Epiphone Valve Junior – First Thoughts
If you came across an ad for a new $200 valve amp, what would be your first thought? Broken, cheap, sound like marbles in tin can? You might be surprised if the ad was for the Epiphone Valve Junior.
Cool videos of Diamond Amplification amps
Diamond Amplification – The Professional’s Choice for Premium Guitar Amps
Diamond Amplification has some good videos of their products up on their site. Here’s a sample…
Mini Powerhouse
http://www.roland.com/products/en/MICRO_CUBE_RX/index.html
Saw a demo recently of the Roland Micro Cube..very nice amp for practice or trucking around with. Check it out.
2.5 Watts of COSM flexibility in a small form factor that can run on AA batteries.
Here’s a sample video.
An Introduction to Amp Modding
The following guest article is by Joe Gillespie. Joe runs a great blog over at www.joesjamblog.com about all things Spider Jam (as in Line6). Joe has been building and modding amps for quite a while (check out his ‘Little Tweedie‘)
There’s a line in the Dire Straits song “Sultans of Swing” about “Guitar George” that goes “Yes, and an old guitar is all he can afford.” That has always amused me because it really should have been, “A new guitar is all he can afford.” There is something about old guitars and amplifiers that makes them so desirable – and expensive. It can’t all be nostalgia. Is a late ’50s Les Paul or Stratocaster really better than their modern counterparts? Considering all the advances in technology, can an old Vox or Fender amp honestly sound better?
This amp has balls, is balls, oh heck – the Balls Amp
http://ballsamps.com/m18.html
18 watt Balls M18 is based on the Marshall 18 watt.
According to the companies website:
The M18 is the perfect tool for recording and live performance with its surprising ability to cut through the mix on tape
or stage. Humbuckers sound fat and full. Single coils sound bright, but never brittle. P-90’s sound incredible as well.
