Neko Case

"Case also has a soft spot for vintage Garnet tube amps--going so far as to pay tribute to them with one of her projects (the self-released EP, Canadian Amp). “I was turned on to the amps by Dallas Good of the Sadies,” she says. “He plays Garnet amps and he has a great sound.” When her musician pal Reid Diamond of Shadowy Men on the Shadowy Planet succumbed to cancer in 2001, his Garnet Revolution One found a new home at Case’s house." - Neko Case on her tenor guitar collection: Fretboard Journal #2 cover story (Summer 2006)

“I’ve since moved on to a Carr Rambler amplifier because it’s a lot sturdier and more reliable. My Vox is getting old, it’s been on the road for so many years and the Carr is great. It has all the power I need, the sustain and the reverb are just untouchable. It’s small but it’s fucking loud. I’m not the kind of person who needs a great deal of balls, but it gives me a great deal of balls nonetheless. That’s all I use. I don’t use any pedals or anything.” - Neko Case on her tenor guitar collection: Fretboard Journal #2 cover story (Summer 2006)

“I started out with a Vox Pacemaker, which I really love,” she says. With an EL84-driven, single 10” speaker, Vox never really caught on with the mainstream as a tube amp, but it still puts out a respectable 17 watts of power and has the classic Vox sound. “I had to use a Gibson reverb tank with it because it didn’t come with reverb, which is pretty essential,” she explains." - Neko Case on her tenor guitar collection: Fretboard Journal #2 cover story (Summer 2006)