Rivera Venus 5 1 x 12 inch 35-watt Tube Combo Amp

Classic Tube Tone, Rivera-style!

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The Rivera Venus 5 112 combo tube guitar amp takes the award-winning Venus series amplifiers to the next level. Packing 35 watts of dual-6L6 Class A mojo, two independent channels with 3-band EQ, a lead channel with jaw-dropping gain and sustain, a superb rhythm channel with gobs of headroom, and channel-assignable, footswitchable Accutronics spring reverb, the Rivera Venus 5 is the perfect recording and gigging partner. Sweetwater knows what you need in a combo amp: portability, reliability, and versatile, killer sound - and the Rivera Venus 5 gives you all three.

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• Say hello to your ultimate tone buddy
• The versatility to ace any gig or session
• Sweeten your tone with classic spring reverb

From spanky-clean rhythm parts to full-shred leads, the Rivera Venus 5 handles it all with complete composure. With the clean channel poised on the brink of breakup, you'll also find a massive range of crunch in between - all controllable with your guitar's volume pot. This is classic tube tone, Rivera-style! And weighing in at only 57 lbs., the compact Venus 5 is your ultimate tone buddy, whether you're recording in your studio or belting it out onstage.

The Venus 5 is a versatile amp. Rivera's vintage/modern switch on the rear panel lets you cut power down to 15 watts while enhancing your even-order harmonics, making it ideal for practice, low-volume recording, and performing in smaller venus. Two speaker jacks plus an impedance selector switch give you the versatility of connecting to the internal and external speakers. A line-out jack lets you slave another amp or recording directly from the line-level power amp signal. You also get an active effects loop with send and return level controls for easy patching and signal matching to any external signal-processing chain.

Few people understand spring reverb the way that the engineers at Accutronics do, and it's one of their remarkable reverb units that lets you dial in lush and dimensional guitar tone right inside your Rivera Venus 5 combo amp. This 3-spring reverb features a long and remarkably vibrant decay, and when you kick up the Venus 5's presence control, you can easily create bright and brilliant clean tones with the perfect touch of shimmer. The 3-function FS-7R footswitch is included.

• Class A amplification powered by a pair of 6L6s
• 2 channels with boosts on channel 1
• Footswitchable and assignable reverb
• 1 x 12" Celestion speaker
• Vintage look with split grill
• 3-function FS-7R footswitch included
• Handcrafted in Rivera's Burbank, California factory