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Blackstar Debut 50R review
By Nick Guppy published
An ultra-affordable practice amp for gigging guitarists and a great pedal platform to boot

Best guitar amps under $1,000 in 2025: 9 top combo amps and heads
By Amit Sharma last updated
Looking for the best-sounding guitar amps under a grand? We’ve got you covered…

Best guitar amps for recording 2025: five home studio companions that will help you achieve tonal greatness
By Daryl Robertson last updated
Our pick of the greatest home studio amps from Boss, Kemper, Hughes & Kettner, Blackstar and Positive Grid

Best Blackstar amps 2025: Everything from practice amps to studio quality gear
By Richard Blenkinsop published
From digital to tube; traditional to modern, we look at the best Blackstar guitar amps currently on offer

NAMM 2022: Blackstar unveils the CV10, a 10-watt version of Carmen Vandenberg's signature amplifier
By Jackson Maxwell published
Based around a 6L6 power tube, the CV10 features a 12" Celestion Seventy-80 speaker and built-in 'drive circuit

NAMM 2022: Take an in-depth tour of Blackstar's ultra-lightweight St. James valve guitar amp
By Jackson Maxwell published
Learn why Blackstar wants guitarists to think of the impressively-spec'd new model as a Formula 1 car of sorts

Watch Paul Riario unleash tube-tone gold with Blackstar’s new Dept. 10 Dual Drive and Dual Distortion valve pedals
By Guitar World Staff published
“The world’s most advanced valve pedals” offer up ECC83 triodes, over 200V of power, Cab Rig sim and more

Bruce Keir, co-founder and Technical Director of Blackstar Amplification, dies at 60
By Jackson Maxwell published
The technical innovator – who also worked at Marshall for a number of years – had been suffering from early-onset Alzheimer’s
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