Orange Amps Thunder 30

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Storming into the New Year, Orange Amps are giving their range of guitar amps a boost with the launch of the new Thunder 30 combo and head. This replaces the Rocker 30 and will roar into the shops spring 2010.

The new Thunder 30 is an all valve class A 30 watt, twin channel amplifier, powered by four EL84 power valves (two more than the Rocker 30). It will be available in head and 1 X 12 configurations and includes an F/X loop (not featured on the Rocker 30) and the 1×12 is front loaded.

A brand new design incorporating the best of the Rocker and Thunder series, the new amps have two channels. The first is a classic vintage channel which has crystal clear clean sound and when turned up delivers a thunderous vintage power amp overdrive. The second overdrive/distortion channel, features a shape control as seen in the Thunderverb models and has a British tone crunch of numbing proportions! Read more

Randall all-tube RT Series amps

Randall Amplifiers announces the new RT Series of all tube guitar amplifiers. The series is pro caliber and at a price point that would normally be considered solid state territory. Read more

Paul Reed Smith Dallas 50 Watt Tube Amp

Paul Reed Smith, long known for his elegant and exciting electric guitar designs, has gone into the amplifier business in a big way recently, releasing a number of high-end tube-powered guitar amps that are as drool-worth as his instruments. One of his coolest new amps is the Dallas 50 watt tube head (a couple of combo versions are also available). Read more

Troubleshooting Peavey 5150 Guitar Tube Amp

I have a Peavey 5150 half stack…My Lead Gain is usually set on 6 and I use the High Gain input. When I play a muted E, B or A, a crackling sound occurs that fades with the signal. Also, when turned up to stage volume and striking a muted A, the back of the cabinet vibrates against the inside supporting beam. How do I solve these problems?

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Egnater Rebel 20 Video Review – Demo

Sure it’s tiny, but do not mistake it for a toy. The Rebel-20 from Egnater is a truly professional amp head with features and sound that are anything but small. Inside you’ll find three GrooveTubes 12AX7 preamp tubes, a pair of GrooveTubes EL84 power tubes and a pair of GrooveTubes 6V6 power tubes. Not only do you get the signature Egnater TIGHT and BRIGHT voicing switches, you also have wide range gain control that lets you go from bluesy clean up to roaring high-gain lead all using a single gain knob. Read more

Peavey Amplifiers Expands Custom Shop Hand-Built Amplifiers

Peavey is proud to announces that the company has expanded its award-winning amplification. The USA-based Peavey Custom Shop will now include custom-built amplifiers based on three all-new, hand-wired models; the Studio Special, Sensation and Masterpiece. Read more

Bogner Alchemist Amplifier

In 1989, Reinhold Bogner made a life changing decision by moving to Los Angeles from his homeland in Germany. While in Los Angeles, Bogner made a name for himself with his innovative style and his ingenious guitar sound. Read more

Hughes and Kettner Warp X Review

Hughes and Kettner – With its depraved infernal glow of eight blazing red-hot tubes says it all; Hughes and Kettner Warp X is amongst the undisputed heavyweight champions of the Nu Metal arena. Look no further for brutal riffing power. The amp boasts a Clean channel with bold, big and crisp tones and a brilliant “Warp” channel to put a smirk on the face of any metal riff-monster.

Warp X’s distinctive name accurately describes the amplifiers’ massive tone and thick sound forced pumped from it’s powerful 120-watt, 6L6 tube-driven-power amp. The Warp X was clearly designed to produce pure dark energy.

In addition to the aforementioned wealth of features, the Warp X employs a top-notch Clean channel tweaked specifically for thick tones and a Warp channel that brings new meaning to the term “warped,” Warp X offers a ferocious wide-range of features that you won’t find on any other amp. Check out the Lube button, a sonic lubricant for fluid leads and riffs. Press it to alter the dynamics of the amp’s distortion.

Wait!, There’s more: Warp X sports Effects Loop Assign, a remarkable FX management tool for allocating external devices to one or both channels on the amp. For example, stomp on a single switch to go from the clean with chorus, delay to its illustrious Warp sounds without any effects getting in the way of your sonic assault. Adding the optional MSM-1 MIDI Module will give you even more flexibility. The MSMS-1 allows you to sync up your amp and external effect devices and switch them simultaneously via a separate MIDI pedal. Gear up for the 21st Century, rockers – Get Warped!

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Features of the Warp X include:

• Preamp: All-tube: 12AX7/ECC83
• Channels: Clean & Warp
• Preamp Controls: Clean Section: Volume, Bass, Mid, Treble, Lube, Presence, Sub Warp: Gain, Bass, Mid, Treble. Presence, Master
• FX Loop: Parallel/Serial/-10dB
• Connectors: Input, FX Send, FX Return, Footswitch, Speaker: 1×4, 1×8/2×16, 1×16 Ohm
• Power Amp: All-tube: 4 x 6L6
• Power Output: 120 watts
• Stageboard: included
• Stageboard Controls: Channel Switching
• Weight in kg: 20.5
• Dimensions in mm: 650 x 250 x 250
• Special Features: MIDI Option, MIDI switchable Serial/Parallel FX Loop, MIDI switchable Push Controls, MIDI Learn, FX On for each Channel Optional Accessories: MSM-1 MIDI Module

For more information, visit Hughes and Kettner’s official webpage at www.hughes-and-kettner.com

Guitar Amp Health and Repair Checkups – Tech Education

By nature, humans aren’t pro-active. Expending energy to avoid potentially impending doom just isn’t our way. So it’s no surprise that guitarists typically won’t take an amplifier in for service until it makes fart noises, shoots sparks from its backside or fails to deliver the slightest whisper of sound. That’s when we park our workhorse into the car, drive it to the nearest repair shop and demand that they have it up and running in time for the 8 p.m. soundcheck. Read more

Vox Amplification Introduces AC4TV Guitar Amplifier – NAMM 2009

NAMM 2009 – (January 15th) It’s back and it’s new! VOX Amplification is pleased to announce the AC4TV, an all tube 4-Watt, Class A performance driven EL84 featuring a 12AX7 in the pre-amp.

The AC4TV is based on the popular VOX AC4 from way back in 1961. The AC4TV combo as well as the AC4TVH head version (with matching V112TV 1 x 12″ extension cabinet), is an all-tube practice amp that has been factory-modded with a premium transformer and select components for optimum tone. Improving on the hardware of its vintage counterpart, this up-to-date Class A version retains the distinct sound of an EL84 powertube driven valve amp and features a 12AX7 pre-amp. Read more

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