Mesa/Boogie has relaunched the Triple Rectifier – the amp that helped define metal music

The Triple Rectifier – along with its smaller sibling the Dual Rectifier – has been a staple for rock and metal guitarists since its initial launch in the early ‘90s. Now, Mesa/Boogie is bringing it back.

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“I remember he had these massive hands… I said, ‘Mr King, my name is Joanne and I’m 13, and I think I’m going to be a blues guitarist”: Joanne Shaw Taylor’s life-changing first meeting with the great B.B. King

Joanne Shaw Taylor was just a young kid when she met B.B. King. Now she is paying tribute to the King of the Blues on Joe Bonamassa’s all-star album

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“I got a call from a manager who was trying to drag him out of obscurity. We jammed daily, but he was away with the fairies”: Rick Fenn on the time he tried to help bring Peter Green back into the limelight

The late Fleetwood Mac guitarist was a hero of Fenn’s, so when the call came in to help Green out, there was only one answer. But whatever happened to the music?

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“It’s noisy, it’s crap, and we f**king love it”: Max Cavalera was so bad at guitar for Sepultura’s first gig, the guitarist from another band offered to tune his guitar for him

The musician reflects on one of the most humbling moments of his early career.

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“These dominated stages behind some of the biggest names in rock”: Mesa/Boogie brings back the fire-breathing Triple Rectifier in a classic finish – reviving one of the most impactful amps it ever created

This limited edition drop puts the custom-order look back in style, presenting 150-watts of legendary high-gain performance – and a sound that shaped ’90s rock and metal

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“Honestly, I wanted to grab my guitar and smash it through the wall!”: Zacky Vengeance on being put through his paces by Synyster Gates on Avenged Sevenfold’s latest album

“I can’t play shit as fast as he can play it, no matter how hard I try.”

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Steve Vai plays on cover of Van Halen’s Jump for 2026 World Cup anthem

The shred icon tips his hat to the late Eddie Van Halen on a reworked version of the VH hit track.

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“How I rap correlates with how I play. There’s a lot of syncopation and dead notes”: Ando San on marrying hip-hop with prog, thumping, and his eight-string guitar personally spec’d by Jeff Kiesel

Inspired by Tosin Abasi and J Dilla, San’s mission to merge modern prog with experimental hip-hop required him to mature as an artist – and he has no plans to stop evolving

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“I can put them in every guitar, and it’s gonna sound exactly like I need it to”: Metallica has rolled out something special to help celebrate 50 years of EMG

Updated sets for James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo will only be available in 2026

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“We’re in tune, baby. It’s literally a dream come true”: Blind guitarist couldn’t tune his guitar without help – now a vibrating tuner pedal has changed his life

Anthony Ferraro asked his Instagram followers if anyone could help, and some genius came through with a tuner modded with haptics

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Two Notes Reload II review: is this the new king of amp-top attenuators?

The popular attenuator and reactive load box gets an update that makes it even better at getting big amp tones at manageable volumes

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“The sound of six figures”: IK Multimedia models two vintage – and VERY expensive – Dumble amps for the $249 TONEX One Double Special

The limited edition amp mini pedal offers tones modeled from two holy grail Dumble combos with a range of cabinets and classic pedals to boot

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Rick Beato says excessive phone scrolling is the reason he can’t downpick like James Hetfield

“I think it affects that basal joint,” Beato suggests.

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“I said, ‘Where is it from?’ He says, ‘I don’t know. It’s been here for the last 20 or 25 years…’” Jake E. Lee was on tour with Ozzy Osbourne when he stumbled upon the gear bargain of a lifetime

The elusive find was covered in dust but it worked perfectly – and Lee picked it up for a steal

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“When I heard Train Kept a Rollin’ I said, ‘Man, Joe Perry and Brad Whitford have gotten really good!’ After Steven left, Jack Douglas said, ‘Don’t say anything, but that’s not Brad and Joe’”: Angel’s Punky Meadows on why he didn’t join Kiss or Aerosmith

As the band’s final large-scale tour looms, the Superstrat pioneer looks back on how he got started, why he quit, and why he’s not planning to fall silent again

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“We could hold our own with any company. It didn’t bother us if we were put on the bill with Crimson or Zeppelin. Nothing phased us”: Remembering the late Mick Abrahams, co-founder of Jethro Tull and purveyor of “good, honest music”

A powerful, lyrical bluesman, the founding Jethro Tull and Blodwyn Pig guitarist always played music his way – even when it hurt his career

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