I bought my first tube amp last year, after playing guitar for about 25 years. Before then I’d been completely reliant on solid-state amps and digital models. It was a revelation. And then a few weeks ...

The latest guitar amp simulators can give you pro-quality tones without the fuss of setting up heads, cabinets or microphones to capture your sound. And since they’re more affordable than even, ...

When it comes to music recording hardware, one could argue that Universal Audio has created more powerful products for a wider variety of artists than any other company in the industry. With a history ...

Universal Audio has announced three new amp plugins, which take a trio of the firm’s highly praised UAFX amp pedals to the digital realm for the first time. Notably, Universal Audio has elected to ...

Pedal-based amps have been around for a while but the last couple of years have seen them take off with companies including Universal Audio, Blackstar, TC Electronic, Walrus, Strymon and Victory all ...

Expand your amp's potential or pair with a cab modeller and build your pedalboard around it; this three-channel unit delivers an impressive preamp option in the growing world of floor-based solutions.

EarthQuaker Devices has launched an analogue guitar amp simulator that can be used as a preamp on your pedalboard, or as a headphone amplifier for silent practice, and the best part? It’s so simple to ...

Getting those precise tonal characteristics you're after for a guitar track is a tricky task. Whether you're a producer capturing tracks for a project or a hobbyist playing the guitar, you should know ...