The 8 best amps for metal 2021: play loud and proud with the best metal amps on the market By Guitar World Staff, Jonathan Horsley These powerhouse metal amps from EVH, Peavey, Orange, Hughes & Kettner and more will have you primed to seek and destroy straight from the box
JC Curleigh, Cesar Gueikian and Randy Smith on Gibson's monumental acquisition of Mesa/Boogie – and what it means for the iconic brands By Amit Sharma Exclusive The guitar giant kicks 2021 off with a bang by adding the revered amp company to its stable of brands
Gibson acquires Mesa/Boogie amps By Richard Bienstock The iconic amp brand will continue to manufacture products under its own name as well as become “Gibson’s Custom Shop for Amplifiers”
Mesa/Boogie’s “tighter, meaner” Badlander amps bring high-gain Rectifier tone screaming into the modern era By Richard Bienstock New 50- and 100-watt models boast two channels, three dynamic preamp modes, CabClone IR technology and much more
Mesa/Boogie’s new Badlander is the amp Rectifier fans have been waiting for By Michael Astley-Brown Feature-packed head boasts three new preamp modes, onboard CabClone IR DI and Multi-Watt power scaling
Mesa/Boogie reveals 3 new overdrive pedals - meet the Cleo, Dynaplex and Gold Mine By Michael Astley-Brown New stompboxes span everything from clean boost to high-gain distortion
Mesa/Boogie debuts the TT-800, a two-channel tube-driven bass amp powerhouse By Richard Bienstock Newest addition to Mesa’s Subway Series boasts wide array of features and inputs in a compact configuration
Mesa/Boogie Subway D-800 Head & Ultra-Lite Cabs review By Jonathan Herrera One of the best lightweight bass amp heads you can buy
Mesa/Boogie rolls out the Mark Five: 25 as a super-compact, super-deluxe 1x10 combo By Jonathan Horsley The portable addition to the much-loved Mark Series comes with the option of a 1x10 Boogie cab
Mesa/Boogie may have just perfected the direct amp box with its new CabClone IR and IR+ cab sims By Michael Astley-Brown Impulse responses, reactive load and power attenuator in one
MESA/Boogie Unveils New Fillmore 100 Head and Combo By Richard Bienstock Vintage-voiced 100-watt amp is the newest addition to the Fillmore range.
MESA/Boogie Celebrates Fifty Years of Amp Design with the California Tweed 6V6 4:40 By Guitar World Staff Vintage, single-channel California Tweed draws on Randall Smith’s half-century of award-winning amp design and aims to deliver a new realm of tweed-based performance.
MESA/Boogie and Two Notes Audio Engineering Launch IR Cab Packs By Guitar World Staff Cab Packs feature a collection of MESA IR cabinets meticulously captured by Audio Engineer Sean Beresford.
Mesa/Boogie Unveil Fillmore 50 Guitar Amplifier and Cabinets By Guitar World Staff The Vintage-voiced, 6L6-powered Fillmore 50 is presented in a simple 2-channel, three-mode platform in combo and head formats with optional extension cabinets.