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The Lunchbox That Swings Both Ways: Inside the Victory V40 The Duchess
Victory V40 The Duchess: specs, circuit explained, tone recipes, artist connections, MkI vs MkII, and buying guide for this UK boutique lunchbox tube head.
EL34
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The Fly-In Amp That Could: How the Victory V30 The Countess MKII Became Guthrie Govan’s Most Trusted Touring Head
Guthrie Govan's touring amp of choice, the Victory V30 Countess MKII is a 42W all-valve lunchbox with clean, crunch and lead modes. Full specs.
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Four Years in the Making: Victory VX Kraken MKII and the Amp That a YouTube Guitarist Built
Victory VX Kraken MKII: Rabea Massaad's co-designed 50W tube head. British crunch, American high-gain, clean mode. Full specs, tones and buying guide.
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The Amp That Matchless Built Twice: Inside the Bad Cat Cub
From the Matchless Lightning lineage to the hand-wired Cub V—full specs, EF86 vs 12AX7 tones, honest artist connections, and buying guide for the Bad Cat Cub.
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The Cat That Bites: Bad Cat Hot Cat and the 25-Year Search for Class A High Gain
Three generations, one name. The Bad Cat Hot Cat: 30W Class A hand-wired to 50W Class A/B in 25 years. Circuit guide, tone recipes, verified players.
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Four Marshall Engineers Walk Into a Garden Shed — and Build One of the Best Mid-Priced Tube Combos on Earth
40W EL34 tube combo with four voices, Blackstar's patented ISF control, USB recording, and direct XLR out. Specs, tones, pedal pairings, and buying guide.
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Three Channels, Six Voices, Zero Compromises: The Blackstar HT Stage 60 MkII Explained
Full guide to the Blackstar HT Stage 60 MkII: three channels, six voices, EL34 power, ISF EQ, emulated output, and verified player connections explained.
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The Boutique Head That Rewrote the L.A. Rulebook: Bogner Ecstasy 101B
The Bogner Ecstasy 101B is one of the most versatile boutique heads ever made. Verified players, full specs, tone recipes, and buying guide inside.
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Thirty Years of Marshall Mods, Poured Into One Head: The Bogner Helios 100
Bogner Helios 100 reviewed: the 100W/30W handwired EL34 head that distills 30 years of Marshall Plexi modifications into one boutique head.
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The Four-Headed German Beast That Rewrote Heavy Guitar in 1992
The Diezel VH4 is a 4-channel, 100W EL34 German amp used by Tool, Metallica and Smashing Pumpkins. Full specs, tone recipes, and a buying guide.