Today Boss introduced the Nextone Special. A professional 80-watt stage amp with authentic tube sound and feel, innovative power amp voicing, and a custom Waza B12W speaker with classic “blue bell” tone. Fueled by BOSS’s acclaimed Tube Logic approach, the Nextone Special delivers premium sound, feel, and tonal versatility for…
Darkglass Electronics are proud to unveil two new additions to the Darkglass amplifier lineup – Microtubes 500v2 and Alpha·Omega 500, featuring our signature Dual Microtubes and Alpha·Omega drive engines respectively. With the instantly recognizable sleek Darkglass design on the outside, these two models both pack a real punch on the…
The Vox Cambridge50 amp competition we ran in conjunction with our Peter Green video tribute has been run and won. The answer to the question, ‘What colour was Peter Green’s Manalishi’ is of course, Green! The winner is Linda Campbell of The Gap in Brisbane. The Vox Cambridge50 amp will…
Australian Musician’s Greg Phillips catches up with acclaimed international guitarist, gear innovator and creator of the BluGuitar Amp, Thomas Blug for a chat about his past, present and the future. Thomas Blug is an incredibly skillful guitarist who has enjoyed years of international acclaim. Thomas Blug’s arrangements and compositions feature…
Canadian guitarist and songwriter, Nick Johnston, has become Orange Amplification’s latest Ambassador. The critically acclaimed musician, known for his fantastic tone, is delighted to be continuing his exploration of new levels of melody, harmony and composition with an Orange Rockerverb 100 MKIII. Johnston is one of the hottest virtuoso guitar…
Normally Fender would gather guitar dealers in their respective territories and bring them together to view first hand their new releases for the remainder of the year. With Covid-19 putting an end to that, Fender decided this year to present their wares globally to their dealers online. Fender Musical Instruments…
The Darkglass ELEMENT Cab SIM Headphone Amp is an incredible tool that EVERY musician needs to have in their collection. One comprehensive device designed so that you’re able to practice on your own or with a friend. The Darkglass ELEMENT Cab SIM Headphone Amp features: • 5 cabinet simulations with…
We first saw them at Winter NAMM in January and now Fender’s all new contemporary digital amplifiers, the Mustang GTX series has been officially launched. Available in both 50 Watts and 100 Watts, the GTX series amps have the ability to dial in hundreds of tones from a single amplifier,…
At Winter NAMM 2020, Orange revealed their Little Bass Thing, a lightweight solid-state bass amp aimed at the modern day musician. As the name suggests, the Little Bass Thing is a no-nonsense, featherweight bass amplifier, aimed squarely at the modern player. 500W of Class D muscle coupled with a hugely…
At the Winter NAMM Show 2020, Thomas from Kemper Amps shows us the new Kemper cabinet, Kemper speaker cone and Kemper Acoustic Guitar Simulator, which will be available free with Kemper’s next operating system upgrade this year. Kemper Amps distributed in Australia by Innovative Music Australia