bobmeyrick Posted May 6 Posted May 6 Birthday celebration part 2 (the CC H150 Goldtop was part 1). I've had the 633 Drive King for a few years now, and was intrigued when Cliff Brown at 633 brought out the Firefly, a 7 watt Class-A 1x10 combo. It's basically the Dragonfly with the overdrive circuit from the Drive King added. I ordered one in February and picked it up yesterday. It sounds very good... The controls are Volume, Tone (with a pull switch to toggle between "Tweed" and "Blackface"), Drive, Level, Reverb and Power. The Drive switch and Cab-sim output re located underneath at the back, while Drive can also be activated with a footswitch. The range of tones available is pretty wide by judicious use of the volume, drive and power controls, from a sparkling clean to Santana-like sustain, all at reasonable volume levels. Here's designer Cliff Brown putting the prototype through its paces... Some photos...
DetroitBlues Posted May 6 Posted May 6 Perfect combination, I'd imagine its glorious! At first when I read this, I was thinking it was from the same Chinese budget guitar maker, Firefly, that's sold on Amazon. This obviously is not the case.
Gianluca Posted May 7 Posted May 7 congrats I didn't know you where a 633 Drive King user great Amps, enjoy
bobmeyrick Posted May 7 Author Posted May 7 40 minutes ago, Gianluca said: congrats I didn't know you where a 633 Drive King user great Amps, enjoy Yes indeed, I have the first production model. Ian Beestin, a drummer friend of mine, goes way back with Cliff Brown - I think they were at school together. It was through Ian I got to know Cliff, when he was still at Blackstar and just about to set up 633. Ian was always saying that I should try one of his amps, so when I was able to try the Drive King prototype at a music shop demo I was convinced! Here's a pic from April 2016 when I went down to Cliff's place to pick up the amp. I brought along my 1x12 cab, the Heritage H150 VSB and Paulman Tele to try it out.
Gianluca Posted May 12 Posted May 12 On 5/7/2025 at 10:42 AM, bobmeyrick said: Yes indeed, I have the first production model. Ian Beestin, a drummer friend of mine, goes way back with Cliff Brown - I think they were at school together. It was through Ian I got to know Cliff, when he was still at Blackstar and just about to set up 633. Ian was always saying that I should try one of his amps, so when I was able to try the Drive King prototype at a music shop demo I was convinced! Here's a pic from April 2016 when I went down to Cliff's place to pick up the amp. I brought along my 1x12 cab, the Heritage H150 VSB and Paulman Tele to try it out. nice picture, when I contacted 633Eng he demonstraed to be reliable and a very down-to-earth man that amplifier is one of the best in the UK in my opinion thanks for sharing your story, enjoy the great tone
bobmeyrick Posted May 12 Author Posted May 12 5 hours ago, Gianluca said: when I contacted 633Eng he demonstrated to be reliable and a very down-to-earth man He's also a fine guitar player, and as such adds such useful touches to the designs; for example the footswitch for the Drive King has two 9v outlets for powering pedals.
rockabilly69 Posted May 12 Posted May 12 7 hours ago, bobmeyrick said: He's also a fine guitar player, and as such adds such useful touches to the designs; for example the footswitch for the Drive King has two 9v outlets for powering pedals. well that's a great idea!
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