Posts by Tyler Sutherland

Fender just dropped three new John 5 Telecaster models. Here's why the Phantom, Ghost, and $6,000 Custom Shop mark the most metal the J5 line has ever been.

Howard Dumble built about 300 amps in his lifetime and died in 2022. As of October 2026 the Dumble Preservation Society is taking orders again: a new Overdrive Special at $25,000, plus the MegaPLX,...

Strymon built its reputation on DSP. The new La Brea is an all-analog tape saturation drive at $199, the third pedal in its Series A range, and a clear signal the brand has opened a second workshop...

King Gizzard built 28 albums of guitar tone on a $29 pawnshop amp. JAM Pedals' $399 Tiny Amp Destroyer bottles that broken-speaker sound in a triple-gain signature drive.

Yamaha turned Matteo Mancuso's custom fingerstyle Revstar into a $1,599 production model. Almost every spec traces back to how he attacks a string with a fingernail instead of a pick.

Death By Audio and Rainger FX built a stompbox with a real 3-watt amp, a 2-inch speaker, and a microphone inside it. Here is what that physical signal chain does that a modeler cannot, and who it is...