Guitar Technology

Need a single amp to cover all your home–recording and gigging duties? Vox have got you covered!

Used right, amp modelling plug‑ins can sound almost like the real thing. But it's much more fun to use them wrong!

Originally developed for the UAD platform and available now in native format, this plug-in's modelled signal chain includes a period-correct Marshall 4x12 and miking courtesy of UK engineer Tony Platt.

The 1973 version two Big Muff Pi — with a ram's head printed on the casework — was used on so many classic records that EHX have decided to bring it back.

With its impressively fast tracking system and analogue synth-like sounds, this is a guitar synth with which guitarists can finally feel at ease.

Mission Engineering's VM-Pro buffered volume pedal, widely considered one of the best available, just got better!

Strymon's analogue-modelling effects pedals have acquired an enviable reputation — can their first amp simulator live up to it?

Thomas Blug aims to deliver his perfect amp tones in small and portable packages...

The brainchild of Tim Loe, Capo Elevator is designed to counteract a fairly well-known issue that can arise when recording steel-strung acoustic guitars...

Fishman's wireless TriplePlay guitar-to-MIDI system has a strong reputation for fast and accurate tracking, and the company now offer these benefits in TriplePlay Connect for iOS.

Surely there is nothing new to be done with the design of the humble guitar speaker cabinet? Well, actually, it turns out there is, and our reviewer doesn't think he'll ever want to use an 'ordinary' cabinet again!

Neural DSP have bottled the guitar-recording wizardry of one of the hottest rock and metal producers around.

These audio examples accompany our Kemper Profiler Stage review from SOS December 2019.

Kemper finally have a floorboard version of their groundbreaking Profiling Amplifier. Has it been worth the wait?

Vox's hybrid approach to electronics has yielded a natural–sounding amp that won't break your back.

Given its affordable price and compact format, is the Mini now the perfect choice tuner?

There are plenty of very heavily distorted examples already out there to be heard, but I’ve gone for some tones that I think challenge the technology a little more.

Widely touted as Boss's response to UA's popular OX, the Tube Amp Expander actually offers a contrasting approach. Will one of them be a clear winner?

Struggling to make amp modelling work on stage? Something just 'not quite right' in the feel? Maybe Celestion's new speaker will make all the difference.

The ODR‑Mini is essentially a slightly tweaked version of Nobels' ODR‑1 overdive pedal (by all accounts extremely popular with Nashville musicians), with true bypass and a tightened low end, but squeezed into a mini‑format case.

The Gigboard crams the processing power of Headrush's flagship Pedalboard into a compact and easy to use format.