PRS Sonzera 20 1×12″ Valve Amp Combo

£899.00

PRS will not fail to impress. The PRS Sonzera 20 1×12″ Valve Amp Combo in PRS Guitars is New, in stock, and ready to ship with fast, reliable delivery across the UK, Ireland, and Europe. For more details within PRS Guitars, additional Promotions options, full specifications, demos, images, videos, and secure online ordering, read on below. Imagine an all-valve combo amp that’s loud enough to gig with, compact enough for playing at home, versatile enough to jump from sparkling cleans to full-fat crunch, and loaded with premium features like a Celestion V Type speaker and built-in spring reverb. Too good…

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PRS will not fail to impress. The PRS Sonzera 20 1×12″ Valve Amp Combo in PRS Guitars is New, in stock, and ready to ship with fast, reliable delivery across the UK, Ireland, and Europe. For more details within PRS Guitars, additional Promotions options, full specifications, demos, images, videos, and secure online ordering, read on below.

Imagine an all-valve combo amp that’s loud enough to gig with, compact enough for playing at home, versatile enough to jump from sparkling cleans to full-fat crunch, and loaded with premium features like a Celestion V Type speaker and built-in spring reverb. Too good to be true? The PRS Sonzera 20W Combo is the lush-sounding vintage-meets-modern proof that all of this is possible without costing the world.

Sonzera [Portuguese]: from som (sound), meaning a cool and/or stunning sound (in the sense of music) – a kind of slang.

Key Features

  • Rich Valve Sound, 2 Independent Channels – 20 watts of rich tube amp tone, with dedicated Clean and Gain channels to suit whatever style you play.
  • Valve-Driven Spring Reverb – Carefully balanced to add space and atmosphere that’s brimming with analogue character.
  • FX Loop – The Sonzera 20 is an ideal pedal platform amp with a transparent series loop, ensuring your effects are loud and clear in the mix.
  • Compact Design For Home, Stage, and Beyond – At around 18” tall, this is an amp that’s as portable as it is living-room-friendly, with a sound that far exceeds its size.

Beautiful US-style Cleans

First up, the Sonzera 20 features a beautifully clear and warm Clean channel that delivers great separation and clarity, easily dialled in with a simple 2-band EQ. Expect everything from warm, smooth humbucker sounds to full-blown ‘60s American chime. Better still, perfect crispy break-up tones are only ever a second away with a crank of the volume knob.

Gain At The Ready

Whether it’s hot blues leads or deep, resonant distorted riffage you’re after, the Sonzera 20’s Gain channel wields plenty of power. As an independent footswitchable channel, you can treat this as your ‘other’ sound, or use it to mimic your Clean channel tone with some extra drive on top. The Bright switch is the Gain channel’s ace card, introducing just the right amount of bite that works wonders with single-coils and humbuckers alike.

A Premium Amp In a Compact Package

If you want pure no-nonsense valve sound, the Sonzera 20 ticks the boxes. But under the hood, it brings a wealth of features normally reserved for amps several times the price. Built-in valve-driven spring reverb accentuates both the Clean & Gain channels with subtle organic ambience, while the FX loop keeps your signal chain crystal clear and responsive. The Celestion V-type speaker is the cherry on top, delivering your sound in all its air-moving glory.

Despite its simple controls, this is a fantastically versatile rig that seamlessly blends vintage character with modern finesse. What’s not to love?

Specifications

General

  • Configuration: 1×12 Combo
  • Wattage: 20  

Front Panel Controls              

  • Channel 1 Controls: Bass, Treble, Volume
  • Channel 2 Controls: Bass, Middle, Treble, Level, Drive, Bright Switch
  • Global Controls: Presence, Reverb

Back Panel Features

  • Inlet: Fused Power Inlet (IEC)
  • Effects Loop: Series – MOSFET driven
  • Bias: Adjustable
  • Output Jacks: 5
  • Output Jack Ohm Selections: (2) Parallel 4 ohm, (2) Parallel 8 ohm, (1) 16 ohm
  • Channels: Clean and Gain

Hardware

  • Covering: Black Tolex
  • Grill Cloth: Black / Silver Rectangle
  • Panel: Black Tolex
  • Piping: Silver
  • Speakers: Celestion V-Type 70W
  • Output Transformer: 19G01-OPT

Tubes

  • Power Tubes: 2x JJ 5881
  • Preamp Tubes: 4x JJ ECC83S

Measurements

  • Amp Width: 21.5”
  • Amp Depth: 10”
  • Amp Height: 18”
  • Amp Weight: 49 lbs

Accessories

  • Included Accessories: 2-Button Footswitch, Channel and Reverb

Additional information

Weight 29 kg

Stuff About Amp Cabinets

A speaker cabinet is responsible for turning your amplifier’s power into the sound you actually hear, and it plays a huge role in the overall feel and character of your tone. Different cabinet sizes, speaker types, and configurations can affect everything from low-end punch to clarity and projection. Cabinets can be open-back or closed-back, single or multi-speaker, each offering a distinct response and spread in a room. Whether paired with a powerful amp head or a compact setup, the right speaker cabinet helps define how your guitar sits in a mix and how it feels to play.

The Important stuff

Amp — An amp is an amplifier used to boost the signal from a guitar and shape its overall tone and volume. It plays a major role in how a guitar sounds, influencing everything from clean clarity to natural overdrive and distortion, and is a core part of any guitar setup for both practice and live performance.. Combo — A combo amplifier combines the amp head and speaker cabinet into one convenient, self-contained unit, making it a favourite for players who want great tone without extra setup. Compact and portable, combos come in all sizes and power levels, from small practice amps to stage-ready tube beasts. They deliver everything from sparkling cleans to rich overdrive, often with built-in effects and tone-shaping controls. Perfect for rehearsals, recording, or gigs, a good combo amp gives you the full sound and feel of a complete rig in one easy-to-carry package..