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 ...

Metallica officially said goodbye to quote/unquote real amps after an epiphany at the South Pole. James Hetfield’s tech, Chad ...

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 ...

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 ...

"Every amp, every effect model is Tone Master quality. We've done everything to that standard, using a component-based modeling process based on the schematics for these things. We model these amps ...

So do we really need one amp sim package? Neural DSP thinks we do, because the Finnish company just dropped a major new ...

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 ...

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 ...