As anyone who plays the electric guitar can tell you, there’s a lot gear associated with the instrument—amplifiers, reverb pedals, cords and more. This is part of the fun for some, but it can also be ...

A Mid-Valley industrial designer has received a US patent for a guitar amplifier that is lightweight and affordable yet has the sound of traditional tube-type amplifiers. Jason Sannar, product design ...

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 Tone ...

Facilitating new and upgraded pro guitar amp designs, three potentiometer design kits based on Bourns’ Models 96, 53, and PDA241 provide a variety of resistance values and tapers.

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 ones can ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Fender has added a new personal amp to its line-up, with the Fender Mustang Micro not only adding some individual amplification but throwing ...

A friend gave me a Fender Squier guitar amplifier when heretired. The sound was terrible, and all the potentiometersmade scratchy noises. I was able to pry into the vinyl-coveredchip-board enclosure ...

We’re loving the style of this new BOSS Katana-Mini X, because it’s pretty compact and easy to carry around. Even if you’re going to a quick practice session or playing in an apartment, you still get ...

I’ve been playing guitar since I was eleven-years old, and I have seen my fair share of guitar tech come and go. The portable and desktop guitar amplifier isn’t anything new, we’ve always had small ...