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A collection of studio Amplifiers available for Musical Portraits in the Muse Cave.

Studio Amplifiers

F.A.C.S. 30/60 Foot Actuated Channel Switching '80s 6V6 Tube Amp

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Stage Amp #1 is a boutique American '80s tube amp

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1

Make: 

Jim Kelley 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 Classic '60s 6L6 Tube Tone

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Stage Amp #2 is a modern version of the iconic American '80s tube amp

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2

Make: 

Fender

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

Blackstar HT20R MKII 1x12" 20-watt Tube Combo Amp with Reverb

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Bedroom Amp #1 is a British, low wattage, studio tube amp

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3

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Blackstar Amplification Ltd.

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.

Tone King Gremlin 1x12" 7-watt Tube Combo Amp without reverb

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Bedroom Amp #2 is an American, low wattage, studio tube amp

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4

Make: 

Tone King

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.

Hughes & Kettner Black Spirit 200 | 200-watt Floorboard Amplifier

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The Solid State “Dry” Amp in the Wet/Dry/Wet Triple Amp Configuration

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5

Make: 

Hughes & Kettner

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

HD 150 Bass amp

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Live Bass Amp DAW Clarett 8Pre USB Output 7

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6

Make: 

Hartke

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

T50 Infinitium amp

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Studio amp head for the Wet/Dry/Wet Stereo Effects Right

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7

Make: 

Bugera

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

Universal Audio OX Amp Top Box

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Gain management and stereo IR collection dedicated to the Fender Twin Reverb.

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8

Make: 

Universal Audio

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

Torpedo Reload RE-ACT™ Load Box

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Gain management and stereo IR collection dedicated to the Kelley F.A.C.S 30/60.

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9

Make: 

Two Notes Audio Engineering

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 Cab #1 - Dual 12"

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Twin 12" Speaker Cabinet for shared Celestion 12" Creamback speakers

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10

Make: 

Seismic

Custom cabinet populated with two Celestion G12H Creambacks

Custom Cab #2 - Dual 12"

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Twin 12" Speaker Cabinet for the Dry Wet/Dry/Wet amp configuration

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11

Make: 

Bugera

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

TS112 Pro 1 x 12 | Single 12" Cab

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Studio cabinet for the Wet/Dry/Wet Stereo Effects Right

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12

Make: 

Hughes & Kettner

Cabinet populated with a ElectroVoice EVM12-L

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