amplifiers

The S-Gear Duke
Gear

Interview With Mike Scuffham Of Scuffham Amps

Mike Scuffham of Scuffham Amps discusses the path that brought him to modeling, advantages of modeled versus physical circuits, and tips for adjusting your guitar to optimize you modeled signal.

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Dweezil Zappa
Gear

The 2011 LA Amp Show

Read Time 4 Minutes“The Amp Show is about finding your sound and creating your reality as a guitar player. Most of the people who come to the show are guitar players that wish they had the key to make a living doing what they love. They come to the show to purse their passion and […]

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GVT52-112 Ampeg Guitar Amp
Gear

The Return Of Ampeg Guitar Amps

It’s been since the 70’s that you could purchase an Ampeg guitar amp, and now they’re shipping in North America.
The line comes in an assortment of wattages and combinations, so here’s a little about each.

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Line 6 DT25 Amp Family
Gear

The New Line 6 DT25 Amps Have Set Sail

Read Time 3 Minutes      We interrupt this boring report on something you probably wouldn’t care about anyway with breaking news. Line 6’s new line of DT25 amps are on their way to the retailers every which way and will be available in X amount of time to the general public. My windows just […]

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Fender Mustang Mini Guitar Amp
Gear

Fender’s Mustang Mini Amp – Punch In A Lunchbox Size Guitar Amp

Fender’s got a new little amp for us to show off to you, and it’s called the Mustang Mini. Weighing in at seven and a quarter pounds with a six and a half inch speaker, and only 7 watts, she can pack a punch that’s reportedly enough to make it useful while jamming with others.

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Kemper Profiling Amplifier Side View
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Christoph Kemper of Kemper Amps Talks About Their New Profiling Amp

Every year at NAMM there’s a piece of gear that has everyone talking, and the Kemper Profiling amp dominated that discussion at the 2011 NAMM. Back in the mid-1980’s when Christoph Kemper was writing code on a Sinclair ZX Spectrum (the British equivalent to the Commodore 64); the technological advances that would eventually allow him to develop the Access Virus series synthesizer must have seemed a long ways away.

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Fender Acoustasonic 100 and 150 Amps
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Fender Acoustasonic 100 and 150 Combo Amps

Fender has recently released the newest additions to their acoustic guitar amp line-up. Gigging acoustic players will be pleased to see that theses new amps from Fender are now lighter, louder and tout even more features than anything previously released in the Acoustasonic line.

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Amplitube iRig Fender
Gear

The AmpliTube Fender App: A Mobile Guitar Rig Offering Modern and Vintage Sounds On the Go

At this moment classic guitar tone, including Fender’s legendary reverb, is as close as a phone app away. The AmpliTube Fender app for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad is a collaborative effort between IK Multimedia, makers of the successful AmpliTube for desktop PCs and the instrument making giant, Fender. AmpliTube Fender app mobile software, released in February 2011, can be a convincing guitar rig that delivers access to five different amp models. And that’s not all.

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Roland JC-120 Guitar Amp
Gear

Review: Roland JC-120 Guitar Amp

Over the past thirty years, the Roland JC-120 has made a lasting impression on the guitar community with its pristine clean tones, impressive versatility, and lush stereo chorus. But how does this solid-state amp compare to its tube-driven competitors?

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Peavey 5150 Guitar Amp Head
Amplifiers

Gear Profile: Peavey 5150 II and Marshall 1960a 4×12 cabinet

The Peavey 5150, originally created by Eddie Van Halen and a team of enthusiasts at Peavey, is a world renowned amplifier hailed as one of the best by EVH fans and metal aficionados abroad. When run through a Marshall 4×12 though, this king of valve amps doesn’t get much smoother.

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