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.
Need more punch for solos? Want to hit your amp’s sweet spot? A boost pedal is your secret weapon. Designed to increase your signal without colouring your tone (unless you want it to), boost pedals can lift your sound for leads, tighten your gain stage, or add sparkle and presence. From clean, transparent lifts to gritty boosts that edge into overdrive territory, these pedals give you control and dynamic range right under your foot. Whether it’s for pushing tubes or cutting through the mix, a boost is small, but mighty.
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.
The top of a guitar refers to the front face of the body, usually the wood panel that has the sound hole on an acoustic or the pickups mounted on an electric. It’s one of the most important parts for tone, especially on acoustics, where the top’s wood type, thickness, and construction greatly affect resonance, volume, and warmth.
Common woods for guitar tops include spruce, cedar, and maple. On electrics, the top can also be a separate piece with special finishes or inlays, adding to the instrument’s aesthetics as well as its sound character.
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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 '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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Powerful UAFX dual-engine delivers the most authentic mid-'50s 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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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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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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