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A JBL BandBox Trio guitar amp on a rug

“Delivers surprisingly good amp models and one of the best AI practice tools I’ve ever used”: JBL BandBox Trio review

By Matt McCracken published

The first foray into guitar amps from JBL combines room-shaking volume with the ability to dismantle your favorite tracks in real-time

Combo Amps

Best guitar amp headphones 2026: practice playing your guitar in peace

By Matt McCracken last updated

From studio stalwarts to fully-fledged amps you wear on your head, these are the best headphones for use with guitar amps

Headphone Amps
Blackstar Beam Mini

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

Desktop Amps

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

Headphone Amps
A Boss Katana 50 Gen 3 guitar amplifier on a rug

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

Guitar Amps
The Fender '62 Super: The brown-panel period introduced a player-friendly, front-facing control panel for the first time on a Fender amp. The distinctive colouring was used for the range with the warmest, brownest tones

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

Guitar Amps
Two-Rock Studio Overdrive

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

Guitar Amps
Two of Blackstar's new Artist FR amps, sitting on a carpet

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

Speaker Cabinets
Roland Cube Street Mini

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

Combo Amps
Butch Walker plays an EVH Striped Series superstrat [left]. On the right, his new signature Divided By 13 tube amp and matching cabinet.

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

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