Latest about Guitar Amps
Amp guru Dave Friedman on why he's not ready to hop off the tube train
The amp guru looks back on a career of modding Marshalls, building rigs for Eddie Van Halen, and developing his most simple product ever – and looks forward to the future of NAMM and boutique tech
Marshall reimagines the JCM900 as the Studio 900 – condensing its gain and growl into a portable, practice-friendly unit
The high-gain JCM900 has been remodeled for the compact format with 20-watt amp switchable to reduced 5W and 1W levels to adapt to its environment
Marshall unveils factory modded takes on the 1959 Plexi and JCM800 – tipping its cap to the amp wizards of rock’s golden era
The firm has unveiled two new UK builds that are heaving with popular after-market mods
"The tone these amps produce is classic Orange": Orange Baby 100 Series review
Orange's Tour Baby, Gain Baby and Dual Baby squeeze its tonal flavour into a portable, lightweight 100-watt head
Orange launches “studio-grade and gig-ready” Baby Range – three affordable, compact heads that downsize classic Orange tones
NAMM 2025: The three amps are travel-friendly and offer versatile tone-sculpting features for the studio and the stage
Celestion’s ear-saving Peacekeeper speaker lets you dial in the “sweet spot” of a driven amp at modest volumes
The days of having to crank an amp to excessive levels to make it sing could soon be a thing of the past
Marshall teases the release of a modded JCM, as a new era for the legendary amp brand beckons
The British gear firm is preparing for its first NAMM in five years – and it looks like a new range of effects pedals is on the cards, too
Bad Cat marks the return of amp design guru Mark Sampson with the Era 30
The legendary designer is famed for founding Matchless and his early Bad Cat builds – now he’s returned to the boutique firm after 20 years
In praise of the Champ, Bronco and Vibro Champ – how Fender's compact tube amps became studio MVPs
Countless classic recordings have been blessed with the hot tube mojo of a 1964 black-panel Fender Champ and its descendants, and it’s a sound that remains a studio superpower to this day
“The ultimate authentic tone and feel of a real amp”: IK Multimedia continues its takeover of the amp modeler market with the TONEX Cab – a flagship FRFR unlike any other
The TONEX ecosystem has just got bigger thanks to a new release that could kick the competition into a new phase of play
