The Guitar Magazine Guitar Amp Bible 2015 PDF

132 pages of complete amplifier love!

Including: Fender, Marshall, Vox, Orange and all the top brands plus a detailed workshop on how to build your own valve amp

British Amp Invasion How and why UK amps went global 6

Choosing Your Amp All you need to make the right purchase 14

Marshall 1959HW Head The joys of a handwired head 22

Valves Guide Learn all about those tasty-sounding tubes 26

Boutique Amp Roundup Size really doesn’t matter 30

Build a speaker Cabinet part 1 How to get started… 36

Build a speaker Cabinet part 2 … and finished in style 40

Greatest Amps Of All Time A roll-call of star performers 44

Lazy J 20 Jesse Hoffs modern classic examined 56

Stinger Amp Part 1 It’s time to get building your own amp 60

Stinger Amp Part 2 Ahh, the thrill of completion 66

Vintage Gibson Amps A tale of underrated gems 72

Tone King The versatile Sky King goes under the microscope 80

The Bishop Of Denmark St Sid Bishop on Vintage Amps 84

Acoustic Preamps Build your own… 88

Orange Tiny Terror Small box, big reaction 90

Supro Amps The history of these much-loved tone machines 94

Silverface Mods Part 1 Get to really know your Fender 100

Silverface Mods Part 2 How to ‘blackface your amp 104

Silverface Mods Part 3 Customising options galore 108

Gartone Regal 45 Superior KT66-equipped combo 112

Two-Rock Studio Pro Plus Boutique loveliness personified 118

Private Collection A truly extraordinary amp collection 122

Coda How far amps have come… 130