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Kustom Defender 5W Class A Guitar Amp: Is this the cheapest 5W valve guitar amp yet?
Introduction
I'm a fan of small, low-power guitar amplifiers for nailing the tone you want at the volume that your neighbours will condone. I know a lot of people give the cheaper models a hard time, expecting top-end boutique tone out of a cheap Epiphone valve junior hot rod. Well that's not going to happen. There's a point to small amps and this new model, the Kustom The Defender 5W Class A Guitar Amp Head Black may have just found a nice niche. Read more »
Which is better: combo or head?
The answer to that question really does depend on what you want it for.
First of all, let's get some definitions:
- Head: Guitar amplifier in a single (wooden) box. Includes the pre-amp and power amp stages.
- Combo: Guitar amplifier and speaker driver in a single wooden box. Again, includes the pre-amp and power amp stages.
- Cab: (cabinet) Wooden box including speaker drivers. Also known as the enclosure.
- Driver: the speaker inside the cab, including the cone and magnet.
For simplicity's sake, a combo is an amp with driver included. With a head, you still have to provide a driver by plugging into a cab.
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New 15W Guitar Amplifiers
The last few years have seen a rise in the number of smaller, low-powered all-valve guitar amplifiers. These are great for achieving awesome tone at lower volumes and so we set up the Smaller Amps section. In the last few months, Marshall and Vox have both released small amplifiers; Marshall with their Haze line and Vox with the Nightrain. Read more »
Blackstar HT-5H and HT-110 Mini Half Stack
What we say about the Blackstar HT5 stack
I wish this amp had been around when I was first learning how to play guitar. It's great for bedroom usage and beyond. I'm convinced this would have been at the top of my wishlist had it been available then. Read more »
Engl Powerball
What we say about the Engl Powerball 100W Guitar Amp
The Engl Powerball is one of the most complete guitar amplifiers I've ever played. I love the range of tones I can achieve from this amp. I used it as my main amp for over 4 years and it still provides some tones that I find difficult to find elsewhere. Read more »
Fuchs Tripledrive Supreme
The Marketing Blurb
The TripleDrive Supreme (TDS) offers plenty of beautiful, warm headroom for undistorted country, jazz, or chiming pop. If you play large venues, the Triple Drive Supreme will give you all the clean headroom you could ever need and a wide range of sonic choices. If you seek a vehicle for your American-rock tone excursions, this might just be your Rolls-Royce. Read more »
Matamp Minimat II
The Marketing Blurb
New for Summer 2007 is the revised Minimat. We've taken the old version and added an all valve booster. It's still controled by the footswitch. We've added a master volume so you can take advantage of great sounding preamp gain, or use the attenuator to run the master flat out and get power valve overdrive at sensible levels.
More details will be here soon...but unlike the Little Rock you'll still be able to get custom options like vinyl and gold plating.
There will also be a 1x12 combo version with reverb but without the boost. Read more »
Mesa Boogie Roadking Series II
The Marketing Blurb
Our patented Progressive Linkage™ provides five different all-tube power amplifiers which you can harness in any combination to the King’s four preamp channels to create – not a cyber mock-up, but the real, authentic circuits found in those classic amplifiers.
Once in a while a product comes along that redefines its genre, changing the way we think, and ushering in a new era. The Road King™ does just that. Read more »
Matamp 1224GT
The Marketing Blurb
Stunning versatility and unadulterated tone. The 1224 is among the best amplifiers on the planet offering a depth and complexity of tone not often heard. If you don’t believe us come and try one
Our most customisable amplifier to date. Choose valve type, bias type, switching options, voicing and more. As standard there are 4 modes of operation: single or dual valve Class A, 2 or 4 valves Push/Pull. Combined with Triode/Pentode and Hi/Lo power switching give a total of 16 possible combinations of tone and volume. Footswitchable Voice, Reverb, Overdrive, and front panel operated Mid Boost and Bass Shift. Read more »
