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La Grunge: Blues-Approved Overdrive

We look at the Top 10 blues-approved overdrive and distortion units around.

Small Wonders: Five Hot 15-Watt Amps

From Fender to Mesa Boogie to Vox, here are five essential 15-watt guitar amplifiers.

Blackmore's Smokin' Strat

Forty-plus years after "Smoke on the Water," meet Fender's Ritchie Blackmore Tribute Strat.

Say Wah? Five Essential Signature Wahs

Five ultra-cool signature wah pedals you should know — by name.

La Grunge: Blues-Approved Overdrive

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Small Wonders: Five Hot 15-Watt Amps

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Blackmore's Smokin' Strat

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Title: 40 Years After "Smoke On the Water," Fender Custom Shop Introduces Ritchie Blackmore Tribute Strat

Say Wah? Five Essential Signature Wahs

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Orange Amplification Dual Terror Amp

Posted 07/21/2009 at 11:22am | by Guitar World Staff

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When Orange squeezed its signature tone into the single-channel 15-watt Tiny Terror amp back in 2006, the British amp maker created one of the most in-demand amps on the market.

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Dunlop Ultex Sharp Picks Review

Posted 07/20/2009 at 11:52am | by Guitar World Staff

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You gotta figure a monster riffer like Metallica’s James Hetfield knows guitar picks. So when the Het teams up with a company like Dunlop to create a new pick, you know the result will be nothing short of spectacular.

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25 Coolest Products of 2009: 11) Ableton Live 8 and Suite 8

Posted 07/16/2009 at 11:08am | by Guitar World Staff

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Each year it gets harder to imagine what else Ableton could stuff into Live, one of the industry’s most flexible and feature-packed recording software programs. For 2009, Ableton surprises once again with a host of upgrades in Live 8 and Suite 8.

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Seymour Duncan Twin Tube Blue Pedal

Posted 07/15/2009 at 5:38pm | by Guitar World Staff

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Just because a stomp box has a tube in it doesn’t mean it’s producing true tube tone. On budget-priced tube gear, the tubes often run in “starved plate mode” (kind of like your dietcrazed girlfriend), where they function like clipping diodes rather than signal amplifiers.

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ENGL Special Edition E 670 Amplifier

Posted 07/15/2009 at 12:18pm | by Eric Kirkland

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ENGL's special edition is one of the few flagship amps that really delivers on the promise of ultimate tonal and feature flexibility.

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Orange Amplifiers Limited-Edition OR50 Amplifier

Posted 07/15/2009 at 12:15pm | by Eric Kirkland

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Orange's limited edition OR50 is a fitting and modern tribute to company’s 40th anniversary and the “Pics Only” amp that made Orange a household name.

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Posted 07/15/2009 at 12:14pm | by Eric Kirkland

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Guitarists who want an extreme machine to deliver the ultimate heavy tones need look no further than Jackson’s Demmelition Phil Demmel signature guitar.

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Fractal Audio Systems Axe-FX Preamp/Effect Processor

Posted 07/15/2009 at 12:13pm | by Chris Gill

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The Axe-FX effectively destroys any notions that guitars and digital processing don’t mix.

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Visual Sound Angry Fuzz pedal

Posted 07/15/2009 at 12:10pm | by Chris Gill

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The Visual Sound Angry Fuzz has hulking fuzz tone that you will
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Posted 07/15/2009 at 12:09pm | by Chris Gill

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The Line 6 M13 eliminates the hassles of using a pedal board loaded with classic stomp boxes while providing the same great sounds and adding versatile new functions.

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