The Inaugural Guitar Player Hall of Fame Awards

Dec 19 2012 12:00AM
THROUGH ITS READERS’ POLL AND VARIOUS OTHER initiatives, Guitar Player has bestowed a bounty of awards on inspirational artists, pioneering manufacturers, and groundbreaking products for many years. More...

Ibanez TSA5

Nov 9 2012 12:00AM
TAKING A CUE FROM WHAT MILLIONS OF GUITARISTS have been doing for decades, Ibanez has released a line of tube amps with Tube Screamer circuits built right into the front end. More...

Five Things About Gain Staging Your Tube Amp

Nov 8 2012 12:00AM
1 WHAT THE HECK IS “GAIN STAGING”? More commonly used in the professional audio and recording worlds, the term “gain staging” describes the practice of properly balancing every point in a signal chain at which gain can be More...

Test Drive: BC Audio Amplifier No. 8

Aug 22 2012 12:00AM
Featuring a meticulous point-to-point circuit inside a 16-gauge powder-coated steel chassis, Amplifier No. 8 is a beautifully slick, streamlined tone machine. More...

Kemper Profiling Amplifier

Aug 15 2012 12:00AM
We met the Kemper Profiling Amplifier a couple of NAMM shows ago. More...

Acoustic Lead Series Amplifiers

Aug 15 2012 12:00AM
A mainstay of backlines from the late ’60s on through the swingin’ ’70s, solid-state Acoustic amps were popular not only with bass players—such as John Paul Jones and Jaco Pastorius—but guitarists too, as evidenced in their More...

Fender EC Twinolux and EC Vibro-Champ

Jul 13 2012 12:00AM
Fender’s introduction of its first artist signature amplifiers got off to a great start last year thanks to Eric Clapton’s collaboration on three models—the EC Twinolux, EC Tremolux and EC Vibro-Champ. More...

Test Drive: Quilter Micropro 200

Jun 19 2012 12:00AM
As the “Q” in QSC, Pat Quilter knows how to manufacture crushing volume from a solid-state circuit. More...

Roundup! 11 Micro Tube Amps

Jun 19 2012 12:00AM
Tube amps of five watts or less have been at the heart of some of the most inspired recordings by rock’s legendary guitarists—many of whom used stacks onstage, but favored small “practice” combos from Fender, Supro, More...

Bogner Goldfinger 45

May 15 2012 12:00AM
Amp designer Reinhold Bogner made his name crafting high-gain incendiary devices such as the Ecstasy and Uberschall, so we tend to expect über-shred from anything bearing his name. More...

Fishman Loudbox Artist

May 15 2012 12:00AM
Evolving out of the Loudbox Mini and 100 platforms, the new Loudbox Artist steps things up with 120 watts of power and an expanded feature set in a lightweight package that measures 13.5" high x 15.5" wide x 11.5" deep. More...

Guitar Gear Gone Wild! A Guide to All the Stuff You Want in 2012

Apr 19 2012 12:00AM
Those in the know are aware that , every January , the Winter NAMM show brings together hundreds of music-equipment manufacturers hawking their latest products. More...

5 Tube Combo Amps

Apr 17 2012 12:00AM
Long favored by studio players and on-the-go working musicians, small combo amps are seeing ever more use these days by guitarists who have found that 15 or 20 watts of tube power driving a 10" or 12" speaker can provide More...

Line 6 DT25 112 Combo

Mar 26 2012 12:00AM
The partnership between Line 6 and boutique amp maker Reinhold Bogner has resulted in some interesting hybrid amps that marry digital modeling technology with pure tube power sections. More...

Bolt BTC-100/212 and BTC-50/410 Combos

Mar 26 2012 12:00AM
Advances in digital signal processing and its use in guitar amps have made it possible to offer breathtaking feature sets. More...

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