Studio Amplifiers

F.A.C.S. 30/60 Foot Actuated Channel Switching tube combo guitar amp is one of two “Stage Amps”.

Stage Amps are the primary tone amps in the Cave Studio and fed by a common tone-shaping pedalboard and distributed using a PreSonus BlueTube V2 two channel tube preamp

Fender '65 Twin Reverb Reissue. The Limited-Edition Neo Celestion Creamback Wine Red Sweetwater combo guitar amp is one of two “Stage Amps”.

Stage Amps are the primary tone amps in the Cave Studio and fed by a common tone-shaping pedalboard and distributed using a PreSonus BlueTube V2 two channel tube preamp

A Studio Blending Amp: Bedroom Amp #1:

The “Bedroom Amps” are named for their low power, bedroom quality, tones.

The Blackstar's role is for a “British Marshall” tone blending tube amps with the Stage Amps.

Bedroom Amps are fed by a common tone-shaping pedalboard with reverb, delay, and stereo Uni-vibe. A UAD Woodrow '55 stereo amp pedal feeds two JHS Clover preamps that sends a stereo tone to the two bedroom amps with gain staging by a BOSS EQ-200 two channel graphic EQ.

A Studio Blending Amp: Bedroom Amp #2:

The “Bedroom Amps” are named for their low power, bedroom quality, tones.

The Tone King Gremlin’s role is for a “American Fender” tone blending tube amps with the Stage Amps.

Bedroom Amps are fed by a common tone-shaping pedalboard with reverb, delay, and stereo Uni-vibe. A UAD Woodrow '55 stereo amp pedal feeds two JHS Clover preamps that sends a stereo tone to the two bedroom amps with gain staging by a BOSS EQ-200 two channel graphic EQ.

The Cave Wet/Dry/Wet triple amp configuration: The “Dry” amp:

The Wet/Dry/Wet three amps:
• A stereo DAW “Wet” tone source using two amps for the ZED 10 Effects mixer’s blend of the Strymon and Source Audio effects, along with a Stage Amp “Dry” a blending tone,
• A mono DAW “Dry” tone for the center image instrument tone

The Wet/Dry/Wet Dry amp does have a “Wet” pedalboard when mono Wet Effects are desired:
• A Dual Soft overdrive and Distortion pedal for gain staging and tone shaping
• A Primary Delay: Digital, Analog, and Slap Back
• A Supporting Delay: Shimmer Effect
• A Sustainer: Holds last guitar notes
• A Primary Reverb: Hall, Room, and Low-Fi
• A Supporting Reverb: Ambiance Tones

The Cave Wet/Dry/Wet triple amp configuration: The “Left Wet” amp:

The Wet/Dry/Wet three amps:
• A stereo DAW “Wet” tone source using two amps for the ZED 10 Effects mixer’s blend of the Strymon and Source
Audio effects, along with a Stage Amp “Dry” a blending tone,
• A mono DAW “Dry” tone for the center image instrument tone

The Wet/Dry/Wet two Wet amps have a “Wet” stereo pedalboard feed and a mono Stage Amp guitar tone feed:
• A BOSS ME-80 Stereo Multi-Effects Pedalboard
• A Strymon Stereo TimeLine Multi-Effects Delay Pedal
• A TC Electronic Stereo Uni-Vibe Viscous Vibe A Strymon Stereo Multi-Effects Delay
• A Strymon Stereo Mobius Multi-Effects Modulation
• A Strymon Stereo Big Sky Multi-Effects Reverb Pedal
• An Allen & Heath Analog Effects Mixer

The final stage is gain staging

The Cave Wet/Dry/Wet triple amp configuration: The “Right Wet” amp:

The Wet/Dry/Wet three amps:
• A stereo DAW “Wet” tone source using two amps for the ZED 10 Effects mixer’s blend of the Strymon and Source
Audio effects, along with a Stage Amp “Dry” a blending tone,
• A mono DAW “Dry” tone for the center image instrument tone

The Wet/Dry/Wet two Wet amps have a “Wet” stereo pedalboard feed and a mono Stage Amp guitar tone feed:
• A BOSS ME-80 Stereo Multi-Effects Pedalboard
• A Strymon Stereo TimeLine Multi-Effects Delay Pedal
• A TC Electronic Stereo Uni-Vibe Viscous Vibe A Strymon Stereo Multi-Effects Delay
• A Strymon Stereo Mobius Multi-Effects Modulation
• A Strymon Stereo Big Sky Multi-Effects Reverb Pedal
• An Allen & Heath Analog Effects Mixer

The final stage is gain staging

Play tube amplifier at its sonic sweet spot at any volume level, featuring UA's Dynamic Speaker modeling technology

The Reload serves many functions in the Cave studio for the Boutique Kelley tube amp.

It is a reactive load box, a Direct Box, A Reaper track re-amp box, and pairs with the Wall of Sound DAW plugin for IR collections.

Custom cabinet populated with two Celestion G12H Creambacks

Custom cabinet populated with a Eminence Wizard and an Eminence Rainmaker 12" speakers

Cabinet populated with a ElectroVoice EVM12-L