Latest about tube amps
“Gibson is back in the amp business”: Gibson’s Falcon amps have landed – can the Mesa-made combos get their claws into the boutique amp market?
The firm’s first new tube amps since the late ’60s are hand-built in the USA and seem priced to compete
“In keeping with Billy’s directive to ‘retain the gain or feel the pain’”: Billy Gibbons has helped Magnatone develop the Baby M-80 – its smallest and lightest tube amp yet
The ZZ Top legend’s feedback helped shape the gain structure of the “unbelievably versatile” new compact head and combo
The world’s biggest amp brands are not who you think they are: these are Reverb’s best-selling guitar amps of 2023
The used and new retailer's shared its top-selling amps this year – and it asks some serious questions of legacy names
A digital detox in amp form: Orange’s OR30 is the must-try tube amp of 2023
The forward-thinking all-tube amp does it all – with just one channel. Here's what you need to know about the British amp legend's crowning achievement
“20 watts, four Galaxies, IR equipped”: Soldano’s Astro 20 is a tech-ed up tube amp that offers another dimension (or rather three of them) for high gain tone
The tube amp stalwart turns its eye to the stars with this forward-thinking take on a modern, made-in-the-USA amp design – and all for less than $2,000
“A significant leap forward in sonic performance and flexibility for guitarists of all styles”: Bad Cat finally launches the Jet Black – the guitar amp at the heart of Tosin Abasi’s new rig
In recent years, the Animals As Leaders virtuoso has turned to tube amps after moving away from Axe-Fx – and now the Bad Cat Jet Black plays a pivotal role in his new setup
“I was blown away by how it sounded”: After 30 years of Marshall stacks, Slash has switched to Magnatone – and a “killer” new signature amp is in the works
Is this the end of an era as the Guns N’ Roses rock legend joins Billy Gibbons and swaps Marshall for Magnatone?
Supro seeks to “redefine the pinnacle of Supro tube amp tone” with the Custom Amplifier series, hand-built in the USA
Two “ultra premium” tube amp combos will be available, promising gourmet tone wrapped in delectable aesthetics
“You don't run into amps with that kind of clean channel that also have this incredible gain sound”: Revv debuts the D40 Dynamis, a vintage-voiced tube head with onboard Two Notes Torpedo tech
Sweetening traditional tube amp tones with 21st-century technology, the D40 Dynamis arrives with a formidable array of features – and has the Shawn Tubbs seal of approval
