With the Coyote amp you will find a unique smoothness and responsiveness unrivaled by small and big amps alike. The reason for the Coyote's incredibly soulful tone is a combined result of the following features:
Power Dampening
Power Dampening is a unique feature that allows infinite power levels to be selected. With the Coyote you can dial in anywhere between the maximum 12 watt to the minimum of less than 1 watt output. If you need to get a full throttle overdrive tone, but at a volume you can play at home, then you can select the power or volume level that works best for you and still get the same tone you had with the amp cranked up.
A non-master volume amp does not have preamp distortion and normally needs to be run at high power levels to achieve an overdrive sound. Higher power levels result in higher volume. With Power Dampening the user can select what power level they want to use. By reducing the power the amp can make, the volume will be reduced with it. Because Power Dampening lowers the power being generated by the tubes, the amp runs cooler, and with much less stress. This reduces wear on the tubes and transformers. Power Dampening is not a built in attenuator, nor is it a master volume control. The result is excellent retention of both tone and clarity. Power Dampening lets you get full throttle overdrive with lower power amp volumes.
Line Level Output
All Mojave Amplifiers are equipped with adjustable line level outputs. The adjustable Line output is also equipped with a ground lift, selected via a push-pull knob, to avoid any ground loops that might occur from direct connections with external equipment. Line outs serve as an excellent source for collecting the amplifiers sound as a whole without microphone or speaker interaction. The tone is also inclusive of the power tubes and output transformer. By using the line level output the guitar amplifier signal can be sent directly to a live board, recording device, effects processor and amplified separately allowing wet/dry setups.
Mojave AmpWorks exclusive current tracking pre-amp technology
What is Current Tracking Pre-amp Technology? Simply stated, it is now a revolutionary application of tube related technology to guitar amplifier design. The benefits are three fold. First, the input stage of the amplifier will have one half of the noise of a typical pre-amp. Second, there is a significant increase in current capacity of the pre-amp stage. Finally, there is a high degree of improved guitar pickup sensitivity. Add these three benefits together and you get a unique quality that is Current Tracking Pre-amp Technology.
Two independently voiced preamp channels,that can be mixed together An independent channel voicing topography is used on the Coyote amplifier for a high degree of voice versatility. This design has several intelligent advantages. First, the independently voiced preamp channels alleviate the need for tone controls such as bass, midrange, treble or presence. By removing the tone controls your amplifier is simpler to use and it becomes easier to find great tones. In addition, mixing of the two voices provides a greater degree of achievable gain. The gain is extracted from a total of four triodes. Because there are four triode tube stages alone in the pre amp, your guitar signal is rich with even order harmonics before it even gets to the power tubes where it will pick up a massive amount of additional tube tone. This design gives the user a greater degree of complexity and responsiveness for a given instrument input signal. Channel one is voiced for a thicker bass tone, while channel two is voiced for a more focused bright tone. Each channel is controlled by its own volume control. When one channel is set for its volume the other channel can be added for the desired level of tone enrichment.
Cathode biased EL84 power amp
The Coyote has been designed with a classic cathode biased power amp design. The power amp is rich in harmonic content and has a great British character, which is developed via (2)-EL84 power tubes. The power section is self biased allowing power tubes to be changed without the technical attention normally required by amplifiers using grid biasing. The simplicity of the Coyote design is truly an asset for the user. The Coyote's output transformer is equipped with both 8-ohm and 16-ohm speaker taps providing good flexibility for your speaker needs.
Mid-frequency cut switching
The Coyote amp has a natural midrange emphasis in its overall frequency response. Engaging the midrange cut switch will tend to reduce the midrange level of the amplifier's frequency response. The mid cut only affects the bright channel, and when the midrange is in the "cut" setting the Coyote achieves a greater degree of clean headroom. With this setting you can achieve the same result as with a Top-Boost. If the mid switch is left in the "emphasis" setting, the amp will move into a more aggressive mode.
High and low sensitivity input jacks
By using the high and low sensitivity inputs the user can find a variety of dynamic range colors with the Coyote. The low sensitivity input allows you to obtain a larger degree of clean headroom, especially with lower output pickups. If the high sensitivity input is used a greater degree of output tube overload can be achieved. The drive signal from the high sensitivity input is two times greater than that of the low sensitivity input.
High Z power supply without the ghost-notes
Another classic design feature found on the Coyote is the high impedance power supply, which is found in almost all vintage amplifiers. The high impedance power supply causes some variance in the amplifier's current levels when demand is placed on the amp or when the amp is run at full power. Typically a high impedance power supply will fluctuate with the player's performance, which tends to give the amp a distinct character. This phenomenon is readily found in tube rectified vintage guitar amps. This is a feature that is considered desirable by most players. The trade off is that this condition can cause the user to hear a "Ghost note" on top of the fundamental note. While the Coyote was designed with a high impedance power supply, it was also designed to reduce the "Ghost note" effect to a level below detection, thus giving the Coyote the best of both worlds.
