Summer NAMM 2018: Vox Superbeetle mini amp stack - hands-on demo

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Playing with the Beatles-aping Nutube head and cab

SUMMER NAMM 2018: The Superbeetle is surely one of the more desirable offerings Vox has produced lately, and we were lucky enough to get our hands on an early prototype ahead of the amp’s release in August.

Join Michael Astley-Brown and Simon Arblaster as they take you through all the features this Nutube head has to offer - gain! Digital reverb! Nutube-driven tremolo! EQ switches! - through the medium of Beatles-ish riffage. Enjoy!

More info: Vox channels its Beatles-era amps with mini Superbeetle stack

Gear used: Gretsch G5220 Electromatic Jet BT

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Michael Astley-Brown
Michael Astley-Brown

Mike is Editor-in-Chief of GuitarWorld.com, in addition to being an offset fiend and recovering pedal addict. He has a master's degree in journalism, and has spent the past decade writing and editing for guitar publications including MusicRadar, Total Guitar and Guitarist, as well as a decade-and-a-half performing in bands of variable genre (and quality). In his free time, you'll find him making progressive instrumental rock under the nom de plume Maebe.

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