Guitar Technology

Paul White takes a look at this solid-state 5W guitar-amp head with enough gain to create blues or rock overdrive effects.

When it comes to recording, this might just be the most versatile valve guitar amp we’ve seen...

At last, the quest to recreate the classic single-coil tone — but without the noise — appears to be over.

Sometimes less is more, and never is this truer than when recording overdriven tube amps at home — something the PicoValve makes easy...

Can a product be expensive and still represent great value for money? When it comes to the ultimate in guitar-amp and speaker modelling, the answer would appear to be yes...

A hand-wired valve guitar amp at this price seems too good to be true for the recording guitarist — so can VHT make it all stack up?

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Swedish bass‑equipment manufacturers EBS’s updated MultiComp pedal is intended to make transparent‑sounding bass compression easy to achieve. Matt Houghton investigates...

Paul White checks out this neat little upgraded guitar amplifier from Vox.

Line 6 were amongst the first to create realistic-sounding modelled guitar amps and effects. Does their latest offering keep them at the front of the pack?

I've got a recording of an acoustic guitar that I'm loath to re‑record, but there are several sections in which string buzz is...

With its tweakable tones, could this be the ideal studio guitar amp?

Dave Lockwood sees one alternative to miking amps with a stand, and makes a wish...

Stacked humbucker pickups designed to replace standard single-coil pickups are nothing new, but most simply strive to deliver a single-coil tone while offering the noise-suppression ability of a humbucker.

Chris Korff checks out a product designed to eliminate the need for an amp or mic when jamming on electric guitars.

How do you make a piezo-miked acoustic guitar sound like a real miked acoustic? Fishman have improved on their already impressive answer to that question...

There’s so much news from the recent Winter NAMM show in Anaheim, that it can be hard to see the wood for the trees...

The idea of a capo that forms open chords is not a new one, but the Voice Capo is a new device that makes the job very easy....

Theres no shortage of hand-wired boutique guitar amps on the market, but how about one that includes power scaling, to give you the right tone for recording, but without the volume?

If you're a guitar player who uses computers to create music using samples, loops and virtual instruments but don't need to...

If you thought the Pocket Pod was a no‑brainer spin‑off from the successful Line 6 Pod line, you should take a look at the...