Contents. History 1 Designer's Words 3 TCT Series 5 WHB Series 7 WGR Series 9 WD Series 11

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3 Contents History 1 Designer's Words 3 TCT Series 5 WHB Series 7 WGR Series 9 WD Series 11

4 HISTORY Gilbert Briggs, one of the forefathers of modern audio and founder of the 'Wharfedale Wireless Works' in 1932 (standing right)

5 History Wharfedale History Wharfedale, as a brand, was one of the very earliest pioneers of high-quality audio reproduction. Founded in 1932 by Mr. Gilbert Briggs, the company started life as a tiny cottage production line. Indeed, the first drive units ever made by Wharfedale, the 'Bronze' model which won first prize in the 'Bradford Radio Society' annual competition was manufactured in Gilbert's own attic in the sleepy village of Idle, near Bradford in the valley of the river 'Wharfe'. Today, to remain at the very forefront of audio, Wharfedale has a dedicated 1.5 million square foot manufacturing operation in which every single product and process takes place in-house. Instead of having to use off-the-shelf components from a catalogue as most other purported 'Hi-Fi' companies choose to, we are able to build a complete vision - to engineer every single component from scratch to achieve a harmony in performance and balance. With a Wharfedale loudspeaker, you get 75 years of experience, the most advanced research and development programme - and the most integrated and thorough manufacturing and quality control process in the industry. In Brief Founded in Founder Country of origin Brand portfolio Price range Philosophy Product range 1932 Gilbert Briggs England Hi-Fi and Home Cinema Loudspeakers GBP100/pair to GBP14,000/pair Good value and well-built. Best value in every price category. Airedale Heritage, Airedale Neo, Opus2, EVO2, Diamond 9, Diamond 8, RS-10 2

7 Designer's Words Designer's WordS For four decades I have devoted myself in harnessing my skills in designing amplifiers. Establishing a name now recognized as synonymous to equipments used for high class guitar playing styles from world-renowned guitarists on countless records and concert stages, to local amateur bands playing at a pub on a Saturday night. I discovered my desire to broaden my knowledge of live music technology when as a young struggling musician, I could not afford neither the latest nor the best products. With a naturally enquiring mind, I sought to learn how the instruments worked and how to improve them by combining the existing with the advanced technology, a vision that marked the beginning of my passionate journey to creating affordable tools that deliver the goods for working musicians a Philosophy I still apply until now. Steve Grindrod Wharfedale, with its vision of providing consumers with the best audio-video products, recognizing the reputation I have established in the music industry as well as my philosophy in creating value for money products, presented an opportunity to build a partnership and further explore my abilities as a designer and as a musician as well an offer utterly difficult to turn down. The collaboration eventually resulted to the formation of Wharfedale Musical Instruments (WMI) Division in August Equipped with probably the most advanced audio manufacturing facility available, we plan to bring you world leading amplifier products at honest value for money prices. They may never be the cheapest, because to me, being the cheapest means they have been designed to be cheap but we will always endeavor to present you with the best products we can, without charging you over the odds. Thank you for reading our first catalogue and for showing interest in our products. We assure you loads of exciting new products in the coming months. We hope we can satisfy your musical ideas for a long time as we have put all our hearts and exerted all our efforts into producing them. Director Wharfedale Musical Instruments Division 4

8 TCTSeries

TCT Series Twin channel tube a range of high level tube (valve) amplifiers comprising of: A very comprehensive range of high end professional quality tube amplifiers and speaker cabinets, all

The boutique cosmetic design, tough build quality, and the advanced and unique features, as well as catering for a very broad spectrum of classic and modern electric guitar sounds make these

The TCT (twin channel tube) amp range consists of 2 combo amps (TCT35C, TCT50C), 2 heads (TCT50H, TCT100H), and 2 loudspeaker cabinets (W212, W412).

9 TCT Series Twin channel tube a range of high level tube (valve) amplifiers comprising of: A very comprehensive range of high end professional quality tube amplifiers and speaker cabinets, all designed by Steve Grindrod, who has put all his many years of design experience into these products. The boutique cosmetic design, tough build quality, and the advanced and unique features, as well as catering for a very broad spectrum of classic and modern electric guitar sounds make these amplifiers a must have product range for any discerning guitarist. The TCT (twin channel tube) amp range consists of 2 combo amps (TCT35C, TCT50C), 2 heads (TCT50H, TCT100H), and 2 loudspeaker cabinets (W212, W412). The TCT range all feature 2 channels that can be footswitch controlled for A/B switching and also channel MIX operation. Although each channel is harmonically different in their tonal spectrums, they have a full set of very flexible controls enabling the creation and control of beautiful clean to outrageous overdrive sounds. The power amplifier section also has unique controls to alter not only the attack dynamics (presence), but also the depth of the speaker inter-reaction, the amount of feedback for a tighter or looser sound, power level switching, and also output phase for guitar/room acoustic response (this feature is also invaluable when using multi amp set-ups). A sweet sounding Digital Reverb circuit and series FX loop complete the sonic capabilities of these products. All our transformers are designed and built by ourselves, the output transformers are built on Z-11 laminations. Z-11 is one of the best High Grade lamination materials, and is used for superior sound quality, being on par to custom made boutique transformers. The TCT Series will be available in Spring TCT Tube Guitar Amp Series TCT100H TCT50H TCT50C TCT35C WMI 212 WMI watt twin channel tube head 50 watt twin channel tube head 50 watt twin channel tube 2x12" combo 35 watt twin channel tube 1x12" combo 2X12" closed back speaker cabinet 4X12" closed back speaker cabinet, X pattern EL34 output/footswitch incl./digital reverb EL34 output/footswitch incl./digital reverb EL34 output/footswitch incl./digital reverb 6L6 output/footswitch incl./digital reverb 140watt handling 280watt handling 6

10 WHBSeries

WHB Series Wharfedale Hybrid Bass A comprehensive range of professional quality Bass guitar products, featuring state-of-the-art tube powered preamps, and very musical highdefinition Bi-polar

This mixture of technology allows the WHB range to produce bass sounds to have the warm, harmonically-rich high headroom of good tube design delivered with the dynamic punch that a musically designed

Our EQ system is very wide ranging and extremely versatile allowing the goods to be delivered from warm intimate jazz to hard driving rock and all points in-between.

11 WHB Series Wharfedale Hybrid Bass A comprehensive range of professional quality Bass guitar products, featuring state-of-the-art tube powered preamps, and very musical highdefinition Bi-polar transistor power amplifiers. This mixture of technology allows the WHB range to produce bass sounds to have the warm, harmonically-rich high headroom of good tube design delivered with the dynamic punch that a musically designed bi-polar power amp section can deliver. Our EQ system is very wide ranging and extremely versatile allowing the goods to be delivered from warm intimate jazz to hard driving rock and all points in-between. As with all Wharfedale speakers, we design and build our own speaker drivers from the ground up, including our own speaker cones we build what we want to do the job properly, not make do with what speaker companies want us to use. From the lowest note through to our special angular dispersion compression horn that puts the sound in your ears, not at your feet. All WHB Bass series products feature massively internally braced cabinets for rock-solid resonant free performance. The WHB power amplifier has a soft-clip circuit that allows the transition from clean to overdriven to be smooth and musical without any harsh clipping to be apparent. All cabinets are designed for 8ohm impedance. The range will be extended with WHB600H (600 watt head) and WHB215 Cabinet (2x15 ) mid Lower powered bass products to follow. The above WHB series will be available first quarter WHB Valve/SS Bass Amp Series WHB300H WHB200C WHB115 WHB210 WHB watt hybrid bass head 200 watt hybrid bass combo 15" 300 watt ported bass speaker cabinet 2x10" 200 watt ported bass speaker cabinet 4x10" 400 watt ported bass speaker cabinet 300 watt/4 ohm watt/8 ohm 2x10" + angular horn 1x15" 2x10" + angular horn 4x10" + angular horn 8

12 Series

Ergonomically designed cabinets house radical hybrid (tube/solid-state) electronic circuitry providing professional sound performance no matter at what power level and at what cost level.

13 WGR Series Low cost combos with high voltage tube hybrid preamp, solid state power. A range of competitive priced, superior performance combos (and future released heads and cabinets) for mass-market semi-professional appeal. Ergonomically designed cabinets house radical hybrid (tube/solid-state) electronic circuitry providing professional sound performance no matter at what power level and at what cost level. The range has increasing features and complexity with the increase in power level/model size, providing the right capability of performance for beginner, serious practise, semi-pro and pro-musician alike. All models (except WGR10) have high performance in-built digital reverb. WGR Valve/SS Low cost Guitar Amp Series WGR10C 10 watt hybrid combo WGR40C 40 watt twin channel hybrid combo WGR80C 80 watt twin channel hybrid combo 1x8" speaker/no reverb/boost panelswitch 1x10" speaker/digital reverb/boost footswitch 1x12" speaker/digital reverb/boost footswitch 10

14 WD Series

WD Series Radical shaped all metal construction, twin channel solid state with digital effects system.

Each amplifier uses a common preamp design, but with the increasing size, power amplifier, and speaker combinations, as is required.

Instead the entire cabinet structure is made out of pressed steel and painted parts and plastic moulded side-panels.

15 WD Series Radical shaped all metal construction, twin channel solid state with digital effects system. This range of products consists of 3 combo models (W15D, W30D, W60D) 15 watts/1x10 speaker, 30 watts 1x12 speaker, 60 watts/2x10 speaker respectively. Each amplifier uses a common preamp design, but with the increasing size, power amplifier, and speaker combinations, as is required. The construction takes a massive departure from traditional guitar amplifier construction and does not use any wood at all. Instead the entire cabinet structure is made out of pressed steel and painted parts and plastic moulded side-panels. This has enabled a very unique product styling that would have been impossible to do using traditional methods of construction. A very unique design style is the very impressive result. The preamp delivers a widely variable range of sounds from sparkly clean to warm blues to British crunch to US style west-coast High Gain. WD Valve/SS Low cost Guitar Amp Series W15D 15 watt twin channel combo W30D 30 watt twin channel combo W60D 60 watt twin channel combo 1x10" speaker/digital FX/retro-fit wireless 1x12" speaker/digital FX/retro-fit wireless 2x10" speaker/digital FX/retro-fit wireless 12

16 IAG House, Sovereign Court, Ermine Business Park, Huntingdon, Cambs, PE29 6XU, England The information in this brochure is subject to change without notice. All rights reserved 2009 Wharfedale. Wharfedale is a member of the International Audio Group.

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