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Fallen Angel Design Philosophy

General Information:

These guitar amplifiers have been designed

to fulfil the requirements of the modern

professional live gigging guitarist in being

able to provide a saturated and singing

soloing voice that still retains the big bottom

end punch required by so many of today's

guitar and music styles. This fat bottom end

requires a very dynamic output stage to

deliver the punch needed for muted notes

and chords in a live playing situation. This is

the reason why we have created our own

very special 'High Dynamic' solid state

output stages.

With many tube amplifiers you only get the

best solo voice when the output stage is

close to working flat out and it is then very

often too loud, so some kind of power soak

device is used to get this sound at lower

volumes, you then lose the power you

require for chords. With these amplifiers the

solo voice character comes from the carefully

designed 'all tube' pre-amp so you do not

have to be flat out for the best tone.

The big fat bottom end tone also comes from

the pre-amp but has our High Dynamic

output stage to deliver the power to the

speaker stack. You can see the power

required for different styles if you watch the

VU meter while playing. This monitors the

output power being used and you will notice

on muted chords with a fat chunky bottom

end whack that it will be peaking quite high

showing that large amounts of power are

required for this type of sound. With the

same settings try a screaming solo line and

you will see the power drop right back. This

demonstrates exactly what we are saying,

that old style amps are great for screaming

solo lines but give upon modern 7 string fat

chords.

Our CLEAN channel is also very clean

allowing you to go instantly from huge body

crunching chords and screaming solo leads

to crisp and sparkling arpeggio chords that

ring out with an unbelievable clarity.

Also supplied with these amplifiers is (bit of

high tech here) a dedicated 4 way footswitch

on a single jack lead (so no more fiddling

with multiway connectors). LED indication on

the footswitch itself is provided so you

always know the current status without

having to look at the amplifier. Footswitch

provides control for Channel I/Channel 2,

Channel 2 Boost, Master I/Master 2 and DSP

Effects In/Out.

For extended low end and maximum 'Punch'

it is recommended that these amplifiers be

used with a 4x12 closed back cabinet.