Matrix
Amplification
GT800FX
Matrix Amplification is a UK and Southern
California-based company that specializes
primarily in powerful, lightweight power
amps and speaker cabinets that are
purpose-designed to complement the
sound and functionality of modeling
preamps like the Fractal AxeFX, Line 6
POD series, and the Kemper Profiler. The
company’s GT800FX was quickly adopted
by the modeling crowd and has since
become something of an industry standard,
boasting up to 800 watts of power into eight
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ohms, housed in a single-space rack unit
that weighs just a hair over eight pounds.
In stereo, it gives you a pair of 400-watt
class AB channels for huge, detailed, and
spacious guitar tones. The GT800FX’s
design allows it to be plugged into virtually
any combination of cabinets (even with
mismatched impedances) with nary a hiccup,
and it has been widely lauded by the
modeling preamp community for its realistic
tones and organic feel.
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