César Díaz shared the several notable improvements he made to SRV's gear with Guitar Player in this classic interview ...

The design is inspired by the guitar amps of the 1950s and 1960s so it ... two stage double triode preamp and a single power output tube. The transformers are usually the difficult part of ...

[Marcel]’s low-voltage tube amp design might spark your interest. The design operates with a B+ (plate) voltage of only 40v, making it less intimidating and dangerous than many other amps that ...

Best guitar amps 2025: Our pick of combos, heads and pedalboard amps for all budgets and abilities Our expert pick of the best guitar amps for rock, metal, blues and more – including tube, solid-state ...

Fender attempts the incredible feat of replicating the historic Bassman with a digital heart in its latest addition to the ...

Making its debut as part of a Hawaiian lap-steel beginner set, the Champ has become a studio workhorse for blues and rock ...

An amp modeler is a digital device that replicates the tones of an amplifier through a process called modeling. Modeling involves designing a sound digitally from scratch to mimic ...

This travels through the guitar’s output jack, down the cable and into the amplifier. If you crank that amp up loud, then things start to get dirty. The broken-up, distorted sound you get when you ...