I've just spent far too much of my Sunday evening reading about a new guitar amplifier that trashes every myth that we've been slaves to since forever!

The idea being plugged for years at http://www.amptone.com/#quiet is that guitar players really need a rig that can produce stage-type power amp distortion tone at sound levels that make it possible to practice in an apartment at 3:00 AM.

It seems a company based in London, Ontario, Canada, has produced a recording studio amp that can do it! Check it out!

http://www.amptone.com/londonpowerstudio.htm

My vintage Ampegs, (a VT-22, 120 Watt 2x12 combo, and a VT-40, 60 Watt 4x10 combo) now seem seriously excessive! :eek:

Lets hear it fellas... is this the start of something amazing?

I have an 80 watt Marshall, and I so rarely get to hear the good side of it, this amp sounds very, very cool, though very expensive too.

I still have the first Sony Walkman Sports AM/FM-Stereo Cassette machine that I bought in 1986. If memory serves, it cost me about $215 Canadian, and that was on sale! These days something similar can be found for about $35.

If this concept catches fire, and it certainly deserves to, I expect to see a fairly versatile stompbox version on the market fairly soon. Maybe two years?

Take a look around on that Amptone site. There are a [u]lot[/u] of people working on this. The first ones on the market are always very expensive, and need some fine-tuning as to which features are important to the end user. The London Power product is aimed at engineers working in a studio. Something gig-ready is sure to follow, from somebody.

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