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Blackstar launches the Beam Mini – the world’s first amplifier to natively support Neural Amp Modeling
By Phil Weller published
The potentially game-changing practice amp grants players access to over 35 amps and cabs – as well as Tone3000’s massive user-generated tone library

Best headphone amps for guitar 2026: silent practice solutions
By Matt McCracken last updated
You don’t need to sacrifice tone to practice quietly with my expert pick of the best headphone amps for guitar players

Best guitar amps 2026: tube, solid-state, and modeling amplifiers for all levels and budgets
By Chris Corfield last updated
These are the best combo amps and heads from Orange, Fender, Marshall, Boss, and more

Leo Fender’s favorite amp, recreated? Fender ’62 Super Amp review
By Martin Smith published
The original, ’62-era Super was said to be Leo Fender's favorite amp. Let’s see if this exacting recreation captures the original magic

Two-Rock’s Studio Overdrive head is a small-but-mighty tube amp that promises both gain and clarity
By Phil Weller published
Kitted out with subtle but useful tone-shaping tools and enough gain to belie its smaller size, the Studio Overdrive is all about the feel it creates

Blackstar unveils Artist FR series of compact, competitively priced FRFR speakers
By Phil Weller published
These lightweight 1x12s boast onboard EQs and 50 or 100 watts of power – and they could be your modeler's new best friend

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
![Butch Walker plays an EVH Striped Series superstrat [left]. On the right, his new signature Divided By 13 tube amp and matching cabinet.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QdVcgiz4RoY9j7NngyDBJh-320-80.jpg)
Butch Walker and Divided by 13 team up for signature head with switchable EL84 and 6L6 power sections
By Jonathan Horsley published
Walker's hand-wired head allows players to run either of its EL84 or 6L6 power sections individually, or combine them, and there's a tube-buffered effects loop too

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

JBL unveils the BandBox, an AI-powered amp and speaker that might just change the way guitarists practice
By Jackson Maxwell published
Available in Solo and Trio versions, the BandBox can also be connected to the JBL ONE app, from which players can access a number of amp models and effects
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