Budda® Amplification AS Preceptor™ Alex Skolnick Signature Amplifier Now Shipping
By HC News |
August 15, 2013, Meridian, MS – Budda® Amplification, builders of market-leading, hand-wired, boutique amplifiers, are pleased to announce shipping availability of the AS Preceptor™ Alex Skolnick Signature guitar amplifier. Built to the exacting standards of Skolnick’s virtuosic playing, this 3-channel amp marries exceptional tonal quality and versatility with superb construction and unique styling.
Skolnick is one of today’s most versatile and genre-bending guitarists. Perhaps best known for his role as guitarist in the legendary act Testament, Skolnick’s abilities go well beyond the metal genre. His additional projects include jazz ensemble The Alex Skolnick Trio and world music outfit Planetary Coalition. The Budda AS Preceptor suits Skolnick’s demanding tonal requirements for all of these projects and more.
Skolnick shares, “For years, I've dreamed of an amp that brought together the quality of a fine vintage amp with modern hi gain technology, user friendliness, reliability and diversity; an amp not locked into classic tones, easily allowing guitarists to hone in on their own sound and that players of any genre could appreciate. After much collaboration between myself and the amazing team at Budda Amplification, I'm happy to say it's finally here: the Budda AS Preceptor is that amp."
With three completely independent channels, a 120-Watt power section driven by four EL-34 tubes, and a preamp consisting of seven dual triode 12AX7 tubes, the AS Preceptor also features dual 5U4 rectifier tubes and a solid-state rectifier. Budda's patent-pending PowerPan™ variable rectification control allows players to open uncharted tone territory by selecting tube rectification, diode rectification or anywhere between the two.
All three of the AS Preceptor’s independent channels - Clean, Rhythm and Lead - include separate three-band EQ, Reverb, Resonance, Presence, and true bypass effects loop with send and return levels. Each channel also features OVER-BOOST™, a stompbox-style lead boost that engages an additional tube-driven gain circuit to give players a supercharged boost. The effects loop on channel 2 can also be used as a global loop for incredible versatility in effects routing.
The included ten-button foot controller switches all three channels, effects loops and OVER-BOOST functions, as well as Master Reverb and Master Boost, which is a second Master Volume control that can be used to boost the overall volume of the amp.
The AS Preceptor also features a half-power switch for operating the amplifier in either 60- or 120-watt mode. With a back panel that features an amplifier chain section with power-amp inputs and a slave output, impedance selector and MIDI input and output for use in MIDI- switching rigs, this amp is at home as the centerpiece of a larger system.
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