253 Results for "valve"

Musikmesse 2017: Friedman Motor City Drive & Fuzz Fiend 12AX7 based pedals

Following on from their announcement back at the NAMM Show earlier this year, it looks like we are just about to see these hit the streets!

Musikmesse 2017: LunaStone TrueOverDrive 2 with just a bit more

Those crazy Danes have been at it again, but this time it has just a tad more...

EU to ban vacuum tubes from 1st January, 2019

In a move sure to terrify many makers of valve-based guitar amps as well as their customers, the EU is moving to ban all vacuum tubes and valves from 1st January 2019! Or should that be 1st April...

Ploytec and Intelligent Sounds & Music add some “Aroma” to your mix

Who wants another harmonic processing plug-in? Aroma looks like a lot of fun and offers four different processes in one easy-to-use GUI.

Dr Z debuts ‘no-frills’ boutique combo amp: The Cure

Dr Z wants to remedy your tone with The Cure, a boutique American-voiced amp that dispenses with all the bells and whistles, and comes in at an affordable price point.

Radial Hot British V9 and Texas Pro pedals announced, sans valves

Once famous for their valve-driven guitar pedals, Radial now believe the way forward is to drop valves altogether. How will the Texas Pro and the Hot British V9 stack up against other valve-based units from ...

It’s here! Plugin Alliance releases anticipated Black Box HG-2 Plugin

It was announced at NAMM 2017 that Plugin Alliance and Black Box were coming together to deliver a plug-in version of the HG-2, and now it's arrived...

BBE Boosta Grande MBG-20: Mini version of the popular clean boost

A new miniature version of the popular BBE clean boost pedal and designed to give you more control of your gain stages: the Boosta Grande.

Kush debuts allegedly “groundbreaking” 458A plug-in tube emulation

Designed to partner their Omega pre-amp, Kush will have us believe that the new 458A 'Transformer' plug-ins "re-define" tube emulations...

Electro Harmonix to reissue MIG 50 Sovtek amp

EH's old Bassman/Plexi style amp circuit from the '90s is to be re-released as the MIG 50 - just with better quality components and (hopefully) for those on a lower budget...

ENGL ignites its Inferno E766 100-Watt Marty Friedman signature amp

Two years in the making the new Marty Friedman twin channel valve behemoth full of German amp gain is finally ready.

Can “cascading gain staging” set LunaStone’s TrueOverDrive 1 apart from the crowd?

The TrueOverDrive 1 attempts a different take on your typical OD tone, using a "cascading gain" for a valve-like overdrive. Will that be enough to stand out from the crowd?

NAMM 2017: Friedman shows guitars, some fuzz and a 10″ Pink Taco

Dave Friedman is most definitely the boutique demi-god of 2016, so what does he have in store for us all in 2017?

NAMM 2017: Fusion Box analog DSP from Erica Synths

Erica Synths spill out of the Eurorack and onto the desktop with the Fusion Box Flanger/Delay valve based effects unit.

NAMM 2017: Rode debut new valve, ribbon and SoundField surround mics

Australian mircophone manufacturers Rode are celebrating their 50th birthday at NAMM by presenting new valve mics, including a SoundField model they are billing as a "world first"...

NAMM 2017: Peavey Misha Mansoor invective 120 Guitar Amplifier

A new high gain modern amplifier for those that like a tight, technical modern guitar style.

NAMM 2017: Catalinbread Formula No. 55 Overdrive pedal offers some heavy tweed

Based on the Fender 5E3 Deluxe from the 1950s, the Formula No. 55 tries to bag some early rock guitar tones and squeeze them into a neat little pedal effect.

PRS J-MOD 100: John Mayer’s new signature amp (officially) revealed

Paul Reed Smith and John Mayer have been working on a new J-MOD 100 signature guitar amp - as we knew weeks ago, thanks to the many leaks around this new single-channel, all-tube amp.

Fender Custom Shop sets sail with ‘Old Ironsides’ show-piece amps

Fender Custom Shop have salvaged leftover wood from the USS Constitution, no less, and used it for two "Old Ironside" show-piece amps for NAMM 2017. Ahoy!

PRS preview Sonzera 20W and 50W guitar amps

The Sonzera is a new 'classic sounding' twin-channel amp range from PRS, and is to be made available in 20- and 50-Watt versions. Retro looks, simple controls - but is there enough mojo?

The 5 Best Microphones 2016: Shure, Lewitt, Chandler, Ocean Way, Townsend

This year has seen some significant advancements in microphone technology. Here's our run down of the Top 5 microphones, each with something to shout about.

Mad Professor revs up for NAMM with Big Tweedy Drive

Due in early 2017 and inspired by classic American valve amps, the Big Tweedy effect pedal is the result of Mad Professor's latest lab experiments...

Audified deliver (yet another) new saturation tool, the U78 Saturator

That's right, it's not a spelling mistake: the U78 is one more saturation plug for your toolkits, and isn't Neumann-related in any way.

Amelia – Jet City’s long-awaited guitar amp – is here at last!

Jet City are at it again, bringing quality tube tones to the huddled masses - and the new Amelia looks promising...