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.
ZT Lee Ranaldo Club
ZT’s light, compact amps—and their penchant for interacting happily with pedals of all kinds—have long made them a favorite of big city-dwelling noiseniks and jazzers. But this evolution of the company’s 220-watt Club series, designed with Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo leaves us wondering if ZT won’t find a much bigger audience among players needing potency in a more petite package. The clean tones are beautiful. The amp gain is organic. And it would be hard to find a better platform for your pedal collection.
$1,499
ztamplifiers.com
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