Music Thing: The FlipTone Amplifier

Each week Tom Whitwell of Music Thing highlights the best of the new music gear that's coming out, as well as noteworthy vintage equipment:

Musicians are, as I've said before, a very traditional breed. Even digital synths often emulate designs that are 40 years old. So it will be interesting to see how acoustic guitar players take to the
FlipTone amplifier. The specs are unremarkable – a 25 watt amp with a few digital effects, EQ, various inputs and outputs and laptop-style rechargable batteries for $600. But the form factor is amazing – a A4-sized brushed aluminium briefcase with a flat panel speaker forming the lid. Guitar amps have never looked like this before, although it's not the first amp to use flat-panel speakers. The ThinAmp is a much cheaper,
plastic-cased version which came out last year.