CustomAudioElectronics 2×12 Guitar Cabinet

CAE, guitar system manufacturer at the forefront for top pros

The products and ideas of Custom Audio Electronics “CAE”, led by Bob Bradshaw, have revolutionized guitar systems for professionals during live use. The masterpiece preamps and amps recreate professional-tier sound.

Custom Audio Electronics 2×12 introduction

Custom Audio Electronics is a company specializing in guitar systems launched by Bob Bradshaw in the 1980s. Originally interested in audio and recording, Bob enrolled in an electronics school in Atlanta to learn basic electrical knowledge. After he graduated, he moved to California to work on the Hughes Aircraft production line. Then he went on to work for a company that repaired musical instruments, where he got to experience the scenes of various stages and recordings.

At that time, guitarists on stage were playing with sets that had a lot of stompboxes lined up at their feet and connected to multiple amps. Many stompboxes back then didn’t have LEDs that let you turn effects on and off like they do today, and you needed a few actions to switch sounds.​​Custom Audio Electronics was born from the idea that if this could be solved and done in one action, it would be ingenious.

Buzzy Feyton was a guitarist that Bob looked up to, who was worried about switching the tone on stage. Bob contacted and proposed a system for switching to Buzzy, who became very interested. Bob decided to create a gig system for Buzzy Feyton.
The names of CAE and Bob Bradshaw spread by word of mouth among local musicians, and the number of clients increased. Later, they jointly developed with Rocktron, who released the RSB-18 switching system.

There are many musicians who love CAE systems, and one of them is Steve Lukather of TOTO. At that time Bob accompanied TOTO on tour. Lukather’s set had multiple amp heads in a rack case and switched the preamp section to switch the tone. It was Mike Soldano who approached Bob to ask if it was possible to miniaturize these multiple amplifiers and make them into preamplifiers, which lead to the X-88 preamp.

The X-88 became famous after that, but Bob was unsatisfied with many of its components. John Suhr of the current Suhr Guitar was famous as a guitar craftsman on the East Coast at that time. Bob called John and began designing an improved preamplifier for the X-88. He improved the preamp section of the X-88 and added an EQ to the master output. That is the 3+ preamplifier that was later used by various musicians as a masterpiece of CAE.

It was Bob who realized the importance of the preamp. It is said that the sound of a guitar amp head is not just the preamp but the distortion of the power amp, but in reality, the preamp is responsible for the bulk of the guitar sound, and the power amp simply amplifies it cleanly.

Around the same time, VHT began selling rack-mount power amplifiers, and the combination of 3+ and VHT became a staple. After that, the OD-100, which incorporated a power amplifier circuit into its own preamplifier and turned it into a head amplifier, was also released. The OD-100 was also used by Michael Landau, a renowned LA studio guitarist, and has become a favourite of many guitarists.

Then they also manufactured cabinets for guitars. Until then, the mainstream guitar cabinet was the 412, a cabinet with four 12-inch drums, but Bob designed a cabinet with two 12-inch drums. This cabinet can be installed horizontally and vertically, and when laid out vertically, it also serves as an important monitor for guitarists, just like the regular 412. In addition, it is a front-loading design in which the back is completely closed and the speaker unit is attached from the front.

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