Billy Corgan: Carstens Grace amp versatility | Carstens Amplification

Bonus content from the Carstens Grace amplifier video interview.
Carstens Amplification and Billy Corgan have combined creative talents!
Brian Carstens has long been working with the Smashing Pumpkins as an amplifier technician. In 2018, Billy Corgan and Brian began discussing an amp collaboration. Billy expressed, in over 30 years of creating music, “I have never played a high gain amp that I like.” Billy’s lofty request: for Brian to make him an amp with an unheard of amount of gain, high headroom and distinct tone. Brian got to work, and the Carstens Amplification® Grace amplifier was born. Billy was so blown away by the Grace that this custom project turned into this signature Billy Corgan amplifier - Billy’s first and only. To really understand why Billy Corgan calls the Grace “a game changer” and “a real step forward,” take a listen.
This extremely versatile, 100W, single channel amplifier offers a staggering amount of articulate high gain, yet is exceptionally responsive to changes in your guitar volume and attack. As such, your Grace can go from clean, crunch to breathtaking overdrive with the turn of a volume, or gain control, or by just using a lighter touch. The Grace has a massive, wide open 3-dimensional tone and very high harmonic content that help to make it sound unlike any other amp on the market.
Each Grace is completely handwired using premium components, including specially designed, hand-wound Mercury Magnetics transformers. The result is a beautifully open and immense 3-dimensional high-gain overdrive with incredible note separation.
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Video produced and directed by Vincent Labriola
Cinematography by Kyle Probst
Filmed on location at Madame ZuZu's in Highland Park, Illinois
Completely handmade/hand-wired in the U.S.A by Brian Carstens
Custom cabinet handcrafted in the U.S.A
Specially designed, hand-wound Mercury Magnetics transformers
Mercury Magnetics power cord
Premium capacitors
High grade vacuum tubes for low noise and peak performance
Powder coated/silk screened, high quality aluminum chassis
100W
4 x EL34
4 x 12AX7
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[@spguitar]

Hopefully i can grab one of these before they're gone. Any chance of a rack preamp of Grace or high gain preamp later on?

[@CarstensAmplification]

Nothing is out of the question, if done well. Thanks BJ!

[@dannyflynn2057]

I love this. Be cool if I didn't have to take out a mortgage on a house.