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BAR/OLC Tube Cricket

The Tube Cricket is a half-watt guitar amp collaboration between Beavis Audio Research and OLCircuits. This bizarre recombination of ideas (think Jeff Goldblum in “The Fly”) yields a nice gainy sound that won’t disturb sleeping kids, neighbors, or your parole officer. This kit runs on the included 12 VDC wall-wart adapter and can power a 4x12 cab for meaty tone.

Note: this is a prebuilt unit for illustrative purposes. The kit version will be bare metal... an open canvas upon which to add your touch.

I'm powdercoating the first nn* kits for you. Color Of The Moment (click color for picture):
Black Chrome (2 remaining)
Candy Purple (sold out)
Gold (sold out)

*nn: I don't know how many I'll powdercoat. :)

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Hybrid Design (tube preamp, chipamp power amp)
Instrument-level Input / Speaker-level Output
Operates on 12 VDC power adapter (included for US customers, see FAQ regarding a Maplin unit for international customers)
Three controls: Gain, Tone, Master

Price:
Kit: $135 (Drilled enclosure, PCB, and *12VDC supply along with all wire, jacks, etc. [as usual] included in the price.)
Pre-built: Available at Beavis Audio Research. www.beavisaudio.com

* I don't include the supply for non-US customers because it does not work in other countries. However, you save on the shipping. I have been recommending a Maplin unit for years to my Eclipse Valve customers, who report 100% success with it. Just contact me about it.