The 6 Best Tube Amp heads (2023 reviews)

The prs guitars tube amp head is long-lasting, rigid and fits well with your regular usage like a dream. This little amp has a lot of power & oomph. It takes pedals very well to. With 6 preamp tubes, it has so much saturation and it sounds so much louder than a 15 watt amp. The gain is great, modern, tight, and cutting. The power and standby switches are solid and the quality appears to be excellent.

The MT15 sounds amazing in both clean and lead mode. The clean tone has that Fender crispness to it and you can shape the gain channel for a multitude of styles.

Why We Like This:

Sounds great at low to mid level volume
A skimpy, unpadded, non-waterproof deal that is not road-worthy in the least
Great low end and and the mids can be scooped

Best For Metal: Engl Tube Amp Head

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If you want nothing but a head that is reliable, this engl tube amp head is certainly a right investment. The Powerball II offers more tone, more control, and more versatility than its predecessor. It offers more tone, more control, and more versatility than its predecessor. The Presence and depth punch knobs give you reign over the power amp stage, and master a and b controls let you set different volume settings to your liking.

The Clean and Crunch channels have shared bass and mid EQ controls with independent treble controls for each tonal control. The EQ controls for the lead channels include bass, mid, and treble knobs, plus a selectable middle-boosted control for complete tonal control. It is a great tool and produces such wonderful sounds.

Why We Like This:

Clean, bluesy, metal, all in between too
New and hot release

Best With Cab: Other Tube Amp Head

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The other tube amp head's material feels more premium than its price would suggest. This amp is the head for the guy who has a titanium skull, acid for blood and thinks/dreams in Meshuggah-like syncopation. It sounds METAL, breathes METAL and is METAL. This amp can go from a modern, glassy and sharp tone, to saturated death meal, to thrash, to articulate progressive metal and everything in between. It comes close to matching satan level of intricate gain management options.

This amp head comes equipped with high and low frequency gain controls, full eq, tone control, global tube boost, presence / depth power amp voicing, class a discrete instrument level loop, heavy duty metal front and rear grills, and an included foot switch. The three gain controls allow you to shape your own unique gain tone, and the sweep control allows you to further dial in your gain, especially with extended range guitars. This amp also has an emulated and direct output for silent recording, or for using cab sims. It’s very responsive.

Why We Like This:

Sound is amazing without even a overdrive pedal
Heavy duty metal front/ rear grills, corners, footswitch included
New and hot release

Best For jazz: Bugera Tube Amp Head

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Not everyone likes to purchase head for their regular usage, but the bugera tube amp head would be an anomoly. This proprietary analog gate is designed to decrease high-frequency noise and hiss, without changing your tone. It features an exceptionally-handy noise gate on the lead channel that won’t cut off clean passages. It has the same structure as the crunch channel, but with access to even more brutal gain. The 333xl infinium output impedance selector allows you to match any external 4, 8 or. The clean tone is rich and warm.

There are 3 channels independent, being handy for various levels for live settings, with one master volume, the Nosie Gate works surprisingly good. The sound and tone can get a nice real light break up, to a METAL saucy Distortion. The Infinium also compensates for the effects of aging, automatically adjusting current levels to keep your tubes sounding as good as new.

Why We Like This:

You can get any sound from crisp cleans to high gain crunch
Jcm800 / plexi style sound, very tight, bright, from led zep to scorpions
Makes great sound, tone, and is quite versatile
Tight singing sustain, midrangy with out sounding quacky or fizzy

Best flexible Little Amp: Orange Tube Amp Head

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Next on the list, we've got yet another head that manages to win our hearts. It's the orange tube amp head and it's widely considered as one of the best convenient head you can buy. This little amp has a big tone. It can get a good classic crunch from it with an overdrive in front of it. It comes with incredible vintage tone and unmatched versatility, once heard you will be hooked on the or15h for life. The tone and cut are very classic rock sounding on lower settings, and can be driven into modern crunch/metal tone.

The amp has limited low end frequency ( by design) at less than ear bleeding volumes so no chuga chuga is possible at bedroom volume for metal players. It doesn't take dirt pedals well due to low headroom, and only has one channel. This is a very versatile single channel amp.

Why We Like This:

Amazing tone for metal, rock, punk, stoner metal
Good investment for long term

Best For Guitar frequencies: Monoprice Tube Amp Head

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If you often find yourself confused about appropriate and satisfactory head, monoprice tube amp head should be your first option for buying. Definitely running it into a bass cabinet will give you better results than a guitar cabinet. It features the same high end construction using industry standard materials. It is built for guitar frequencies. It also turns the reverb on and off. It comes with the tone controls so you can get whatever you need out of it. It's a nice sounding tube amp that won't break the bank. It’s well made, beautiful, and tube.

Why We Like This:

Good investment for long term
One of the new comers and featured product

The 6 Best Tube Amp heads (2023 reviews)

Our Top Picks:

Best Overall: PRS guitars Tube Amp Head

Best For Metal: Engl Tube Amp Head

Best With Cab: Other Tube Amp Head

Best For jazz: Bugera Tube Amp Head

Best flexible Little Amp: Orange Tube Amp Head

Best For Guitar frequencies: Monoprice Tube Amp Head

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