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“All the main food groups of electric guitar tone… The sounds are stellar”: Line 6 Catalyst CX 60 review
By Jonathan Horsley published
Get serious tonal DNA and features from this Helix-powered combo

Positive Grid is launching its groundbreaking Spark 2 desktop amp with a live premiere event featuring Nuno Bettencourt and Periphery's Jake Bowen – watch now
By Jackson Maxwell last updated
Hosted by Guitar World's own Paul Riario, the star-studded event will give viewers an early look and listen to the already-lauded amp

Neural DSP unveils TINA – a robot that promises to revolutionize the digital amp modeling world forever
By Matt Owen published
TINA connects to guitar amps via actuator arms, and collects data that will help faithfully and authentically model source material with unprecedented accuracy

Mooer takes the fight to Positive Grid once again with another streamlined Spark rival
By Matt Owen published
The contemporary tech specialist has launched a deceptively small practice amp whose spec sheet seeks to take on Positive Grid's Spark family

“Can genuinely hold its own in any genre”: Mesa/Boogie Mark VII 1x12 Combo review
By Richard Barrett published
How can Mesa/Boogie possibly have improved on the Mark V so much that it skipped the Mark VI? Join us as we plug in and find out

Joe Satriani devised the perfect amp to harness Eddie Van Halen’s greatest tones – and you can get a plugin version right now
By Michael Astley-Brown published
While 3rd Power’s Dragon 100 goes up for preorder, IK Multimedia has bolstered its Joe Satriani Amp Vault with models of the very amp Satch is using to shred EVH on the Best of All Worlds tour with Sammy Hagar

Positive Grid has unveiled the Spark 2 – here’s how it plans change the amp game... again
By Matt Parker published
The year’s most anticipated amp launch is here – and we’ve got the full details

Blackstar reckons its latest affordable solid-state combo nails tube tones, at home or on stage
By Phil Weller published
The pedalboard-friendly Debut 100R combo arrives with the same no-nonsense charm as its predecessors, and comes in 1x12 and 2x12 formats

The Porter is a headphone amp designed to work with your favorite pedals – and its creators reckon it’s practically invincible
By Phil Weller published
Neighborhood Circuits has built the tiny, pedal-friendly headphone amp to last, and offers something different from the all-in-one solutions of the market

Mark Tremonti on what his PRS MT100 amp has in common with his Dumbles – and why its cleans rule too
By Amit Sharma published
One of the best metal amps on the market? Sure. One of the most versatile? Most def. The Alter Bridge and Creed guitarist's signature head has three independent channels and they're all their own thing
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