Thermionic Culture The Fat Bustard II

Controls: Pan (4 channels), Varislope Top/Bass lift & cut with filters, 'Attitude' harmonic-distortion control, Stereo Spread + Spread Filter, Bass-to-Centre, Stereo Balance, 31-position Elma Output Level switch, Monitor Level/int-ext switch

I/O: Semi-floating XLR-style inputs, unbalanced outputs; separate monitor output with level control and int/ext switching

Notes: Summing done by a pair of 5965 valves; output stage uses a pair of 6SN7 valves (per page description). Gain (ch.1-8): 0dB at Attitude 1, +11dB at max Attitude; MOL +25dBU; S/N ≥100dB below MOL at Att.1 (IEC weighted); Crosstalk 59dB@1kHz / 44dB@10kHz (avg at Att.1&2), increases at high Attitude/stereo-spread settings (official spec PDF, May 2011). MkII upgraded to include monitor output with level control and is 'now the standard production model.' A distinct Limited Edition variant (Fat Bustard II LE) is also current — see separate row. Country of manufacture not explicitly stated in fetched text — left blank. Official site thermionicculture.com is currently unreachable/broken (root returns an empty Apache directory listing, product URLs 404) as of research date 2026-07-19; all data below sourced from Wayback Machine snapshot dated 2025-05-16 (and linked official spec-sheet PDFs) of the live Joomla/VirtueMart catalog, cross-checked against the current Independent Audio (US distributor) product listing, which also shows no USD pricing.