From Jimmy Eat World to John Mayer, more and more professional-level bands are turning to amp modeling for their tone when they head out on the road. The difference between the real deal and modelling ...

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 ...

Fender is on something of a hot streak right now, having just today (October 3) expanded its Tone Master family of digital amps to include the Tone Master Pro – the company’s first-ever fully fledged ...

In keeping with tradition, Reverb has published its best-selling gear lists for 2025 – and the roundup of the most popular guitar amps and amp modelers makes for interesting reading. It’s an ...

Last year Universal Audio decided to make the leap from plugins the pedal with the UAFX line. Then it got into the mainstream audio interface game, launched a series of high-end modeling microphones, ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Touring musicians are embracing modelers as a cost-effective way to maximize their sounds. Touring musicians are ...

Fender says its new eight-core multi-effects and amp modeling floor unit is the best-sounding, most powerful and easiest-to-use digital floor pedal ever built. It's got a legit claim to two of those ...

It’s fair to say that amp modelers are on the rise. Thanks to the success of Neural DSP’s game-changing Quad Cortex and Positive Grid’s Spark amps – and recently released Spark II – Fender has ...

As immature as it sounds, I was originally suspect of Line 6 products because I did not like the name of their Variax guitar line. (Whew, glad that’s off my chest). But while working on an audio ...

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, ...

Tube amplifiers are widely regarded as the pinnacle of electric guitar amplification, giving the most organic and responsive sound, as well as plenty of volume. However, any tube amp player knows they ...