“Why is there no amp that can do a really nice clean, and a really nice gain-y tone, with a reverb on it?”: Victory satisfies Pete Honore’s tone cravings and rehouses his Deputy tube amp in a portable lunchbox format

Victory The Deputy Lunchbox Head: the British amp company has made its portable 25W head even more portable/.

Victory Amps has given the Deputy a makeover, rehousing the 25-watt tube amp head in a portable lunchbox format – but retaining all the original features that were developed in partnership with Pete Honore.

Unveiled at NAMM 2024, the Deputy was something that hadn’t existed before in the Victory catalogue. When Honore sat down with Victory’s designer-in-chief Martin Kidd, he told outlined his vision for what would become the Deputy.