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story time!
Way back when.. I remember watching ‘zappa plays zappa’ warming up before their first ever tour at SIR Los Angeles studios.. and seeing dweezil zappa playing dual FUCHS 1/2 stacks and a brown SG. that was the most amazing dark tone i had ever heard.. if eddie van halen is the brown sound, dweezil’s was straight espresso..
this afternoon during yet another rain storm i started tinkering with this amps voicing and kept inching towards something new and expressive.. with some new sonic experiments i wanted to try out.. the base was good, add core and seasoning.. simmer.. mmm TASTY..
flame red bronco with NOS hiwatt grille cloth and white piping.. silver face medium knobs, custom contour voicing on the high gain channel and a custom midrange shape makes this amp ‘Monsieur épais’ a welcome delight at any riff gathering..
the clean is plexi crunch or hammer slabs of hylight and tualatin the gain channel? well just park yourself in front of it and dial your mids, low mids and various bass so-and so’s to your hearts content..
-please watch the video to hear this unique creation speak- each amp is different, so make sure this one suits you!
The Caribou 2 channel head is my ultimate design. my goal was to create a unique amp that had all the capabilities in my head, with the cosmetic design as good as the sonic stature.
This is a 2 channel 2 octal power tube unit with 3 preamp tube sockets, a switchable tone stack architecture (changing from 2 knob baxandall to the omnipresent Treble Middle Bass 3 knob type) 1/2 power switch and speaker outputs from 16 to 4 ohms.
The Caribou has been my dream creation of a platform that allowed me to create virtually any amplifier architecture within its enclosure, and give maximum flexibility of interactive controls and voicing options without burying you with so many switches and dials that you always feel like you are trying to figure out your own amp.
This amp is designed to allow you to find dozens and dozens of inspiring and unique tones that express your art to its fullest capabilities and then get out of the way so you can concentrate on playing, not fiddling with controls chasing sounds. a good burger is a good burger. Get off on your ideas, not the ideological rat holing of “is it good enough?”
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This Amps Details:
stage III spec – custom circuit
pedal friendly gain structure on ch1
black hardware, NOS Hiwatt black MK1 grillecloth faceplate
flame red bronco/marshall pattern tolex.
channel 2 contour option switch
midrange EQ SHAPE option control
double depth power amp controls
2 – EL34 power tubes, 3x12AX7 preamp – all hand screened and tested (ratings included in this amps ‘fettling sheet’ which details the qualities and technical info on this amp. no two amps are alike.
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