Yamaha's THR home/studio amps were already pretty good, having built-in tube-like tones and effects, battery-powered portability if you needed it, and the ability to interface with a computer over USB ...

Yamaha mixed up the guitar amplifier space in 2013 when it released three portable modeling amps to the US market, which sat somewhere between performance and practice models. These desktop amps went ...

The pressure waves from a cranked 100-watt tube amp could kill any insects or small rodents in close proximity. Even low-powered, solid state practice amplifiers can be too loud for apartment dwellers ...