When does the 'Brown Sound' get too, well, brown? Guitar tone chaser Joan Segeborn has taken an old Marshall head and cabs and run them through a Variac, taking us brown sound tone adventure.
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Dave Friedman has a new Jerry Cantrell Signature version 20-watt mini-head called the JJ Jr and it looks and sounds fab. We even found a video to prove it sounds sweet as well!
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Friedman Amplification teases a new amp via its Instagram page - we can now confirm this is a new Friedman BE-100 deluxe to be launched during Winter NAMM 2019!
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Dave Friedman makes a mean Plexi circuit and his amp brand is among the more desirable out there. But he's also a dab hand at the good ol' drive pedal, of which he's about to release two more...
It's getting cold (in the northern hemisphere) - that can only mean that audio gear makers are offering silly discounts on their products. Here's a list of the best offers and hottest deals.
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The new Mesa Boogie Fillmore 25 is lower wattage version of its recent Fillmore 50 amp head and is available as a head and combo. Will this new smaller version find its niche in the studio?
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Today Line 6 released the long-awaited 2.60 firmware update for its Helix product line, with new boutique amp channels, effects and an easier to use looper function.
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Mooer has announced two new micro preamps that extend Mooer's ever-expanding line-up of modestly priced digital preamp sims- can you guess which amp models these two are based on?
Universal Audio have released a new update to its UAD software, with new goodies for 9.5 including an emulation of the Helios 9.5 preamp and EQ, Friedman's Buxom Betty amp and the A/DA flanger.
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As we reported during NAMM, Line 6 had planned a big Helix 2.5 update - now it's here and adds a bag of effects and two very convincing boutique amp models.
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It's official, the list of effects and new boutique amp models for Line 6's Helix has been finally announced and it is coming soon!
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The legendary guitar riff meister and 'part-time crazy man of metal' has been working with Orange amps on a signature amplifier and it is a fair bit cheaper than the Friedman Butterslax...
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The long-standing relationship between PRS and Mark Tremonti has bought the world some really good quality guitar products and now they are releasing a cool lunchbox style amp together
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Mooer is digitally cloning boutique American guitar preamps and offering us twin-channel versions that will fit in your pocket - at under £100 each. With built-in speaker emulation. Phew.
Dave Friedman has combined some of his most famous amp circuits into one all-singing, all-dancing boutique valve amp head with plenty of options on board for tweaking your tones.
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Another boutique builder takes on the octave pedal - yet this may have a more musical and intuitive approach than comparable units with two octave settings rather than the standard one...
