BluGuitar just dropped a metal-focused pedalboard amp, and it could be a game-changer

German guitarist and amp designer Thomas Blug is the man behind one of the world’s best pedalboard guitar amps, the BluGuitar Amp1, and now he’s combined that expertise with crushing metal tones - enter the Amp1 Iridium Edition.

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Mike is Editor-in-Chief of GuitarWorld.com, in addition to being an offset fiend and recovering pedal addict. He has a master's degree in journalism from Cardiff University, and over a decade's experience writing and editing for guitar publications including MusicRadar, Total Guitar and Guitarist, as well as 20 years of recording and live experience in original and function bands. During his career, he has interviewed the likes of John Frusciante, Chris Cornell, Tom Morello, Matt Bellamy, Kirk Hammett, Jerry Cantrell, Joe Satriani, Tom DeLonge, Ed O'Brien, Polyphia, Tosin Abasi, Yvette Young and many more. In his free time, you'll find him making progressive instrumental rock under the nom de plume Maebe.

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