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Bolt Amps - BTH-50 Head Demo

PG's Shawn Hammond is On Location in Frankfurt, Germany, for the 2010 Musikmesse show where he swings by the Bolt Amps booth. In this segment, we get to see and hear from Bolt's newest amp - the BTH-50. The BTH-50 is a 50 watt head loaded with 12AX7 preamp tubes and 6L6 power tubes (which can be exchanged for EL34s). The Lead and Rhythm channels feature Gain & Level Controls three selectable Reverbs, Selectable active & passive EQ with Bass, Mid (swept in Lead Channel), Treble and a three-way position Voicing switch. The Master section features Level, Presence, SoloBoost with amount, On/Off & Gain/Level Select, effects loop on/off and power amp mute switch.



PG's Shawn Hammond is On Location in Frankfurt, Germany, for the 2010 Musikmesse show where he swings by the Bolt Amps booth. In this segment, we get to see and hear from Bolt's newest amp - the BTH-50.

The BTH-50 is a 50 watt head loaded with 12AX7 preamp tubes and 6L6 power tubes (which can be exchanged for EL34s). The Lead and Rhythm channels feature Gain & Level Controls three selectable Reverbs, Selectable active & passive EQ with Bass, Mid (swept in Lead Channel), Treble and a three-way position Voicing switch. The Master section features Level, Presence, SoloBoost with amount, On/Off & Gain/Level Select, effects loop on/off and power amp mute switch.

Stevie Van Zandt with ā€œNumber One,ā€ the ā€™80s reissue Stratocasterā€”with custom paisley pickguard from luthier Dave Petilloā€”that heā€™s been playing for the last quarter century or so.

Photo by Pamela Springsteen

With the E Street Band, heā€™s served as musical consigliere to Bruce Springsteen for most of his musical life. And although he stands next to the Boss onstage, guitar in hand, heā€™s remained mostly quiet about his work as a playerā€”until now.

Iā€™m stuck in Stevie Van Zandtā€™s elevator, and the New York City Fire Department has been summoned. Itā€™s early March, and I am trapped on the top floor of a six-story office building in Greenwich Village. On the other side of this intransigent door is Van Zandtā€™s recording studio, his guitars, amps, and other instruments, his Wicked Cool Records offices, and his man cave. The latter is filled with so much day-glo baby boomer memorabilia that itā€™s like being dropped into a Milton Glaser-themed fantasy landā€”a bright, candy-colored chandelier swings into the room from the skylight.


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