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The latest addition to Blackstar's range offers an impressive feature set on a tiny budget

Tone King's new Royalist pays tribute to the great British amps of the early 1960s

Blackstar aims to overhaul the practice amp

It's big - get over it. We rev up the Stang!

Crème de la Krem - a bold new 15-watt affordable combo

Jon Dickinson is the man behind those wonderfully mad aluminium-cased amps used by Muse's Matt Bellamy and Squeeze founder Chris Difford, among others

Matrix is well known in the PA field for extremely powerful, yet lightweight power amplifiers

The latest gem from the Blackstar stable

Boutique-style without the four figure price?

The 6505 Mini Head is based on Peavey's flagship 6505 design, with the same gain structure and similar front panel features.

The Classic 20 MH takes Peavey's long- running and highly regarded Classic series and reworks it for the Mini Head format.

Almost a decade ago, Orange scored a major worldwide hit with the release of the Tiny Terror, with over 30,000 sold and many more if you add in the subsequent designs.

Blackstar's affordable modelling range gets a head

It seems that we guitar players can't get enough of small guitar amps.

Two-Rock has always represented the pinnacle of acquisition for a certain type of guitar player.

In 1962, a young, upwardly mobile pop group called The Beatles became proud owners of a set of Vox amplifiers, thanks to a canny endorsement deal struck by their manager, Brian Epstein.

In 1962, a young, upwardly mobile pop group called The Beatles became proud owners of a set of Vox amplifiers, thanks to a canny endorsement deal struck by their manager, Brian Epstein.

Peavey released revamped its much-loved Classic series, and the Delta Blues has much in common with the Classics.

Marshall shrinks its flagship Silver Jubilee

A new combo from Mesa's Mark Five range

We're in the middle of a vintage amp revival at the moment, and you don't get more vintage than the 1950s Fender tweed models.

That Brown sound

Fender breaks the mould…

Very few heads include built-in features to make recording easier. Happily, Laney has spotted this and provided a proper solution for the 21st century home recordist, in the shape of the L5-Studio

Point-to-point tweed tone - at an old-school price!