The Barracuda by Satellite Amplifiers,... (Review)

Reviewed By: Sean McCormick 

Purchased from: Manufacturer

Street Price: $1,850.00 USD + Shipping 

About: 

Satellite Amplifiers is the manufacturer of boutique, hand-crafted, all-tube guitar amplifiers and effects based out of San Diego, CA.

This Barracuda model is based around a pair of Gold Lion KT66's power tubes with (2) Sovteck 12AX7WBs, a solid state rectifier, custom wound Mercury Magnetics transformers, fixed bias, high and low inputs with extended frequency response pushing 45 watts through (1) Celestion Creamback 12" and (1) Celestion Alnico Gold 12"  

G12M-65 Creamback by Celestion,... (Review)

Reviewed By: Sean McCormick
Purchased from: Manufacturer

Street Price: $159.00 USD + tax & shipping

About: 

Celestion is the world's largest manufacturers of loudspeakers.

This G12M-65 Creamback features a power rating of 65 watts (rms) with a pressed steel chassis, round copper voice coil and a ceramic magnet with a nominal impedance of 8Ω & 16Ω in a 12”/305mm package. 

Ala Carte Boutique Amplifiers by Booya Amplifier Services,... (Review)

Reviewed By: Sean McCormick
Purchased from: Manufacturer

Street Price: $1,500 and up USD + tax & shipping

About: 

Booya Amplifier Services is an American manufacturer of boutique handcrafted, specialty guitar and bass guitar amplifiers that specializes in amplifier modification, customization, design and repair based out of Lake Hopatcong, NJ.  

This review is not on a single amplifier but on the Booya Amplifier Services company as a whole. 

The Howlin' Moon model #152 by Malinoski Guitars,... (Review)

Reviewed By: Sean McCormick  

Purchased from: Manufacturer

Street Price: $2,000 USD with case + shipping

About:

Malinoski Guitars is a manufacturer of handcrafted custom boutique American built electric and electric bass guitars.  

This Howlin' Moon model #152 has an acrylic lacquer and oiled walnut/ambrosia maple and ash/wenge stripe body dressed with an oiled ambrosia maple/douglas fir pickguard-control plate that flows into a 24 3/4" scale 7/8" slim "C" shaped maple neck with a padauk fretboard featuring 24 large frets topped with a 1 11/16" delrin nut with a total weight of 6 lbs 13 oz.

The Blackjack-21® II by Fuchs Audio Technology,... (Review)

Reviewed By: Sean McCormick 

Purchased from: Manufacturer

Street Price: $1,750.00 USD + Shipping 

About: 

Fuchs Audio Technology is the manufacturer of boutique, hand-crafted, all-tube guitar amplifiers and effects based out of Clifton, NJ.

This “The Blackjack 21®-II” model is a (2) channel combo amp that is powered by (2) 12AX7, (1) 12AT7, with (2) 6V6 power tubes pushed through (1) 12” Eminence Red White and Blue speaker at 21 watts with the Fuchs “Good Verbrations” digital reverb, an effects loop, and (2) button foot switch, with 4, 8,  & 16 ohm speaker out put jacks featuring channel one (non master channel) (1) bass (1) mid (1) treble tone controls -- channel two (1) gain control (1) master volume on a front mount control panel.