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LA Amp Show '10 - BC Audio Amplifier No. 8 Demo

PG's Joe Coffey is On Location at the 2010 LA Amp Show where we get to check out BC Audio. In this segment, we get to check out BC Audio's newest amplifier--Amplifier No. 8. The No. 8, is a class A, single-channel, 25-watter loaded with a 5AR4/GZ34 rectifier, two 5881 power tubes and two 6SL7 octal preamp tubes. The head is available in a vintage green ammo can or a standard cab box in black and red.



PG's Joe Coffey is On Location at the 2010 LA Amp Show where we get to check out BC Audio. In this segment, we get to check out BC Audio's newest amplifier--Amplifier No. 8. The No. 8, is a class A, single-channel, 25-watter loaded with a 5AR4/GZ34 rectifier, two 5881 power tubes and two 6SL7 octal preamp tubes. The head is available in a vintage green ammo can or a standard cab box in black and red.
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In our second installment with Santa Cruz Guitar Company founder Richard Hoover, the master luthier takes PG's John Bohlinger through the detailed (and scientific) process of analyzing, shifting and "tuning" the guitar's top before repeating the process when the back and sides are joined, and once again when introducing the neck to the instrument build while focusing on keeping everything harmoniously synergized and "tuned."

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