Guitar Technology

Can an all-solid-state guitar amp really use DSP to create a convincing tube-like sound and feel?

Marketing hype or a marriage of convenience between Audio-Technica, who provide the headphones, and Vox, who provide the guitar amp modelling?

To say that the guitar pedal market is saturated would be a grand understatement: it's hard to fathom how a newcomer could...

Retro-style amp cabinet

The Little Chopper is a boutique, 7W amp head, with a variable power control which allows the user to achieve their desired sound at manageable levels.

Looking like a typical guitar effects pedal, iRig Stomp is actually a guitar interface that will work with iOS devices, and is compatible with most iOS signal-processing apps.

Could this be the perfect low-power guitar amp for studio recording?

Can one guitar amp really meet all your needs, from night-time recording in your bedroom to rocking out at high volume on stage?

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While modelling preamps and plug‑ins have come a long way, there are still many guitar players who are only ever happy when...

This new approach to guitar-amp simulation from the creator of the Access Virus synth promises to let you accurately capture the sound of all your favourite tube amps...

Paul White checks out the Line 6 amp that was designed in collaboration with US amp designer Reinhold Bogner.

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.