The folks at [ElectroSmash] recently released 1Wamp – a one watt, open hardware, Guitar amplifier packed with features. It consists of a JFET based pre-amplifier, a Big Muff Pi a.k.a BMP based ...

Best guitar amps 2025: Our pick of combos, heads and pedalboard amps for all budgets and abilities Our expert pick of the best guitar amps for rock, metal, blues and more – including tube, solid-state ...

The electric guitar is a notorious loudmaker, synonymous with the ear-shattering walls of sound propagated by innumerable rock trailblazers. The draw to the electric guitar, felt by every new ...

There’s a mystique among both audiophiles and musicians about vacuum technology, thus having a tube amp still carries a bit of a cachet. New ones can be bought for eye-watering prices and old ...

Back in the 1980s I played guitar. Yes, I’m that old. I learned from books and by playing along with CDs, and I jacked my Charvel guitar (awesome) into a Session guitar amp (terrible), and I never ...