Blackstar unveils St James 100, “world’s lightest” 100W tube amp with both EL34 and 6L6 power tubes
Credit: Blackstar Amplification Blackstar has fully engaged beast mode with the unveiling of its new four-channel flagship tube amplifier, the St James 100 – a feature-packed 100-watt monster…
Crazy Tube Circuits’ Christos Ntaifotis on how his passion for collecting tube amps has inspired one of the most exciting stompbox brands in the world
One of the most creative yet reliably great-sounding effects makers out there, Crazy Tube Circuits is the brainchild of Christos Ntaifotis, an amp super-geek who is putting a…
Origin Effects’ Deluxe 55 pedal repurposes the tones of the Fender amp beloved by Neil Young
The Tweed Recreation stompbox was built following close inspection of a genuine Fender 5E3 Tweed Deluxe from 1955 …
Origin Effects promises ‘50s Fender amp tones for your ‘board with the Deluxe55 Tweed Recreation
Origin Effects has unveiled the Deluxe55 Tweed Recreation, a compact preamp pedal that replicates the golden era tone of a vintage Fender Tweed Deluxe tube amp. Specifically, the…
Fuchs’ ODH hybrid tube/solid-state amp is a gig-worthy tone machine at an approachable price
Amplifier rigs and guitarists’ attitudes toward them have come a long way since solid-state technology made an entry into the marketplace in the mid ’60s.At the time, iffy…
Vox’s four new Valvenergy pedals aim to put tubey richness and compression in guitarists’ sight
By adding these four new Valvenergy Series 2 pedals to the four that already exist in Series 1, Vox is further embracing the Nutube technology invented by Korg…
Feliks Audio’s Envy Meisterwerk Tube Headphone Amp Will Illuminate Your Favorite Music
Poland-based Feliks Audio specializes in high-end vacuum tube audio products including a line of rather unique headphone amplifiers. Their latest entry into the headphone amplifier category is the…
Feliks Audio’s Envy Meisterwerk Tube Headphone Amp Will Illuminate Your Favorite Music: Preview
Priced from $10,000, the Feliks Audio Envy Meisterwerk headphone amplifier features all analog circuitry with 300B vacuum tubes. At its core, the Envy Meisterwerk incorporates Western Electric 300B…
Tony Iommi has been experimenting with digital amp modelers – and he’s used one to record new material
The guitarist has been using a Kemper in the studio, and his new music features a blend of both tube and digital amps …
Astell & Kern SP3000T review: a tube amp in your pocket
Analog stalwarts write love letters to the warm, natural, lifelike sound of the tube amp; proponents of solid-state digital amplifiers praise their precision and faithful reproduction of the…