Amp Type: When you’re shopping for the best portable guitar amp for you, you’ll likely find two main options out there: solid state and tube.

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While purists may swear by tube amps, many modern guitar players prefer solid-state amplifiers over the hassles that come with tube amps. Let's see why.

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Recently, I picked up the phone to one of the most knowledgeable tonesmiths on the British scene, Dan Coggins.Dan was the designer behind the highly influential Lovetone effects pedals from the 1990s, ...

There’s a mystique among both audiophiles and musicians about vacuum technology, thus having a tube amp still carries a bit of a cachet. New ones can be bought for eye-watering prices and old… ...

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Amp Type: When you’re shopping for the best portable guitar amp for you, you’ll likely find two main options out there: solid state and tube. Solid state amps use transistors to amplify the ...