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PRS DGT 15 Combo: The combination of blonde Tolex – nodding to the Fender brown-panel years – with a Marshall-style salt-and-pepper basket-weave speaker grille cloth evoke the classic designs of 60s US amps as much as the amp does tonally

“A match for boutique offerings from smaller high-end manufacturers”: PRS DGT 15 Combo review

By Martin Smith Published

The latest in the DGT family is this handsome 15-watt combo. And its sounds match its good looks…

Combo Amps
Fender '62 Super Amp

“It just floored me”: Inside Fender’s mission to bring the ’62 Super Amp back from the dead

By Charlie Wilkins Published

Long hidden in the shadows of Fender history, the early ’60s brown-panel Super Amp has reemerged. Senior product manager, Rick Heins, talks us through its rebirth

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Combo Amps
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
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