Clean Cut

SUPRO ROYALE 1932R 1X12 COMBO

- Chris Gill

FOR MOST OF the previous four or five decades, amp designers have mostly focused on delivering increasingly higher amounts of gain, which is pretty much the exact opposite of the goals of electrical engineers during the Fifties and Sixties. However more recently an increasing number of amp companies are starting to focus on offering amps that offer as much clean headroom as possible. This is great news for guitarists who specialize in most of the nonrock or metal genres, such as blues, country, funk, jazz, rockabilly and more as well as players who prefer to sculpt their sonic soundscapes predominantly with pedals.

Supro's new Royale amps are designed to provide a "loud, clean slate," which hints at a pedal platform focus, but the amp is packed with numerous features that make it simply a great-sounding and versatile amp on its own. We took a look at the Supro Royale 1x12 50-watt combo.

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