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Two-Rock’s Studio Overdrive head is a small-but-mighty tube amp that promises both gain and clarity
By Phil Weller published
Kitted out with subtle but useful tone-shaping tools and enough gain to belie its smaller size, the Studio Overdrive is all about the feel it creates

Blackstar unveils Artist FR series of compact, competitively priced FRFR speakers
By Phil Weller published
These lightweight 1x12s boast onboard EQs and 50 or 100 watts of power – and they could be your modeler's new best friend

Roland rolls out the Cube Street Mini – its most compact portable PA yet
By Phil Weller published
Built for solo and duo performances, and emboldened with effects, it proves that good things do come in small packages
![Butch Walker plays an EVH Striped Series superstrat [left]. On the right, his new signature Divided By 13 tube amp and matching cabinet.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QdVcgiz4RoY9j7NngyDBJh-320-80.jpg)
Butch Walker and Divided by 13 team up for signature head with switchable EL84 and 6L6 power sections
By Jonathan Horsley published
Walker's hand-wired head allows players to run either of its EL84 or 6L6 power sections individually, or combine them, and there's a tube-buffered effects loop too

Slash and Magnatone slither into the fray with the Lil’ Viper, a compact but venomous 8-watt combo amp
By Phil Weller published
It features High/Low gain voicings, a 12AX7 preamp tube, and a pair of NOS 6AQ5 power tubes... and Slash reckons it can punch well above its weight

JBL unveils the BandBox, an AI-powered amp and speaker that might just change the way guitarists practice
By Jackson Maxwell published
Available in Solo and Trio versions, the BandBox can also be connected to the JBL ONE app, from which players can access a number of amp models and effects

Billy Corgan has shrunk his Smashing Pumpkins rig into a Laney pedal amp – and he tested it in front of 60,000 MCR fans
By Michael Astley-Brown published
When Corgan walked onstage with My Chemical Romance at Soldier Field stadium, he didn’t bring his guitar rig. He plugged into the Laney Supergrace and nothing else

Synergy teams up with Wampler and Friedman to launch its machine-learning power amp
By Phil Weller published
A new Friedman IR-Loaded and Wampler Pedalhead are the first new products to benefit from the new tech
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