Two different amp propositions that both excel in their aims. The St James amps showcase Blackstar's strengths right now; delivering genuinely useful innovation for players that complement what are ...

Blackstar's Studio 10 guitar amps excel even by its own high standards. These 10-watt 1x12 Class A valve combos that hit the sweet spot on portability and tone. Now the 6L6 model is hitting an even ...

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NAMM 2026: The tube amplifier might be driven by a technology that was developed in a bygone era, but that doesn’t mean that the more radical ideas coming out of R&D departments are all digital.

The 100-watt tube amplifier – visual shorthand for the raw power of a loud electric guitar, and the decades of musical history therein. However, if you’ve tried to wrestle one down a narrow flight of ...