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... 3 1
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. 3
Gianluca Posted Monday at 10:09 AM Posted Monday at 10:09 AM 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 Monday at 03:44 PM Author Posted Monday at 03:44 PM 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 Monday at 11:08 PM Posted Monday at 11:08 PM 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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