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David Walker, the Founder and Director of Fat Tone Amps, started building his own amplifiers for harmonicas (blues harps) and turned his lifelong passions for both music and electronics into a new and successful business.

David says: “I have always had a fascination for blues, ever since I was a young boy. I have played harp all my life and have been in various bands, on and off, playing blues harp and sax, for the best part of 30 years.“

...we are not an ‘off the shelf’ solution ... ours is a total design process that involves the customer in each stage of construction and final testing.

Having been a harp player since his youth David knew that the holy grail for every player is that individual ‘tone’ or unique sound.

David says: “Here at Fat Tone Amps we are not an ‘off the shelf’ solution – we provide a tailored and custom-build service to every client, ours is a total design process that involves the customer in each stage of construction and final testing.“

“Throughout the process, which can take up to three months to complete, we work face-to-face with our customer in a really committed, precise way to ensure that they can release their own true tone through the amp, adding distortions, customised reverb and tremolo and all modulated for each individual.”

Every Fat Tone Amp produced by David and the team chooses the best circuitry and components needed to enhance the tone and preference of the player and because of its bespoke configuration the amps are also easy to repair and adjust or add to through the company’s after care service.