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“So yes, it’s official: I’ve made the move”: Jared James Nichols switches to Marshall amps
By Jonathan Horsley published
The purveyor of Blues Power says his heart belongs to the sound of a cranked Plexi and Gibson guitars

With AI stem separation, component-level modelling, and access to 200,000+ neural captures, Blackstar's Beam Mini “redefines” the desktop amp
By Jonathan Horsley published
Introduced at NAMM 2026, the Beam Mini ups the ante for the digital practice amp, giving players access to AI-driven practice tools, Tone3000 NAM captures and top-class modelled sounds

Jake Kiszka on the time he went shopping for the world’s most expensive guitar amp in Japan
By Jonathan Horsley published
And it was then when the Greta Van Fleet guitarist realised that the über-rare holy grail tube amp was still a little steep for his liking...

No rig, no problem! This website lets guitarists design amps and effects tones by text prompt
By Jonathan Horsley published
“How'd you get that great tone?” “Oh, I found it on a website... And it was free to use”

UK amp pioneer Lyndon Laney has died, aged 77
By Jonathan Horsley published
Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi leads tributes to the founder of Laney Amplification, whose tube amps give helped birth heavy metal – and who also had a connection with Led Zeppelin, too

Could your next amp be Kurt Cobain’s stage-played Fender Twin? Nirvana’s Bleach-era touring backline goes up for sale
By Jonathan Horsley published
Black and silver panel Fender Twins loaded with JBL speakers – bring yer own Boss DS-1 and you're good to go...

“This ease of use is rare in such a small practice amp that covers so much tonal ground, and is the reason the Prism-Mini is worth considering as your desktop companion”: Laney Prism-Mini review
By Pete Emery published
Laney targets the practice amp market with a versatile range of tones and effects, all in an easy-to-use, diminutive package

Does your digital rig lack “thump” and feel? Victory’s PowerValve 200 promises to restore that analogue tube mojo
By Jonathan Horsley published
With an onboard Valve React Circuit, this 200-watt power amp is designed to push air through a real guitar speaker, giving you quote/unquote real amp feel when using a modeller

IK Multimedia just put $300,000 of Dumble mojo into a Tonex One mini pedal
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Tonex One Double Special is a limited edition pedal preloaded with 20 models from two über-rare Dumbles – and the bundled software presents sounds from six Overdrive Specials

"This might be the most amp-like option out there, and it's certainly convinced me of the benefits of the humble FRFR speaker": Blackstar Artist FR Standard
By Matt Owen published
The race for the ultimate FRFR speaker is hotting up, with Blackstar going up against Fender, Laney, Positive Grid and Line 6 with its own range of digital amp modeler speaker companions
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