Atlantic Crossing

TAYLOR COX LAUNCHED Amplified Nation several years ago as a vintage-amp restoration and repair service outside Boston. It eventually began supplying custom and hobby builders before it became a high-end manufacturing brand in and of itself. Given his solid grounding in, and hands-on experience with, highly desirable Dumble amplifiers, Cox initially earned his reputation for creating impressive reproductions of those designs, as well as for his own models that expanded on that legendary template. “Having been a lifelong guitar player, I’ve always been passionate about great guitar tone,” he explains. “An amp isn’t just a way to make sound — it’s an extension of your instrument.”

Achieving the ultimate expression from it, however,