The Quilter Labs MicroPro Mach 2 - 8 Inch,... (Review)

Reviewed By: Rosario Panzarella

Purchased from: Manufacturer

Street Price: $899 USD + Shipping

About:

Pat Quilter, founder of QSC Audio Products and a veteran designer with over 45 years of experience, is one of the few designers whose career spans tubes, solid state, and the new switchmode technology. His mission is to combine a deep love of music, an understanding of tube behavior, and his expertise in switchmode design to create new tools that will expand artistic possibilities and exploit the latest mainstream technology to deliver higher quality and satisfaction at an affordable price based out of California.

This Quilter 8 inch Mach 2 combo is the ultimate grab and go performance amplifier. The smallest and lightest of the Mach 2 combos (Only 19 pounds.), the 8 inch features a very potent high power pro audio driver. A sealed enclosure calibrated to deliver a very balanced and beautiful tone combined with the characteristics of Celestion's TF0818 speaker deliver amazing low end and a beautiful and articulate upper range. Great for both acoustic and electric instruments, the 8 inch Mach 2 is unquestionably the most extensible and flexible of the Mach 2 lineup. If you are wondering whether an 8 inch speaker can cut it, go ahead and put that out of your mind. It is their top selling combo amplifier for a reason. Combine this with our 12" extension cabinet for staggering power that will easily handle outdoors or coverage without a PA system. 100 watts per channel. 200 watts total when using channel 1 and 2.

The Indigo Amplification McD 20 1x12 Combo,... (Review)

Reviewed By: Jac Harrison

Purchased from: Manufacturer

Street Price: $2,995.00 USD + Shipping 

About: 

Indigo Amplifiers is the manufacturer of boutique, hand-crafted, all-tube guitar amplifiers based out of New Jersey.

The McD 20 watt 1x12 combo is a (2) channel all hand-wired tube amp that is based around a pair of matched 6V6GT power tubes with a cascaded preamp section that is driven by (2) 12AX7's, (1) 12AX7 phase inverter, and a solid state rectifier with custom wound transformers, fixed bias and features a buffered (1) 12AX7 based FX loop that is pushing a custom made 12" speaker that was made just for Indigo Amplification, with switchable output impedance and external speaker cab hook up that is all wrapped up in a flamed maple cab. 

The Barracuda by Satellite Amplifiers,... (Review)

Reviewed By: Jac Harrison

Purchased from: Manufacturer

Street Price: $1,850.00 USD + Shipping 

About: 

Satellite Amplifiers is the manufacturer of boutique, hand-crafted, all-tube guitar amplifiers and effects based out of San Diego, CA.

This Barracuda model is based around a pair of Gold Lion KT66's power tubes with (2) Sovteck 12AX7WBs, a solid state rectifier, custom wound Mercury Magnetics transformers, fixed bias, high and low inputs with extended frequency response pushing 45 watts through (1) Celestion Creamback 12" and (1) Celestion Alnico Gold 12"  

Ala Carte Boutique Amplifiers by Booya Amplifier Services,... (Review)

Reviewed By: Jac Harrison
Purchased from: Manufacturer

Street Price: $1,500 and up USD + tax & shipping

About: 

Booya Amplifier Services is an American manufacturer of boutique handcrafted, specialty guitar and bass guitar amplifiers that specializes in amplifier modification, customization, design and repair based out of Lake Hopatcong, NJ.  

This review is not on a single amplifier but on the Booya Amplifier Services company as a whole. 

The Blackjack-21® II by Fuchs Audio Technology,... (Review)

Reviewed By: Jac Harrison

Purchased from: Manufacturer

Street Price: $1,750.00 USD + Shipping 

About: 

Fuchs Audio Technology is the manufacturer of boutique, hand-crafted, all-tube guitar amplifiers and effects based out of Clifton, NJ.

This “The Blackjack 21®-II” model is a (2) channel combo amp that is powered by (2) 12AX7, (1) 12AT7, with (2) 6V6 power tubes pushed through (1) 12” Eminence Red White and Blue speaker at 21 watts with the Fuchs “Good Verbrations” digital reverb, an effects loop, and (2) button foot switch, with 4, 8,  & 16 ohm speaker out put jacks featuring channel one (non master channel) (1) bass (1) mid (1) treble tone controls -- channel two (1) gain control (1) master volume on a front mount control panel. 

Vintage Vacuum Tube Amplifiers (VVT Amplifiers) Lindy Fralin Model 1,... (Review)

Reviewed By: Jac Harrison 

Purchased from: Manufacturer

Street Price: $1,999.00 USD + Shipping 

About:
Vintage Vacuum Tube Amplifiers (VVT Amplifiers) is the manufacturer of boutique, hand-crafted, all-tube guitar amplifiers based out of Waldorf, MD.

This Lindy Fralin Model 1 single channel combo amp is powered by a custom Mercury Magnetics transformer, carbon film resistors, Mallory tone/coupling caps, 6L6 output tubes with a 5U4 rectifier tube pushed through (1) 15” Eminence speaker at 40 watts with spring reverb and a bright switch featuring (1) volume, (1) treble, (1) bass and (1) reverb control on a top mount control panel. 

The GAGA 90 by Milbert Amplifiers, The Swiss army knife of all-tube guitar amplifiers... (review)

Reviewed By: Jac Harrison

Purchased from: Manufacturer

Street Price: $3,750.00 USD + Shipping 

About: 

Milbert Amplifers is the manufacturer of boutique, hand-crafted, interchangeable all-tube guitar amplifiers.

This GAGA 90 model offers adjustable headroom from 1 - 90 watt(s) via a rotary face-plate knob with the ability for the player to plug-and-play over 30 tube types at any configuration with Auto-Everything™, automatic bias & standby, Blow-Proof Output™ with the ability to drive any speaker, universal mains/world power ready and on-board P3® phantom power for pedals and active pickups. 

Tone King Amplifier Company Imperial, ...(Review)

Reviewed By: Jac Harrison

Purchased from: Manufacturer

Street Price: $1,995.00 USD + Shipping 

About: 

The Tone King Amplifier Company is the manufacturer of boutique, hand-crafted, all-tube guitar amplifiers based out of Baltimore, MD.

This Imperial model is powered by (4) 12AX7 and (1) 12AT7 preamp tubes, (2) 6V6 output tubes with a 5AR4 rectifier tube pushed through (1) 12” speaker at 20 watts. The front panel controls features (2) channels -- (1) clean/rhythm with volume, treble, bass controls and (1) lead with volume, tone, bite controls with reverb and tremolo on each that are controllable via included foot switch.

Jeff Bober "God­fa­ther of The Low Wattage Amp Revolution" Brings Us East Amplification ... (Review)

Reviewed By: Jac Harrison
Purchased from: Manufacturer
Street Price: $1,550.00 USD + Shipping

About:
EAST Amplification is the manufacturer of boutique, hand crafted, all-tube guitar amplifiers based out of Maryland.

Since Jeff Bober's depar­ture from Budda Amps in late 2009, he has launched his new com­pany, EAST Ampli­fi­ca­tion and is design­ing ampli­fiers that he con­sid­ers to be the nat­ural pro­gres­sion in prod­uct design from his pre­vi­ous brand. Dif­fer­ent yet sim­i­lar, these amps also have a voice of their own while retain­ing the same feel and touch sen­si­tive response that made his pre­vi­ous designs so revered by all lev­els of play­ers. His first offer­ing, the Studio2, is a full fea­tured, huge sound­ing, ver­sa­tile 2 watt record­ing and small venue mas­ter­piece, which is once again firmly cement­ing his posi­tion as “God­fa­ther of the low wattage amp revolution”.

Moxie Amplification, Rock 15W Combo Amplifier ... (Review)

Reviewed By: Jac Harrison
Purchased from: Manufacturer
Street Price: $1,399.99 USD + Shiping
About: 

Moxie Amplification is the manufacturer of boutique hand crafted all-tube guitar amplifiers based out of Chelmsford, MA.

  

This Moxie Amplification Rock 15 is powered by two EL84s and two 12AX7s in class AB push-pull configuration with an 8-ohm speaker out. It sports a full-wave rectifier for more punch. It has 15 tube-watts  of output and is equipped with Gain, Tone and Volume controls. Currently it is available from Moxie Amps as a 1-12 combo but will soon be available as a head.