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Orianthi teams up with Orange for the Oriverb
By Janelle Borg published
Inspired by the Orange Rockerverb MKIII 50 Neo, the Oriverb promises to deliver Orianthi's blues-rock tone in lightweight form

Peavey and Misha Mansoor’s versatile Invective amp head has been turned into a combo
By Matt Owen published
Periphery's resident djent specialist was brought onboard to help produce a downsized version of his hugely popular Invective 120. Could this be the versatile modern metal combo amp to beat?

“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
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