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Best Practice Amps 2021: 9 great-value amplifiers to improve your playing
09 Apr · Need a compact amp for home practice sessions or as a songwriting tool? Here are nine of the best-value guitar practice amps on the market.
Blackstar Fly Neon: An ’80s neon-coloured ‘JEM’ of an amp
09 Feb · The new Blackstar Fly Neon comes in three hot '80s neon colours, and looks like the perfect mini amp for hot shred riffs and more.
NAMM 2021: Carmen Vandenberg has a new Blackstar CV30 signature combo
21 Jan · Bones UK and Jeff Beck guitarist Carmen Vandenberg has a new Blackstar CV30 30-Watt combo, limited to only 130 amps worldwide.
NAMM 2021: The Blackstar Studio 10 6L6 – now in Surf Green
19 Jan · Blackstar has added a new finish to its Studio 10 6L6 combo. The American-voiced amp is now available in a vintage-inspired Surf Green look.
Blackstar ID:Core V3 – Compact practice amps with Super Wide Stereo
13 Jan · Blackstar unveils new ID:Core V3 practice amps series - three new amps with Super Wide Stereo and a host of sweet features!
Blackstar teams up with Gordon Smith Guitars on its new Carry-on travel guitar
08 Dec 2020 · The new Carry-on travel guitar is a collaboration between Blackstar amps and UK guitar manufacturer Gordon Smith, and arrives just in time for Christmas.
Blackstar ACOUSTIC:CORE 30: An acoustic guitar amp for the Covid era
26 Oct 2020 · The new Blackstar ACOUSTIC:CORE 30 is more than just an acoustic guitar amp, adding features to directly integrate apps running on smartphones to live stream your playing to the internet.
Blackstar’s Live Logic integrates your guitar with a DAW and MIDI with ease
27 Jul 2020 · The new Blackstar Live Logic controller integrates with your DAW and MIDI devices, allowing you to control them with your feet, and freeing up your hands to concentrate on playing.
Blackstar boasts “glassy clean tones & crunchy overdrives” with new HT Club 40 MkII 6L6
17 Jul 2020 · The new Blackstar HT Club 40 MkII 6L6 is an updated version of the company's popular 40 Watt combo and comes loaded with a pair of 6L6 tubes for more American-style tones.
Blackstar Debut 10E and 15E: Practise amps with echoes of the past
08 Jul 2020 · Blackstar launches a new set of low-wattage practise amps, the Debut series, aimed at beginners to electric guitar... Hang on, have we seen these amps before somewhere?
Blackstar refines the HT Club 40 MkII Black & Blue Edition combo, inside and out
21 May 2020 · Classy! Blackstar has just announced an new upgraded HT Club 40 MkII Black & Blue Edition combo amp, with a new retro look and some great new tonal upgrades.
The JJN-20R MkII is Blackstar’s latest collaboration with Jared James Nichols
08 May 2020 · The new Blackstar Jared James Nichols limited edition JJN-20R MkII is a combo version of the blues rock guitarist's original signature 20-Watt mini-stack.
Best mini amps: 6 tiny amplifiers for lockdown guitar practice
04 Apr 2020 · Are you in lockdown and need a new mini practice amp for guitar? These six tiny guitar amplifiers by Marshall, Fender, Blackstar, Yamaha, Orange and Boss should be on your radar.
Blackstar Silverline amplifier series: New digital amps with boutique ambitions
10 Oct 2019 · The new Blackstar Silverline series promises a boutique feel with a tube sound. But the five amplifiers are completely digital - can that work?