Fractal Audio’s new Axe-Fx II has twice the processing power of the previous
version. Its dual processors enabled the Fractal team to start from square one
with new amp models that feature an unprecedented level of granularity. It
also features all-new USB recording capabilities and new low-noise 1/4" inputs and
outputs.
fractalaudio.com
Long a favorite
supplier of cabs
for the budget-
conscious tone connois-
seur, Avatar wasn’t officially
displaying its new 18-watt,
handwired EL84 head at
the show, but their pals
at Celestion brought one
along as a favor. We dug
its old-school British tones
through a 2x12 loaded
with George Lynch’s new
signature Lynchback speak-
ers.
avatarspeakers.com
As one of the planet’s premier
speaker suppliers, Celestion
(
celestion.com) is one of the
regular amp show exhibitors that has to sit
back patiently and hope you remember that
its products, though hidden inside cabinets,
are integral to the stellar tones you’re hear-
ing from their enviable collection of demo
amps. One of the most newsworthy of
these amps was the new Komet Songwriter
30. Based on the very last Trainwreck amp
design from the legendary Ken Fischer, it
features four cathode-biased EL84s and a
solid-state rectifier, and was designed by
Fischer to sound amazing with current-
production parts rather than new-old-stock.
kometamps.com
