Love and Sockets Micki Free’s Mountain of Marshall Tone The veteran blues-rocker uses low-wattage amps to creative a massive, high-intensity sound that nods to heroes like Hendrix, Trower, and early Clapton. Ted Drozdowski Feb 18, 2022
Silver & Black The Legend of the Lucky Vibrolux How our columnist’s risky purchase turned out to be a dusty pre-CBS jewel. Jens Mosbergvik Jan 26, 2022
Silver & Black Pairing Amps for Golden Tones Why Fender + Fender (or other brands) = more than the sum of their own signature sounds. Jens Mosbergvik Nov 28, 2021
Amps Tube-Amp 101: A Beginner's Guide to Rocking Out How preamp and power tubes interact with wattage and speaker ratings to yield the glorious tones of yesterday and today. Dan Formosa Jul 19, 2021
Silver & Black Meet My 1965 Super Reverb—The Greatest Amp I've Ever Played Our columnist shares a love story about his longtime passion for the 1965 heavyweight that’s his No. 1. Jens Mosbergvik Feb 21, 2021
Guitarists Loud, Fat, and Flat-Out Awesome How Indigenous’ Mato Nanji gets roaring Hendrix-inspired tones from his Fender 75s. Ted Drozdowski Jan 25, 2021
Silver & Black Finding Perfect Tones in Imperfect Amps Your signature Fender sound could be just a tweak or twist away. Jens Mosbergvik Jan 05, 2021
Love and Sockets Tripping the Heavy Fantastic with a Hot Rod Deluxe With Public Enemy, guitarist Khari Wynn uses a Marshall, but a humble Fender workhorse helps carry his own transcendent compositions. Ted Drozdowski Dec 08, 2020
Gear The Saga of the Linda Ronstadt Deluxe How a not-so-special silver-panel amp was transformed into solid gold. Jens Mosbergvik Nov 15, 2020
Gigging Advice Amp Too Damn Loud? Here Are 10 Attenuators That'll Save Your Bacon Cop-call-deterring boxes from Weber, Two Notes, Bugera, Radial, Mesa/Boogie, and more. Rich Osweiler Oct 09, 2020
