Ibanez RG320FM - "Cool take on the RG"
The Ibanez RG320FM is one of the more recent import offerings from the company. They built them in a variety of factories but most of them that I've seen come out of Indonesia. It features a basswood…
Yamaha RGX612S - "Another winner"
The Yamaha RGX612S is yet another take on the Ibanez esque superstrat from the late eighties. It was built in Taiwan and featured an alder body, maple neck, rosewood fretboard with 24 frets, Yamaha R…
Orange Tiny Terror - "Not for me."
The Orange Tiny Terror is a 15 watt tube head that perpetuated the whole "lunch box" amplifier craze. It's been out for a few years now and many amps from companies like VOX, Traynor, Mesa Boogie, H&…
Orange Rocker 30 - "Fireball!"
The Orange Rocker 30 combo is one of the more stripped down amps that they've built recently. It features two channels, natural and dirty. The natural channel has just a volume control, whereas the d…
Fender Vintage Reissue '59 Bassman LTD - "One man's trash is another's treasure"
The Fender Bassman '59 LTD is the company's reissue of the amp the was originally designed in 1952 to suit their very new Precision Bass guitar. Eventually bass players found that the amp was not rea…
Fender Pro Reverb - "Like a downsized Twin"
The Fender Pro Reverb was introduced in the sixties as an amplifier to round out their line of amps. The Twin Reverb was the flagship for many years, and lots of players loved them, but the weight an…
Fender '65 Princeton Reverb (2008) - "Smaller is cool"
The Fender Princeton Reverb is the smallest available amp in the Vintage reissue line. It features only the one channel, controlled by volume, bass, middle, treble, reverb, speed, and intensity (for …
Fender '65 Super Reverb - "Another cool one"
The '65 Fender Super Reverb reissue carries on the tradition of great remakes of classic "blackface" Fender amps, which many consider to be the company's finest hour of tone crafting. This amp takes …
Fender '65 Twin Reverb - "Big and bold"
The Fender Twin Reverb '65 reissue is Fender's modern take on the amp that defined a sound. For many years the Twin Reverb was THE amp to get if you wanted loud and powerful clean tones in a real dea…
Fender '65 Deluxe Reverb - "Great reissue of a classic"
The Fender Deluxe Reverb reissue is Fender's best take on the production line Deluxe Reverb amplifier as it appeared in its golden "blackface" era (so called because of the black face on the control …
Tube Works MosValve MV-962 - "Decent solid state power amp"
The Mosvalve MV962 is a stereo solid state power amp made in the late '80s/early '90s to offer a more realistic take on the tube power section in a solid state power section. Tube power amps are grea…
Traynor TVM10 - "Jeez... fantastic little rig!"
The Traynor TVM10 is a small battery powered amplifier built by Canadian company Traynor Amplfication. It is solid state and puts out about 10 watts of power. It's designed to be able to handle guita…
Traynor YCV40WR Custom Valve - "Cool combo..."
The Traynor YCV40WR is an older model design that works well for musicians looking for something that has a decent variety of tones in a simple and portable package. This particular amp is loaded wit…
Traynor YCS100 - "Ugh..."
The Traynor YCS100 is the other big high gainer that the company released a while back trying to capture some of the market share for modern amps built by companies like Marshall, Mesa Boogie and Pea…
Traynor YCS50H - "Not bad..."
The Traynor YCS50 was introduced by the company within the last few years as an update to their more traditional line of combo amps. It was built to emulate a more British range of tones in a pleasin…