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 ...

Neural focuses on guitar amp and drive pedal capturing with its second piece of hardware – but does it get the recipe right?

Two local bands celebrate new albums at George's Majestic Lounge this month. First the Phlegms play a late show with openers ...

In the octave circuit, though, the Kaamos’s unique appeal comes out. The degree of control over the pitch-shifted signal is a ...

The Echoplex single-head tape echo is right up there in the pantheon of iconic guitar effects, not just for its obvious echo functionality but also the sound of its preamp, used by players like Jimmy ...

The speaker/amp relationship not only comes down to an amp’s power output but also the speaker's impedance characteristics and sensitivity. There are tonal characteristics to take into consideration ...

On Boys For Pele, Amos finds the border where language fractures and the psyche begins to speak in symbols—where private ...