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“You’ll notice when you play it. You hit this pedal on and your amp just becomes huge… It’s just this big, big sound”: EarthQuaker Devices and Dr Z team up for a tub…

The ZEQD-Pre has an EF86 pentode just like Dr Z's sweet high-end amps, and it might just give your rig the analogue warmth, ...
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“Why is there no amp that can do a really nice clean, and a really nice gain-y tone, with a reverb on it?”: Victory satisfies Pete Honore’s tone cravings and rehouses his ...

Victory Amps has given the Deputy a makeover, rehousing the 25-watt tube amp head in a portable lunchbox format – but retaining all the original features that were developed in partnership with Pete ...
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Steve Vai’s favourite amp brand Synergy unveils a 20W “preamp module platform” with onboard IRs

Synergy has unveiled the SYN-20IR, a tube amp head with a revolutionary design that allows players to swap preamp modules in and out, making for a fully customisable guitar amp – and this head has ...
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Dirty Boy turns the tables on guitar’s digital revolution with an all-analogue preamp pedal inspired by a plugin

Dirty Boy has just pulled the ultimate power move for guitar effects pedals, striking a blow for analogue die hards in the process, as it has just unveiled a preamp pedal that is based on a digital ...