Port City Amplifiers - Guitar Amps and Wave Cabs

Port City Amplifiers are handmade in North Carolina. Their Wave Cabinets employ new technology such as sound deflecting panels and special ports to bring you the best of both open and closed back cabs. Their amplifiers offer a futuristic look with vintage style construction and boutique quality. Just look at the clean wiring in the picture below!

When you purchase one of these products from Guitar Lab, you'll be getting a new, factory sealed unit. Never a store demo. Custom orders are welcome! You can choose a different tolex covering, grill cloth, or even have your amp loaded with Weber speakers! Occasionally, I will have some blem models in stock with minor cosmetic issues at reduced prices. Email for availability of blem products. Below you will find pictures, descriptions and prices for all the Port City Amps and Wave Cabs that we stock. If you have any questions about them, please email or call and I'll be happy help you.

NEW! Click here to see the gallery of PC Amps in custom colors!

(Note - These special orders have long been sold, but we can order one just like it for you. Email or call for details!)

Port City Twelve Head : $915

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The idea for the Port City Twelve amplifier was simple. A lower wattage amp that is simple yet classy. Smaller in size but big in performance. Handwired using the best components and a price tag that won't affect your long term financial goals. I believe it hits the mark. As with its bigger brother, the Dual Fifty, this amp is also great with pedals. I especially like this amp with vintage style fuzz boxes. Its easy to get that perfect mixture of fuzz and power tube distortion at lower volumes.

The first thing you will notice when you plug into this amp is clarity. At lower volumes this amp is really clean. Your touch, your guitar, your pick, heck... even the way you breathe will come through! Ok... maybe not, but you get the idea. When you begin to turn up the volume you get some natural breakup. That only wets your appetite to crank it. Doing so will unleash the natural compression and drive that is sure to put a smile on your face. With the amp cranked you can still use your volume knob and pickup toggle switch to get a multitude of different tones.

The Port City Twelve features:

     ~ Two front input jacks (second jack has a 3 db volume cut)
     ~ 2 - 6V6 power tubes (EH)
     ~ 2 - 2AX7 preamp tubes (JJ)
     ~ Hand drilled eyelet board
     ~ Solid pine cabinet
     ~ Carbon composition resistors
     ~ Sprauge and Mojo Dijon capacitors
     ~ USA made transformers
     ~ 12 Watts
     ~ 8 Ohm operation

Port City Twelve Combo : $985

Port City Wave 1x12 Cabinet : $550 ($425 unloaded)

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The Port City Wave Cabinet is especially impressive as they have taken the design flaws of both open and closed back cabs, learned from them, and designed something new and unique! Have you ever noticed the pure focused tone of a closed back cab? Sometimes its too focused as it doesn't fill the room with sound! Maybe you prefer the room filling sound of an open back cab? Its nice, but you'll never get tight bass response you crave. The Wave has a special design so you can hear sound coming from both the front, and the back of your speakers as its spun around and pushed out of the wide port located on the lower front of the cab!

This cab is totally unique in its appearance with its frame, however, the magic of this cabinet lies within. The outer shell is crafted from finger jointed 13 ply Baltic birch. The baffle and back panel are made from 1/2 inch Birch ply. Inside, its constructed with a 5 inch wide, 45 degree angle sound deflecting rear panel. This panel is dadoed on both sides of the cabinet for ultimate support. Internal sound waves are projected from the back of the speaker down to the bottom of the cabinet where another 45 degree panel projects sound waves towards the front of the cabinet. The angled port runs the length of the cabinet and projects these sound waves out towards you.

These cabs can be ordered loaded or unloaded. You have your choice of Celection Vintage 30 or G12H speakers. Cabs are wired for mono operation at 8 or 16 Ohms.

Port City Wave OS 1x12 Cabinet : $585 ($450 unloaded)

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The Port City Wave Cabinet is especially impressive as they have taken the design flaws of both open and closed back cabs, learned from them, and designed something new and unique! Have you ever noticed the pure focused tone of a closed back cab? Sometimes its too focused as it doesn't fill the room with sound! Maybe you prefer the room filling sound of an open back cab? Its nice, but you'll never get tight bass response you crave. The Wave has a special design so you can hear sound coming from both the front, and the back of your speakers as its spun around and pushed out of the wide port located on the lower front of the cab!

This cab is totally unique in its appearance with its frame, however, the magic of this cabinet lies within. The outer shell is crafted from finger jointed 13 ply Baltic birch. The baffle and back panel are made from 1/2 inch Birch ply. Inside, its constructed with a 5 inch wide, 45 degree angle sound deflecting rear panel. This panel is dadoed on both sides of the cabinet for ultimate support. Internal sound waves are projected from the back of the speaker down to the bottom of the cabinet where another 45 degree panel projects sound waves towards the front of the cabinet. The angled port runs the length of the cabinet and projects these sound waves out towards you.

The 1x12 Wave OS is a slightly bigger version than the regular 1x12 Wave. It is the exact width of the Dual Fifty amplifier. The 22 inch width will allow many heads to rest on the top of the cabinet without the heads over hanging.

These cabs can be ordered loaded or unloaded. You have your choice of Celection Vintage 30 or G12H speakers. Cabs are wired for mono operation at 8 or 16 Ohms.

Port City Wave 2x12 / 2x10 : $685 ($490 unloaded)

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Can be ordered as 2x12 or 2x10!

The Port City Wave Cabinet is especially impressive as they have taken the design flaws of both open and closed back cabs, learned from them, and designed something new and unique! Have you ever noticed the pure focused tone of a closed back cab? Sometimes its too focused as it doesn't fill the room with sound! Maybe you prefer the room filling sound of an open back cab? Its nice, but you'll never get tight bass response you crave. The Wave has a special design so you can hear sound coming from both the front, and the back of your speakers as its spun around and pushed out of the wide port located on the lower front of the cab!

This cab is totally unique in its appearance with its frame, however, the magic of this cabinet lies within. The outer shell is crafted from finger jointed 13 ply Baltic birch. The baffle and back panel are made from 1/2 inch Birch ply. Inside, its constructed with a 5 inch wide, 45 degree angle sound deflecting rear panel. This panel is dadoed on both sides of the cabinet for ultimate support. Internal sound waves are projected from the back of the speaker down to the bottom of the cabinet where another 45 degree panel projects sound waves towards the front of the cabinet. The angled port runs the length of the cabinet and projects these sound waves out towards you.

These cabs can be ordered loaded or unloaded. You have your choice of Celection Vintage 30 or G12H speakers. Inquire for 10" speaker choices. Cabs are wired for mono operation at 8 or 16 Ohms.

Port City Wave OS 2x12 Cabinet : $750 ($550 unloaded)

Click on the pic above and compare size with our standard 2x12 cab!
The Port City Wave Cabinet is especially impressive as they have taken the design flaws of both open and closed back cabs, learned from them, and designed something new and unique! Have you ever noticed the pure focused tone of a closed back cab? Sometimes its too focused as it doesn't fill the room with sound! Maybe you prefer the room filling sound of an open back cab? Its nice, but you'll never get tight bass response you crave. The Wave has a special design so you can hear sound coming from both the front, and the back of your speakers as its spun around and pushed out of the wide port located on the lower front of the cab!

This cab is totally unique in its appearance with its frame, however, the magic of this cabinet lies within. The outer shell is crafted from finger jointed 13 ply Baltic birch. The baffle and back panel are made from 1/2 inch Birch ply. Inside, its constructed with a 5 inch wide, 45 degree angle sound deflecting rear panel. This panel is dadoed on both sides of the cabinet for ultimate support. Internal sound waves are projected from the back of the speaker down to the bottom of the cabinet where another 45 degree panel projects sound waves towards the front of the cabinet. The angled port runs the length of the cabinet and projects these sound waves out towards you.

The 2x12 Wave OS is a much bigger than the regular 1x12 Wave. The bass response is simply huge. This is the cab for people who love the sound of a 4x12 cab, but need something that will fit in their car. The design looks great with larger amp heads like Bogner or Diezel, but more importantly is sounds huge without losing the clarity which that Wave cabs are known for. hanging.

These cabs can be ordered loaded or unloaded. You have your choice of Celection Vintage 30 or G12H speakers. Cabs are wired for mono operation at 8 or 16 Ohms.

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