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23rd September 2022

Features

23rd September 2022

Features

23rd September 2022

Do you insist on having glowing glass tubes in your rig? These tube amps are the best in class for 2022.
Although technology has progressed quite a bit since the golden age of rock ’n’ roll, for many guitarists, vintage-style tube amplifiers still represent the high-water mark for guitar tone. And even the most popular digital amplifiers expend the majority of their processing power attempting to recreate the chest-thumping tones of old.
Tube amps often don’t come cheap. But the list that follows includes amps that span a wide variety of prices to help you find the ultimate valve companion for your budget – whether you want something pedalboard-friendly, easily overdriven, loud enough to drown out an obnoxious drummer or versatile enough for a small session.
This is a question that’s been debated since the dawn of the transistor, but digital modelling technology has made major dents in the tube amp market in recent years. There’s also no denying that volume limits at live venues have become much stricter, and smaller, lighter amplifiers are becoming increasingly popular.
But convenience and practicality aside, there’s still something hugely inspiring and emotive about old-school tube amps. Their dynamic response, feel, articulation and harmonic complexity are still difficult for even high-end modellers to emulate.
If you’re stepping into the world of tube amplification for the first time, deciding on a power rating is a good starting point. Too high, and you won’t be able to properly turn your amp up to its sweet spot. Too low, and you’ll struggle to find any clean headroom – although some would argue that being able to overdrive low-powered tube amps at sensible volumes is a big part of their appeal. Identifying whether your amp will accompany you on stage or remain in your bedroom is another factor to consider when looking at wattage.
If you are able to mic up your amp through a PA, we’ve found that 15-30 watts is the ‘Goldilocks zone’ for most gigging players. It’s not so loud that sound engineers will hate you, but you won’t have difficulties being heard above the drummer. That said, speaker efficiency plays a significant part, so be mindful of that too.
Without a power attenuator or master volume control, a 15-watt valve amp will likely be too loud for home use – even a five-watt tube amp can be enough to make the neighbours bang on the walls. If you do have concerns about noise levels, you might want to check out a digital alternative for home practice instead.
Other points to take note of are clean headroom and tonal characteristics. Is your amp going to be a pedal-platform or do you want to bathe in glorious power-tube overdrive? Are you looking for Vox chime or Marshall grind? Black-panel sparkle or tweed raunch? Modern high-gain or stoner sludge? What about onboard reverb? There are a lot of choices out there.
+ Exemplary construction
+ Low noise floor and incredibly clear drive tones
– Expensive
The Laurel Canyon is a departure from Matchless ’ usual fare of EL84- and EL34-loaded amplifiers. This 6V6-fitted combo is aimed at the rock and roll sounds coming out of LA in the ‘60s and ‘70s: think the drive sounds of the Rolling Stones and Neil Young . What’s not a departure is the high-quality cabinet construction and point-to-point internal wiring.
The result of the 6V6 experiment is a harmonically-rich, smoothly compressed drive sound when gunned, but on cleaner settings there’s still plenty of headroom for a 20-watt amplifier.
The amp also features a highly-interactive EQ section, with wide changes in sound across their respective frequency bands. There’s also a master volume control for full-blast tone at less-than full-blast volumes, and a 5AR4 tube handling rectification for some vintage sag.
Price: £2,995 / $2,780 Type: Single-channel, tube rectified open-back combo with effects loop and reverb, built in the USA. A non-reverb combo and head model are also available. Channels: 1 Speakers: 1x 12” custom-voiced UK-made Celestion Heritage G12H30 Tubes: 3 x 12AX7, 2 x 6V6, 1x 5AR4
+ Relatively affordable, compact and lightweight
+ Gorgeous clean tones and raspy drive tones
– No master volume might dissuade some
The first of two Fender ‘68 reissues on this list, the ‘68 Custom Pro Reverb offers some absolutely sensational old-school Fender amp tones. With a tube-driven spring reverb tank and bias tremolo, you can easily dive into surf territory, but modern ambient washes certainly aren’t off-limits thanks to the long spring length.
While clean tones may be what you think of when it comes to retro Fender combos, cranking the volume knob still introduces quite a bit of hair to things. But because of the 40-watt power rating, lower volume settings aren’t exactly quiet, and at this end of things there’s lots of clean headroom if you want to let fuzzes and drives really speak for themselves, or use delay and reverb pedals without too much compression occurring.
Price: $1,299 / £1,349 Type: Single-channel 40-watt tube combo with tube-driven tremolo and reverb. Channels: 1 Speakers: 1×12” Celestion Neo Creamback Tubes: 3 x 12AX7, 2 x 12AT7, 2 x 6L6
+ Compact, perfect for home and small gigs
+ Much more affordable than the genuine vintage article
– Won’t get loud enough for some
This could well prove to be one of the best home tube amplifiers money can buy, thanks to its diminutive size and power rating of just five watts. That said, it will also deliver a maxed-out tube amp tone for those small gigs where you don’t need to be overly loud. While there’s no dedicated overdrive section, the low-headroom of the small wattage means that it’s easy to push the amp beyond its limits, and introducing drive pedals into the mix will allow you to get a more characterful distortion sound.
The five watts drive a 10-inch speaker, and a simple set of controls: knobs for volume, treble and bass, as well as the amount of reverb and the speed and intensity of the onboard tube-driven tremolo.
Price: $749.99 / £799 Type: Low-wattage single-channel tube combo Channels: 1 Speakers: 1×10” Celestion Ten 30 Tubes: 2 x 12AX7, 1 x 6V6
+ Stylish and compact design
+ Two channels for a range of vintage tones
– Limited controls and low wattage might deter some
This tiny little head comes in a range of colourways, but more importantly gives you five watts of power aimed at replicating the tone of an old black-panel Fender amp cranked to full, while refraining from being too loud for home use. It offers two channels: Rhythm for more “bell-like highs” and higher headroom, and Lead for a tweed-style overdrive.
Providing these tones are two 12AX7 preamp tubes and a single 5881 power amp tube. The amp’s face bears a stripped-back layout: just two inputs (one for the Lead and one for the Rhythm) and two controls: tone and volume. The two inputs could be paired with an ABY pedal for footswitchable channel switching, or you could keep it old-school with on-the-fly cable switching.
Tone King has notably included a built-in Ironman II attenuator in the Gremlin, allowing you to distort the amp’s power section while staying at a reasonable volume. This uses a “reactive load” to keep the amp’s feel consistent, no matter the output level.
Price: $1095 / £773 Type: Low-wattage tube-head with retro sounds and aesthetics Channels: 2 Speakers: N/A Tubes: 2 x 12AX7, 1 x 5881
+ Versatile selection of tones
+ Power attenuator lets you play at home volumes
– Expensive, and no on-board tremolo
The centrepiece of this amp is a three-position switch that chooses between different “alternate realities” of Fender Black Panel amp tones, described by Carr amps as “extra scooped beauty,” “Fullerton strut” and “heated 70s CBeeS” respectively. While the amp can run at a full 10 watts for a reasonable amount of volume, a built-in attenuator lets you take things down to 2 watts for some quieter practice.
Also present is an EZ81 tube rectifier. The full workings of rectifiers are too complex to go into full detail here, but in short, they convert alternating current from the wall into direct current in order to run the amplifier’s valves. With their s
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