When it comes to finding a great tube amplifier, you can always rely on certain mainstream companies to give you classic tube tones. Guitarists are notorious for trying to get their own signature sound…but have […]
Since Mesa Boogie released the Mark 5, we decided to take a look at a piece of the Boogie roots. Commence Mesa Boogie F-50; one of our favorite guitar amplifiers from the Mesa Boogie team, […]
For years, Peavey has been renown in the music industry primarily for its amplifiers and guitars. Of course, today’s musician relies on far more than just a good amp and axe to make music. Many […]
For years, Peavey has been building amplifiers that have cranked out some of the most influential riffs in music history. With signature amplifiers co-designed by artists such as Edward Van Halen and Joe Satriani, it’s […]
Blackheart Engineering has brought the guitarworld an amazing all-tube, vintage-styled BH5H head. The little guy has a 1×12 extension cab (BH112 cabinet) loaded with an Eminence speaker, a solid classically joined 15-ply (18mm) void free […]
While Gibson is known primarily for making fine guitars, their amplifiers predate any Fender or Marshall amp by at least a decade. The company’s excellent tube amp offerings dried up in the Sixties, but with […]
With its brushed copper front panel, big black knobs and jellylike, illuminated keypad, Crate’s digital DX-212 looks like a Sixties vision of the future. The knobs (Master, volume, gain, bass, mid, treble. Channel level, effects […]
Crown is another name with a solid rep among pros the world over. The CE series seems designed for the first-time buyer or musician who has been forced to be a soundman without actually being […]
Destroy the tubes! No, not the Eighties pop band that brought us such classics as “Talk to ya Later” and “She’s a Beauty.” You know, those hot pieces of glass in the back of amplifiers […]
Recording engineers know that it’s never been easy to get good guitar tone by “going direct” into a mixer. Yet, for many guitarists with home studios, miking an amplifier to achieve a more natural-sounding live […]
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