Before Fender made guitars, they made amplifiers, with a heritage stretching all the way back to the ‘Woody’ designs of 1946 and even further, if you count the amps Leo made under the K&F brand during ...

Back in my day (puts on old man glasses) digital amp modelers were a bunch of hooey. They sounded like mold groaning. Things have come a long way and in 2023 you’d be hard pressed to tell the ...

The rise of pedals, profiling and desktop guitar amps illustrates the flexibility guitar players are now embracing. And it’s desktop practice amps that have the widest appeal and advantages, because ...

In 2017 Fender launched Fender Tone, a free digital app that allows users to seamlessly dial in to thousands of presets and specific tones via the legacy guitar brand’s ever-evolving portfolio of ...

Musicians and guitarists looking for a way to control their amplifier might be interested in a new smartphone application which has been created by Fender and is available for both iOS and Android ...

All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. These new digital modeling amps ...

Fender first revealed its mobile software plans back in August of last year when the guitar maker's digital arm debuted a tuner app for iOS. In November, we learned the company had guitar amplifiers ...

Fender’s second app, Tone, is far more ambitious than its predecessor. In fact, it’s the first smartphone app I can recall that’s launched alongside a trio of amplifiers. It’s not necessary to operate ...

Despite the appearance of sacrilege, Fender’s Mustang series of modeling guitar amps are highly regarded, and highly popular. They let you choose from a number of Fender-built presets to make your amp ...

The worst thing about being in a rock band is waiting for the guitarist to set up and adjust—and re-adjust, and then re-re-adjust—his interminable collection of effects boxes and pedals. But now ...