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Vox aims to take us back to the sound of its illustrious golden-era with this re-engineered family of Hand-Wired amplifiers. We listen in for that elusive and very classic AC30 tone

It’s not guaranteed that they’ll make you sound like Jimmy Page, but Sundragon’s fastidiously accurate replicas of two of his favourite amps may well get you close

MARTIN DE RETRO PLUS MAHOGANY £1,899

EPIPHONE INSPIRED BY GIBSON CUSTOM 1962 ES-335 REISSUE £1,099

Strymon’s standalone emulation of an Echoplex offers a host of adjustable parameters to tailor your sound

IT MIGHT BE a gross oversimplification to state that the chorus pedal defined the guitar sound of the Eighties, but the effect did indeed appear on a hell of a lot of recordings during the entire deca