Custom 36
“Astounding tone; harmonics and controlled dynamic response are arguably the best we’ve ever heard from this style of amp”
“All you have to do is plug a guitar in and hold it and music pours out. It must be the work of The Devil! Every guitar sounds terrific and I haven’t even scratched the surface. Like your other amps, I find I just don’t get bored and don’t want to stop playing, the mark of a great instrument. I had to stop playing after about 12 hours because my fingers were getting rough.”
This Custom 36 and matching 1 x 12 cabs were specified in black snake skin with illuminating logos on both head and top cab. It has a rich three voice preamp, a power amp with Variable headroom, and a foot switch-able 'More' control. A single footswitch switch adds a fixed but tweakable gain stage in the preamp and engages the More level control which allows the player to change the amount of drive into the power section. This simple control opens up so many tonal possibilities adding refinement to traditional "rhythm/lead" switching, maintaining the character of the single channel amp but with the required increase in gain, compression and volume.
The More function is linked in with the studio quality reverb, allowing the size and level of the reverb to be changed when switching, adding another level of sophistication.
Three control preamp, Volume and High and Low tone controls
Three-position Voice switch
Bass light - keeps things really tight when the amp is pushed hard
Mid focus - great for fattening up single coils
Deep - big round cleans with vintage style breakup when pushed hard
Unique 'More' control
Lush studio quality reverb with four-way interaction
Variable output headroom
Line output with 3 selectable levels for wet-dry-wet setups
36 watts from 4 x 12AX7, 2 x 6L6
515mm x 211mm x 214mm, 15kg
All hand built in the UK
Priced from £3150
Custom 36 in Black Snake
Custom 36
Custom 36
Custom 36 and matching 1x12 cabinets with the owners 1958 Les Paul