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    CRANK IT UP, SON!

    Aug 10, 2020 5 minutes

    Like anything else, the concept of what sounds good is purely subjective - it’s in the ears of the beholder. Therefore, it’s difficult to declare that one guitar amp sounds - or simply is - better than another. And there are other factors to consider. Case in point: if your $3,667 vintage British amp weighs 45 kilos, and you’re an easily flustered busy gigging musician with a little Subaru and an achy back, guess what: that cheap 20-pound amp in the basement is suddenly better.

    That said, it’s a lot easier to determine whether or not an amp is classic, or better still, iconic. After all, we’ve had 70-plus years to listen, learn, put two and two together and decide which amps have a special place in the history of, well,

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