1980's Polytone Mini Brute Bass Combo

These US made Polytone amps are legendary in the jazz world. Plenty of power and headroom on tap. This model features a 12″ speaker, reverb, 3 switchable tone voicings (brite, normal, and dark), Hi and Low inputs, and bass & treble EQ. The power switch has a reverse polarity option to help eliminate noise (very helpful at gigs). On the back it features an output for an extension cab, as well as a line out. It’s in Very Good overall shape. 

Here is some history on Polytone: In 1968,  after a very successful career as a jazz performer and recording artist,  Tommy Gumina started the Polytone Amplifier Company.Tommy had been designing and building his own amps since the ’50s and since then has been helping players such as Jim Hall, Joe Pass,  Herb Ellis,George Benson and Peter Leich get that quintessential jazz tone in live performances and on recordings.  Polytone Artists include Ron Affif, Howard Alden, Ron Anthony, George Benson, Dan Brennan, Norman Brown, Jimmy Bruno, Herb Ellis, Jim Fox, Jim Hall, Vail Johnson, Carol Kaye, Peter Leitch, Mundell Lowe, Dave Stone, Phil Upchurch, Buster Williams, Barry Zweig and many more.