Epiphone Valve Junior Head - "Not my thing..."
This amp by Epiphone is a 5 watt tube amplifier head with just a single volume control. It was touted as being great for recording or perhaps small shows if put through a decently sized cabinet. It's…
Fender Blues Junior - "Nice small Fender combo"
The Fender Blues Junior is like a smaller version of the famed Hot Rod Deluxe and Deville amps, right down to the cosmetics! It features 15 watts of tube EL84 power, and it has a single channel with …
Fender Hot Rod DeVille 410 - "Good gigging amp"
The Fender Hot Rod Deville 4x10 is a great sounding dual channel amp that offers the same setup as the classic Fender amps like the 4x10 Bassman or 4x10 Super Reverb. There is a clean channel and a d…
Dr. Z Amplification Maz 18 Head - "Fender done better."
The Dr.Z Maz 18 head is a single channel EL84 powered tube head that excels at great Fender-like clean tones mixed with VOX esque chime in a package that won't blow your ears or wallet out of this wo…
Orange Rockerverb 100 Head - "Higher wattage Orange, cool."
The Orange RV100 MkI was the highest wattage version of the Rockerverb line of amps. The Rockerverb in general was meant to be a more modern high gain amp line designed to compete with the high gaine…
Peavey 5150 Head - "The original!"
The Peavey 5150 head was designed in the early 90s by one Edward Van Halen as a signature amp and at the time was touted as the answer to getting Ed's famous Brown Sound. However, many modern players…
Peavey Triple XXX Head - "High gain fury"
The Peavey Triple XXX is a 120 watt all tube head powered by 6L6 power tubes. It's a three channel head that was designed as a modern high gain amp to compliment the more stripped down 5150 line. It …
Orange Rocker 30H - "Cool British amp"
The Orange Rocker 30 is a great sounding all tube head in that classic tradition of simple and stripped down British fury. It delivers 30 watts of power and features two channels. The clean channel f…
Electro-Voice PL84 - Kierkes's review
The Electro Voice PL series is certainly a series that has almost, in my humble opinion, almost always, almost always deliver on its promises. So when you see a microphone in this line that not only …
Electro-Voice PL-80 - Kierkes's review
Ahhh. The Electro Voice PL series. A great line of microphones that are newer, but generally, tend to absolutely beat just about any other microphone out there when it comes to value. Except for mayb…
Electro-Voice N/D367s - Kierkes's review
Ahh. The Electro Voie N/D mics. A great feat of mic engineering that has not yet been properly figured out on paper by those not with the company of Electro Voice itself. What is interesting about th…
Electro-Voice PL44 - Kierkes's review
The Electro Voice PL 44 is a very budget minded microphone. All of you may know me as the guy who just loves cheap things. I love everything about saving money on audio gear, especially for live soun…
Electro-Voice N/D967 - Kierkes's review
The Electro Voice N/D 967 is a fantastically shaped little microphone that will certainly turn heads at a concert. This is a good thing. Because when they turn their heads their ears will turn with t…
Electro-Voice Co7 - Kierkes's review
In keeping with my particular obsession with cheap audio gear, I would naturally come around to reviewing more and more cheap microphones to the extremely budget minded. This round brings me to the E…
Electro-Voice Co4 - Kierkes's review
The Co4 is a very nice microphone for the price, first off. You can get them for next to nothing if you know where to look, and they have some pretty interesting things going for them that may in som…