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Best pedal amps 2026: top preamps, power amps, and amp modelers We rank and review the best guitar amp pedals from Strymon, Universal Audio, Blackstar, and more

Listen: SEBASTIAN BACH, BOB DAISLEY, MICK BOX, JONATHAN CAIN, DOUG ALDRICH And CARMINE APPICE Cover RAINBOW's 'Man On The Silver Mountain' With just days to wait now before "Ride The Rainbow - The Ultimate Tribute To Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow" touches down on June 19, Cleopatra Records has unleashed the final single from the set. Sebastian Bach, the former SKID ROW hero who now leads TWISTED SISTER, fronts a devastating performance o...

“It was the record that changed our lives. The record that won us freedom of creative expression”: Rush frontman Geddy Lee recalls how the band's 1976 prog classic 2112 transformed their fortunes No one at the record company was happy to hear that Rush had another concept record. But this time the prog trio stuck the landing on a sci-fi epic that changed everything

Listen: STEVE MORSE, JONATHAN CAIN, SIMON WRIGHT And RONNIE ROMERO Reinvent RAINBOW's 'The Temple Of The King' As the much-anticipated tribute to Richie Blackmore's RAINBOW, "Ride The Rainbow - The Ultimate Tribute To Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow", draws closer to its June 19 release date, another taste of the treat to come materializes with this sonics-stuffed reimagining of the first album's classic "The Te...

10 Blues Rock Covers Better Than the Original - Blues Rock Review The genesis of blues rock occurred when Les Paul’s Gibson and Leo Fender’s solid-body electric guitars hit the market at

“Yngwie was replaced for becoming difficult. We auditioned Steve Vai in secret”: Gary Shea’s never-say-never approach to Alcatrazz, New England… and maybe even Vinnie Vincent The left-handed bassist discusses the pitfalls of being with Kiss’ management, selling his Ampeg gear to Malmsteen’s band, and releasing a record that shows what might have been with Vincent

“If you would have told me 15 years ago that Paul Gilbert’s main amp in the future would be a solid state Fender Twin, I’d have said you were off your rocker”: Paul Gilbert is the latest big name to switch to Fender Tone Master digital amps The shred pioneer is using one as a monitor, one to push air at the crowd, and he believes it is a top-tier pedal platform

“I don’t know if there’s a better player out there.” Billy Sheehan on Steve Vai, Paul Gilbert, Steve Lukather, Richie Kotzen and Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal The Talas, Mr. Big and Winery Dogs bassist reflects on decades of playing alongside some of rock’s most formidable guitarists.

Marshall and Synergy Introduce JCM 800 Dual Channel Three-Tube Module Synergy Amps, in partnership with Marshall Amplification, announces the release of the Marshall JCM 800 Dual Channel Three-Tube Preamp Module, bringing one of the most iconic amplifier tones in rock history to the Synergy modular platform.Originally introduced in the early 1980s, the JCM 800 set a n...

Before he went solo, Ronnie James Dio had already worked with two guitarists etched onto heavy metal’s Mount Rushmore. But players can also learn plenty from the oft-overlooked shredders who anchored his solo band From a 17-year-old prodigy to a future stadium-conquering guitar superstar, Ronnie James Dio had a dream team of six-string sidekicks over the course of his solo career – and their contributions to his catalog should be essential listening for any aspiring metal guitarist