The Cathedral amplifier began with the goal of creating my ultimate clean tone; open, glassy and 3-dimensional. Along the way, I realized that if I could achieve this gorgeous clean tone and also create the option for an amazing overdriven sound I would really be onto something special. It took years of completely redesigning, experimenting, sourcing the exact transformers to achieve the right sound and feel and fine tuning to ultimately reach this end; the Cathedral.

A single channel, 100W circuit, the Cathedral amplifier is capable of a remarkably wide variety of tones at all volumes. Everyone seems to have their plexi-style Marshall tone covered in some fashion, so the goal here was not to add to the fray of those types of circuits. The Cathedral is something else. Think big glassy cleans, 3-dimensional chime and a roaring overdrive that is more akin to early Sabbath than EVH. High articulation and power. Inspiring tone plugging straight in, or through whatever myriad of pedals you can dream up.

Available with, or without a transparent post-phase inverter master volume control.
No FX Loop as in non-master volume/post phase inverter master volume circuits, fx loops are detrimental to the tone of the amp.

Specs:

• Completely handmade/hand-wired in the U.S.A by Brian Carstens

• Custom cabinet handcrafted in the U.S.A

• Specially designed, hand-wound Mercury Magnetics “Partridge®” transformers

• Premium capacitors

• High grade vacuum tubes selected for low noise and peak performance

• Powder coated/silk screened, high quality aluminum chassis

• Selectable 4/8/16Ω speaker output

• Mercury Magnetics power cord

• No printed circuit boards

• 100W

Tubes:

• 4 x EL34

• 3 x 12AX7

Controls:

• Gain, Treble, Middle, Bass, Bypass, Presence, (Master Volume), 3-way Detail switch, Low Cut switch, Boost switch