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“Its sound kicks the ass of amps three times its size”: Slash’s latest Magnatone Lil’ Viper 8-watt combo can go toe-to-toe with the big boys
By Dan Mold published
NAMM 2026: Slash teams up with Magnatone once more to create a tiny 8-watt amp with plenty of bite

“Our amplifier learns your cabinet’s impedance through controlled sweeps and continues to monitor it in real-time”: Synergy’s Power Amp Machine-Learning tech could be 'revolutionary'
By Dan Mold published
NAMM 2026: Rise of the robots! Synergy’s latest amplifier uses cutting-edge Machine-Learning tech to fuse punchy tube tones with solid state conveniences

Billy Corgan and Laney Amplification unveil the ultimate Smashing Pumpkins amp-in-a-box pedal
By Jonathan Horsley published
NAMM 2026: The Supergrace is a two-hander between Laney and Brian Carstens, and Corgan gave it a trial by fire when playing with My Chemical Romance in front of 60,000 fans

Blackstar unveils the Beam Mini – it’s portable, desktop-friendly, and as the first guitar amp to allow players to load Neural Amp Modeller captures, it's a game-changer too
By Dan Mold published
NAMM 2026: Out this spring, the Beam Mini gives guitarists access to more than 200,000 neural captures created by the Tone3000 commuity

Orange Amps rolls out the OR60, a single-channel 60-watt tube powerhouse officially approved by Down/COC’s Pepper Keenan
By Jonathan Horsley published
NAMM 2026: Orange says it is the most versatile single-channel amp it has ever made

Victory Amps reimagines the $5k+ MK Overdrive as a 50W lunchbox head – and it's a fraction of the price
By Jonathan Horsley published
It's smaller, lighter and a heck of a lot cheaper but the MKX still has three channels, two reverbs, dual master volumes, effects loop, power scaling and more

“The modelling offers sumptuous guitar tones with plenty of variety”: Blackstar Beam Solo review
By Matt McCracken published
Blackstar may be late to the guitar headphone amp party, but its offering has some seriously good sounds

“If I sit down with a Dumble, the last thing I’m going to do is do any kind of fast techniques”: Mark Tremonti on why he is addicted to Dumble amps
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Alter Bridge and Creed guitarist's love for Dumbles underlines the importance of choosing the right amp for your style

EVH Gear turns “holy grail” Eddie Van Halen amp Hypersonic with super-lightweight 5150III 6L6 digital modelling combo
By Jonathan Horsley published
The three-channel 50W monster is a super lightweight combo that is easy on your back while showing no quarter with its high-gain tone, and EVH Gear says its faithful to the original tube amp

Electro-Harmonix presents 100-watts of solid-state power in a compact guitar amp head weighing just 2.5lbs
By Jonathan Horsley published
An amp you can throw into a backpack, the ABRAMS100 is a single-channel head with digital spring reverb, 3-band EQ, Bright switch and effects loop and it has ample clean headroom
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