• "...totally fascinating. i've not seen ANYTHING like this before...there's nothing...even remotely connected to this." »
• "Very nice - rich, warm and fast." — Scott Ambush (Deanna Bogart Band, Spyro Gyra) 29 Dec 2011 »
• "...control the sound using only your fingertips and the guitar volume knob." — Ricky Parish (Blues Gypsys)
• "...bite, growl and edge, but the notes are clear and solid...and it's so light, where does all that tone come from?" — Kevin Delmolino, bassist, Friends With You Band (John Denver tribute) »
• "Just played your GAGA...WOW!!! what an amp. What a GREAT sound...I was REALLY impressed. I love people that think outside of the normal box." — Perry Robertson, guitarist, Supervising Sound Editor, co-owner Ear Candy Post »
• "Nice. Very nice." —Frank Gambale, Jan 2010 NAMM
• "[GAGA] sounds great. Very interesting. Very very. ... I always like the birth of cool new stuff." —Dick Dale, King of Surf Guitar, Jan 2011 NAMM
• "I'm excited to see some truly new technology." — Tom Lees, Tech Editor, Bass Gear Magazine, Jan 2011
• "All the guitar amps I have ever owned, worked on or built were nothing like this...ever!!!" — Billy Penn, 300 Guitars »
• "The tone grabs you, of course, but then it continues to grow on you. The sounds that I'm getting out of [GAGA] continue to surprise me. The fundamental is there, it's so rich and so right." — Jason Robling, DC Voltage, Dec 2011
• "Very nice, very nice." — David Garfinkle, GarTunes, Dec 2011
• "Through a closed-back, 4x12 Marshall cab, [GAGA] breathes fire." — Jason, Orange Whip Experience
• "Basically, I near shat myself when I read this thing's specs." »
• "I played the GAGA at length and was very impressed by its stunningly transparent, clean tone! The ability to mix up any power tubes ON THE FLY to color the tone is quite a stroke of genius. The scalable power attenuation would allow the player to dial in the amount of girth and dirt desired at stage levels, and the ability to power pedals through ONLY the guitar cable is one of the best innovations I've seen in a long time. Good stuff!" — Roger Hollard, June 2011
• "GAGA is fantastic. It reacts to what you put in -- totally dynamic. I can totally dig in and then go right to mellow... I love how the tonal color changes so much and so easily, just by how I play..." -- Ricky Parish (Blues Gypsys) Jan 2010
• "[GAGA] is the first amp I've ever heard with headroom on the top and bottom...it gives me chicken-skin." —Gary Smyers, audiophile, bassist, Jan 2011 NAMM
• "Everybody already gets every sound they want from their pedals. What they need is a nice sounding, light and reliable tube amp. GAGA is that." — Perry Robertson, Jan 2011 NAMM
• "...the features are what gives this amp a serious edge - not because they're just silly nick-nacks thrown in to fatten up the deal, but something far more important - they (claim to) solve a whole bunch of critical issues that are related to reliability. also, the ability to autobias any octal tube to the correct current is always a huge plus. for touring musicians, they can plug in anywhere in the world without a problem. and the weight..... no need for matched tubes, total safety of the power stage so that if a tube blows, the amp keeps going... " »
• "...i think that the next album to set a benchmark for incredible guitar sound...will likely involve the Milbert Amplifiers GAGA... they've invented a way to build a tube amp that doesn't need [traditional] power OR output transformers, and it apparently quantum-leaps beyond the limitations of every kind of amp that does have transformers..." »
• "...everything i HATE HATE HATE about tube amps, this amp does away with..." »
• "Instead of foldback and saturation, and then you hit a wall, and then your dynamics are gone - [GAGA] has a bottomless kind of feeling to it. I'm trying to explain how it makes me feel, and the way it makes me feel is goosebumps. That's when I really get interested." — Gary Smyers, bassist
• "More people...should have the opportunity to hear what a truly ground breaking amp can do (and make no mistake - the circuitry in these amps is totally unlike anything you'll have seen or heard before)." — Quadrature Z (cousin of GAGA) review follow-up by Roy Gregory, editor of Hi-Fi+ Magazine, Issue 61, November 2008 »
• "I just read their patents and tech...This really is fresh..." »
• "...repudiates many of the objections to vacuum tubes — too heavy, too hot, too fragile, too fussy, too lush, too languid. It is a true innovation in power-amplifier design. ...obviously preserves the transfer characteristics of the vacuum tubes, and does so with high efficiency. ... The amplifier is impervious to instability caused by difficult output loads. ... You may never need to change any of the tubes in this amplifier." — Charles Hansen, describing ZH270 (parent to GAGA) in Glass Audio, February, 2000, page 45
• "...[these amplifiers] bring no preformed view of the musical picture and do not impose their view of the world on every piece of music...[amplification] sounds as different as the musicians..." »
• "Many products are designed to sell; this one is made to keep...GAGA isn't just a guitar amp made to true audiophile standards, it applies a whole new way to play tubes...emotive amplification: more feeling, more emotion, more musical."
• "I love it though when people stretch the norms, and [GAGA] appears to have blown them out of the water." »
• "...a fantasy version of specs. Crazy! It'll power a couple 9v pedals too? sheesh." »
• "...i think the features are what's going to make this amp enticing. These features will probably attract a lot of people (including myself) who don't want high maintenance amps." »
• "I'm more impressed seeing and hearing your products in person than I was when I first ran across them, and I was very impressed then! Now I'm over the top...Congratulations on having some of the most innovatively thought out products around." — Skip Dorsey, guitarist (Justin Timberlake)
• "People talk of veils. With this amp, all the veils are off before the first note's finished. ... I have not heard an alternative amplifier with this speed or openness regardless of price. And this speed is coherent - not varying at all across the audible response..." — StereoMike on ZeroGain, regarding Berning's ZH270, parent to GAGA »
• "...certainly one of the most innovative new products i saw at Summer NAMM. very cool..." »
• "I guess there is always a first.. and this is it. ...It certainly would be a step forward as it's much more practical for the mobile musician and on top of that, the most important part - the sound quality is probably pristine. Sounds like it in the clips." »
• "...in the truest sense, a breakthrough in the most serious end of the audio arts. This circuit is not an incremental step, but a major leap forward in thermionics..." »
• "Wow...very interesting. This is really something new! There's a lot here to read and think about." »
• "Very interesting. I like the fact that they provide a lot of technical info ... [not] the usual vague promises of 'groundbreaking design' and 'incomparable tone and warmth'." »
• "I just read their patents and tech descriptions and it's nothing like previous OTL designs...This really is fresh..." »
• "The ability to change tubes on the fly and any combo of tube without a worry blows my mind." »
• "Can you imagine the warmth and joy in a manufacturer's heart, to learn ... that people are having to invent entire new words and phrases to talk about their products?" »
• "...i find this thing totally fascinating. i've not seen ANYTHING like this before...there's nothing...that is even remotely connected to this." »
• "Re:A NEW TYPE OF TUBE GUITAR AMPLIFIER: I just started saving again...." »
• "it's way cool. especially if you own a studio, and like the idea of multiple amp sounds out of a single amp. the way this thing is designed, means the sound of the amp is no longer coupled to the transformers." »
• New 5lb 50 Watt tube amp by Milbert!
• "...this is a really advanced amp based on some very cutting edge technology. it is simply amazing what can be done when one breaks from the 'traditional' design process." »
• "That's pretty cool with the impedance matching. They must put little elves with electronic engineering degrees in there." »
• "This could potentially be one insane amp just with the tube possibilities alone though, and there aren't a lot of knobs anyways so it should be intuitive to use." »
• "Well, amps have been using pretty much the same technology for the last 60 years. It's time for a change." »
• "...keep going man whoever is making this stuff!" »
• "This kind of thing may take 50 pounds out of my rack. I know I am very interested in what is being done. Just what is said about the 20 hertz has me interested." »
• "Wow. This sounds like the ultimate idiot proof amp. I like the no impedance matching and being able to run any power tubes." »
• "...if its anything like the milbert amp i used to have in my car it would handle impedence as low as 0.5 ohms..." »
• "...the selling point for me was the built in phantom power, how ridiculously small it is and the insane amount of versatility. this is gonna be one ridiculous amp..." »
• "...I was thinking the same thing: 'Damn. Why didn't I think of that?' ...it is so cool, I can't even pretend to not like it...for sheer innovation, it is the bees knees!" »
• "The sound clips sound pretty good. Nothing too high gain, cleans are full, crunch is 70's style rock or modern pop." »
• "...your amp is amazing — it totally wins my 'best new innovation' award." »
• "Half of the music industry here is in an uproar to find out what this GAGA amp is all about...the other half may be asleep." —Chris Lewis
• "...just when you've seen everyone doing the same things in different ways, then you see something like this..." — Richard Goodsell, NAMM July 2009
• "It is nice to see somebody still thinking." — Craig Anderton, harmony-central.com, NAMM July 2009
• "The clean is very clean. Nice how it slides in and out of overload depending on how hard I push it." — Brian Meader, WMC
• "And don't forget the part about being able to lift it with your pinky! I didn't believe it was possible until I tried it myself!" »
• "With traditional amps as you probably know a tube amp will tend to be forgiving of an impedance miss match but if you run it with no load....bye bye output tansformer." »
• "No transformers, any valve, auto biasing?? I'll be looking out for more on this baby..." »
• "...there are a fair number of touring guys who get their sound mostly from their pedal boards, and the idea of a supper light amp that they can use to get a - good - consistent sound every night might be very appealing." »
• "Check out the Milbert [GAGA] for a better melding of tubes to new techology.... The preamp is where you can get all the tone you want out of a clean amp. The best amp reproduces whatever is thrown at it. It scales to all volume levels." »
• "...Berning's HIFI amps are very well reviewed and cost $10k+ ... All the most knowledgeable amp [designers] that have commented on this design have only one criticism I have heard: 'I didn't invent it!'" »
• "Through a closed-back, 4x12 Marshall cab, this thing breathes fire." — Jason, Orange Whip Experience
• "...GAGA sounds like it's what every guitarist needs and doesn't know it yet! ... As an added bonus, you've got an amp that won't make one arm longer than the other..." — Skip Dorsey, guitarist (Justin Timberlake), May 2010
• "That amp sounds great. Perfect. Perfect studio amp. You don't even need distortion pedals anymore." — Ryan Curtis, Denmar Guitars, Jan 2010
• "This is the way it ought to be done." — Kirkwood Rough, Upstairs Amps, Jan 2010
• "What a beautiful sound. Punchy and full and really clear. It doesn't muddy up at all, the high-end doesn't crash or fold over. It stays clean and smooth when pushed hard." — Seth Carlson, SRC Amplifiers, Jan 2010
• "[WTF] is going on in Maryland, man!? P3 Technology and now P3 pedals, GAGA, Power Chain — all this new stuff — what, did the aliens land?" — Don, guitarist, Jan 2010
• "Tonally great, there's so much color. I don't want to push it and blow the speaker, but it already sounds like there's more there, and deeper, than I get with my [ported 15-inch] bass rig." — Chuck, bassist playing GAGA through single 12-inch Vintage-30 in open-back cabinet., Jan 2010
• "Nice smooth compression. This is thirty-thousand dollar sound." —Nate Flom, Jan 2010
• "The older and fatter I get, the less I need my gear to weigh. The sound is great, by the way. You can tell that because when people come up and play it, they keep on playing it without fiddling around or tweaking with the controls - and that's because they get great tone right away." —Brian Smith, bassist, Jan 2010
• "I get so many different sounds out of this little amp, I could play it for hours." — Dave Koval, guitarist, Jan 2010
• "...your amp is amazing — it totally wins my 'best new innovation' award." »
• "Half of the music industry here is in an uproar to find out what this GAGA amp is all about...the other half may be asleep." —Chris Lewis, Sep 2009
• "...just when you've seen everyone doing the same things in different ways, then you see something like this..." — Richard Goodsell, Goodsell Amplifiers, 18 July 2009, Nashville Summer NAMM
• "It is nice to see somebody still thinking." — Craig Anderton, harmony-central.com, 18 July 2009, Nashville Summer NAMM
• "The clean is very clean. Nice how it slides in and out of overload depending on how hard I push it." — Brian Meader, »
• "And don't forget the part about being able to lift it with your pinky! I didn't believe it was possible until I tried it myself!" — »
• "...[an] amazing feat of weight to power ratio. This is brand new technology. Some of the amazing features include: Use any octal output tube, no bias adjustment, tube matching not required, auto standby, world power ready (use 90v-240v AC) and no output impedance restriction. This one is a little difficult to wrap my head around I have to tell you. All the guitar amps I have ever owned, worked on or built were nothing like this...ever!!!" —Billy Penn's 300 Guitars
