Vintage voiced
Marshall Super Lead Plexi
The template for British rock. Little gain on paper, enormous attitude in practice — the crunch happens because the power section is being asked to do something it barely wants to do.
RawMid-forwardVintage
Vox · Combo
Vox AC30
The TGP take
Chime, jangle and that top-end sparkle that no Fender or Marshall quite does. Push it and it compresses into a snarl that's carried British rock from the 60s to now.
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Classic rockIndieChime
Tone character
ChimeyCompressedBright
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