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We review the Strymon EC-1 Single Head dTape Echo, a convincing take on a very special vintage tube Echoplex
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Amps
Best Fender amps 2025: The finest Fender amplifiers you can get your hands on
ByRoss HolderLast updated
Best amp modelers 2025: Get your dream guitar tone with my top picks
ByConnor GodfreyLast updated
A gigantic $360 off Positive Grid's celebrated BIAS amp sim software may have just put the nail in the coffin of my beloved valve combo
ByDaryl RobertsonPublished
Best guitar amps 2025: Tube-driven triumphs and peerless pedal platforms for home, studio, and stage
ByDaryl RobertsonLast updated
How to transform your acoustic amp into an electric combo
ByJimmy LesliePublished
Best FRFR Speakers 2025: The best full range, flat response speakers for your digital effects and modelers
ByRoss HolderLast updated
Leo Fender got it right in 1948 with an amp he created for lap-steel guitar players
ByDave HunterPublished
Best mini amps 2025: tiny amps for powerful tones
ByConnor GodfreyPublished
Best guitar amps under $500 2025: Premium tones from budget-friendly amplifiers
ByMatt McCrackenLast updated
Live Studio
Orianthi performs at Guitar Player Presents in Oakland, California — Win Tickets
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Best acoustic guitar mics 2025: our expert pick of the best mics for recording acoustic guitar
BySimon FellowsLast updated
I’ve been recommending this audio interface all year and it just got its first-ever discount for Cyber Monday
ByMatt McCrackenPublished
Improve your studio workflow and save $200 on the UA Apollo Twin X DUO Gen 2 during Sweetwater's Cyber Monday sale
ByChristopher ScapellitiPublished
Go wireless for less: Positive Grid Spark Link is just $99 this Black Friday
ByScott RowleyPublished
Best guitar amp headphones 2025: Top choices for covert practice sessions
ByMatt McCrackenLast updated
Three Ways to Get Terrific Speaker Cab Tones at Home
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The Coolest Headphones? Marshall. And this Cyber Monday There Are Deals Galore
ByTom PoakPublished
“Put the Microphone Over There On the Other Side of the Room Because I’m Going to Play Loud”: How Eric Clapton Took Volume to 11
ByDave HunterLast updated
Pedals & Pedalboards
We review the Strymon EC-1 Single Head dTape Echo, a convincing take on a very special vintage tube Echoplex
ByChristopher ScapellitiPublished
We crowned the Strymon BigSky MX the champ of multi-reverb pedals
ByChristopher ScapellitiPublished
We review the Universal Audio Enigmatic ’82 Overdrive Special Amp pedal
ByJimmy LesliePublished
Strymon releases the EC-1 Single Head dTape Echo pedal
ByChristopher ScapellitiPublished
“The best Binson Echorec emulation ever made.” Dawner Prince tackles the king of all delays with its new Boonar Tube Deluxe. Repeat after us: It's a winner
ByChristopher ScapellitiPublished
Danelectro brings back its famed Spring King – a spring reverb pedal you can kick
ByPhil WellerPublished
Best overdrive pedals 2025: Saturate your guitar tone
ByConnor GodfreyLast updated
The DOD 250 Overdrive/Pre gets an appealing 50th anniversary makeover
ByArt ThompsonPublished
So many pedal deals, so little time: The best deals on guitar pedals right now
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Joe Bonamassa and Phil X weigh in on the allure of P90 pickups
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