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My top picks for Winter NAMM 2013

Now that Winter NAMM 2013 is over I thought I might post about the new products that really excited me. I don’t have much time to cover Winter NAMM these days on account of my wife and youngest son having their birthdays at the same time, but I do keep …

Cool new gear: Marshall Class 5 combo and head

The Marshall Class 5 combo was released back in 2009, and provided excellent classic Marshall class A tone in a small footprint, and low wattage. Now in 2011 Marshall has released a new version of the Class 5 in both head and combo models. The updated Class 5 still retains …

Blackstar HT-1R combo – review

Following on from my Ibanez RG465M mini-review, here is my Blackstar HT-1R combo review. The Blackstar HT-1R is the newest edition to the HT line of Blackstar amplifiers. This tiny little brother to the Blackstar HT-5 is a 1watt 2 channel valve amplifier, sporting 1xECC83 and 1xECC82 valves, digital reverb, …

Pirana KS-5C 5Watt all valve combo – review

Small valve amps are becoming more and more popular, and there are quite a few models available for reasonable money too. The problem I’ve found with many of them is the lack of effects loops. I settled on my Blackstar HT-5 because of it’s fantastic dirty channel, and it’s effects …

Cool new gear: Blackstar HT-1 amplifiers

I love low wattage valve amplifiers, and my Blackstar HT-5 head has been kicking my ass for a bit over a year now. When I saw the announcement of the Blackstar HT-1 1watt heads and combos I got very excited. Like the HT-5 series the HT-1 is a two channel …