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Waves just dropped loads of its plugins back to Black Friday prices – record better guitar tones from just $9.99
By Matt McCracken published
We've hand-picked 7 essential (and discounted) plugins that will massively improve your home guitar recordings

NAMM 2024: “The first time in the history of guitar amplification”: Laney breaks new ground as its new BCC Ironheart tube amps are released alongside a matching plugin
By Matt Parker published
The UK amp firm is erasing the lines between its physical and digital products with the Aurora DSP Ironheart digital plugin

“The nuances and features of Morgan amps for anyone to access”: Neural DSP brings coveted modern boutique amp tones to its latest plugin
By Phil Weller published
The amp modeling guru's new Morgan Amps Suite features replications of three classic Morgan amps along with a host of effects

“The ultimate amp modeling software”? HeadRush revives the ReValver modeling engine for the first time in nearly 10 years – introducing seamless plugin and pedalboard integration
By Matt Owen published
After a few years in the digital wilderness, the amp sim software once created by Peavey returns to tackle unprecedented competition – and it's brought some serious upgrades

“Designed, not modeled”: Blackstar expands its digital amp arsenal with St. James EL34 and 6L6 plugins – which promise to provide “the most authentic guitar amp plugin experience possible”
By Matt Owen published
Blackstar's burgeoning sim software catalog is growing apace – and the brand's latest drop looks to deliver streamlined, affordable takes on its St. James tube amps

Save on Harley Benton guitars and more in Thomann's massive up to 60% off Cyberweek sale
By Daryl Robertson published
With savings to be had on everything from Gibson to Epiphone, ESP to Harley Benton, now is the best time to grab a guitar-related bargain

Score a colossal 73% off Amplitube 5 Max and Tonex Max in this mind-blowing Black Friday sale from IK Multimedia
By Chris Corfield published
Yeah, that's right you can now bag Amplitube 5 Max and Tonex Max for just $79.99, or $129.99 for both at IK Multimedia

Black Friday has officially landed at Positive Grid with massive Spark savings and a huge 60% off BIAS software
By Matt McCracken published
Positive Grid has gone early with super savings on desktop amps, software, and accessories, but you'll need to be quick as stock is limited

“An evolutionary and revolutionary extension”: At long last, Neural DSP has finally launched its first-ever Quad Cortex-compatible plugin – and it’s a free Archetype: Plini update
By Matt Owen published
There is, however, a cruel twist: users will have to wait for a CorOS update “in the near future” before making the most of Neural DSP's Archetype/Quad Cortex compatibility
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