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Fender Hot Rod DeVille ML 212 review

By Nick Guppy published

  • £1054
  • $1099

A hot-rodded DeVille with tweaks from session legend Michael Landau

Vox VX II review

By Nick Guppy published

  • £138
  • $209

Plastic fantastic? Meet Vox's new practice amp

9 of the best modern high-performance amp heads

By Nick Guppy published

Get some air moving with these muscular amps

Supro 1648RT Saturn Reverb review

By Nick Guppy published

  • £1149
  • $18900

Supro's vintage thunderbolt strikes again

Hughes & Kettner TriAmp Mark 3 review

By Nick Guppy published

  • £2799
  • €2990
  • $3999

Pro spec and MIDI functionality: has H&K built the ultimate head... again?

Wangs VT-1H review

By Nick Guppy published

Small is the new big – how loud can one watt be?

Yamaha THR100HD review

By Nick Guppy last updated

  • £755

A digital amp that's really as good as valves?

From the front, the L5-Studio looks like the rest of the Lionheart range: smart, retro-styled and easy to use

Laney L5-Studio review

By Nick Guppy published

  • £439
  • €599

Recording-friendly valve head

The Royal Blood 10 model is inspired by the late-50s narrow panel tweed Princeton

Juketone Royal Blood 10 review

By Nick Guppy published

  • £279

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

A solitary pickup connects to a volume and tone control topped with period- correct clear control knobs

Guild Newark Street T50 Slim review

By Nick Guppy last updated

  • £789
  • €999
  • $1280

Thinline f-hole electro-acoustic revived

Visually, it evokes the classic Guild look, with vintage-correct details

Guild Newark Street Starfire IV ST review

By Nick Guppy published

  • £829
  • $1475

A new Korean-made electric joins the Guild

The 2555X Silver Jubilee reissue has the same silver vinyl covering used on the originals, and looks just as handsome

Marshall JCM 25/50 2555X Silver Jubilee Reissue review

By Nick Guppy last updated

  • £1199
  • €1773
  • $2580

One of the most requested amp reissues in history arrives

Plug it in, and not only do the status LEDs glow red, but the valves do, too

Laney Ironheart IRT-Pulse review

By Nick Guppy published

  • £199
  • €269
  • $299

Multi-tasking for the guitar just got a whole lot easier

Hand-wired and housed in a heavy-duty steel box, the Bangeetar is built to last

Orange Bax Bangeetar Guitar Pre-EQ review

By Nick Guppy published

  • £279
  • €359
  • $499

An Orange stack-in-a-box

This is a 2x12 combo with a twist: there are two different loudspeakers, Celestion's Vintage 30 and G1230H

Laney L20T 212 combo review

By Nick Guppy published

  • £869
  • €1209
  • $2499

Boutique tone from the Black Country

The Orange head hasn't lost any of its visual appeal since being introduced way back in the late 1960s

Orange Rockerverb 100 MKIII Head review

By Nick Guppy published

  • £1499
  • €2368
  • $2999

Pro-aimed amp head

The MKIII Rockerverb has tone and volume - not to mention weight - to spare

Orange Rockerverb 50 MKIII Combo review

By Nick Guppy published

  • £1699
  • €2145
  • $3199

Classic looks, modern features, killer tone

The Tone King's lounge-friendly looks make it perfect for the home as well as the stage

Tone King Imperial MkII review

By Nick Guppy published

  • £1949
  • $2495

All hail the latest Imperial combo amp

The Akoya is possibly the biggest, heaviest 1x12 we've ever seen

Two-Rock Akoya review

By Nick Guppy published

  • £2899
  • €3990
  • $3895

Impeccably built boutique tone machine

This Archon looks lean, mean and ready to rock, with the kind of solid build that's needed for constant touring

PRS Archon 25 Combo review

By Nick Guppy published

  • £1249
  • €1590
  • $1299

PRS finally gets its amp combination right

The CabClone has three functions: a load box, a speaker emulator and a balanced DI output

Mesa Engineering CabClone review

By Nick Guppy published

  • £219
  • €349
  • $299

Get a load of this...

The Archon 50 head swaps the flamed maple fascia of the 100-watter for a brushed aluminium trim with a matching silver logo

PRS Archon 50 Head review

By Nick Guppy published

  • £1450
  • €1885
  • $1559

A PRS amp set to rule the roost

Based on the DC-30's channel two, the Nighthawk 15 features a special preamp that uses the EF86 valve

Matchless Nighthawk Reverb 1x12 combo review

By Nick Guppy published

  • £2350
  • $2118

15 watts of first-class tone

It's got the looks right - there's no mistaking one of the most iconic amp styles on the planet

Orange Crush 35RT review

By Nick Guppy last updated

  • £199
  • €315
  • $319

Great British tone at a bargain price

The gold Perspex badge and control panels offer a clue to the amp's sonic inspiration

Suhr Badger 35 review

By Nick Guppy published

  • £1699
  • €1990
  • $1750

British tones in a handmade US amp

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