Sean says: It still needs a little breaking in, but the range of tones are just amazing, this amp leaves my Marshall 1974x (hand wired) for dead. Having played my 1974x for nearly 20 years it really is apparent to me how much you have honed in on specific aspects of this circuit and put your stamp on the amp’s voicing and character. I am so glad I stuck with the stock (re-coned) Blue, it really does marry well with the amp. The way the amp breaks up through the different wattage settings is such a great feature and so useful for recording. The amp has so much depth, there is a gorgeous mid range grind, a deep but not flabby bottom end and a chime and sparkle to the top end that I might almost associate more with a Vox. The trem is hypnotic and has a really pleasing waveform, so much better than that on the Marshall. I am only just starting to explore the range of sounds and have found that this amp loves P90’s, which are my pickups of choice. I have also found that the front end loves a Treble Booster when I want a classic lead tone, but I haven’t even got started with pedals as I’m loving just going straight in. It is such a joy to play I can’t put my guitar down. As far as the aesthetics go this is one of the most stunning amps I have laid eyes on and the build quality looks second to none. I was recording with the amp this afternoon with a Sontronics ribbon mic which captured the sound beautifully, it sounded amazing both clean and overdriven. Congratulations for creating a stellar take on a classic amp.

Phil says: FANTASTIC amp this 18w. Cranked up in the big room. I wanna say this is the best sounding amp I own

Eliot says: I just want to tell you I love the 18 watt combo and I hate new amps!

Chris says: I still can’t believe how amazing mine is

British 18 Watt combo perfected

There is a great tradition of EL84 powered 12 to 18 watt combos made in the UK starting in the late 1950s. In fact, there is a book written about it. Although there were many from different manufacturers, there are three that really stand out. One is the VOX AC15. It is perfect in it's design and an amazing amplifier for it's sound and unique Vib/Trem circuit. Another great EL84 based amplifier is the Watkins Dominator. It really shines with its throaty overdriven sound and smooth tremolo circuit. The third is the Marshall 18 watter which has become legendary. It was based on the Watkins but brought it to higher level of aggressive Rock sound. It’s got the grind of the bigger Marshalls but in a smaller package.

The Park P1800 is based on the Watkins (and Marshall 18) but brings it to a new level of beautiful clean and aggressive rock sounds. Carefully built with New Old Stock capacitors and resistors, an output transformer built in the UK to the exact specifications and sound quality as the original Radio Spares EL84 output transformer. It also features EC Collins Park style reissue white pinstripe grill cloth and a custom speaker that uses a celestion Blue alnico frame and magnet as its base but with a different cone that truly is in a class of its own.

The P1800 was introduced at the summer NAMM show in June, 2018 to rave reviews by guitarists, friends, press and even amp builders and competitors.

UPDATE: The P1800 now includes the new added features of the P1800HiLo head including a switch to cascade the channels for more gain (and tonal options) and a Super Lo mode that switches the power down to 1 or 1/2 watt.