Studio HAVOC

Description

The Studio power amplifier…when you wanna rock, but don’t want to wake up the neighbors.

HAVOC power amplifiers take a signal from your HAVOC preamplifier, stomp box, or any other line level signal***, and sends it to a speaker cabinet.  The rackmount chassis is provided with removable feet for use with or without a rack.  Mount it in a rack, set it on top of a speaker cabinet, it’s up to you.

Cathode (self) biased for easy tube replacement; no fiddling with a bias pot necessary.

Samples

Below are some samples of what you get with the Studio HAVOC power amplifier.  Fortunately I’m a better engineer than guitarist, but you get the idea.  The samples provided are the raw recordings with no processing, guitar playing blunders and all.

Sample 1: Dean bass guitar w/ active pickups -> Studio HAVOC -> custom open back cab w/ 1X Jensen C12Q -> SM57 -> PC Audio Interface

 

Sample 2: Dean bass guitar w/ active pickups -> Studio HAVOC -> custom open back cab w/ 1X Jensen C12Q -> SM57 -> PC Audio Interface

 

User’s Manual

Download the Studio HAVOC User’s Manual here: Studio HAVOC User’s Manual

Detailed Circuit Description:

Need to know what’s happening to your signal inside the Studio HAVOC power amplifier? We understand. Head over to our Studio HAVOC detailed description page for the full tour.

*** Techie Note

This amp has a 100K input resistance, a bit lower than regular guitar amps (1000K).  What this means is that, while this is designed as a power amplifier for use with line level input signals driven by low output impedance sources (such as a HAVOC preamplifier), you can plug your guitar straight in…the volume may not be as loud, and you might lose a bit of treble (particularly if you use a long cable), but it’ll work and you might like the sound.  The power amplifiers are designed to have a flat EQ to preserve the tone that is sculpted by a preamplifier, so it may be a bit bass and mid heavy; an EQ pedal in front would straighten this out.