Cage 30A
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Well you can call me crazy, and I probably am;, but when I was a kid,
building electronic valve gismos as a hobby, there was one thing I loved to add to
any project and that was the old tuning display valve used in old valve radios.
Believe it or not they are still available. I added one to this project to display
output saturation level. Just another touch to add to the uniqueness of this amp.
This amp is built to the highest standard with the idea in mind that it would be
reliable and always be repairable. It is built on 8 high quality military style double
sided tag strips. I used the highest quality components, each type tested for it's sonic
quality as well as it's reliability. Sprague orange drops and silver mica capacitors
used in both pre amps and the effect loop, xicons low inductance capacitors throughout
the output stage to give better transient attack. 1 and 2 Watt carbon resistors even
though that power is not needed, making the amp more reliable. I guarantee that I
myself build and test every single Cage 30A to make sure it meets the highest
standard possible. Hand building is a very slow and tedious way of building but the
end result is well worth it. Every Cage 30A has it's own serial number etched on the
Trafolite front panel.
Every exceptional product needs input from many others. I had plenty from
every guitar player who came to my R & D Lab, but over the past two years of taking
the Cage 30A from my mind and turning it into a product, there is one guitar player
I cannot thank enough, Phil George. He spent what seemed to be an endless amount
of his time dragging 5 guitars to my Lab. I would say, “Just keep playing that
Phil” while I continually tuned the amp I'd ask his opinion and in most cases we were
hearing the same things. Thanks Mate.
Take care of it and it will last a lifetime
Also thanks to my partner in Labsystems;
Derek, for not giving me a hard time for taking so long in developing this one
product. I would normally have done about 8 products in the same time.
However, the Cage 30A is a unique looking guitar amp with it's own unique
sound.
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