Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Little Budda

Posted by Jon in • Guitar Amps

Budda Superdrive II
The Budda Superdrive II might look like a cute little amp but this thing is built to pack a punch and just in case you are skeptical one of their endorsees is Joe Bonamassa! That didn’t impress you? How about Prashant Aswani then? That video is Prashant using the Superdrive 18 pictured left which is an 18 watt Class AB amp with 4 EL84’s and a 5u4 Rectifier Tube and 12AX7 High Grade Preamp Tubes that offer plenty of versatility from creamy blues tones, to full on crunch as you can hear from the video. All this tube power is driving through a custom designed Budda Phat 12 speaker. Doesn’t sound like an 18 watt amp does it? Now these amps aren’t exactly cheap but what did you expect? I’m sure in Australia we would have to pay around AUD$4000 for something of this calibre but you lucky people in the US of A can pick one of these little beauties up for the bargain price of $1436 at Guitar Center or Music123!

I’m off to sit cross legged somewhere quiet humming gently to see if Budda can send a bit of enlightenment my way!

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