Amplifiers

Kendrick So-Lo 7

Feb 14 2012 12:00AM
My ’67 Fender Super Reverb spends much of its life under house arrest because I’m too scrawny to lift it in and out of car trunks, so I was way jazzed to try Kendrick’s latest creation, the So-Lo 7—an amp that’s designed to More...

Fender Mustang III 1x12 Combo

Feb 14 2012 12:00AM
In an age when you can walk into a music store almost anywhere in the country and, for less than $100, walk out with a digital processor that produces two dozen classic amp tones and eleven effects on command, the modeling amp More...

DV Mark Galileo 15, DV40 212, and Bad Boy 120

Feb 10 2012 12:00AM
It aly’s Markbass amplifiers have proved their mettle with pros like Jeff Berlin and Bob Daisley, who appreciate these lightweight yet powerful heads for their punch and dynamic sensitivity. More...

DV Mark DV40 212

Feb 10 2012 12:00AM
For a big combo sound, few things beat a 2x12 Fender Pro or Twin Reverb, or a Vox AC30 or AC50. Unfortunately, hauling these beasts around and hustling them in and out of a car trunk can be a chore. More...

DV Mark Bad Boy 120

Feb 10 2012 12:00AM
If your music involves moving some serious air, DV Mark’s three-channel Bad Boy 120 is wooing you. More...

Budda Twinmaster 1x12 Combo

Feb 8 2012 12:00AM
Budda might have made a more long-standing impression on the scene with its footswitchable Superdrive series, but the company is keen to remind us all that it was a major name at the front end of the lower-wattage boutique More...

Blackstar HT Club 50 Half Stack

Feb 8 2012 12:00AM
Blackstar has created some notable tube amps over the past few years, such as the English- designed Series One models—which range from a 45-watt combo to a 200-watt head—and the handwired Artisan 15-, 30-, and 100-watt combos More...

Egnater Tweaker-88

Feb 8 2012 12:00AM
Every tube-amp designer makes a series of crucial choices in the course of blueprinting a new circuit: Will the first gain stage be tight or loose, hot or clean, bright or normal? More...

65amps Empire

Feb 7 2012 12:00AM
The latest in what we might call a “mini wave” of hand-wired boutique channel-switching amps, the Empire comes from a company known for the intensity of its R&D. More...

Roundup: Albion AG10, AG40DFX, TCT 35, and TCT 50

Aug 17 2011 12:00AM
THOUGH ALBION WAS LAUNCHED ONLY THIS YEAR, the joint venture between Steve Grindrod and Richie Onori has plenty of history behind it. More...

Albion AG10

Aug 17 2011 12:00AM
Like its larger siblings, this single-channel 10-watt 1x8 combo200 practice amp combines a hybrid high-voltage FET/12AX7 tube preamp with a constant-current solid-state power amplifier designed to emulate all-tube performance. More...