Submitted for your approval...a trio of worthy power amps, all in competition for your hard-won bucks. Regardless of your persuasion, whether it be heavy metal, hard rock, folk rock, hard folk, punk, power pop, or light-heavyweight void, you all have at least one thing in common: you want people to hear you. So at some point along the way, things such as these must be dealt with. Assuming that the more you know about the game, the better you play, take a look at a few of the least glamorous but most important aspects of music that you will someday have to reckon with.

The new Model 600 from BGW Systems represents something of a departure from earlier models by BGW, primarily because it doesn’t cost as much as one would expect it to, and because it isn’t as elaborate an amp as BGW has produced in the past. This is perhaps because there are other amps, newer on the market, that have been successful in capturing a share of the market with a no-frills approach.