Step inside Premier Guitar’s magical, miraculous time machine and revisit the gear that stood head and shoulders above the rest as Premier Gear Award winners in 2018.
Friedman BE-50 Deluxe
The BE-50 Deluxe packs three distinct channels into a versatile dual-EL34, 50-watt head builder Dave Friedman calls “my most flexible design yet.” There are a lot of knobs, but if you approach the 3-channel layout one step at a time, it makes sense pretty quickly. The two “modified-Marshall-style” lead modes are just as good at low-gain tones as scorching high-gain sounds, and there are a ridiculous number of voices available.
$3,495 street
friedmanamplification.com
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