Rising star

ONE OF THE most inspiring guitar tones is the sound of a tube amp that’s just on the edge of breaking up. There’s something truly magical about a combo that hovers between clean and distorted, coaxing

Fender reaches into its archives to bring this lesser-known classic back to life. Let’s see if it captures the original magic

Valves continue to deliver delectable tone in this line-up of world-class heads and combos

Manson Guitar Works’ first stompbox delivers a high degree of variation in your fuzz tone

Long hidden in the shadows of Fender history, the early 60s brown-panel Super Amp has reemerged. Senior product manager, Rick Heins, talks us through its rebirth

These new Boss pitch-shifting pedals have been a long time in the making, and now they’re here and ready to go toe-to-toe with DigiTech