Monthly Archives: July 2010

3 of the Best Tube Amps for Rock & Metal

Tube amps are generally preferred by serious guitarists for their warm, harmonically-rich tone. They  usually sound louder than solid-state amps of a similar wattage and have a  presence to their distorted sound which is hard to replicate with transistor or even digital modeling technology. Almost all tube amps come with separate channels to allow switching [...]

Guitar Eye Candy – Design a Jem Contest Winner

In a previous news entry, we reported that Jem and Steve Vai were running a design contest for somebody to come up with a custom Ibanez Jem paintjob. Well, the winner has been announced and it’s congratulations to Alessandro Serrago on his winning design submission. You can see the winning design here. There’s also a [...]