Best budget guitar amps under $500/£500 2022: top cheap amps for smaller budgets
We showcase some of the best cheap tube and digital modelling guitar amp heads and combos, for all playing styles
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Lightweight but heavy on features: are Blackstar's new St James heads and combos the holy grail of contemporary valve amps?
The company claims the 6L6 and EL34 St James are lightest 50-watt amps in the world – but there's much more going on here
Metal producer Jens Bogren is promising “a one-knob revolution for album-ready guitars”
Is a single gain control all you need?
AmpliTube 5 users can now nail Brian May’s Another World guitar tones for free
IK Multimedia celebrates the reissue of the Queen guitarist’s solo album with a number of presets released to the ToneNET platform. Watch them demoed on a BMG Red Special....
Cor-Tek acquire DigiTech/DOD brand – could this be the turning point for the effects icon?
The home of Cort guitars has bought the iconic effects pedal company and promises "new features and products"
Harley Benton demos its new FRFR active guitar cab with its flagship multi-fx
A budget rig that punches above its price point?
Here's a super compact guitar rig with just four pedals – including the amp!
A Blackstar Dual Drive and well-chosen reverb, modulation and overdrive pedals unleashes a crazy amount of options
Fender launches compact black panel Frontman 20G practice guitar amp
With an aux in, headphones out, 3-band EQ and 20-watts over two channels, what else do you need?
Electro-Harmonix says export ban on Russian tubes has been lifted, warns of tariffs, higher prices and shortages
EHX is accepting new orders, and hopes to resume shipping in April, but “there is a tremendous shortage of tubes,” says EHX boss Mike Matthews
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Latest guitar amps reviews
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?
Ashdown Guitar Magnifier AGM-484H Head review
- £999
Designed and built in England, the compact AGM-484H is a 30-watt all-valve head specialising in classic British amp sounds
Tech 21 Sans Amp Bass Fly Rig v2 review
- £329
- €379
- $329
The latest evolution of the touring bassist's best friend puts functionality and great tone at your feet once more
