Latest about amps
John Lennon’s first Vox amp – used at the Cavern and to record Please Please Me – is headed to auction
The Vox AC15 Twin, believed to be the unit purchased by Lennon at Liverpool’s Hessy’s Music, is going under the hammer with an auction estimate of $130,000-$260,000
Positive Grid’s new AI-equipped Edge might be the ultimate PA for busking guitarists
Positive Grid has turned its attention to musicians on the move with an app-compatible, amp modeling PA that can create AI guitar tones from user prompts
“The classic British sound of a Laney amp”: Laney BCC Ironheart and Lionheart LoudPedals review
Laney presents the signature Tom Quayle and Martin Miller pedalboard versions of a pair of its finest amps, featuring 60 watts of real amp power, right at your feet
Wes Borland’s Limp Bizkit amps and pedals have made available as a signature Tonality plugin
Featuring three amps, five pedals and some meticulously crafted digital speaker cabinets, the plugin bottles Borland’s live rig for the digital realm
“Exceptional tones… All the mids-forward guts one might expect”: PRS DGT 15 Head review
PRS has updated its Texas-voiced David Grissom signature amp with more features, lower wattage and a more approachable price tag
“The boutique amp market thrives and exists as it does today largely thanks to Mike Soldano”: From Eddie Van Halen and Steve Vai to Eric Clapton and Mark Knopfler, the Soldano SLO-100 changed the sound of shred and blues alike
The SLO-100 made its bones in the hard-rock and shred scenes and yet found its true calling as the amp of choice for Clapton, Knopfler, et al. What makes it such an enduring, versatile model?
How Laney brought volume and best-in-class tone for digital rigs with the world’s loudest active guitar cabinet
In association with Laney Amplification
Developed with a little help from Devin Townsend and Guthrie Govan, the LFR-412 is the first active 4x12 for digital rigs, giving players old-school power and volume to make their amp modeler sing
Orange explains why it's not joining the amp modeling race
Charlie Cooper, son of founder Cliff Cooper, confirms that amps are very much Orange's future and that the brand is doubling down on what it does best
