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See & Hear The Line 6 Spider Valve In Action

20. November 2007

Well, Line 6 & Bogner’s new Spider Valve hybrid tube/digital-modeling amplifier is finally hitting the stores just in time for Christmas, and I thought I’d point you all towards the Line 6 Newsletter, which is currently hosting some short video demos of their latest creation in action. They’ve got a full eleven videos of the [...]

Steelbender.com Takes The New Carr Vincent For A Test Drive

24. October 2007

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Wow… I’ve been known to write some fairly in-depth reviews in my time (heck, a few of them have taken me literally weeks to complete,) but Jason Barker over at Steelbender.com just puts me to shame. His review of Carr‘s new Vincent 1×12″ Combo––a heavily Class-A biased tube amp––is top notch, consisting of not only [...]

VOX Expands Heritage Collection With Three New Models

5. October 2007

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If you remember, VOX started this year off with a bang when they announced their new Heritage Collection line of guitar amplifiers––including the super-slick Limited Edition AC15H1TV––meant to celebrate the company’s 50th Anniversary in the rock & roll business. Today the company upped the ante when it announced three new additions to the Heritage Collection: [...]

Guitar World Reviews New Fender Princeton Recording Amp

28. September 2007

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There’s an excellent review of Fender’s new Princeton Recording Amp over at Guitar World right now, so if you’re into the whole low-power/big-tone tube amp thing like I am, you might want to check it out. As usual, they’ve got a pretty decent demo video as well, though getting it to buffer smoothly can be [...]

Peavey’s ValveKing 212 Combo Takes Guitar World’s Gold Award

11. September 2007

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Just a quick note that if you’re in the market for a boutique-style amp without the boutique-style price tag, you might want to take a closer look at Peavey’s ValveKing 212 Combo. The amp has apparently taken Guitar World Magazine’s Gold Award For Overall Value, and for a full-featured Class A-A/B guitar amp, the ValveKing [...]

Carr Unveils “Mini” Version Of The Class A Mercury Tube Amp

7. September 2007

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Nice… Carr this morning announced the release of their new Mini-Mercury tube amplifier––a 10″ version of the incredibly retro-cool Mercury 12″ Combo. Not only Class A, but featuring an innovative power attenuating circuit that allows the amp to be played at 8, 2, 1/2 and just 1/10 watts “with no appreciable change in tone,” the [...]

Randall’s George Lynch Signature Series Preamp Modules Now Available

29. August 2007

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Well, we’ve got it on good authority that tomorrow Randall will be announcing the general availability of four new pre-amp modules for its innovative MTS Modular Tube Guitar Pre-Amp System––the highly-anticipated George Lynch MTS Signature Series. If you’re lucky enough to own one of Randall’s MTS amps, or of course the custom Lynch Box, you’ll [...]

Line 6 And Bogner Unveil Hybrid Tube/Digital Modeling Amplifier

28. August 2007

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And They Call It The Spider Valve Well, it looks like the cat’s finally out of the bag… Line 6 has been alluding to something big for the last few weeks, and today they finally let us in on it. In a collaboration with renowned tube-amp maker Bogner, Line 6 has apparently developed a whole [...]

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