While we were working on the write-up for this amp, a customer came in and saw it in the showroom and asked to check it out. I set him up with one of the 3rd Power Dream Series 1x12s with a Celestion AlNiCo Gold speaker. The customer chose a Suhr Modern Satin, which wouldn't have been my first choice, but fit nicely within the range of guitars he owned...and holy cow, was it amazing.

The cleans were crispy and articulate, allowing full open chords to ring out like a choir of angels. Single note licks had a ton of body and definition with a fast, percussive attack and a beautiful airy chime. Even after engaging the push-pull second gain stage, the amp retains a huge touch-sensitive and dynamic palette, with light grit with your volume rolled off and big, bold leads with your guitar's volume cranked. This amp sounds like the intersection of top-boosted AC-style tones and rich, hot-rodded 'brown sound' distortion, if you can believe that.

This particular setup was easily one of the best sounding rigs we've assembled in our showroom. Someone grab it soon...because our salesguys are drooling over this one!

"With a Little Help From His Friends"

Keeping in the well established tradition of the RSA 23, the BTR 23 (Developed for Brian Ray of Paul McCartney's band) retains the truly unique and stand-alone sonic signature of the well established RSA 23, combining the best attributes of several of our favorite British amplifier formats, from the speed, sensitivity, and dynamics of our favorite EL84 amp from England, to the mid-range punch and aggressive drive of some of our favorite 50 to 100 Watt 4-input amplifiers from England, topped off with the very unique roaring, powerful, creamy and articulate overdrive offered in our favorite 200 Watt KT88 amplifier from England, we took it further (per Brian's request) in development by adding a push/pull on the volume to offer additional gain where needed, and a transparent and highly effective master volume to make it more agreeable with on stage application, while still maintaining the single note chord definition at all ranges from 1 to 10 which remains simply spectacular!

Truely a "Stand Alone" Sonic Experience!

Warranty

This item is sold without the Sound Pure 3-year warranty (used / B-stock / dealer-exempt). Coverage terms for items in this category live in Terms & Conditions, Section 27.

Returns

Not eligible for Try Before You Buy or the 48-hour approval period. Standard return policy applies — see Terms & Conditions, Section 18 for details.