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Fender '63 Tube Reverb Valve Amplifier There really isn’t anything like the warm, colorful sound given off by a vintage vacuum tube amplifier. Since the beginning of rock and roll, players have come to know and love the signature characteristics of the tube amplifier. Even after the introduction of the much more affordable and much less sensitive solid state amplifier...

FENDER Hot Rod Deluxe III Tube Guitar Combo Amp If there is any one single piece of equipment that is as important to the overall sound and feel of live music as the electrical instrument itself, it most definitely has to be the amplifier. Although you are only as strong as your weakest link – meaning that everything from the...

Justin Timberlake announces MySpace TV at CES Will MySpace really be able to make a comeback as a major player in the social media/social music arena? For most of us Facebook users, MySpace is something that we used to use and haven’t thought about in years. Now with a new focus on entertainment and specifically music, MySpace is growing their...

If you keep your amp long enough, one day it will slowly start sounding a little off. It may develop a buzzy hum or an off-tune “ghost note,” or it may start oscillating. Twiddling the controls, changing speakers, and replacing tubes won’t help the sound. Your tech will give you the bad news: it needs a cap job, or a...

The loudspeaker is a major contributing factor when it comes to guitar tone, so it's no surprise that there's a healthy upgrade market, with companies trying to sell you new speaker models for your amp. The problem is that tone is a subjective thing, and like everything else in the guitar signal chain, the tones we know and love were...