Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson has teamed up with amplification producer Mojotone to launch a completely new vary of amps underneath the identify of LERXST.
All LERXST amps and cupboards are hand-built and are impressed by his “5 many years of musical exploration on the guitar whereas additionally providing fashionable gamers a flexible tonal platform upon which to construct their very own sonic identification.”
The vary had been designed to Lifeson’s exacting specs, and are constructed within the USA by Mojotone. The preliminary launch consists of the OMEGA amplifier head, CHI amplifier head and combo, and an accompanying vary of matching guitar cupboards.
OMEGA Amplifier Head
The OMEGA is hailed as Lifeson’s signature amplifier and the flagship of the LERXST line. It’s a British-voiced with footswitchable clear and lead channels, and a shared 3-band EQ.
It has a switchable 50/25 watt energy part, making it versatile to be used in each small venues and on massive phases, and there’s a serial results loop on provide too. Along with its commonplace model, OMEGA will even be provided in a Restricted Version Hand Wired model for a short while. This version is retailing for $3,495, with the Normal Version Amplifier Head) priced at $2,495.
CHI Amplifier Head and Combo
The CHI “takes the growl and tone of the OMEGA and locations it inside a extra compact kind issue,” in line with a press launch. It’s a 30-watt amplifier, constructed round 6L6 tubes, and is offered as each a smallbox head and a 1×12 combo amplifier. CHI additionally consists of footswitchable clear and lead channels and a serial results loop. The CHI Combo amp is priced at $1,995, or $1695 for the CHI Amplifier Head.
Guitar cupboards in a number of speaker configurations, together with 1×12, 2×12, and 4×12, are additionally obtainable as a part of the launch. The cupboards, head shells, and combo speaker cupboards are all fabricated from voidless baltic birch in a race gray and purple garnet levant Tolex end.
“There was an explosion of guitar music inside the previous 5 years that has been unimaginable to witness in its variety of sounds and gamers,” says Lifeson. “LERXST amplifiers present a platform for these gamers that gives the ability and high quality of tone of one of the best amplifiers of the previous, whereas additionally offering key options like energy scaling and high-quality results loops that mirror the wants of gamers as we speak.”
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