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Bad Cat Amplifiers Introduced “The Ultimate Blackface” Amp for $1,299 and Didn’t Tell Us
<img src="” /> Boutique Roots Bad Cat Tube Amplifiers was founded in 1999 on the basic principle Mark Sampson brought over from Matchless Amplification, to hand-craft classic circuits using superior components and materials. Many of the early Bad Cat amps … Continue reading
Bursting the Boutique Bubble
The Bad News Those who have attended the NAMM show over the past decade have noticed a disturbing trend amongst manufacturers of boutique guitars and amplifiers. It seems that rather than applying the global principles of efficiency that are essential to survival … Continue reading
Warm Strings/ Bright Amp: The 60’s Tone Secret Revealed
Have you ever wondered why the flagship amps created by Fender, Marshall, and Vox during the 60’s were so dang bright? The reason why is because these circuits were developed around the piano quality nickel alloy strings being used during … Continue reading
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The “Schaffer Sound” is Back!
The Solodallas Story In 1974 American inventor Ken Schaffer introduced the first commercially available wireless system for electric guitar and bass. Little did he know he was also creating a circuit that would revolutionize the sound of rock and roll. A consummate … Continue reading
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Tagged AC/DC, Aerosmith, America, and ZZ Top, Best Boost, Billy Joel, Black Sabbath, Blondie (Chris Stein), Bob Seger, Bob Weir, Bootsy Collins, Boston, Derringer, Earth Wind & Fire, Eddie Van Halen, Electric Light Orchestra, Fleetwood Mac, Foghat, Foreigner, Frank Zappa, Heart, Heatwave, Johnny Guitar Watson, Kansas, Ken Schaffer Replica, Kiss, L.T.D., Pat Travers, Peter Frampton, Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd (Gilmour/Waters), Randy Bachman, Schaffer Vega Wireless, SoloBoost, Solodallas, Stephen Stills, Steve Miller, Steven Van Zandt, Styx, The 5th Dimension, The Beach Boys, The Grateful Dead (Jerry Garcia), The Rolling Stones (Richards/Wood), Thin Lizzy, Todd Rungren, Tom Petty (Mike Campbell), Yes
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How to Assemble Lava Solderless Patch Cables Without Shredding Your Fingertips
Okay, We’ve all seen those whiner posts from guys who just rewired their entire pedalboard with a Lava Cable solderless kit. They usually mention raw fingertips, copper splinters, cables that take 3 to 4 attempts before they work, and end … Continue reading
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Tagged How to Assemble Lava Solderless, Lava Monorail, Lava Solderless, MIni ELC
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How to Maximize Your Tube Amp’s Harmonic Saturation
Have you ever recorded a clean guitar track only to notice it sounds remarkably fuller and slightly more overdriven after it runs through the preamp and plug-ins designed to accentuate natural frequencies? Harmonic distortion is playing a big part in … Continue reading
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Tagged Bad Cat, Cub III, harmonic distortion, K Master, Stella -, tube saturation
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Bad Cat Cub III Review
The other day I had an opportunity to demo the final version of the Cub III 40. As a Bad Cat beta tester, I’ve had the privilege of sampling the Cub III series throughout it’s various developmental stages, as well … Continue reading
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Tagged Bad Cat Cub, Bad Cat Dealer, Cub III, Cub IIIR, New Bad Cat
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Bad Cat Amplifier Models Simplified
As a dealer who specializes in Bad Cat Amplifiers I often find myself helping customers understand the similarities between their different models. Understandably, It can be a little confusing at first since many of their amps which are actually very … Continue reading
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www.tonesmiths.com presents Dusty Redmon of The Almost Pedalboard Rundown
Dusty Redmon of The Almost meets up with his tone consultant http://www.tonesmiths.com to give his fans a tour of his pedalboard. Signal Chain: Strat, Southpaw Pedalboards, Lava Cable, Trex Fuel Tank, TC Polytune, JHS Morning Glory, Trex Mudhoney, JHS Superbolt, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bad Cat Dealer, Bad Cat demo, Blue Sky Reverb, BSR, Carbon Copy, Classic Deluxe Demo, Decimator, Dusty Redmon, El Capistan, JHS, JHS Buffer, Lava Cable, Morning Glory, Mudhoney, pedalboard, Southpaw Pedalboards, Strymon, Superbolt, Taylor McGrath Dealer, TMG dealer, Tonesmiths, Tremster, Trex Fuel Tank, VPjr, www.tonesmiths.com presents Dusty Redmon's Pedalboard Rundown Guitarist for The Almost
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