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AWARD-SESSION 5E3-EXTRA 22

The 5E3 version of the tweed Fender Deluxe is one of the most revered and imitated guitar amplifiers of all time – but that imitation is usually attempted with either hand-wired valve circuitry or digital modelling. This take on the iconic 5E3 circuit from Award-Session uses neither.

You might think analogue solid-state amps got left behind by the digital revolution but, on the evidence of the last Session amp we reviewed – the BluesBaby 22, back in 2016 – this technology is evolving in its own, highly musical way. Now the Hampshire-based firm claims to have nailed the magic of tweed in a compact and lightweight new

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