IN A WORLD where the standard shape of the guitar amp had yet to be set in stone, one British innovator thrust a wedge into the future of guitar tone. The result was the Dominator, and while its style didn’t prove to be a lasting way forward, it established a cult classic nonetheless.
Charlie Watkins is rarely given sufficient credit among the pioneers of British guitar gear, although he certainly deserves it for his work on several fronts. His Copicat tape-echo machine, which we probed in our March 2022 issue, was the biggest-selling product of his
