Over the years, Roy Blankenship’s reputation as a quality one-off tube and builder and repairman led to numerous requests for a boutique line. For those who know Roy, his amps are exactly as you would expect—custom, hand-built amps that are more about tone and playability than bells and whistles. The Blankenship amps deliver pre-1964 tonal architecture that so many players love, from both sides of the Atlantic.

Though they resemble many players’ favorite amps, Blankenship has made incremental changes through the years to make them more playable, and ultimately, more “gig-able.”

For the players who favor Blankenship products and those similar, they demand the “less is more” approach to guitar amps. And so it is with Blankenship amps—a straight signal path.

Play it. When your Blankenship is screaming, things come out of your fingers that you didn’t even know were there.