2008
Premier Gear
AWARDS
The Tone God
TubeUlent
The TubeUlent doesn’t
hide its innovation behind
a standard packaging. If we
saw this thing onstage with
someone, you bet we’d
be asking about it after
the show. Of course little
amps aren’t new, there are
a number of bit-sized combos around the office. But a
tiny tube amp that sounds
this good, we haven’t
encountered before. Both
single coils and humbuckers
love this little amp, and it can be used well as an amp, a preamp, a distortion effect, making it a good contender for the Versatility award, if it didn’t
blow us away with its originality.
“The TubeUlent is a great sounding amp
that will open you up to new possibilities
with your sound and your rig.”
– August ’08, online
Peavey Revalver
MKIII
Amp modeling software
hasn’t quite been like this
before. Besides coming
stocked with models for
Peavey, Marshall, Vox,
Fender, Mesa Boogie,
Matchless and others,
the program conjures up
some original amps as
presets. From there, you
can swap tubes, mix and
match sections of completely different amps,
change resistor values
and build whatever
setup you desire, even
if it’s impossible in the
real world. Cabinets are
equally tweakable, and in the end you come away with knowledge you
can apply to your real amps and cabs. Add in convincing responsiveness,
and you’re in a whole new category of software. Reviewer Roger Adler
said [September ‘08], “With this much great tone at your fingertips, the
choice should be easy.” Tweak away.
