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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 Mini-Mercury [...]

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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 now [...]

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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 new line [...]

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Swappable Tube Preamps: Randall MTS Series Hits The Stores

8. August 2007

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Tube Freaks Take Note: Randall yesterday announced that its innovative new swappable tube pre-amp system––officially dubbed the MTS Series Modular Tube Guitar Preamp System––is now available for your consumption. I don’t know about you, but as a dyed-in-the-wool tube fanatic the idea of effortlessly hopping back and forth between entirely different tube pre-amps whenever the mood [...]

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Vintage Guitar Reviews The VOX Limited Edition Brian May Custom AC30

16. July 2007

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Someone must have forgotten to give me the memo, because I wasn’t even aware that VOX was producing a Limited Edition Brian May Custom AC30 until I came across this review over at Vintage Guitar Magazine’s website. The big news here is that the amp, which was developed in conjunction with legendary Queen guitar-man Brian May, [...]

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Marshall’s New Bass Amps, Lemmy & Jack Daniels, ESP Goes “Relic”

20. June 2007

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Speed-linking for the four-string set… I tend to be fairly six-string-centric around here, but yesterday I came across so many interesting bass guitar links I thought I’d better lay ‘em down for you. Marshall this week announced a new line of bass amplifiers, titled the MB Series. The amps appear to run the full gamut, from the [...]

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The ‘65 Fender Super Reverb: Real Or Reissue?

16. May 2007

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If you’ve ever wandered through the racks of sparkling new “vintage” re-issue amps at your local guitar retailer, wondering exactly what you’ll get when you throw down your hard-earned cash on a piece of Fender faux-history, you might want to give this article over at Guitar Player a good read. In true face-off fashion, the guys [...]

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More On The Zakk Wylde Flying V & Marshall Microstack

3. May 2007

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Just a quick note for the Zakk Wylde fans out there: this morning Gibson finally published a real product page for the Custom Shop Zakk Wylde Flying V, and it includes full guitar specs, the history of the instrument, and a downloadable pdf product sheet. Also, Marshall has posted a pretty impressive demo video of their [...]

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