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Tubes:

The Empire tube compliment consists of 2 6V6s and

a 12AX7 preamp. Peter, Dan and crew have success-

fully pulled off the hat-trick of making 6V6s sound

exactly like vintage EL34s. Peter and Dan have been

pursuing this effect since the late '80s when they

used to mod small old American amps to sound like

big British amps. With over 20 years of pursuit, they

have found the exact formula! For decades guitar

players about having all those classic British sounds

at their fingertips at volumes that meet modern re-

quirements.

Channels:

The Empire is as versatile as it is toneful. It's set up

to offer you three of our favorite voice configura-

tions that you can choose from using a foot pedal or

the select switch. The first voice is derived from that

cleaner early '60s Townsend-like tone; the second

is from the classic, fat and dirty '68-'72 era; and the

third is a higher-gain, hot-rodded '80s tone.

ON/Standby - Best to turn the POWER switch on

first before the Standby and wait about 10 seconds

before turning Standby on. This will prolong tube

life. When turning the amp off, turn POWER switch

off first. This allows the power to drain out of the

amp circuit. You can turn off the Standby switch later

before turning the amp back on.

Tone controls:

Bass, Mid and Treble tone controls for each channel

are passive cut-style. We recommend starting at "10"

and backing off. With brighter single-coil guitars, the

mid's will focus really well with the TONE set back

around "5 to 8". A presence control Boosts the upper

frequencies above the normal treble control range

for added high-end.

65amps EMPIRE FRONT PANEL

Master Voltage

Our master voltage emulates the tonal response of

a big amp only at low volumes. The "Master Volt-

age"™ knob reduces the B+ voltage and output in

the amp in a unique way that keeps the internal tube

relationships perfect while keeping the filament volt-

age up. After seeing all other power schemes' short-

comings, we've come at this from a different angle

and we're very pleased with the results. You can dial

this amp down to 3 watts output WITHOUT losing

tone, feel, vocabulary, authority, etc.

Bump Control

The Bump™ control is a much more effective alter-

native to traditional channel switching. The Bump™

allows the user gain-up and re-slope the amp's tone

stack allowing much more midrange to flow through

the circuit; thereby gaining up the entire amp natu-

rally and not inducing false preamp gain that creates

fizz and buzz. The end result is the effect of having

two amps in one.