ANAHEIM, Calif. — Guitar amp maker Fender Musical Instruments Corp. has come up with a unique brand of analog reconfigurability in a bid to create a universal amplifier. The technique is used in ...
Although amp modelers have radically advanced over the past few years thanks to some cutting edge tech, there are still those who believe digital guitar gear will never truly compete with the tones of ...
Tube amplifiers are widely regarded as the pinnacle of electric guitar amplification, giving the most organic and responsive ...
Part 5 provides spec summary of the GP/R K2-W vacuum-tube op amp and discusses measurement constraints/conditions and LTspice modeled output. The K2-W vacuum-tube op ...
As immature as it sounds, I was originally suspect of Line 6 products because I did not like the name of their Variax guitar line. (Whew, glad that’s off my chest). But while working on an audio ...
A new guitar amplifier has launched via Kickstarter called Amonito featuring an analogue compact circuit at its core, that responds and sounds like a full tube amp. Thanks to a combination of two ...
Solid-state technology all but obliterated the vacuum tube market in the early 1960s. So why are tubes still popular with audiophiles and musicians? Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has ...
After a brief review of the history of the K2-W vacuum-tube op amp, an LTspice model is used to create its schematic in preparation for SPICE simulation. The availability of hierarchical blocks for ...