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Best combo amps 2022: all the tone you’ll ever need in one package
Explore our choice of the very best combos on the market from the biggest brands in the business, including a range of the best combo amps under $500/£500
Could Fender's new Mustang LT40S be your next desktop practice guitar amp?
40-watts, stereo speakers and a huge array of tones could widen the horizons for home players for $229.99 / £209
Fender unveils new edition of its underrated Pro Junior IV tube amp
The single channel Limited Edition Pro Junior IV SE combo is an alternative to the iconic Tweed
The UAFX amp pedals face off against their real life, vintage counterparts: can they cut it?
Three pedals that model an AC30, Fender Tweed and '65 Deluxe in detail – but just how much detail? Rhett Shull, Tim Pierce and Mateus Asato find out
The best new guitar amplifiers for 2022
Our pick of the finest tone boxes hitting the market this year
NAMM 2022: "It’s a design I’ve been building towards for the past 30 years" – BluGuitar's hugely ambitious AMP X pedal amp nears completion
Thomas Blug's 100-watt amp has been in development for five years and will showcase a constantly growing collection of amps and effects
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NAMM 2022: Soldano has just made a $249 Mini version of its classic SLO Super Lead Overdrive 100 amp – see George Lynch demo it
Mike Soldano has made a solid state amp?!
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Latest guitar amps reviews
Fender Mustang Micro Headphone Amp review
- £89
- €109
- $119
The ultimate practice solution for guitar players? Possibly. The Mustang Micro is definitely the most portable...
Blackstar Fly 3 review
- £59
- €69
- $69
Three surprisingly loud watts of pure practice amp happiness, with a few tricks up its sleeve
Blackstar St James EL34 and 6L6 combo and head valve amps review
- £999 / 1099
- €1199 / 1299
- $1199 / 1299
The best of Blackstar
Fender Tone Master Super Reverb review
- £1299
- €1299
- $1249
Fender's digital Tone Master series expands to add another lightweight and tube-free take on one its classic tube combos
Ashdown RM-800-EVO 11 review
- £599
- $1079
Heavyweight bass sounds from a compact head that has all the power you could need
Yamaha DZR12-D review
- £1,159
- €1,439
- $1,599
Yamaha's intelligent, versatile and downright brilliant loudspeaker
Juketone Rival Son 1x12 Combo review
- £445
A tweed-dressed tube combo to muscle in on the Blues Junior's hegemony?
Laney Lionheart LT20-112 review
- £1049
A British amp legend looks to continue the story with a refined Class A tube combo
Boss Katana-110 Bass Combo review
- £332
- €399
- $399
The digitally advanced Katana series has arrived for bassists, offering amp models, effects and a range of 21st-century features. Was it worth the wait?
