Can solid-state amps compete with tubes? Laney thinks its Lionheart Foundry combos are up to the challenge

Laney has unveiled the Lionheart Foundry, a new range of 60-watt guitar amps that aims to distil the company’s tube amps into a lightweight solid-state format.Rather than using…

Dr. Z Z-80 Head review

When Dr. Z founder and chief designer Mike Zaite tells you, “I think this is the best amp I’ve ever built,” it’s worth paying attention. The maker has…

Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd.

The Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio, a key valuation measure, is calculated by dividing the stock’s most recent closing price by the sum of the diluted earnings per…

2024 Yamaha MT-09: Everything You Need To Know

The new Yamaha MT-09 is referred to as a naked bike versus a sport bike due to certain design characteristics, such as the absence of motorcycle fairings. Instead…

“His passing leaves a big hole to fill”: Remembering Nick Guppy, Guitarist magazine’s guitar amp guru

Nick contributed his detailed, authoritative amp reviews in almost every issue of Guitarist for … The evolution of solid-state and digital guitar amps – and the future of…

Celebrating 60 years of the synth: the ’70s

Want all the hottest music and gear news, reviews, deals, features and more … being particularly popular with the vintage-retro enthusiasts out there. Still in 1973, the Yamaha…

6 criminally underrated hardware synths that you can still buy today

Incredibly, some of these under-the-radar beauties are over a decade old, but still available (and still very good) …

2024 Yamaha YZ125X Review

The X also rides on Dunlop Geomax MX33 tires, while the standard 125 comes with Bridgestone Battlecross X20’s front and rear. The frame, fuel tank, seat and plastics…

Astell & Kern A&ultima SP3000T portable music player review: another huge step forward in energetic, open sound

The Astell & Kern A&ultima SP3000T is another seismic step forward to create the perfect portable music player …

Yamaha adds models to DHR/CHR loudspeaker range

All DHR loudspeakers include two input channels with an onboard mixer, while CHR models can take full advantage of dedicated speaker processor tuning settings when used with Yamaha…