Thermionic culture vulture anniversary limited edition

[Kevlar]

THERMIONIC CULTURE- CULTURE VULTURE ANNIVERSARY LIMITED EDITION



To celebrate Thermionic Cultures 11th anniversary, Thermionic Culture have announced the Culture Vulture Anniversary Limited Edition. The Anniversay model will be based on the companies current standard Culture Vulture but it has far more radical possibilities, in particular for guitar and bass applications. The production will be limited to 80 units and will have the front panel finished in Thermionic red instead of black.

MULLARD & PHILPS VALVES
The valves selected for the anniversary edition are Mullard and Philips NV, who owned 50% of Mullard. Mullard have a reputation for producing the best valves in the world and Thermionic have also specified the ‘M’ or military version, which was Mullard’s top grade model. The 2x input valves are Mullard M8100/CV4010, these are very high gain, low noise versions of the EF95, and provide better coupling for guitar and bass inputs with an even fatter warmer sound and were also used in the very first hand wired Vultures. The distortion valve is different too, another 2x Mullard’s, the M8196/CV4011 which is a low noise version of the 6AS6 distortion valve as used in the standard Culture Vulture. The last valve used is a single Philips ECG type 5963 double triode valve as the out put for both channel, this is a very high quality version of the American made ECC82.

10 POSITION DISTORTION TYPE SELECTER INC FILTERS
The distortion type selector switch now has 10 positions instead of the standard 3, the first two are triode and pentode as on the standard Vulture, with the next 5 all being Pentode that have been specifically designed with guitars and basses in mind by having a tuned filter optimized to musical notes. The final 3 positions are variations on the original Pentode 2 settings, SC1, SC2, SC3, ( squash! ) offers radical distortion effects like frequency doubling and over compression effects. As the overdrive section has an additional 4dB gain, an extra overdrive position has been added which halves the available overdrive gain.

Thermionic Cultures product developer and beta tester Nick Terry, who came up with the idea for the original Culture Vulture and has recently engineered ‘The Klaxons’, ‘Franz Ferdinand’ and ‘Simian Mobile Disco’ said; “The new Squash setting are nothing like a traditional EQ, it’s extremely effective and brings guitars and basses to life in mixes like nothing else, I recently used it on an album project and it’s just become indispensable for me.” The intended price should be between the prices for the standard and mastering versions of the Culture Vultures.

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[sashbash]

i want one.

when are these available?

[kosi]

Yum

[Tom H]

Congrats Thermionic! Nice color.

[Kevlar]

Originally Posted by sashbash

i want one.

when are these available?

It should be around 4-6 weeks. I should get a better idea over the next few days at the show, if it's any different I'll let you all know

[Delta Heavy]

tasty

[SonOfSteven]

Super, i almost bought 1 last month. Im glad i didnt because im definitely gonna buy this baby. It looks great and im sure it sounds mega

[Kevlar]

Originally Posted by SonOfSteven

Super, i almost bought 1 last month. Im glad i didnt because im definitely gonna buy this baby. It looks great and im sure it sounds mega

It certainly does sound mega. If you're thinking about getting one don't think too long as we've already pre-sold 60 out of the 80 units that will be produced!

Your dealer for Holland is Joystick btw.

[SonOfSteven]

Originally Posted by Kevlar

It certainly does sound mega. If you're thinking about getting one don't think too long as we've already pre-sold 60 out of the 80 units that will be produced!

Your dealer for Holland is Joystick btw.

I already contacted funky junk italy, will make deposit for pre order tomorrow thumbsup

[Haiku]

Originally Posted by Kevlar

If you're thinking about getting one don't think too long as we've already pre-sold 60 out of the 80 units that will be produced!

Hi .. it sounds great!! I own a Culture Vulture MV. Will it be possible at some point for Thermionic to add these cool extra features as a hardware upgrade for existing Vultures? Kind of like Empirical Labs did with their British Mode hardware upgrade for the Distressor

[thedommer]

I kinda want one. can someone let me know what the price on this is and shipping to toronto canada.

dom

[Kevlar]

Originally Posted by thedommer

I kinda want one. can someone let me know what the price on this is and shipping to toronto canada.

dom

You can get them from Steves Music, email George at georgek@stevesmusic.com

[kosi]

Hi Kev, do you have a release date already ?

regards,
kosi

[Silver Sonya]

Want one. Can't afford it. Just bought a Phoenix.

Someday...

- c

[Entrainer]

Damn. Already have the stock CV, but I'd much prefer the tubes in this unit.

[sonicdefault]

This looks very nice. I'm finding it painful to look at, kinda like that red sports-car I never owned...


-SD

[Kevlar]

Originally Posted by kosi

Hi Kev, do you have a release date already ?

regards,
kosi

They start coming off production in a week or two, but we have a lot of back orders to fill. If you wanted to order one it's best to find a main distributor or stocking dealer that has units on order with us and reserve one with them. Let me know where you're located and I can point you in the right direction.

[kosi]

Originally Posted by Kevlar

They start coming off production in a week or two, but we have a lot of back orders to fill. If you wanted to order one it's best to find a main distributor or stocking dealer that has units on order with us and reserve one with them. Let me know where you're located and I can point you in the right direction.

Not necessary, as I ordered one already and like Tom Petty once said: the waiting is the hardest part

keep rockin

[David Baron]

Is thermionic culture offering upgrades to existing owners?

[thedommer]

checked it out. looks like its 2600 canadian. Think I'm going to pass up on this one. Id love this unit but its not a necessity.

[wiglad]

Very cool!!!

Kevlar, is there any chance of some, or all of these features making it into a Mastering version sometime down the road? thanks.

[The Dark Matters]

Always wanted to get the Original but so glad ive waited as this looks the DOGS,,,I ve just paid up for one and cant wait for it to arrive,,,,,more sleepness night ahead to come!!!

[Jonsey]

SOLD OUT

All 80 Limited Edition units gone

[Red Mastering]

Originally Posted by Kevlar

They start coming off production in a week or two, but we have a lot of back orders to fill. If you wanted to order one it's best to find a main distributor or stocking dealer that has units on order with us and reserve one with them. Let me know where you're located and I can point you in the right direction.

Hello Kev,

How long it will take to get my hands on it ? I already paid a distributor for it, and want answer from a real source..


cheers

[soundeq]

I demoed a unit not the anniversary edition, but a mastering edition.... sounded fine, just didn't do what I wanted it to do, sent it back...

[kosi]

Originally Posted by Kevlar

It should be around 4-6 weeks. I should get a better idea over the next few days at the show, if it's any different I'll let you all know

this quote is from the 31.03.

any news here ?

[Solar]

This baby looks amazing indeed!

I got one of Thermionic Culture gear in my studio right now for a TEST drive, specifically THE ROOSTER and man all i can say is that i'm getting addicted to this piece. The saturation knobs are simply wonderful and musical. This piece really add that great tone into almost any kind of signal you send in. I don't think i wanna return it back...

BIG BIG BIG Thanx to my friend George aka GK at Steve's music. If you're looking for real TONE no matter the brand, you definitively have to stop by Steve's Pro-Audio section and talk to the man that's all!!


Thanx Kevlar for the heads up!

Cheers!

[r.staettler]

the anniversary limited edition is sold out, isnt it?

[Doc Mixwell]

Originally Posted by r.staettler

the anniversary limited edition is sold out, isnt it?

Yes, there are no more available.

[Red Mastering]

it's July and I was told by my dealer to wait till August...
not very happy about it considering I paid 100% price for it in April,
Dealer claims it's THEM (thermionic ) who postponed it

any one got it already ?


take it easier