
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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We showcase some of the best cheap tube and digital modelling guitar amp heads and combos, for all playing styles
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
Is a single gain control all you need?
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....
The home of Cort guitars has bought the iconic effects pedal company and promises "new features and products"
A budget rig that punches above its price point?
A Blackstar Dual Drive and well-chosen reverb, modulation and overdrive pedals unleashes a crazy amount of options
With an aux in, headphones out, 3-band EQ and 20-watts over two channels, what else do you need?
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
Hand-wiring a 5W tube head from scratch using a kit
The first step in structuring the correct gain levels from guitar to amplifier
Cabinet simulation gear you need to check out
Learn how to build your own guitar processing setup in software from scratch
Skunk Anansie guitarist and ACM tutor Ace shares a masterclass in tone
The best of Blackstar
Fender's digital Tone Master series expands to add another lightweight and tube-free take on one its classic tube combos
Heavyweight bass sounds from a compact head that has all the power you could need
Yamaha's intelligent, versatile and downright brilliant loudspeaker
A tweed-dressed tube combo to muscle in on the Blues Junior's hegemony?
A British amp legend looks to continue the story with a refined Class A tube combo
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?
Designed and built in England, the compact AGM-484H is a 30-watt all-valve head specialising in classic British amp sounds
The latest evolution of the touring bassist's best friend puts functionality and great tone at your feet once more