TomaTone – Stellar

A Single-Ended EL84 Combo With a Big Soul — Engineered and Designed by Chris Phillips

The TomaTone Stellar is what happens when a single-ended amplifier is allowed to reach its full potential. Designed by Chris Phillips, the Stellar takes the core architecture of the Stella head and places it into a beautifully resonant Tweed Deluxe–style cabinet, paired with a 12" ET65 TomaTone speaker by WGS.

This is not a reproduction. It’s not a clone.
It is pure, intentional, hand-crafted tube design —
simple where it should be, wild where it needs to be, and musical everywhere.

THE HEART OF STELLAR — PURE, SINGING TONE

At its core lies a single-ended EL84, breathing freely in all of its harmonic complexity. Stellar isn’t just an SE amp; it is a tone instrument built around the belief that one output tube — when given the right environment — can feel alive, expressive, and unmistakably musical.

There is no tone control, because the amplifier was purpose-voiced to sing.
Plug in, hit a chord, and Stellar responds with clarity, bloom, and emotional depth.

PARALLELED 12AU7 PREAMP WITH DUAL COLD CLIPPERS

The Stellar front end is unique in the SE world:

• Two paralleled 12AU7 triodes for rich harmonic fullness

• Each triode feeding a dual 10k cold clipper

• Purpose-built for sweet, musical, controllable clipping

This design yields:

• Smooth edge-of-breakup

• Long, singing harmonics

• Zero fizz or mush

• Exceptional note separation

• Responsive dynamics even with high-output pickups

It’s the kind of overdrive that keeps you playing after the note fades — because the harmonics refuse to stop.

A SMALL AMP THAT HITS LIKE A BIG AMP

Even with a single EL84, the Stellar delivers remarkable authority thanks to its cabinet resonance and custom speaker pairing:

• Tight, controlled lows

• Sweet, vocal mids

• Smooth, musical highs

• More volume and projection than expected

• A harmonic footprint that feels larger than the amp itself

With its tweakable architecture, the Stellar can transform into:

• A studio recording amp capable of power-tube saturation at low levels

• A desktop amp with quiet operation and surprising nuance

• A practice amp that remains sweet and composed at low volume

• A pedal platform when run cold with bypass caps disengaged

• A compact stage amp with projection far above its wattage

Stellar adapts to you — not the other way around.

THE TWEED DELUXE CABINET + 12" ET65 TOMATONE SPEAKER (WGS)

What makes the Stellar stand apart is its voice within the cabinet:

Tweed Deluxe–Style Pine Cabinet

• Lightweight, resonant solid pine

• Classic Tweed Deluxe dimensions

• Natural compression and warmth

• Aerodynamic projection with musical low-end bloom

12" ET65 TomaTone Speaker (WGS)

• Vintage-meets-modern frequency balance

• Tight low end without flubbiness

• Smooth upper mids that never get harsh

• Harmonic detail that complements the EL84’s natural chime

• Ideal for clean, edge-of-breakup, and saturated tones

The combination of the single-ended EL84, Stella’s unique preamp design, and the E65 speaker gives the Stellar authority normally reserved for larger push-pull combos.