Gibson Returns to Guitar Amplifiers with New Falcon Combos

Gibson continues its remarkable journey to rebuild the company, leveraging its North-American resources to create a new generation of unique products that speak to all those who admire its original products. Now, it announced the new Gibson Falcon Amplifiers, two low-wattage, compact tube combos that reimagine vintage tones for the modern player. The two new amplifiers are the work of Randall Smith, the founder of Mesa Boogie, and his Gibson Amps Design Team in Petaluma, CA.

San Diego, CA-based Positive Grid introduced Spark MINI – a completely new concept in guitar amps, combining a battery-powered, portable combo that is also a Bluetooth speaker with enhanced DSP for "Multi-Dimensional Sound". The product was designed by the music software company that created the BIAS analog circuit emulation, Impulse Responses (IR) and convolution engine for guitar players. Positive Grid had already ventured into hardware, but this new portable combo is all the more surprising.

Renowned as a manufacturer of guitar and bass loudspeakers whose classic guitar tones have made the company famous, Celestion continues to expand its popular range of speaker impulse responses. The company has now added the popular BN10-200X bass speaker to their line of Bass Impulse Responses. The new Bass IRs, along with the complete collection of other genuine Celestion guitar speaker tones, is available for audition and download at CelestionPlus.

Transducer company Lavoce Italiana is kicking-off another edition of the NAMM Show with the announcement that iconic guitar amp brand Orange Amplifiers have selected the Lavoce WSF121.70G 12” guitar speaker for their most vintage guitar amplifier ever, the new TremLord 30 combo. Officially launching at NAMM 2019, and pitched by Orange as ‘The Amp We Never Made – Until Today’, the TremLord 30 is a 30W 1x12 all valve guitar combo, with built-in valve driven tremolo and reverb, engineered as a fifties inspired amp for the modern player.

IK Multimedia announced iRig Micro Amp, a battery-powered, ultra-compact combo amplifier with three on-board analog channels plus a high-quality digital interface for direct connection to iPhone, iPad, Mac and PC. The compact combo offers powerful sound that rivals larger amps, plus the ability to connect to external cabinets for even more volume. iRig Micro Amp also allows musicians to expand their tone palette by unlocking a variety of amp and FX models in the included AmpliTube software/app bundle, as well as connecting to their favorite apps for learning, recording and playing.