Armored Amplification

Armored Amplification

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Armored Amplification is a boutique amplifier builder based in the Fort Walton Beach area of Florida's Gulf Coast. The company specializes in hand-wired, all-tube amplifiers with an emphasis on high-gain tones suited for metal and heavy music. Every amp is built point-to-point using premium components such as Hammond transformers, Mercury Magnetics iron, SoZo and Mallory signal capacitors, and ...

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Armored Amplification is a boutique amplifier builder based in the Fort Walton Beach area of Florida's Gulf Coast. The company specializes in hand-wired, all-tube amplifiers with an emphasis on high-gain tones suited for metal and heavy music. Every amp is built point-to-point using premium components such as Hammond transformers, Mercury Magnetics iron, SoZo and Mallory signal capacitors, and JJ/Tung-Sol tubes.

The lineup spans a wide range of wattages and voicings. The Sabot series — available in 50-watt and 6550-powered 60-watt configurations — is the company's flagship, featuring a proprietary tone stack voiced for extended-range and drop-tuned guitars, dual gain controls, Jose Arredondo-inspired switching options, and a buffered series effects loop. The Little Devil is a 15-watt head offered with EL34 or KT77 power tubes, housed in a flamed maple dovetailed cabinet. The Sentinel is a three-channel, MIDI-assignable amplifier developed in collaboration with Highwind Amplification, featuring an onboard boost and noise gate. Other models include the MantleAmp (7 watts), PeepShow (30 watts), Southern Comfort (40/80 watts), Vintage Prophecy (50/100 watts), and the MRAP (80/150 watts).

Armored Amplification occupies a niche among small-batch American amp builders catering to modern metal players. The amps are built to order and draw comparisons in the guitar community to high-gain designs by builders like Cameron and Fortin.

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