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Roland rolls out the Cube Street Mini – its most compact portable PA yet
By Phil Weller published
Built for solo and duo performances, and emboldened with effects, it proves that good things do come in small packages

Slash and Magnatone slither into the fray with the Lil’ Viper, a compact but venomous 8-watt combo amp
By Phil Weller published
It features High/Low gain voicings, a 12AX7 preamp tube, and a pair of NOS 6AQ5 power tubes... and Slash reckons it can punch well above its weight

Vox marries old-school amps and modelers by introducing its most advanced iterations of the Valvetronix series yet
By Phil Weller published
The tube-powered modeler combos unite traditional touch sensitivity with digital flexibility

“A tighter, louder and gutsier tone from an already stellar-sounding amp”: Bad Cat Mod Shop Black Cat 30 review
By Martin Smith published
Remixed and refreshed by the late, great amp-guru Mark Sampson, this Black Cat has two more tubes, 10 more watts and a whole new voice

EVH signals the start of a brave new era with its first digital combo – which promises authentic Eddie Van Halen tube amp tones
By Matt Owen published
The three channel amp is a lightweight reinvention of Eddie Van Halen's iconic 5150III in a digital combo form

Joe Bonamassa’s new signature amp has landed – and it’s been built by a renowned disciple of Howard Dumble
By Matt Owen published
The Fuchs JB-ODS was originally conceived as a go-to gigging combo for small club shows – but it developed into something more

Celebrating 30 years of the Blues Junior – the Fender combo that came, saw and conquered the tube amp market
By Charlie Wilkins published
Compact, affordable and full of Fender DNA, the Blues Junior celebrates three decades as one of the company’s most iconic and celebrated tube amp designs. This is its story

“The standard-bearer against which to judge all small combo amps”: Fender Blues Junior IV 30th Anniversary review
By Martin Smith published
Decked out in tooled western-style livery with a saddle bag’s worth of speaker and circuit upgrades, this anniversary edition stands strong in the lineage of the classic benchmark combo

“Though this 15W combo is technically advertised as a practice amp, it can churn out some serious sonic damage”: EVH 5150 Iconic Series 15-watt 1x10 Combo review
By Amit Sharma published
This may be the smallest amp in the Iconic series, but it sure packs plenty of firepower

“A Katana killer? The jury’s still out, but one thing’s for sure – this is a great addition to the ID range”: Blackstar ID:X 50 review
By Matt Owen published
Blackstar is gunning for the Katana crown and has launched a new modeling amp that it thinks will be worthy of the title
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