Discoverthe Legend

2018 CATALOG

DISCOVER THE LEGEND

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Guitars | Amplifiers | Effects | Accessories suprousa.com | 1 Limited Edition Dual-Tone Guitar

“David was a discerning collector of not only art, but all things to do with music, music artifacts and specific instruments. The Supro was a guitar that nailed a few of these criteria for him. It’s a very stylish guitar and it has a great vibe and sound. David loved it so much, it was the only one he wanted to play.” – Gerry Leonard, guitarist for David Bowie

© 2018 The David Bowie Archive ® Under license to Perryscope Productions LLC/Epic Rights 2 | suprousa.com Supro proudly presents the David Bowie Limited Edition Dual-Tone guitar Developed by Supro with assistance from the Bowie estate, the Limited Edition Dual-Tone guitar is based on David Bowie’s #1 instrument from the Reality Tour. David played this uniquely modified Supro instrument throughout his final world tour, choosing to feature the guitar prominently in performance as well as on the cover of the “A Reality Tour” live album.

• Limited edition official David Bowie model • Mirror-finish Bowie headstock inlay • Rainbow fret lines on top 5 frets • Authentic Bigsby vibrato • Supro Vistatone pickups • 24 ¾” scale length • 12” fretboard radius • Ergonomic set-neck design • Supro/Bowie hard case included • Official certificate of authenticity included

suprousa.com | 3 Island Series

Hampton Westbury

Mike Keneally Zappa, Satriani, Vai

4 | suprousa.com photo by Daniel Work Island Series

The Island Series guitars are updated, high- performance instruments based on the 1962 Supro Ozark. The timeless curves of this vintage solidbody design have been enhanced with ergonomic set-neck construction, satin-neck finish and comfortable 12” radius with rolled fretboard edges. All three of the Supro Island Series models come equipped with vintage Gold Foil pickups—accurate replicas of the original Supro “Clear-Tone” pickups of the 50s and 60s.

suprousa.com | 5 Baritone Guitars

Mark Lettieri Snarky Puppy

The Supro Island Series Baritone guitar applies the award-winning, retro-modern aesthetics of the Supro Hampton and Westbury guitar models to a 26.75” scale instrument.

6 | suprousa.com photo by Steve Glick Baritone Guitars Available in four unique finish options

Hampton Baritone Hampton Baritone Westbury Baritone Westbury Baritone Natural Ash (gloss) Djent Black (satin) Trans Blue Ash (gloss) Natural Mahogany (satin)

suprousa.com | 7 Doug Wimbish

8 | suprousa.com photo by Mike Marques THE SUPRO HUNTINGTON BASS is available in single, double and triple- pickup configurations with an optional piezo bridge and a variety of unique metallic and transparent colors over a choice of mahogany, swamp ash or alder tonewood for the body. The Huntington’s maple neck has a smooth, black satin finish and 30” short-scale length, with a glued-in, set-neck joint that provides ergonomic access to the entire rosewood fretboard. The set-neck design, premium woods and high- end hardware—along with the unique, vintage-correct Supro pickups—make the Huntington both a world-class recording bass and a gigging workhorse instrument that is incredibly easy to play, especially for musicians accustomed to the shorter neck of a 6-string guitar. Although its scale is short, the sound of the Huntington bass is astoundingly large— boasting a tight, confident, buttery low end, articulate midrange and crisp highs.

Features • Vintage Supro body design • Set neck with black satin finish • Available in single, double and triple-pickup versions • Vintage-correct Supro Gold Foil pickups • Piezo option with blend control on tone knob • Mahogany, ash or alder body w/ flame top • Rosewood fretboard • High-mass bridge • 30” scale length

suprousa.com | 9 2041 Huntington I The single-pickup Huntington I model projects a warm, balanced sound with a passive tone control that acts as an “old-school” knob, taming the highs and drawing the bass deeper back into the mix. A piezo-equipped bridge option, activated via toggle switch, enables acoustic bass sounds as well as enhanced attack for pick playing and slap. When the piezo pickups are activated, the tone knob allows the player to adjust the character of the piezo sound.

10 | suprousa.com 2041 Huntington I

Natural Ash Tobacco Sunburst Natural Mahogany Jet Black Ash body Flametop, Alder body, with piezo Mahogany body, with piezo Alder body

suprousa.com | 11 2042 Huntington II

The dual-pickup Huntington II model adds a second magnetic pickup in the neck position for ultra-deep bass and huge reggae tones. The neck pickup is reverse-wound for complete hum Natural Ash Tobacco Sunburst rejection when both pickups are used together. The Huntington Ash body Flametop, Alder body II features individual volume knobs for each pickup, with the piezo option activated by a push/pull switch on the tone knob. The Huntington II is also offered as a piezo-equipped fretless.

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Natural Mahogany Flat Black Antique White Ocean Blue Metallic Mahogany body, with piezo Fretless, Alder body, with piezo Alder body Alder body

suprousa.com | 13 2043 Huntington III

The three-pickup Huntington III model pulls out all the stops with a trio of full-sized Gold Foil pickups and a piezo bridge as stock hardware. The magnetic pickups in the Huntington III are wired with individual volume controls, allowing the player to dial in a tremendous range of tones, from vintage to modern and all points in between. A push/pull switch on the tone control activates the piezo pickups, which are located in the bridge saddles. With the piezo activated, the tone control functions as a blender for “acoustic” sounds or enhanced attack (especially effective for pick and slap techniques), unleashing an unprecedented range of sounds from this passive, short-scale bass.

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Transparent Blue Ash body, with piezo

Tobacco Sunburst Flametop, Alder body, with piezo

suprousa.com | 15 Americana Series

Taylor York Paramore

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Coronado II

Widebody Design | 2x Vistatone Pickups | Stairstep Tailpiece | Jet Black suprousa.com | 17 Americana Series

The Americana Series guitars are replicas of the Supro “reso-glass” instruments, uniquely constructed with a chambered mahogany body and resonant molded top. This semi-hollow recipe retains the unique sonic characteristics of the vintage Supros while providing today’s musicians with a lightweight, highly playable instrument that stays in tune and is easy to maintain. The ten distinctive models in the Americana reissue series come loaded with authentic “Vistatone” pickups, which reproduce the groundbreaking, single-coil design developed by Valco in the early 1950s. These historic reissues are available in two body styles with a range of available hardware options, including piezo body sensors and a newly developed floating vibrato system. Americana Series

Belmont White Holiday Dual-Tone Coronado II Martinique Vibrato Vibrato

suprousa.com | 19 COMET w/ 1x12 Cab STATESMAN Head w/ 2x12 Cab

SUPREME

20 | suprousa.com Classic Series Amplifiers Classic Series amps are inspired by the tones, STATESMAN Head BLACK MAGICK Head construction and cosmetics of the iconic w/ 2x12 Cab w/ 1x15 Cab Supro amps from the late 1950s

BLACK MAGICK Combo

suprousa.com | 21 Statesman Head and 2x12 Cabinet The Statesman is a 50W channel-switching amp that combines the vintage Thunderbolt and modern Comet models, adding reverb, an all-tube effects loop and a wealth of innovative, performance- friendly features. The Statesman is available as a 1x12 combo or in a visually striking, compact head with a matching 2x12 Statesman cabinet.

22 | suprousa.com Statesman Combo The Statesman’s blue channel contains the high-gain preamp, 2-band EQ and all-tube reverb section of our acclaimed Comet model. The Statesman provides A/B/Both channel switching operation, allowing the two channels to be run in parallel, creating a massive, dual- preamp sound where each channel contributes part of the overall texture.

In addition to the tube-driven spring reverb, the Statesman’s blue channel contains an all-tube, switchable effects loop that provides a set of useful functions—including wet-only reverb effects, which can be independently dialed in and blended with the dry sound from the red channel. The variable send and return levels allow the effects loop to function as a level and/or gain boost when engaged, even when nothing is plugged into the loop. The effects loop can also act as a master volume for the blue channel when bedroom levels are desired. As a final touch, both the effects loop and the reverb on the Statesman feature a relay-controlled “spill-over” effect, allowing reverb and delay trails to decay naturally when switching between channels. suprousa.com | 23 Black Magick

Black Magick is a recreation of one the instantly recognizable midrange grind of rock & roll’s holy grail amplifiers. and phenomenal touch dynamics that This all-tube, high-gain blues machine define the Supro sound. hearkens back to the dimensions, cosmetics and circuitry of the Supro A complete range of tones from warm amps from 1959, just like the one cleans to heavy distortion can be accessed loaned by Jimmy Page to the Rock by simply adjusting the volume knob on and Roll Hall of Fame Museum. In tribute to this legendary and extensively modified Supro combo, we’ve used the cabinet dimensions from a ‘59 Supro 2×10 and replaced the baffle with a 1×12 and armed this 25-watt combo with a custom British-voiced speaker that was specially developed for the Black Magick amp. With more gain on tap than any other Supro reissue, Black Magick absolutely rips for heavy blues and classic rock guitar styles. This amp’s traditional, cathode-biased “Class-A” power section uses 6973 tubes to achieve Black Magick head and cabinet Black Magick combo 24 | suprousa.com Black Magick your instrument. The signature Supro power-tube tremolo adds footswitchable depth and dimension to this historic rock & roll machine. The preamp found in the Black Magick features two channels wired in parallel, with independent volume controls and a single, shared tone control. The vintage-correct front-end topology of the original 1959 Supro combos has been streamlined in the Black Magick, with automatic linking of channels 1 and 2 when using only the first input jack. This flexible arrangement provides double the gain when used with one instrument—and also allows for two instruments to share the same Black Magick, or for the use of an A/B/Y box to achieve channel-switching on the fly. Features: • Replica of Page’s Led Zep I amp • 2 channels with parallel link • Output tube tremolo • 6973 power tubes • 25 watts “Class-A” power • 1x12” British-voiced speaker • EXT speaker jack for matching cab

suprousa.com | 25 COMET 1610RT

The Supro 1610 Comet is a high-gain, low-wattage 1x10 combo with reverb, tremolo and switchable power. Designed to act as a go-anywhere companion to your favorite guitars, this lightweight tube amp cranks out 6 watts or 14 watts of screaming-hot vintage tone with an on-board option to drench your sound in tube-driven reverb and tremolo. The Comet is your desert island tube amplifier.

The preamp found in the Comet delivers warm, blooming clean tones up until 12 o’clock on the volume knob. Past noon, the Comet’s voice rolls over into Supro crunch, giving way to a singing, violin-like overdrive at full volume. The Comet is remarkably high-gain for a vintage-flavored amp, and it nails that sweet-spot without being too loud for comfort.

A matching 1700 BD12-loaded 1×12 extension cabinet can also be hooked up to the Comet, bringing the overall speaker impedance load down to 4 ohms to deliver maximum punch and additional stage volume for gigs. The 1610 Comet—and the entire line of Supro amps—is hand-assembled by Absara Audio in Port Jefferson, NY, USA.

26 | suprousa.com COMET 1610RT

Features: • The ideal recording amplifier • All-tube reverb and tremolo • 6L6 power tube • 6 & 14 watts “Class-A” power • 1×10” vintage-voiced speaker • EXT speaker jack for matching cab • 1959 vintage Supro cosmetics

Comet with 1x12 Extension Cabinet suprousa.com | 27 DISCOVER THE LEGEND

28 | suprousa.com photo by Ross Halfin 1964 Reissue Amplifiers

Supro’s 1964 Reissue amplifiers are faithful recreations of the legendary Chicago- made combos of the mid-60s. From the vintage-correct cabinetry and blue rhino hide Tolex to the custom-made transformers, proprietary USA-built speakers and original Supro circuitry, every element of the 1964 reissue line was made from scratch to re-create the look, tone and feel of these iconic American tube amplifiers.

NEPTUNE 2x12 RHYTHM MASTER 1x15

ROYAL REVERB 2x10

TREMO-VERB 1x10 DUAL-TONE 1x12

SUPER 1x8 suprousa.com | 29 Super and Reverb 1x8” combo amps SUPER REVERB The 1606 Super is a reissue of the iconic 1x8 combo amp made The 1605R Reverb is a 5-Watt, Class A, 1x8 combo amp by Supro in the early 60s. With a single volume knob—and with tube-driven spring reverb. This ultra-compact, gig-ready nothing else—the Super lets you hear the full tonal range of amplifier provides independent gain and master controls, the tube preamp found in vintage Supro amps. The no-frills, along with a 2-band EQ and three tube-driven line outputs, high-gain preamp feeds directly into a Class A, 6V6-equipped, optimized for feeding another amp or recording console. The single-ended, 5-Watt power amp. To capture the sound of outputs are driven by the preamp tubes—before the master the vintage Jensen speaker found in early-1960s Supros, the volume—allowing you to tame the on-board speaker from gig Super and Reverb amps feature a custom-made 8” speaker to bedroom levels. The WET output can send the reverb to designed by Eminence and Supro USA. With help from Iowa another amp while the gain from the tube preamp is heard via State University, we were able to laser scan and recreate the the onboard 8” speaker. The DRY output can send the gained- cone from a “golden sample” vintage Jensen. up dry sound to another amp, while the reverb comes out of the onboard speaker.

30 | suprousa.com 1964 Reissue Amplifiers

The 1622RT Tremo-Verb is a feature-rich The Dual-Tone 1×12 combo amplifier is the undeniable rock update to the coveted late-60’s Supro 1×10 star of the mid-60’s Supro amplifier lineup. Vintage 1624T amps combo platform. This compact, Class-A, have been sought-after for decades because they embody the 6973-powered bruiser pushes a LOUD 25 most desirable aspects of the Supro sound. As the Dual-Tone’s watts through our custom-made 10” speaker volume knob is turned beyond noon, a fat and compressed clean to capture the old-school Supro magic in an tone evolves into an immediately recognizable grind that remains amp you can easily haul around to gigs. articulate and listenable even when turned up to full blast.

1650RT Royal Reverb 1690T Coronado 35/60W | 2 x 10 | Reverb | Tremolo 35W | 2 x 10 | Tremolo The 1650RT Royal Reverb has the cleanest sound The 1690T Coronado is our top-of-the-line 1964 reissue of any amp in the Supro line. This retro-modern Supro tube amplifier. True to the original, this luxurious 2×10, workhorse updates the mid-60’s classic with an 35-watt combo delivers remarkable dynamic range with a all-tube feature set designed to deliver superior clear, full sound. The Coronado maintains clean headroom sonic flexibility and ample headroom for use with throughout a large chunk of the volume control’s range, all types of pedals. The Royal Reverb’s two 10” making it an excellent platform for a myriad of musical styles, speakers give this model a unique midrange punch from fat round jazz tones to country twang, stinging blues and clarity that has made it the touring rig of choice and—when ramped up to full throttle—raging rock & roll. for the Grammy-winning guitarists in Snarky Puppy.

1675RT Rhythm Master S6422 Thunderbolt MKII 35/60W | 1 x 15 | Reverb | Tremolo 35/60W | 1 x 15 For those players who love the huge, bold sound of the S6422 Thunderbolt MKII—Two knobs and the 1×15” Thunderbolt amp, but need a lush, all-tube reverb to TRUTH! The legendary 1964 “Blue Rhino Hide” fill out their sound, Supro presents the 1675RT Rhythm Master Supro Thunderbolt is back. Renowned for its bold, amplifier. Rooted in Supro tradition, this vintage-inspired full-range sound and up-front, honest midrange, the model is loaded with independent bass and treble controls, Thunderbolt covers a remarkable spectrum of vintage six-spring long-pan reverb, output-tube tremolo and switchable tone while wringing every ounce of personality Class A / Class AB power-amp wiring for 35 or 60 watts of from whatever guitar is plugged in. vintage American tone. Stompboxes

FUZZ DRIVE DELAY TREMOLO BOOST

The Supro Fuzz uses a mix of The Supro Drive is a ground- The Supro Delay provides The Supro Tremolo is an The Supro Boost is a “clean” N.O.S. Germanium transistors and breaking analog pedal that up to 600ms of MN3005 analog stompbox designed preamp ideally suited to pushing the matched silicon pairs to get Fuzz recreates the circuitry of a Supro based analog echo with to recreate two of the most front end of a tube amp, delivering up Face dynamics, Big Muff sustain tube amp, from end to end, variable filtering and selectable desirable vacuum tube-based to 20db of J-FET boost plus optional and Tone Bender harmonics. including an actual output expression pedal control for modulation effects found in HP and LP filtering. transformer. repeats, time or delay level. vintage American amplifiers.

32 | suprousa.com Vintage-Correct Pickups

Mini Gold Foil Pickup Gold Foil Pickup USA Vistatone Pickup USA Super Alnico Pickup USA Memphis Pickup Supro Mini Gold Foil pickups feature the same The Supro Gold Foil pickup is a faithful reproduction The Supro Vistatone pickup is a faithful The Supro Super Alnico pickup is a faithful The Supro Memphis pickup is a faithful reproduction coil and internal magnet structure as our full-size of the original “Clear-Tone” units found in the reproduction of the groundbreaking single-coil reproduction of the high-output single-coil pickup of the hum-cancelling pickup found in the iconic Gold Foils, packed into a mini-humbucker-sized Chicago-made Supro guitars and basses from the design developed for Valco by Ralph Keller found in bridge position of the top-of-the-line vintage National New Yorker archtop guitar played by enclosure. Slightly brighter and more jangly early 60s. These high-output single-coil pickups use in the early 1950s, and made famous by Supro guitars such as the Rhythm Master, Silverwood trailblazing Tennessee Blues guitarist Memphis than the original “Clear-Tone” pickups, these a unique “Field Coil” design (no pole pieces) to musicians such as Link Wray, David Bowie, and Coronado archtop. Developed in the late 1950s Minnie. The unique tone of this pickup is achieved high-output single-coils are featured in our provide a clear, broadband tone that is suitable for Robert Smith, Dan Auerbach and Jack White. as an answer to Gibson’s P90 pickup, the Super by splitting the pole pieces into two separate coils top-of-the-line, Supro Hampton solid-body both guitar and bass. Found in our Westbury and The Vistatone pickup is cited as “prior art” by Alnico has one hugely overwound coil that gives and winding with opposite polarity and phase to guitar. The bridge pickup is over-wound for Jamesport guitar models as well as the Huntington Seth Lover in his famous patent for the Gibson it a focused midrange bite and the top-end clarity achieve humbucking (noiseless) performance with extra output and the middle pickup is reverse- bass, the full-size Supro Gold Foil pickups contain “PAF” Humbucker. The Vistatone pickup has authentic vintage-coil construction, housed in a of a single-coil pickup. The original Super Alnico a single-coil sound. With a full, wide-open sound wound for hum-canceling operation when standard humbucker case. The bridge pickup is a huge fat tone that works exceptionally well pickups were too big to fit in most guitars—the that works equally well in archtop, semi-hollow combined with either the neck or bridge units. over-wound for extra output and the neck pickup is with fuzz pedals and overdriven tube amps. new Supro Super Alnico pickups still contain the and solid-body guitars, the Supro Memphis is the Like all Supro single-coil designs, the entire reverse-wound for hum-canceling operation when The bridge pickup is wound slightly hotter same vintage-spec magnet and coil wiring, but ultimate pickup for vintage blues and jazz tones. baseplate and cover of the pickup is magnetized, combined with the bridge unit. Like all Supro single- than the neck pickup, which is reverse-wound fit into a standard humbucker-sized enclosure. providing ultra-low-noise performance from a coil designs, the entire baseplate and cover of the for hum-canceling operation when combined single-coil pickup. pickup is magnetized, providing ultra-low-noise with the bridge unit. performance from a single-coil pickup.

suprousa.com | 33 Accessories & Apparel

Supro Double Footswitch Supro Single Footswitch Supro Black Vinyl Amp Cover Two-button TRS amp footswitch for use with Supro models One-button TRS amp footswitch for use with Supro models that Black vinyl slip-on protective amp cover for Supro combo amplifiers. that include both reverb and tremolo. include tremolo. Durable vinyl keeps off dust and protects against scuffs, scratches, and spills.

Supro Picks Supro Reissue Amp Keychain Supro Tall Shot Glass Assorted colors and gauges Supro bottle opener / keychain featuring the Supro crest and logo Tall-style shot glass with Supro logo 34 | suprousa.com Supro T-Shirt Supro Premium T-Shirt Supro Nashville Hat Supro Silverbolt Hat Classic black cotton jersey T-shirt with Supro logo Ultra-soft black cotton jersey T-shirt with Supro logo in High-quality curved-brim hat sporting the classic Stratiform grey hat with black brim and accents, in white. white and Absara crest on left sleeve. Supro colors. metallic woven Supro thunderbolt badge. Snap back.

Supro Instrument Cable Supro Thunderbolt Long-Sleeve T Supro Dickies Work Shirt Supro Full Zip Hoodie Made in Italy and clothed in our signature blue and Black long-sleeve cotton jersey T-shirt with Supro logo on Black short-sleeve Dickies brand work shirt with Preshrunk 100% cotton jersey hoodie featuring Supro crest, silver braid, these high-quality custom cables feature chest, thunderbolt on sleeve. embroidered Supro logo. and Supro logo on sleeve. premium Amphenol connectors with straight-plug and right-angle-plug options. suprousa.com | 35 TM SuproUSA.com