Siegmund Midnight Special
Siegmund Midnight Special
Price: $1,895 (list, as tested)
Contact: www.siegmundguitars.com
Driven by a quest for preserving the original tonal qualities of a player’s instrument, builder Chris Siegmund...
3rd Power Dream Weaver
3rd Power Dream Weaver
Price: $3.299
Info: www.3rdpower.com.
Purchasing a new amp is much more than buying a piece of gear – think of it as hiring...
Fender’s ’68 Custom Deluxe Reverb
Fender’s ’68 Custom Deluxe Reverb
Price: $999.99 list
Contact: www.fender.com
In 1968, Fender gave its amp line what collectors today look back on as a major facelift...
Knaggs Guitars’ Chesapeake Severn Tier 2 Trembuck
Knaggs Guitars’ Chesapeake Severn Tier 2 Trembuck
Price: $ 5,600 (list)/$4,300 (street)
Info: www.knaggsguitars.com.
Maryland-based Knaggs Guitars was founded five years ago by former PRS luthier Joe...
Visual Sound Route 66 V3 American Overdrive
Visual Sound Route 66 V3 American Overdrive
Price: $179 (street)
Contact: www.truetone.com/
Over the years, the Route 66 pedal by Visual Sound (Ed. Note: the company is...
Amptweaker’s FatMetal Distortion
With all of the subgenres of heavy metal out there, it was only a matter of time before the pedal industry began tweaking its...
Xotic Effects’ Wah XW-1
Xotic Effects’ Wah XW-1
Price: $295 (list); $249 (street)
Contact: xotic.us/
The chase for tone sometimes seems like never-ending “Tom and Jerry” reruns.
Enter Xotic Effects and...
deLisle Nickel Box
deLisle Nickel Box
Price: $609 (list); $729 (as tested)
Info: www.delisleguitar.com
Low-watt amplifiers have enjoyed a run of popularity. Offering saturated power-tube distortion at volumes that should...
ToneTron’s Billy-Rocker
ToneTron’s Billy-Rocker
Price: $1,200
Info: www.tonetroamps.com.
On a quiet residential street in Minneapolis lives a mad scientist. Erstwhile rockabilly guitarist Jeffrey Falla is the brains behind ToneTron....
EVH Wolfgang WG Standard
EVH Wolfgang WG Standard
Price: $799.99 (list); $599.99 (street)
Contact: www.evhgear.com
Decades after the release of the first Van Halen album, universal acceptance of Edward Van Halen...