Custom Audio Electronics
Custom Audio Electronics
Also known as: CAE, Custom Audio Electronics (CAE), CAE Custom Audio Electronics
UnclaimedCustom Audio Electronics (CAE) is a professional guitar equipment company founded and operated by Robert "Bob" Bradshaw, based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Established in 1980, CAE built its reputation designing sophisticated rack-based guitar rig systems for touring and studio musicians. The core CAE system architecture uses a rack-mounted audio switcher with discrete effect loops for true 100%...
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Custom Audio Electronics (CAE) is a professional guitar equipment company founded and operated by Robert "Bob" Bradshaw, based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Established in 1980, CAE built its reputation designing sophisticated rack-based guitar rig systems for touring and studio musicians. The core CAE system architecture uses a rack-mounted audio switcher with discrete effect loops for true 100% bypassing, coupled with a rugged foot controller providing direct-access switching and LED indicators for each loop — a design that became a blueprint for professional rig building in the rack era of the 1980s and beyond.
CAE's product lineup includes the 3+ SE Guitar Preamp — a three-channel tube preamp (clean, crunch, overdrive) developed with circuit design from John Suhr — the RS-T MIDI Foot Controller, and hand-built custom switching systems. In collaboration with MXR/Dunlop, CAE released a co-branded pedal series including the MC401 Boost/Line Driver, the MC402 Boost/Overdrive, the MC403 Power System, and the MC404 CAE Wah, making CAE-influenced designs available to a wider audience at accessible price points.
Bradshaw's client roster reads as a who's who of high-profile rock and studio guitar work, spreading largely through word-of-mouth among professionals. The CAE website maintains a "Legends" section documenting the many artists who have relied on custom CAE systems, including players across genres from hard rock and metal to blues-rock and alternative.
Custom Audio Electronics has 16 products cataloged on Equipboard, including Switch Effects Pedals, MIDI Foot Controllers, and PA Systems. Their gear is featured by 36 artists, with the strongest followings in Rock, Metal, and Folk, World, & Country. Notable users include Doug Aldrich, Stephen Carpenter, and Syu.
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