An amplifier, or amp, is a device that boosts the electrical signal from your guitar to produce sound through speakers. It plays a crucial role in shaping your tone and controlling volume. Amplifiers come in various types, including valve (tube), solid-state, and digital modelling, each offering different sound characteristics. Whether used for practice, recording, or live performance, an amp helps bring your guitar’s voice to life with clarity, power, and personality.
Electric guitars use magnetic pickups to convert string vibrations into an electrical signal, which is then amplified. Unlike acoustic guitars, they rely on amplification for volume and tone shaping, making them highly versatile in genres like rock, blues, jazz, and metal. Electric guitars come in many body styles—solid, semi-hollow, and hollow—and feature different pickup configurations, neck types, and hardware. From smooth clean tones to aggressive distortion, they offer a wide sonic range, making them the backbone of modern guitar music.
Guitar pedals are essential tools for shaping your sound, offering everything from subtle tone enhancements to wild, expressive sonic textures. Whether you’re after the grit of overdrive, the shimmer of chorus, the depth of reverb, or the psychedelic swirl of delay and modulation, pedals allow players to personalise their tone and push creative boundaries. Each stomp box adds its own flavour, and when combined, they become a powerful extension of the player’s voice. From vintage classics to cutting-edge innovations, guitar pedals are where the magic happens—turning a great tone into something unforgettable.
A pedal is a compact device that guitarists use to alter their instrument’s sound by shaping effects such as distortion, delay, reverb, and modulation. Typically housed in a rugged enclosure and controlled by footswitches, pedals are designed to be placed on the floor for hands-free operation during playing. They can be analogue or digital, true bypass or buffered, and come in countless varieties to suit different styles and preferences. Pedals are essential tools for creating signature tones and adding colour and texture to a guitarist’s sound.
Reverb, short for reverberation, is an essential guitar effect that simulates the natural reflections of sound in a physical space, such as a room, hall, or cathedral. It adds depth, ambiance, and spaciousness to the guitar’s sound by creating a series of discrete echoes that decay over time, mimicking the way sound reverberates in different environments. Reverb pedals offer controls for adjusting parameters such as decay time (the length of the reverb tail), pre-delay (the time between the original signal and the onset of the reverb), and mix (the balance between the dry and reverberated signals). By adjusting these parameters, guitarists can achieve a wide range of reverb effects, from subtle room ambience to lush, expansive reverberation. Reverb is widely used across various music genres, including rock, jazz, ambient, and electronic music, to add depth, dimension, and realism to guitar tones, creating a sense of space and immersion in the sound. Popular reverb pedal models include the Strymon BigSky, Boss RV-6, and Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail.
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Universal Audio (UA) is a leading manufacturer of professional audio recording hardware and software, renowned for their high-quality audio interfaces, preamps, and analog modeling plugins. Founded in 1958 by Bill Putnam Sr., UA has a rich heritage in recording technology, with a legacy that includes designing classic studio gear used on countless hit records. Today, Universal Audio offers a range of products, including their acclaimed Apollo series audio interfaces, featuring real-time analog processing and high-resolution audio conversion, as well as their UAD-2 DSP accelerator cards and plugins, which faithfully model vintage analog hardware. With a commitment to preserving the analog sound of yesteryear while embracing modern digital technology, Universal Audio continues to be a trusted name among audio professionals, musicians, and producers seeking premium-quality recording solutions.
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Powerful UAFX dual-engine delivers the most authentic mid-'60s American tube combo sound ever placed into a stompbox Includes the world's best speaker cabinet, mic, and room tones derived from the award-winning OX Amp Top Box International products have separate terms, are sold from abroad and may differ from local products, including fit, age rati…
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7-Mode Effects: Room, Hall, Church, Spring, Plate, Studio and Mod. Digital circuit design, true bypass provides transparent tone. Whole Aluminium-alloy classic, stable and strong. LED indicator shows the working state. DC 9V Adapter power supply.(not included)
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Powerful UAFX dual-engine delivers the most authentic '60s British tube combo sound ever placed into a stompbox Includes the world's best speaker cabinet, mic, and room tones derived from the award-winning OX Amp Top Box International products have separate terms, are sold from abroad and may differ from local products, including fit, age ratings, …
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£327.00
The most authentic emulations of classic UA 1176, Teletronix LA-2A, and classic Dyna Comp compressors, in a single pedal Full emulation of UA's legendary 610 tube preamp and EQ Stack and layer any combination of compressors Tweak preamp EQ settings, configure footswitches, add a sidechain bass filter, and more with the UAFX Control app Silent switc…
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Authentic emulation of a vintage digital studio hardware, in a compact stompbox Bit-for-bit emulations of iconic Room, Small Hall, or Large Hall programs Vintage-correct Bass, Mid, and Treble decay lines Mod control for lush, grainy "early-digital" textures Selectable true/trails bypass, short/long Pre-delay, analog dry through Timeless UA design a…
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