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What You Need to Know About Tubes
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Micki Free’s Mountain of Marshall Tone
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Micki Free’s Mountain of Marshall Tone

The veteran blues-rocker uses low-wattage amps to creative a massive, high-intensity sound that nods to heroes like Hendrix, Trower, and early Clapton.

The Legend of the Lucky Vibrolux
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The Legend of the Lucky Vibrolux

How our columnist’s risky purchase turned out to be a dusty pre-CBS jewel.

Pairing Amps for Golden Tones
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Pairing Amps for Golden Tones

Why Fender + Fender (or other brands) = more than the sum of their own signature sounds.

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Tube-Amp 101: A Beginner's Guide to Rocking Out

How preamp and power tubes interact with wattage and speaker ratings to yield the glorious tones of yesterday and today.

Meet My 1965 Super Reverb—The Greatest Amp I've Ever Played
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Meet My 1965 Super Reverb—The Greatest Amp I've Ever Played

Our columnist shares a love story about his longtime passion for the 1965 heavyweight that’s his No. 1.

Finding Perfect Tones in Imperfect Amps
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Finding Perfect Tones in Imperfect Amps

Your signature Fender sound could be just a tweak or twist away.

Tripping the Heavy Fantastic with a Hot Rod Deluxe
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Tripping the Heavy Fantastic with a Hot Rod Deluxe

With Public Enemy, guitarist Khari Wynn uses a Marshall, but a humble Fender workhorse helps carry his own transcendent compositions.

The Saga of the Linda Ronstadt Deluxe
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The Saga of the Linda Ronstadt Deluxe

How a not-so-special silver-panel amp was transformed into solid gold.