Abelard

The Abelard was designed to be the perfect combination of versatility and simplicity.  It was intended to cover a wide range of clean and dirty tones with ease, going from tame to a raging monster with a simple turn of the Gain knob, making it perfect for a large number of musical applications.  At only 1 watt of pure Class A, single ended power, Abelard will astound you with just how much musical territory it can cover with minimal effort!

Preamp

Abelard's preamp is in many ways backwards in its orientation for instead of working through multiple gain stages before hitting a tone stack (EQ) section, it actually places the EQ section early in the circuit, with the gain stages following.  This arrangement actually gives you an incredible amount of control over the amp and the nature of its sonic response as well as its overdrive characteristics.  Want more gain and need to tighten up the low end?  Roll off the lows and bring up the mids.  Want lots of bass and clean chime?  Pull the mids and gain down, and bass and treble up.  Once you wrap your mind around the endless possibilities of this preamp it becomes hard to live without!

Power Amp

The Abelard's power amp centers around the 12ax7 tube which has the richest harmonics of any other 12a_7 type.  The single 12ax7 can be pushed to the limit, giving a classic mid heavy roar, but it can also provide a very detailed and stunningly three-dimensional response.  For other tonal variations you can swap the 12ax7 out for a 12au7 or 12at7.

This power amp allows you to access incredible tones at bedroom volume, making it absolutely perfect for studios of all sizes as well as live environments.  Bring your studio amp on the road with you!

Line Level Direct Output

Each Hendyamps 1w guitar amp comes with the ability to send a line level unbalanced direct out.  The volume of this output is controlled by a knob on the front panel and the signal is sent post power amp and output transformer.  This means that direct recording for later reamping or cab simulator purposes will retain the tone from the entire amplifier.