Recreating those signature “peculiar sounds,” as Zappa calls them, required lugging around a massive rig — roughly the size ...

[fichl] plays electric guitar, and with that hobby comes an incredible amount of knob twisting and dial turning. This comes at a cost; he can’t change the settings on his small amp without ...

I truly cannot believe the killer vintage electric guitar tones coming out of my acoustic amps and P.A. systems using one of ...

On the day mini-amps were invented, electric guitar players the world over rejoiced ... [Frank Olson Music] took apart an old pair of headphones and salvaged the speakers — perhaps intending ...

The broken-up, distorted sound you get when you overpower the tube/valves in an old-time amp are what makes the electric guitar sound like an electric guitar. These days, amps have a “gain” knob, ...

The sometime teacher and modern-day math-rocker recounts the gear that’s made an impact – and gives us a rundown on her most-loved rig ...