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Positive Grid announces the full details of its Spark 2 modeler – with AI tone hunting, DSP modeling, and a looper set to feature
By Phil Weller published
The successor to its game-changing Spark modeler, the Spark 2 adds a host of new features to the amp’s successful recipe without inflating its price tag

Blackstar keeps it simple with the tube-powered, American-voiced, and vintage-inspired TV-10A combo amp
By Phil Weller published
Channeling the charm of Fender tweed-style amps, the 1x12” comes with a host of modern flourishes

Positive Grid’s Spark 2 will have a looper feature – fixing a flaw of the hugely successful first-gen modeler
By Phil Weller published
The follow-up to the game-changing home modeling amp will be fully unveiled in August, but the firm has already revealed it will have the looper feature many craved from its predecessor

John Lennon’s first Vox amp has apparently been rediscovered after 60 years
By Phil Weller published
Discovered on an auction site covered in black paint, the amp used on Please Please Me and Love Me Do seems to have resurfaced after falling out of sight for six decades

Best acoustic guitar amps 2025: top acoustic amplifiers and preamp pedals
By Rob Laing last updated
Boost and sweeten your instrument’s tone with the best acoustic guitar amps from likes of Boss, Fishman, AER, Orange and more

Laney says its new Lionheart Foundry solid-state combos can rival tube amps
By Phil Weller published
The British amp makers have used analog gear to, the company says, recreate the sound and feel of tube amps with this trio of 60-watt units

Chris Shiflett on ditching tube amps for a Quad Cortex onstage, and on his new solo EP
By Phil Weller published
Opting for the modeler due to time constraints around its recording, the Foo Fighters man says its tones get “very close to vintage amps”

Fender uses DSP modeling for a faithful – and affordable – recreation of its ‘59 Bassman amp
By Phil Weller published
It’s the first tweed amp to be added to the company's modern-minded Tone Master collection
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