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Gallery: Riot Fest 2018

We cherry-picked the essential guitar-centric happenings from Chicago’s three-day celebration, including performances from Johnny Marr, Elvis Costello, Incubus, Weezer, Bad Religion, Jesus Lizard, and more!

Reignwolf

Canadian-born, twisted-bluesman Jordan Cook, aka Reignwolf, harnessed his ’70s Gibson SG Standard, welcoming feedback and noise.

Three new powerful and versatile solid-state heads from the British amp maker provide crunch, headroom, and classic tones in a small package with a same-sized price.

Epic sounds in a small, light, versatile package. Simple control set. Effects loop and footswitchable volume (with independent control) and channels. Dirty channel sparkles and spanks.

Clean channel lacks mid control

$599

Orange Gain Baby 100
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Playing through a 100-watt head is immensely satisfying, regardless of your style. If you want dirty, and there’s a gain control, you’ve got dirty. If you want clean, the headroom hits the sky. Whether you’re purveying rock ’n’ roll filth, snarling blues, old-school roots, or avant-skronk, it’s all there—especially if you use pedals for low-gain drive and color.

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Handcrafted in the Seymour Duncan Custom Shop, each set includes gray bottom flatwork and a pad-printed signature from Joe. The first 500 sets will be aged, packaged in limited edition boxes, and include a certificate of authenticity.

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Clean power is an essential part of the pedalboard recipe. Here’s a collection of power supplies that will keep you up and running.

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In honor of Paul Reed Smith's birthday today, PRS launches a limited-edition model of Paul's personal instrument.

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