The followup to Blackheart Engineering’s Little Giant 5, the Killer Ant is the first attainable, boutique quality fractional tube amp. Featuring Class A, Single Ended circuitry, it delivers the complete, classic, touch responsive tube tone you need but at more manageable volumes for apartment dwellers and recording sessions.
Price: $179.95 Buy now!
Deigned and engineered in the U.S.A. by Gibson, the So Cal 50H features an all-tube signal path with a solid state rectifier. Two distinct channels share a specially designed 3-band EQ that is selectable between Independent and Interactive modes with a Contour Control on the Overdrive Channel to dial in that “Sweet Spot.” A tube powered, transformer drives the spring Reverb.
Price: $499.99 Buy now!
User Reviews:
Feature:
everything i needed!
Quality:
rock-solid
Value:
the best amp for this money on the market
Desirability:
this amp is sweet looking and sounding
Sound:
the sound…. ahhhh the sound! it sounds like something straight out of the Fu Manchu album King of the Road. I love it, although to get the diversity i wanted, it required some pedals.
Ease of Use:
couldnt be simpler, just like it was 40 years ago, with the added second channel
Support:
i have had no problems so far.
Overall:
i love it and do not plan on replacing it.
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The JVM Series 100-watt, valve-driven power stage is built on the classic design responsible for the legendary Marshall roar found in the JCM800, 2203 and “plexi” Super Lead amplifiers — a timeless foundation for countless classic rock and metal guitar tones for over 4 decades. Featuring a quartet of EL34 valves, this peerless design has been expertly crafted to compliment the extraorinary wealth of tones found in the JVM.
Price: $2199.95 Buy now!
The Laney GH100L is a single channel master volume style head with footswitchable gain. It is capable of a huge variety of sounds, from sparkling clean through powerful crunch to full on monster tones and everything in between.
Price: $1299.00 Buy now!
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Designed and prototyped in a one car garage in Austin, Texas, by none other than amp savant, Pyotr Belov, the Handsome Devil evokes classic tube tones more than reminiscent of the great American and British, plug and play workhorses that laid the foundation for Rock and Roll guitar tone starting in the ’60s.
Price: $349.95 Buy now!
User Reviews:
Feature:
Wish it had an effects loop and reverb but it works without it fine.
Quality:
Very well made. Tolex and piping is tight. The unit has some weight to it as to not feel cheap yet is easy to carry.
Value:
It’s a great amp for the money. Remember that it’s not a Mesa or a Marshall but they don’t claim it to be. It’s just a great warm tube amp for the studio or garage or small room. Give it a try, you won’t be sorry
Sound:
Great blues, rock tone. Has plenty of volume. Use pentode side with a metal muff for good metal sound.
Ease of Use:
There is nothing about it that is hard to understand. Easy to understand complete manual.
Support:
Haven’t needed anthing yet.
Bugera did a lot of listening to obscure, long-departed Brit designs and spent most of last year tweaking to get hand-selected EL34s and ECC83s to play nice together. They added a no-compromise non-master volume for direct signal path and a huge output transformer with specially nested windings for increased dynamic response and clarity. Ladies, gentlemen and olde chums, meet the BUGERA 1960.
Price: $449.95 Buy now!
Though the 50-watt 1987XL shares the same front and rear panel features as its big brother, the 1959 SLP, it does have its own distinct personality. Sweet warm singing sounds are packed into every nook and cranny of this great tone machine. As is the case with the 1959SLP, the 1987X has fittings and hardware as true to the originals as humanly possible, thus ensuring that authentic Marshall “Vintage” look.
Price: $1849.95 Buy now!
User Reviews:
Feature:
It’s simple, plug and play, there aren’t a bazillion knobs to mess with so you’ll hear the true tone and not a generic one.
Quality:
It’s a marshall.. need i say more?
Value:
You get what you pay for…
Desirability:
Vintage = Sexy
Sound:
Awsome tone, i love it and i’ll never part with it and, not to mention, it’s LOUD for being a 50 watt head. Ahh the sound of an all tube head… it’s music to my ears!
Overall:
Its great!!! If you are looking for a great, rocking head that is simple to use… this is it!!! you can experiment with patching the inputs to get different tones…
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The legend starts here with the 100-watt Krank Revolution all-tube, hand-wired touring head. Proudly designed and built in the USA by most dedicated bunch of amp fanatics ever assembled, the Krank Revolution features 2 channels each with separate volume and concert tuned 3-band EQs. Two separate Master Volume controls on the Krank channel allow for switching from power chord to solo level and the
Price: $1599.95 Buy now!
User Reviews:
Feature:
The only two things missing from this amp are an integrated reverb and the ability to change the amp’s channels without a footswitch.
Quality:
solid solid solid. You could throw bricks at this thing, though if anyone throws a brick at mine they’re losing a limb.
Value:
It’s about the same as a JSX or Dual Rec, and I personally think it’s better than either.
Desirability:
How could you not want it?
Sound:
With a Maxon tubescreamer in front of it, this is the best sounding metal amp I’ve heard as of yet. Not to mention it’s got one of the best clean channels on any high gain amp around.
Ease of Use:
Beautiful. You’ll go nuts with the Sweep control.
Support:
They answer emails within a few hours, and I’ve heard nothing but good things about their ability to service the amp if it needs it.
Overall:
Nearly a perfect amplifier.
THD is thrilled to announce the arrival of their new Flexi-50 amplifier head. The Flexi-50 is a precision hand-built 50-watt Class-AB amplifier with foot-switchable overdrive/boost, foot-switchable master volume control and the ability to use almost any preamp and power tubes in any combination.
Price: $1995.95 Buy now!
User Reviews:
Feature:
Just enough features: Great clean and over driven tones. Can switch the master on and get a Plexi tone via footswitch or switch it off for clean chordal work. 20/50 watt switch too.
Quality:
Perfect hand built and expensive, but you can see and hear the quality, well not hear any hum at all.
Value:
Not cheap, but may be my last amp and I have had tons in the past.
Desirability:
It is kind of funky to look at, but when you hear it, well that is it..
Sound:
Very pure tone machine, play good and it will reward you. Can do Fender clean and Marshall rock, not metal though. A pedal could help if you want to do the metal thang.
Ease of Use:
It is just an amp, not a modeler so it is easy to plug in and play, just spend some time with the manual to understand its potential.
Support:
I hours email turn around, have had no problems with amp, wanted Hotplate advice, got it fast. Great guitar players company.
Overall:
Not a rich person, so I will enjoy this baby for years to come, maybe another THD 2 x 12 in the future.
Vetta II is the latest evolution of Line 6′s flagship Vetta amp family.
Price: $1699.99 Buy now!
User Reviews:
Feature:
All the sound choices I need; however, one can add to the “sound library”.
Desirability:
Looks really cool when it’s on; the lights.
Sound:
With this amp I am able to get virtually any sound that I want, without a bunch of cumbersome pedals! I own a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier Road King, a Marshall JCM 2000 Dual Super Lead, as well. I now prefer to use this amp exclusively.
Ease of Use:
You have to experiment with the amp. It’s an instrument unto itself and has to be learned, which is part of the fun.
Overall:
If if were lost or stolen, I’d buy another.