Reverb's end-of-year sales stats make for interesting reading with regard to the current state of the amp modeler vs. tube ...

The Yamaha THR amp is a digital guitar-modeling amp disguised as a tube amp, complete with the iconic orange glow of sizzling hot tubes. Amanda Kooser Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets ...

Fender amplifiers have a long history with professional electric guitarists and there are many well-known models. Fender tube amps are classic and the choice of many pros, but in the past few years ...

There's no denying that vintage guitar amps sound great, but they can be huge, expensive and prone to frequent breakdowns. Digital modeling has been getting better and better over the years, but there ...

Though playing through a huge rig can be supremely satisfying, it's not really practical for jamming at home. Boss has birthed a new 10-W combo amp that packs tube-like Katana tones and effects into a ...

Easily up there with the best the modern hybrid amp world has to offer, the Vypyr Tube 120H is destined to be popular with guitar players who need to access a lot of sounds. Is that you? Best pedal ...

Part 5 provides spec summary of the GP/R K2-W vacuum-tube op amp and discusses measurement constraints/conditions and LTspice modeled output. The K2-W vacuum-tube op ...

After a brief review of the history of the K2-W vacuum-tube op amp, an LTspice model is used to create its schematic in preparation for SPICE simulation. The availability of hierarchical blocks for ...