Your letters to the Guitarist editor. Drop us a line at guitarist@futurenet.com

The bombastic benchmark of the ‘brown’ sound has been channelled through a single-ended EL34 power section and hybrid preamp, with significant volume and price savings

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

MY FAVORITE ENSEMBLE to play in is the power trio. With only three instruments — electric guitar, bass and drum kit — there’s so much freedom to explore concepts like space, time and dynamic range. Th

The country superstar shares his love for Dumbles, writing riffs on cheap guitars, and the Nocaster once owned by Cinderella’s Tom Keifer that’s “worth every cent”

Richard Barrett is on a mission to make you a better blues player – with full audio examples and backing tracks