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“Luscious high-gain distortion and tight-but-mammoth bottom end”: Peavey Invective .112 combo review
By Chris Gill published
Peavey's Misha Mansoor tube amp collab is reimagined as a 1x12 combo, with an expanded clean channel and all the the gain the 21st-century metal player needs

“This poses a risk of serious electric shock”: Blackstar has announced an immediate recall of Debut 100R amps with these date codes
By Matt Parker published
The firm has highlighted significant safety issues with its Debut 100R 112 and 212 combos and is asking affected owners to get in touch

"Positive Grid’s Spark 2 is without a doubt the best practice amp I’ve ever played": Score a first-time discount on the Positive Grid Spark 2 this Black Friday
By Matt McCracken published
Positive Grid’s Black Friday sale is delivering up to 50% off, but one reduction in particular is getting us giddy

"This is an upgrade in every sense": Boss Katana-Mini X guitar amplifier review
By Rob Laing published
Boss makes its mini amp bigger – and worthier of the Katana name

Blackstar’s St. James 100 looks to set a new benchmark for tube amps – with its most powerful and lightest 100-watt amp yet
By Matt Owen published
The latest evolution of the British amp maker’s pioneering St. James family smashes the sonic ceiling with more output, selectable tubes and a wealth of modern refinements

“The amp easily turned in a convincing Van Halen ‘brown’ sound”: Laney LFSUPER60-112 Combo review
By Martin Smith published
Can this Lionheart Foundry combo from Laney win the solid-state wars?

Boss goes head-to-head with Positive Grid with the $149 Katana-Mini X – one of the firm’s most portable practice amps yet
By Matt Owen published
Could the newest addition to the Katana collective become the go-to desktop amps for players?

Best practice amps 2025: hone your guitar and bass chops at home
By Chris Corfield last updated
These are the best practice amps for enabling you to keep the noise down when getting in some essential practice time with your electric guitar or bass

Best desktop guitar amps 2025: our top desktop amps for portable practice
By Nick Guppy last updated
Improve your guitar playing with our pick of the most powerful yet portable practice solutions

Celestion’s first Artist Series IRs bring Tony Iommi’s early and latter-era Black Sabbath tones to the digital sphere
By Phil Weller published
“Faithful digital images” of the cabinets used across five decades of Iommi’s career have been made available by the revered speaker manufacturer
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