Feature: |
Benefit: |
| 100%
vacuum tube signal path |
Classic
tube sound, smooth distortion, low order harmonics. |
| Uses
premium subminiature 6021 tubes |
The 6021
represents the pinnacle of tube technology. Designed and manufactured
to meet the MIL-E-1 spec for reliability under conditions of severe
shock, vibration and temperature. They provide extremely long service
life; virtually no tendency towards microphonics. |
Passive
tone controls
|
Higher
headroom, more dynamic, better response to nuances of player’s
touch. |
| Controls
designed for overdriven signals. |
Better
tone; circuit design is optimized for its ultimate intended purpose. |
|
True
bypass using relay with gold contacts |
Better
signal integrity; you want the distortion to come from the tubes, not
the connectors … right? |
|
Over
90dB of gain |
Allows
ultimate saturation and sustain. |
|
Silent
switching circuit |
Minimizes
pops and clicks when switching channels; critical for high gain circuits. |
|
Two
channels – lead / rhythm |
More versatility,
when coupled with true bypassing; effectively provides a three-channel
preamp. Allows lead and rhythm gain and master levels to be independently
set. |
|
Distributed
gain control structure |
Allows
finer control over levels of distortion, more versatile and dynamic.
Sound can be varied from clean to complete saturation. |
| High
voltage power supply |
Allows
tubes to operate to their fullest potential. Provides the most gain
and smoothest tone. This is how they were designed to operate: not on
9 or 12 volts DC. |
|
Fully
encapsulated, toroidal transformer |
Full encapsulation
provides the best margin of safety when using high voltages. Toroidal
transformers have a very low 60 cycle hum field; resulting in much quieter
operation |
| Heavy
duty steel chassis |
Very strong
construction with durable finish stands up to a lot of abuse and being
kicked around. |
