Blackstar Best Tube Amps 2023: Top Choices from Fender, Marshall, MESA/Boogie and More Looking for the rich tone only a valve amp can provide? Well, these are our top picks of the best tube amps on the market right now for all budgets “I Remember Hearing ‘Heroes’ for the First Time… 18 Months Later, I Was Playing It Live With David”: Adrian Belew, Todd Rundgren and Scrote Salute David Bowie The guitarists discuss their epic ‘Celebrating David Bowie’ show Blackstar St. James 50 6L6 Combo Review A tube amp that won’t break your back or your wallet Grid List Latest Blackstar Blackstar Delivers “Lightest All-Tube Amp In the World” By Rod Brakes published 18 May 22 The British amp builder introduces their new St. James series in EL34 and 6L6 formats. 10 New Gain Pedals You Need to Know About By Guitar Player Staff published 3 March 22 We dig the dirt on the latest from Vertex, Boss, TC Electronic, Blackstar, Walrus, JHS and Wampler. High-Flying Mike Rutherford Loves Rock-Bottom Squier Bullet Stratocasters By Rod Brakes last updated 14 October 21 Guitar Tech Steve Prior reveals why the Genesis and Mike and the Mechanics founder can’t get enough of Fender‘s entry-level Strat. 11 of the Best Micro Tube Amps By Guitar Player Staff last updated 18 August 21 Our pick of micro heads and combos from Blackstar, Fender, Jet City, Hughes & Kettner, Kustom, Laney, Vintage47 and Vox. Blackstar Unveils New Carmen Vandenberg CV30 Signature Amp By Jackson Maxwell last updated 27 July 21 A 30W 1x12 combo, the CV30 sports clean and overdrive channels, each with two distinct voices. Blackstar Debuts New ID:Core V3 Amp By Jackson Maxwell last updated 27 July 21 Available in 10, 20, and 40-watt incarnations, the amp features six voices, re-voiced and enhanced effects, and Blackstar's Architect editing and patch management software. Blackstar Debuts New Live Logic MIDI Controller By Jackson Maxwell published 27 July 20 Live Logic is a fully-customizable MIDI foot controller that aims to ease communication between DAWs, pedalboards and outboard gear. Blackstar Unveils New 6L6-equipped HT Club 40 MkII Combo By Sam Roche published 17 July 20 Latest edition will be an "ongoing alternative to the standard HT Club 40 MkII". Blackstar Unveils New Debut Combo Amps By Jackson Maxwell published 10 July 20 The 10E and 15E feature a built-in "tape" echo effect, and both ring up at less than $100. Blackstar Launches HT Club 40 MkII Black and Blue Edition By Michael Astley-Brown last updated 22 May 20 New version of versatile combo amp boasts sought-after vintage 6L6GC-STR tubes and Celestion Vintage 30 speaker. 12 Get The Pick NewsletterAll the latest guitar news, interviews, lessons, reviews, deals and more, direct to your inbox!Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors MOST READ1“I didn’t want to be the flashy lead player. Whether it was Keith Richards, Pete Townshend, David Crosby or Richie Havens, what the left hand was doing was more fascinating to me than what the right hand was doing": The Paul Stanley interview2The iconic Batwing-shaped axe made famous by Soundgarden: the new Guild Polara Kim Thayil Signature reviewed3“Any good guitar player will tell you his vibrato is as sweet as honey…” Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, Joe Perry, Tom Morello and many more on what Paul Stanley’s playing brought to Kiss4Learn to play like Snarky Puppy's Mark Lettieri with the ultimate funk baritone guitar lesson5How Lynyrd Skynyrd, Molly Hatchet and "the Randy Rhoads school of soloing" helped Ozzy Osbourne and Zakk Wylde write No More Tears
Blackstar Delivers “Lightest All-Tube Amp In the World” By Rod Brakes published 18 May 22 The British amp builder introduces their new St. James series in EL34 and 6L6 formats.
10 New Gain Pedals You Need to Know About By Guitar Player Staff published 3 March 22 We dig the dirt on the latest from Vertex, Boss, TC Electronic, Blackstar, Walrus, JHS and Wampler.
High-Flying Mike Rutherford Loves Rock-Bottom Squier Bullet Stratocasters By Rod Brakes last updated 14 October 21 Guitar Tech Steve Prior reveals why the Genesis and Mike and the Mechanics founder can’t get enough of Fender‘s entry-level Strat.
11 of the Best Micro Tube Amps By Guitar Player Staff last updated 18 August 21 Our pick of micro heads and combos from Blackstar, Fender, Jet City, Hughes & Kettner, Kustom, Laney, Vintage47 and Vox.
Blackstar Unveils New Carmen Vandenberg CV30 Signature Amp By Jackson Maxwell last updated 27 July 21 A 30W 1x12 combo, the CV30 sports clean and overdrive channels, each with two distinct voices.
Blackstar Debuts New ID:Core V3 Amp By Jackson Maxwell last updated 27 July 21 Available in 10, 20, and 40-watt incarnations, the amp features six voices, re-voiced and enhanced effects, and Blackstar's Architect editing and patch management software.
Blackstar Debuts New Live Logic MIDI Controller By Jackson Maxwell published 27 July 20 Live Logic is a fully-customizable MIDI foot controller that aims to ease communication between DAWs, pedalboards and outboard gear.
Blackstar Unveils New 6L6-equipped HT Club 40 MkII Combo By Sam Roche published 17 July 20 Latest edition will be an "ongoing alternative to the standard HT Club 40 MkII".
Blackstar Unveils New Debut Combo Amps By Jackson Maxwell published 10 July 20 The 10E and 15E feature a built-in "tape" echo effect, and both ring up at less than $100.
Blackstar Launches HT Club 40 MkII Black and Blue Edition By Michael Astley-Brown last updated 22 May 20 New version of versatile combo amp boasts sought-after vintage 6L6GC-STR tubes and Celestion Vintage 30 speaker.
