Designer’s Introduction

“When I sat down with a blank piece of paper (well actually as this is the 21st century, a blank computer screen) to design the TCT range of amplifiers, I had a long hard look at all the guitar amps that I had designed previously. Even though many of those designs were destined to be what can only be called Classics, I wanted to approach these new amps in a different perspective. Instead of designing under the corporate image of whatever company I was working for at the time, the TCT amps were for the first time “my” amps. This put the image in my mind as “what do I want from an amp, and how do I want it to look”. As a guitar player of many years I have used many different amps, many times different ones hooked up in a multi- amp set up for the different sounds that I needed at the time. This realisation formulated the basic concept and functionality of the direction I needed to go in, something that was simple to use but was as variable as possible. Oh, and sounded great at everything it did as well! The “what do I want it to look like” actually developed pretty quickly – I wanted something that looked classy and stood out from the crowd, something that at the same time was familiar yet unique. For want of a better word “boutique”. I think that the TCT series of Albion amps fulfils my dream and desire with room to spare. Finally “my” amp! I personally love playing these amps and can sit there playing them for hours on end without tiring of them – sometimes to the annoyance of my small team I have to add – I do tend to play very loud at times, and they do have to work!!”