Suhr Badger 18 head Suhr

The Suhr Badger 18 is an 18 watt, all-tube guitar amplifier driven by a pair of cathode biased EL-84 tubes in the power section with a 5Y3 tube rectifier. The Badger 18 delivers a variety of full, punchy cleans and rich, tight dynamic overdrive tones. Whether playing a large stage, small club or your home studio, Badger’s Power Scaling feature provides added flexibility.

Front Panel Controls of the Suhr Badger Tube Guitar Amplifier

• POWER

Power Scaling emulates the tonal response of a high wattage amp on 10, at manageable volumes. Power controls the voltage that feeds the output section and in turn, the wattage. As you lower the voltage of the power section you are reducing the amount of signal it can handle before clipping the output section. To compensate for this we use the “Drive” control so you can easily scale down to 1 watt without losing tone & feel. 

• DRIVE

Feeds the input to the power section. With Power at 10 it acts as a master volume. As a rule of thumb, when you turn down the Power always set the Drive control within 2 numbers of the Power setting. If you set the drive lower than the power it will sound brighter, like a “master volume” amp.

• GAIN

Controls the amount of preamp gain by controlling 2 cascading gain stages simultaneously to drive the input stage.

• TONE CONTROLS

Bass, Middle and Treble tone controls for each channel are post-gain and passive cut-style. We recommend starting around 5 and dialing to taste. As you increase Gain and/or Drive we recommend dialing back the Bass to retain clarity and definition in the low-end.

Features and Specs of the 18 Watt Badger Head from Suhr Amps

• 18 Watts
• 2x EL84 power tubes
• 3x 12AX7 preamp tubes
• 1x 5Y3 GT tube rectifier
• Dual 4Ω &  8Ω speaker outputs
• (use 2x 8ohm or 2x 16ohm speaker pairs)
• Void free Baltic birch ply cabinet

Weight and Dimensions of the Suhr Badger 18 head

• 20.5″ wide x 9.25″ high x 8.25″ deep, 31lbs