371 Results for "tube"

NAMM 2019: MESA/Boogie California Tweed 6V6 4:40

Back in the day, Randall Smith serviced a lot of old '50s Fender Tweed amplifiers and he eventually wound up starting MESA/Boogie. Now 50 years later we get the new MESA/Boogie California Tweed.

NAMM 2019: Victory Amps Super Duchess V140 – 100-watt all valve tone

This all-valve amp head is perfect for players that need power and clean headroom. It is a single channel 100-watt beast, but you can tame it down 30-watts when you need too.

Effectrode JV-1A Blue Bottle Tube Booster – A limited run due to parts

Based on a Pultec Valve EQ and designed with the help of Argent's John Verity, this new British mid-boost pedal should be on your radar. The JV-1A can add warm and musical sounding mids to your tone.

NAMM 2019: Taurus Stomp-Head 1.VT, a 40W tube amp in a pedal

A new pedal-sized, valve-based 40-Watt guitar amp, the Stomp-Head 1.VT manages to squeeze a whole lot of sound functionality into a compact unit with a decidedly vintage vibe.

NAMM 2019: Ruokangas Valvebucker – the first ever tube-driven guitar pickup?

Ruokangas has announced the Valvebucker, an insane sounding valve pickup system for their guitars and yes, it uses tubes to get you tone! In the pickup! Count us in.

NAMM 2019: Orange TremLord 30 combo Pedal Baby 100 power amp

Orange unveils Pedal Baby 100 power amp and TremLord 30 combo - Of the two, the Pedal Baby 100 advances existing Orange amp concepts in interesting ways.

NAMM 2019: Blackstar bravely launches Studio 10, a trio of Class A combo amps

Blackstar is bravely launching three new 10W combos, the new Studio 10 range based on an EL34, 6L6 or KT88 output tube respectively but sharing the same single-ended input stage.

NAMM 2019: The new Supro Blues King 12 gives more for less

Supro has just announced a new all valve combo, the Blues King 12, a Class A amp with an additional FET boost and analogue spring reverb included in the price, too.

Suhr Reactive Load IR: A neat box of amp tricks

The new Suhr Reactive Load IR could be the perfect 'box of tricks' for guitarists that need flexible volume control when recording or using high wattage valve amps live.

Klevgränd REAMP: 7 analog saturators in 1 with low-latency spectral processing

REAMP is a joy to look at with its pastel colors, and judging by the audio examples, the sound is on point. Among the available saturation modes are a casette deck, tape reel, and tube amplifiers.

Cornell Amps Traveller 5: The ideal 5 Watt combo amplifier?

UK amp guru Denis Cornell has just announced his new boutique Traveller 5 all-valve combo amplifier - this thing has lots of appeal for players needing great but portable tube amp tones.

Phil’s Cascade: a one-off tube colour and saturation box in plug-in form

Phil's Cascade recreates a boutique saturator best described as a hodge-podge of rare, aged analogue components made by brands like Philips, Sprague, Erdmet, Wima and PSW.

Amp Tone Shoot-Out: 17 different guitar preamps compared

Johan Segeborn is at it again! This time he is comparing 17 different preamp valves in his old Marshall amp - and the differences in sound are astounding. But which one sounds the best?

DSM Noisemaker OmniCabSim Mini, a tiny power amp and cab sim pedal

DSM Noisemaker's new OmniCabSim Mini pedal is designed to emulate the way that a power amp and speaker work together, potentially saving you the hassle of lugging both (!) to gigs...

KT66 vs. EL34 Tube Shoot-Out: Can you hear the difference?

We do love us a good guitar tone shoot-out at gearnews. YouTuber Johan Segeborn has done a neat little video contrasting the sound of the KT66 tube with that of the EL34. Which do you prefer?

Overloud honours the granddaddy of compressors with COMP670

The plug-in market is ripe with F670 emulations of wildly varying quality, which means Overloud worked hard in order to differentiate their product. Hence, COMP670 provides not one, but three FC670s!

Carr Amps Telstar combo amplifier: 17 Watts of organic boutique vintage tone

The Telstar combo uses a 6L6 and EL84 in a push-pull Class A circuit. With two different voicings and plenty of rich, vintage tones, could this be all the boutique amp you'll ever need?

Golden Age Premier GA-251 recreates a famous German tube microphone

Manufacturer Golden Age has added a second microphone to its roster, the GA-251, recreating a famous Telefunken tube mic as part of its Premier line of premium products.

Erica Synths Liquid Sky Dada Noise System

Part sound generation but mostly audio processing, modulation and craziness wrapped up in a self-contained system. The Liquid Sky Dada Noise System is ideal for the most discerning sound designer.

Fuse Audio recreates Telefunken V376 vintage broadcast preamp as a plug-in

The V376 audio transformers, class A preamp and driver circuitry are fully emulated, claims the developer, who also added some useful features to make it more usable in a modern production setting.

Supro Keeley Custom 1970RK guitar amp: The perfect pedal platform?

The simple Supro Keeley Custom 1970RK is a 25-Watt combo tuned to work well with your pedal set-up. Is it the the perfect platform for pedals or is the price going to undermine its success?

Valve vs. solid state guitar amps: Can you guess which is which?

One of these three (very different-sounding) amps is a transistor amp, the other two are valve amps. Can you guess which amp is the solid state one? And what does "valve tone" mean, anyway?

Victory Amps V4 turns up the gain with Countess, Sheriff and Kraken preamps

Victory amps has released a set of three all-valve preamp pedals that put the preamp stages of its amps into pedal format. And then there's the rather neat Amp Through feature...

Rivera Clubster Royale Recording guitar amp – Bargain boutique studio amp?

This new boutique amp series contains a selection of essential tools for the recording guitarist. Could this new amp be the ultimate studio tool for home recording?