Fender’s amps are not as popular as their guitars, but this giant of music industry definitely has some great models to offer. These days, you’ll find their small solid state amps in most guitar shops, and they are in high demand. However, the market for bigger and more serious amps is dominated by your usual …
Marshall is the type of amplifier brand which you turn to if you need a proven tone that won’t fail you. They are mostly known for their high end tube amps that played a significant role in shaping most modern genres of music. However, they also have a great line of practice amps aimed at …
Practice Amp With An Attitude. The Marshall MG15DFX Read More »
Paul Reed Smith is definitely not the first name that comes to mind when you think about guitar amps. However, this popular brand definitely has several amp models to offer. Since compact tube amps became a thing not so long ago, every self respecting amp manufacturer jumped on the hype train and began producing various …
Ever since the technology advanced away from tubes, amps have become more affordable, versatile, and overall capable. Tube amps cost a lot of money to produce, that’s how it was back in the day when they were the only option, and that is how things are today too. Modeling amps completely drowned the market in …
Undisputed Kings of Tone: American Made Guitar Amps Read More »
Acoustic guitars definitely started out as pretty basic instruments, however as technology progressed, things began to change. Advent of electric guitars and amps completely turned the guitar world upside down. Someone got inspired to place a preamp on an acoustic guitar and see what kind of results could be obtained that way. Needless to say, …
If there’s one guitar amp manufacturer who needs no special introduction, it’s Marshall. Their brand, aesthetics, and most importantly sound, are known all over the globe. Generally speaking, a Marshall amp has a very distinctive tone. On average, everything they have to offer will have some portion of this tone, whether it’s a super cheap …
At a Glance… A Bit of Background The rise of Fender is largely attributed to Leo Fender’s original guitar designs and their dedication to quality. With that said, there is a different side of fender that is not often talked about, at least not as often as their guitars. Fender makes some of the best …
There is something about good old fashioned two-channel tube amps that is just hard to replicate using any other means. Tubes tend to have that warmth and groove that no solid state can offer. Because this reason alone, there are numerous large and small amp brands who produce such tube designs. Some have more success …
Small tube amps are great on so many levels. Comparing them to solid state models in the same class is not even worth the effort. It’s a completely different level of sound we are talking about here. One of the more popular trends when it comes to compact tube amps is trying to replicate that …
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Tube amps are back in style, and have been for quite some time now. The only difference is that these days it’s all about compact tube amps. Powerful big rigs are not that common anymore, at least not in the consumer segment of the market. In modern day and age, it’s all about having a …
