[Here's part 1 if you missed it –Ed.] AmpGAS: Anything else you’d like to mention or highlight about Mack Amps construction? Don: Yes. We strive to produce the lowest-cost handmade boutique amps on the planet, but that doesn’t mean we cut corners.
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Interview Part 2: Mack Amp’s Don Mackrill
Curt Granger on Best Tubes, EVH Tone and More
If you spend any time searching YouTube for Edward Van Halen-related tones, you’ll probably run across vids by Curt Granger, who owns an amp company by the same name. His 50-watter sounds “just like” that mythical tone in many ways. When I heard it, I had to know more. I chased him down for a [...]
Tube Tramp, EVH, Snuffy and Thor Amps
WTF is a Thor amp? That would’ve been my reaction before I ran across a recent thread at the Metroamps board. The thread is authored by tubetramp, more properly known as Terry Kilgore, who grew up with Ed Van Halen, is friends with him, was in DLR’s band for a bit and no doubt has [...]
Latest GAS Vid: Wizard Metal
I’ve been down a dark rabbit hole called Wizard lately. I keep pulling up YouTube clips of these amps because I keep hearing that something I really like, which is that Marshally upper-mid thing with extra Hiwatt-ish shimmer. I’ve heard it different places
Dumble and ‘Clones’: First Impressions
Recently I had an opportunity to play through an actual Dumble amp via a thegearpage.net member-organized Amp Fest/Tone Fest/whatever you want to call it. It was the first time I’d heard a Dumble, or even a Dumble-style amp, in person, so this is definitely a raw, unschooled, unsophisticated impression.
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This will only list amps that I've personally played. In no particular order:> Any East Amplification amp
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> Satellite Atom head
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> Goodsell Dominatrix combo
> Any Electroplex amp
> Fuchs Mantis, ODS, Tripledrive
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