Fender Adam Clayton ACB 50 review – Fender’s first-ever signature bass amp is a greatest hits of all-tube tones

Designed in conjunction with U2’s Adam Clayton, the ACB 50 is Fender’s first all-tube bass combo amp for over four decades – we put it through its paces…

Tone King unveils the Royalist MkIII, promising a greatest hits of vintage non-master-volume Marshall tube amps

God save the Tone King, cry Marshall enthusiasts as the U.S. boutique builder goes all in with the search for reference-quality British tone …

Blackstar HT Club 40 MKIII combo review

The HT Club 40 MKIII gives you everything you could hope for from a gigging tube amplifier, plus a host of additional features, which makes it excel in…

Blackstar just launched some of the most versatile mid-priced tube amps on the market

The HT Venue MKIII lineup borrows the recording-friendly features of the St. James and Amped range to make it a powerhouse option for stage or studio – and…

Blackstar’s HT Venue series just got even more versatile with new MKIII tube amps featuring CabRig speaker sim as standard

adding its powerful CabRig technology to an already feature-stacked platform for what is surely one of the most versatile tube amps you can get for under £1,000. When…

Guitar amp pedals: 4 things to consider when choosing and using them

Giving players a choice out of the box is always a positive. Victory’s V4 range are tube amp heads (the preamp stage anyway) in pedal form with six…

Supro just made a 1×12 version of its bedroom, studio and vintage tone-friendly Amulet tube amp

It’s the Amulet you know and love – tube-driven reverb and tremolo, switchable power, mojo off the scale – but now it’s got a 12” Celestion Creamback …

Marshall Studio JTM ST20H review – one of the most important amps in rock and blues gets a modern-day reboot

At the professional end of the market, advances in digital modelling, PA systems and in-ear monitoring have made it possible for guitarists to leave their treasured tube amps…

Lewitt Pure Tube review

What is it? You’ve probably noticed, over the years, how a lot of music technology seems to be hell-bent on slavishly reproducing what came before it. Everything was…

Magnatone and Billy Gibbons have teamed up for one sharped dressed signature amp and cab

The Billy Gibbons Super Fifty-Nine is limited to six units worldwide, is resplendent in custom silver croc covering, with the ZZ Top blues-rock guitar icon’s signature on each…