try 6L6s or EL34s in the output stage if you want more power or

change the ECC83 (12AX7) preamp tubes for ECC81s to reduce

the gain if you’re using high output pick-ups.

Facilities include gain, master volume, reverb, treble, middle,

bass and presence controls, effects loop and impedance

switching. Standard loudspeakers are a pair of Celestion 12

inch Vintage 30s, but again, with the Speakeasy, the choice of

final configuration is yours.

Variable Class A/Class AB performance makes the Speakeasy 8-28 a very special

guitar amplifier indeed. Ranging from 8 to 28 Watts, it enables the player to set

up the amplifier precisely for optimum sweetness of tone, either in the recording

studio or on stage.

Each output tube is individually fused with the

bias adjustable by the user via rotary controls on

the back panel in conjunction with the VU meter

set to ‘audio’. Performance flexibility is provided

by footswitching between two gain settings, with

everything from gloriously glassy clean sounds

through to powerful, restrained and clearly

articulated overdrive tones instantly available.

Front panel controls encompass high and low gain inputs, bright

and normal gain mix, bass, middle, treble and overdrive

controls, and dual masters. Back panel facilities include effects

send and return sockets, 4/8/16 Ohm impedance switching,

speaker outputs and a mains voltage selector.

Accompanying the Buxom Blonde head is a dedicated 4 x 12"

cabinet loaded with Celestion Vintage 30 speakers.


Buxom BlondeLoud, brassy and up-front, the Buxom Blonde is a 100-watt tube head with a big

personality. Transformer guru John Page was persuaded out of retirement to

create a very special transformer for this beauty, exhibiting excellent high

frequency performance, rich harmonic content and bountiful low-end response.

Six enormous smoothing capacitors ensure ripple free power delivery and a

classic configuration of four 12AX7 preamp tubes with four Pentode/Triode

switchable EL34s in the output stage delivers an unashamedly British sound.


Petite Blonde

Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Watts

Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 x 10"

Standard output tubes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 x 6V6

Alternative output tubes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N/A

Standard preamp tubes . . . . 1 x ECC83 (12AX7)

Alternative preamp tubes . . . . . . . . . . . . ECC81

Dimensions (HxWxD mm) . . . . 380 x 400 x 280

Dimensions (HxWxD inches) . . . . 15 x 15.7 x 11

Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10Kg/22lbs

Mains voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120V/240V

Essex Blonde 8

Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Watts

Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 x 12"


Alternative output tubes . . EL34/KT88/6CA7/6L6




Dimensions (HxWxD inches) . . . 18 x 14.4 x 9.7

Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19Kg/41.8lbs

Mains voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120V/240V

Essex Blonde 15

Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Watts

Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 x 12"


Alternative output tubes . . EL34/KT88/6CA7/6L6




Dimensions (HxWxD inches) . . 19.7 x 17.1 x 9.7

Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21Kg/46.2lbs

Mains voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120V/240V

Cotton Club Blues

Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Watts

Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 x 12"


Alternative output tubes* . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 x 6L6




Dimensions (HxWxD inches) . 19.7 x 23.6 x 11.4

Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28.6Kg/62.9lbs

Mains voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120V/240V

* factory option only

Speakeasy 8-28

Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 - 28 Watts

Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 x 12"


Alternative output tubes . . . . . . EL34/6L6/KT88




Dimensions (HxWxD inches) . 19.7 x 27.2 x 11.4

Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33.4Kg/73.5lbs

Mains voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120V/240V

Buxom Blonde Head

Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Watts

Output Impedance . . . . . . . . . . . . 4/8/16 Ohms

Standard output tubes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 x EL34

Alternative output tubes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N/A

Standard preamp tubes . . . .4 x ECC83 (12AX7)



Dimensions (HxWxD inches) . . 9.4 x 25.6 x 11.4

Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32Kg/70.5lbs

Mains voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120V/240V

Hayden reserves the right to alter specifications without notice

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