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Orange Dual Terror on a metal surface

Best tube amps under $1,000: get amazing guitar tones under a grand

By Richard Blenkinsop published

Level up your rig with the best tube amps under $1K from the likes of Fender, Marshall, Orange, Vox and more

Guitar Amps
Blackstar Debut50R

Blackstar Debut 50R review

By Nick Guppy published

An ultra-affordable practice amp for gigging guitarists and a great pedal platform to boot

Combo Amps
Boss Katana on a dark smokey stage

Best guitar amps under $1,000: 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…

Combo Amps
Close up of Kemper Profiler amp in a recording studio

Best guitar amps for recording: 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

Guitar Amps
Best Blackstar amps

Best Blackstar amps: 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

Guitar Amps
Blackstar's Carmen Vandenberg signature CV10 amp

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

Events & Trade Shows
A Blackstar St. James amplifier, on display at NAMM 2022

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

Events & Trade Shows
Blackstar Dept. 10 demo

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

Sponsored

“The world’s most advanced valve pedals” offer up ECC83 triodes, over 200V of power, Cab Rig sim and more

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Bruce Keir

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

Music Industry
Musamaailma is auctioning Alexi Laiho amps and gear

Late Children of Bodom frontman Alexi Laiho’s studio and stage amps and pedals are up for auction

By Richard Bienstock published

Items include heavily used Marshall heads and cabinets, Blackstar amps and a fully loaded pedalboard

Effects & Pedals
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