Tone

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TONE K I N G

Celestion Creamback—make it another lively,

Anniversary Imperial are extremely well thought

for its bigger, bolder voice and the increased ver-

resonant package.

out and designed, and they are simply a boat-

satility brought by its dual-mode output stage

This is not intended as a knock of the Sky King

load of fun to play as a result. Both deserve some

and independent Attenuation controls, the Sky

(the more impressive amp overall, I felt), but I

attention if you are shopping in this market, but

King lands an Editors’ Pick Award. g

enjoyed the Imperial’s Lead channel even more,
very likely because of the chewy midrange grind
it induces in the smaller 6V6 output tubes. Give
it a Les Paul, and it’s pure gnarly garage-rock bliss
with Mid-Bite set anywhere past 11 o’clock, or perfect for dirty, gone-closing-time-honky-tonk riffs
with the Tele. Mind you, the Rhythm channel is
plenty rewarding, too, with a little less headroom
and more compression, and that familiar edgeof-breakup sensitivity that universally screams
“Deluxe.” Add on its luscious reverb and tremolo—
essentially similar in performance to those of the
Sky King—and there’s little wanting here. For many
players, across a broad range of styles, I can see
this being the dream grab’n’go amp, with a tone,
playing feel, and feature set that lets you get your
groove on without thinking too hard about where
the dials are set.
All in all, both the Sky King and the 20th

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