Essential Tips for Maintaining Your Tube Amplifier
For musicians and audio enthusiasts, tube amplifiers deliver a warmth and dynamic quality that many consider unparalleled, according to Masterclass.
“The amp easily turned in a convincing Van Halen ‘brown’ sound”: Laney LFSUPER60-112 Combo review
One of the UK’s leading legacy amp brands, Laney has been synonymous with Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi during his era-spanning reign.Not content trading simply on its heritage, however,…
Boss crams tube-like Katana tones into compact practice amp
Though playing through a huge rig can be supremely satisfying, it’s not really practical for jamming at home. Boss has birthed a new 10-W combo amp that packs…
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…