✡ Almond Tree - Anointed Amplification ✡
Ever hear of a guitar amp that's built from a raw casing to finished product in a prayer environment? We call it "Anointed Amplification." I came up with the original design through prayer (and a little physics study). Since then, I've built each unit with prayer, then I pray over it some more. A word of warning: these amps only play prophetic worship music. If you try playing the devil’s counterfeit crap through an Almond Tree Amp, you’ll get electrocuted. It’s in the top secret HcC/CvU circuit (“holy vs. common, clean vs. unclean”), patent pending.
See what happens when you think too long about using a 22K resistor vs a 24K resistor in the Treble Boost circuit? Weird humor. Anyways... Now, why, with all the other things I do, would I go and do something crazy like this amp building thing? Well, it started with a problem. Mainstream manufactured guitar amps aren't made for the 24/7 environment like we have at IHOP-Atl. In such abuse they die... quickly. With worship teams that rotate every two hours, and electric guitarists begging for some real tube tone rather than the 'almost-but-not-quite' sound of modeling amplifiers, I needed a product that just wasn't out there. So I learned a few skills, and by the grace of God, built exactly what we needed in the form of an incredible little 9w class A all tube amphead that I call “Altar”. It’s designed for worshipping the Lord through prophetic music in a 24/7 Tabernacle of David environment, so...’Altar’.
Visit IHOP-Atlanta and you'll see three Almond Tree ‘Altars’ on the main prayer room platform; feeding all their creamy goodness to real 12" cones that are mic'ed in isolation cabinets hidden from sight. Thought I might be done building amps after those three made it to the stage (actually the very first went upstairs in my house). Then, guitarists starting playing through the cute little science projects. Some shook their heads and put their gear up for sale, soon came back and had me build an ‘Altar’ for them. And then other houses of prayer came to IHOP-Atlanta for a Leadership Summit, and said, 'how do your electric guitars sound so sweet, and ours sound like listening to a cheap boombox playing a cassette tape of someone playing guitar through a telephone?' And I figure, hey, we can't hog the only anointed amplification on the planet. That would be very un-Kingdom like. So if you like, I'll build one for you, too.
Specs:
9w, class-A.
Hand-wired and soldered, point-to-point w/ solidcore wire
Premium circuit components chosen for sound quality
Controls: Volume with on/off switch, Tone, Gain
Very simple really: It has one good trick...it just sounds gorgeous
Cabinet: none-keeps it cooler for longevity.
If you want a cabinet, or combo build, let’s talk. I can do that to.
Color: Custom.
Cost: $700
