Whether you own an electric guitar or an acoustic-electric guitar, you need an amp. In other words, no matter what kind of guitar you have, at some point in your musical future, you’ll likely be ...

The Yamaha THR amp is a digital guitar-modeling amp disguised as a tube amp, complete with the iconic orange glow of sizzling hot tubes. Amanda Kooser Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets ...

There’s a mystique among both audiophiles and musicians about vacuum technology, thus having a tube amp still carries a bit of a cachet. New ones can be bought for eye-watering prices and old ones can ...

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The tone produced by tube amps is prized by electric guitarists. Sometimes described as ‘warmth’, the sound works with the player's choice of chord voicings and melodic lines to convey emotion. Let’s ...

With more and more guitar players converting from traditional amp setups to amp modeling software, there’s never been a better time to make the jump yourself. The deal just got even sweeter too, ...

I bought my first tube amp last year, after playing guitar for about 25 years. Before then I’d been completely reliant on solid-state amps and digital models. It was a revelation. And then a few weeks ...