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Gretsch G6163 Executive “All Tube” Amp built by Victoria amps. Based on a Fender Deluxe blackface at 20 watts sporting a Eminence 15 inch speaker with reverb and tremolo. Designed from the ground up to be a perfect match for Gretsch guitars!

The G6163 is a 20-watt, boutique combo amp hand-built by the Victoria Amplifier Company. The design is inspired by classic 60s American combo amps, with a chime-y clean tone that transitions into a throaty overdrive as you turn up the volume. It also features 60s-style tube/optical tremolo and tube-driven, long-spring reverb. Hand-wired, turret board construction and Finger-jointed pine cabinet. Not too many were made so these are hard to find. This one is in Excellent condition and was never gigged. Shipped to me in original box and not a mark on it.

With its expansive tonal range and articulately sparkling sound, the Executive™ is the perfect amp for the Gretsch® player who wants stratospheric clean tones. The literally glowing combination of tubes (one 5AR4, two 6V6s, three 12AX7s, two 12AT7s) fuels a single 15” Eminence® Legend speaker for a barrage of authoritative sounds. The 20-watt Executive also features reverb and tremolo circuits.

Overview:

  • Power Output: 20 Watts
  • Speaker: 15″ Eminence Legend
  • Tubes: 5AR4, 6V6 (2), 12AT7 (2), 12AX7 (3)
  • Controls: Intensity, Speed, Reverb, Middle, Bass, Treble, Volume
  • Two Inputs Single Channel – Bright and Normal
  • Spring reverb and Tremolo
  • Hand-wired chassis
  • Chrome control panel with ultra cool Gretsch knobs
  • Finger-jointed pine cabinet with 2-tone vinyl covering
  • Made in the USA by Mark Baier/Victoria Amplifiers for Gretsch
  • Dimensions: 24″ H x 26″ W x 11″ D
  • Weight: 50 lbs

The Gretsch amps made by Victoria are bouquet hand-wired amps. There are three models… The 15 watt Playboy with 12-inch speaker, the 20 watt Executive with 15-inch and the 40 watt Variety with three 10-inch speakers. Introduced around 2005 at NAMM, they were pretty high priced amps at the time and did not sell all that well mostly due to this. They were discontinued after a few years and Gretsch has had no indication to go back to releasing amps. Makes some sense as Gretsch distribution and marketed by Fender.

These Victoria made amps were based on Fender amps not the early Gretsch Valco made amps of the old days. The Victoria Gretsch amps are well built, sound great. They have now become rare and hard to find. The Executive was on my wish list for a while. You do not see these come up for sale too often. I felt quite lucky to find one I could purchase that was in like new condition in the original box. Players like Rev Jim Heath and Paul Pigat have been known to play Gretsch Executive amps for a long time.

The Fender Blackface Deluxe has always been one of my favorite amps. The Executive is based on the Deluxe, but with a very efficient 15-inch Emenince speaker. It features Reverb and Tremolo. Amp is clean and quite loud and needs to be driven to produce overdrive. Probably too loud for most playing at home or in small clubs to get an overdrive sound as this is NOT a master volume control amp. I makes an excellent pedal platform and how I use it.