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Brave Amplification

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Brave Amplification was founded in 2000 in Bologna, Italy by guitar tech's Lorenzo Baldi and Fabio Benericetti.
Their mission was to create the best handmade guitar amps, close to the state of the art and rugged enough for every abuse, right to satisfy every guitar player.
So the first HLS-I prototype saw the light in 2001, and it's standing still after 6 years of hard work without any need of repairs than tube changes.
The HLS-I success convinced Fabio and Lorenzo to perseverate their research for the best tone, and thanks to the feedback given from the first Brave amps customers, and the hard valve technology studies, they are now ready to manufacture some of the most valuable amps you can wish for.
At the moment Brave manufactures several amp models: HLS-I and HLS-PLUS, very versatile rock oriented amps, Classic Tone, made for the vintage american tone purist, Diamond, a very powerful Hi-Gain monster with a classy heart, Long John, a must have for all the british sound lovers, and Raptor, a very compact tiny monster.


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Member Since: 11/11/2006
Band Website: braveamps.com
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HLS-I

HLS-I is the first born of the family, because it directly descends from BRAVE first 2001 prototypes. Completely designed and manufactured in Italy, this hand made amp has a unique sound, and a versatility without no comparisons.
Although comfortable with hard sounds, HLS-I is not that one-sound amp, but the three channels allow to space between shining clean sounds, enthusiastic rythmics and breathtaking solos without any quality loss.
From fusion to metal, HLS-I is the tool that perfectly shape the sound to your guitar style!

SPECIFICATIONS:
All-Tube amp 100W/50W - AB class:
7 tubes 12AX7 (preamp), 4 tubes 6L6GC (power amp)
Dimensions:25x63x26cm
Weight: 16Kg
3 Channels: Clean, Crunch, Lead
Channel controls:
CLEAN: Gain, Bass, Middle, Treble, Master, Reverb, Presence
LEAD/CRUNCH: Gain, Bass, Middle, Treble, Master, Reverb, Presence
Accutronicsâ„¢ reverb with tube circuit
Focus® control on the the rear panel
2 Parallel speakers out with impedance selector
Slave out
Channel and Reverb Footswitch out
FX loop with tube buffer circuit and rotary send level
HI/LOW power switch on the rear panel

We will be ready soon with the new evolution model of HLS, called HLS-PLUS! Stay Tuned!!

DIAMOND

Diamond is born from the synthesis of HLS-I and Classic Tone, and saves the BRAVE project characters, like the high end tube electronics and the hand crafting. The result is not just half-way from the two heads, but simply the maximum expression of perfect sound reseach.
3 channels of absolute purity, the clean and harmonic-plenty sound, the extremely versatile crunch, the unbelievably sounding distortion and sustain of the lead channel. The class and the personality of this amp are the perfect mate of the no-compromise guitarist!

SPECIFICATIONS
All-Tube amp 150W/75 AB class
4 tubes 6550 (power amp), 7 tubes 12AX7 (preamp)
Dimensions: 25x63x26cm
Weight: 16Kg
3 Channels: Clean, Crunch, Lead
CLEAN: Gain, Bass, Middle, Treble, Master, Reverb, Presence
LEAD/CRUNCH: Gain, Bass, Middle, Treble, Master, Reverb, Presence
Accutronicsâ„¢ reverb with tube circuit
Focus® control on the the rear panel
2 Parallel speakers out with impedance selector
Slave out
Channel and Reverb Footswitch out
FX loop with tube buffer circuit and rotary send level
HI/LOW power switch on the rear panel

CLASSIC TONE

Classic Tone is the ultimate vintage amp, built to re-create those legendary tones that went into history. As its brother HLS-I it's an all-tube amp, with 80w class AB+A power, switchable down to 30w class A, delivering a crystal tone full of harmonics. The peculiar eq. section, situated before amplification, allows to shape the tone in a very effective way, deiving just the frequencies you need, obtaining very vintage tones right for blues, jazz and rock'n'roll.
Classic Tone comes both as head and combo, with one Celestion Classic Lead or Jensen C12K2 speaker.

SPECIFICATIONS
All-Tube amp 80W AB class/30W A class:
6 tubes 12AX7 (preamp), 4 tubes 6L6GC (power amp)
Dimensions: 25x63x26cm
Weight: 16Kg
3 Channels: Clean, Crunch, Lead
CLEAN: Gain, Bass, Middle, Treble, Master, Reverb, Presence
LEAD/CRUNCH: Gain, Bass, Middle, Treble, Master, Reverb, Presence
Accutronicsâ„¢ reverb with tube circuit
Focus® control on the the rear panel
2 Parallel speakers out with impedance selector
Slave out
Channel and Reverb Footswitch out
FX loop with tube buffer circuit and rotary send level
HI/LOW power switch on the rear panel

LONG JOHN - NEW!!! - APRIL 2007

The Long John is especially made for all British sounds, starting from the first Hendrix tunes to the middle eightes crunchy distortions.
Like its cousin Classic Tone, Long John has a 80W hybrid power amp, that allows the sound to sensibly change from vintage to modern tones; the three channels will let you switch from 50's blues to Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd, and Zakk Wilde's tunes without any external outboard.

SPECIFICATIONS
All-Tube amp 80W AB class/30W A class:
7 tubes 12AX7 (preamp), 4 tubes EL34 Svetlana (power amp)
Dimensions: 25x63x26cm
Weight: 16Kg
3 Channels: Clean, Crunch, Lead
CLEAN: Gain, Bass, Middle, Treble, Master, Reverb, Presence
LEAD/CRUNCH: Gain, Bass, Middle, Treble, Master, Reverb, Presence
Accutronicsâ„¢ reverb with tube circuit
Focus® control on the the rear panel
2 Parallel speakers out with impedance selector
Slave out
Channel and Reverb Footswitch out
FX loop with tube buffer circuit and rotary send level
HI/LOW power switch on the rear panel

RAPTOR - NEW!!! - APRIL 2007

The new Raptor series is all that you ever wished about sound quality, weight and dimensions.
The Raptors are all-tubes two channel amps that weight less than 10Kg and they are so compact that you can put one in your school backpack!
No more pain for your back or backseat tetris, and still no compromise with sound.
Raptor is available in three models: 100W, 50W and 25W just by changing the power amp tubes.

SPECIFICATIONS
All-Tube amps, 100/50/25W AB class
5 tubes 12AX7 (preamp), 2 power amp tubes (KT88, EL34, 6V6)
Dimensions: 22x48x22cm
Weight: 9Kg
2 Channels: Rhythm and Lead
RHYTHM: Gain, Volume
LEAD: Gain, Volume
EQ SECTION: Bass, Middle, Treble, Presence
3 Parallel speakers out with different impedance
Slave out
Channel Footswitch out
FX loop with tube buffer circuit

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Record Label: Brave Amps
Type of Label: Indie