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The Zvex Nano Head is the world's smallest tube guitar amplifier, bound to be a favorite of electric git-box pickers and grinners all over the guitarisphere because of its unique distortion characteristics.
Classic rock & roll guitar playing is all about the distortion, where you're actually using overmodulation to your advantage. This .5-watt baby can't put out so much volume that it introduces unwanted artifacts in microphones, but still gives plenty of controllable distortion and great sound, so recording guitarists will be quite interested in this little pocket rocket.
Plus, it's probably a kick to hold this mini-firecracker in your hand, turning it up to 11 and feeling the heat as it strains against its screaming cargo. Go ahead, rock & roll ain't noise pollution.
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Comments
Still awesome, and great that the company is getting more recognizition, but man is this old. More recently they made a hi-fi mini tube amp, which is really cool and worth taking a look at.
The last time I checked (3 or 4 years ago), the Nano was $500. Not sure if the price went up.
oh, this week you guys are liking tubes again. that's good to hear.
$500 seems a little steep, but, it really depends on the amps sound. I mean, if this thing sounds as amazing as it should for $500, it'll be well worth it. At least for a good studio amp.
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