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Gemini Sound Products has announced two new additions to their GX Series, the GX-150 Professional Powered 8” Two-Way ABS Loudspeaker and the GX-100 Professional 8” Two-Way Passive ABS Loudspeaker.
Ideal for permanent audio installations, these new speakers feature a compression driver with a 1.25” titanium diaphragm in addition to an 8” aluminum die-cast woofer. Each speaker [...]

 

Vox has expanded its line of Valvetronix amps with the addition of the 100 Watt AD100VTH head.
The AD100VTH is equipped with a silver metal grille that provides a modern twist to traditional VOX design. Chicken head, pointer knobs pay homage to VOX’s rich heritage. Its features include:

11 amp styles.
11 preset programs.
Two user-editable channels (programs) for [...]

 

Retro-King has introduced the Plexi 45, a replica of the mid 60’s JTM 45 amplifier. This amp is hand-wired point-to-point on a vintage style turret board and is built to the exact specs of the original (Retro-King adds a 100 pico cap across the normal volume for added clarity).
The output tranny is built for Retro-King [...]

 

Epiphone has announced the highly anticipated E Series guitar amplifier line, a follow up to the highly successful Valve Series of amplifiers. E Series amplifiers were first unveiled at the 2005 Musikmesse trade show in Frankfurt, Germany.
“With the E Series, we wanted to create a great sounding line of amplifiers with meaningful, not complicated, features,” [...]

 

Retro-King has introduced the 18-Watt Combo, the latest addition to its collection of hand-wired custom amps.
A class AB cathode biased amp, the “18 Watt Combo” is a replica of the hard to find, 1966 Marshall 18 watt lead combo amplifier with two channels (4 inputs) with a tremolo unit operating on channel two.
Retro-King Amps are [...]

 

Tone-Tools has introduced a new guitar speaker cabinet. Created originally for studio guitarist Stephen Boykin, the Fat Cat 212MB is a cabinet designed to enhance the classic British guitar amplifier.
According to Tone-Tools, the closed back, front ported design enhances sound projection and overall tone. The Fat Cat 212MB is handcrafted from Birch multi-ply with dovetailed [...]

 

Alesis has introduced the Sumo 15 amplifier. A compact, versatile keyboard / PA amplifier with built-in effects, two channels (one for a microphone, one for a stereo keyboard), Stereo Link, and a headphone output, the new Sumo 15 is the ideal complement for keyboard players in search of a practice or monitor solution as well [...]

 

Voxengo has released Boogex, a free guitar amplifier plug-in with a variety of sound shaping features.
With Boogex it is possible to get heavy distorted sound as well as slight distortion sound. Boogex is also able to apply any speaker cabinet impulse response (selection of built-in impulses is available).
Processing latency is very modest - 96 samples [...]

 

TheAirtightGarage, a company that specializes in vintage amp restoration, repair, and custom-made amplifiers, has announced the Tonebuster 115, a forty-five to sixty watt combo utilizing a single fifteen inch driver.
Top mounted controls are two channels of inputs, two volumes, bass, mid, treble, presense, standby, power and a “mid-shift” switch which changes the response of the [...]

 

Polarity have announced the availability of GXStack, the first release in their XStack VST plug-in series.
Enabling guitarists to get dynamic, convincing guitar amp tones from their PC, GXStack features six custom guitar amplifier models and essential guitar effects – chorus and delay.