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!
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Those crazy Danes have been at it again, but this time it has just a tad more...
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...
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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.
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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.
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 ...
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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...
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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.
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Designed to partner their Omega pre-amp, Kush will have us believe that the new 458A 'Transformer' plug-ins "re-define" tube emulations...
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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...
Two years in the making the new Marty Friedman twin channel valve behemoth full of German amp gain is finally ready.
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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?
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Dave Friedman is most definitely the boutique demi-god of 2016, so what does he have in store for us all in 2017?
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Erica Synths spill out of the Eurorack and onto the desktop with the Fusion Box Flanger/Delay valve based effects unit.
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"...
A new high gain modern amplifier for those that like a tight, technical modern guitar style.
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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.
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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 have salvaged leftover wood from the USS Constitution, no less, and used it for two "Old Ironside" show-piece amps for NAMM 2017. Ahoy!
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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?
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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.
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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...
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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.
Jet City are at it again, bringing quality tube tones to the huddled masses - and the new Amelia looks promising...