Despite saying his tone “can only come from the ignition inside of a tube”, the Dead & Company guitarist thinks this amp ...

In the 60s a musical recording technique called the “wall of sound” came to prominence ... studios and many musicians to produce. This guitar, on the other hand, needs only a single musician ...

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 ...

The folks at [ElectroSmash] recently released 1Wamp – a one watt, open hardware, Guitar amplifier packed with features. It consists of a JFET based pre-amplifier, a Big Muff Pi a.k.a BMP based ...

Mid-range and even low-end guitars are better-made and cheaper. Amps are cheap and no longer terrible. And we have iOS devices and apps which can replace whole suitcases full of effects pedals. That’s ...

The trick is to then send them through the same set of virtual amps, cabinets and other effects ... melding them as one into a larger wall of guitar sound. Either way, do consider layering ...