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“The digital recreation of a legend”: Hughes & Kettner finally brings back its Puretone amp by popular demand... as a plugin

The no-nonsense amp head, which has been re-purposed by Nembrini Audio, has joined the digital realm

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“Goes above and beyond in providing a well thought-out and comprehensive configuration of gig-worthy, pro features”: Peavey Invective .112 combo review

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

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“Each provides the flavor of the amp they’re modeling. In some cases the range of sounds is extended”: TC Electronic AmpWorx Series review

TC Electronic’s AmpWorx Series makes the tones of your favourite classic amps available ina selection of multi-purpose pedals

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“IRs that faithfully capture the tones of two cabinets used extensively by Tony Iommi”: Celestion’s first Artist Series IRs bring Tony Iommi’s early- and latter-era Black Sabbath tones to the digital sphere

“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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“Sets a new benchmark for guitar amp plugin performance”: Blackstar and Jared James Nichols blur boundary between physical and digital amp releases with ground-breaking signature amp and plugin launch

The British amp builder says this is the first time an artist signature amp has been launched on the same day as a matching plugin

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“Pays homage to vintage legends while infusing innovative features”: Ashdown’s mid-priced SX range looks to put a modern spin on classic tube amp tones

Dubbed “cost-effective gems” by their maker, the new SX amps are available in a variety of formats and promise a wide array of sounds

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“The ultimate combination of classic and modern, offering incredible tonal possibilities, impeccable craftsmanship, and a wealth of features”: Ashdown Engineering unveils mid-priced SX tube amp series with matching cabs

The SX line comprises a 50-watt head, and a five-watt head and combo, and you get three channels with each, speaker emulated output, and the promise of a wide range of tones

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“We’re taking guitar amps to where they should be in the 21st century”: Inside the incredible rise of Blackstar Amplification, from vintage-inspired beginnings to cutting-edge digital tech and the world's lightest tube amp

Blackstar's Chief Engineer Paul Stevens and Head of Products Alex Gee pull back the curtain on what keeps the British amp company at the sharp end of amplifier innovation

Guitar World

“Marshall crunch, Vox chime, and Fender warmth. Supercharge your rig with a whole studio in your pedalboard”: Quilter’s latest pedal amp crams classic tones into a single stompbox – could it be your ’board’s new best friend?

The studio-in-a-pedal is designed to be travel-friendly and goes directly into mixing desks and recording devices, promising huge tonal scope

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“A dynamic playing experience that effortlessly transitions between glassy clean tones and crunchy overdrives”: Blackstar channels the spirit and tones of vintage US amps for the TV-10 A tube combo

The TV-10 A is one classy Class A 10W tube amp, with a 12" Celestion driver, a 6L6 in the power amp, and an effects loop, digital reverb and emulated line out

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Two guitarists have the ultimate 4th July cookout as they crank two Marshall stacks in an empty warehouse and let rip with The Star-Spangled Banner

Two gear nuts go full on Strats ’n’ stripes in a deserted 250,000 sq ft warehouse, and it sounds magnificent

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“The amp that’s one in a hundred”: Marshall is celebrating 100 years of iconic British speaker firm Celestion with this stunning, limited-edition hand-built head and cab

The UK amp maker has teamed-up with its collaborators at Celestion for a special run of handmade Studio JTMs

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"I can’t think of a more iconic way of celebrating this 100-year milestone": The Marshall JTM gets a special spec for Celestion speakers' anniversary

Say hello to the Celestion 100

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New Marshall amplifier celebrates 100 years of Celestion speakers – but you won't get one

The iconic amplifier brand has crafted a limited edition head and cab setup with classic styling

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“One of the best-sounding USA amplifiers currently available”: Bad Cat Jet Black head review

Bad Cat’s new addition combines its classic signature sound with a unique new high-gain voicing – and the results are remarkable

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Here are some of the people moves and partnerships you may have missed.

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“They can be really useful when trying to tame some top-end”: How hemp cones affect guitar tone and why Derek Trucks, Carlos Santana and Steve Morse are among their fans

Over the past few years, speakers with a hemp cone have increased in popularity – and they have a distinctive sound, explains Paul Gough of Zilla Cabs

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Blackstar promises “a new level of sound quality, features, and performance” from updated HT MKIII series tube amps – now with CabRig IR tech as standard

Blackstar's versatile amp series just got more versatile with the CabRig making its heads and combos a viable recording tool, with size and power options for the stage, studio or home

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The best of the past, the best of the future: the hottest guitar amps and amp pedals coming out in 2024

GEAR EXPO 2024: Amps of all shapes and sizes, with some offering vintage features and others completely futuristic…

What Hi-Fi?

15 peculiar British adverts from the What Hi-Fi? magazine archives

It's British Hi-Fi Week! And, in celebration, we have revisited our magazine archives to look at some 'interesting' adverts of yore.

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9 British audio firsts that made hi-fidelity sound possible

Great British inventions in audio from Great British inventors, from the microphone to the loudspeaker.

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Why the Celestion G12T-75 is one of the guitar world’s most divisive speakers

This guitar speaker was once the go-to for Marshall amps. Nowadays, it splits opinion, yet it’s deceptively versatile. This is its story...

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The redcoats are coming: Vox launches "extremely limited" British amp invasion

'Classic vintage red' livery coming to the Vox AC Custom range very soon

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Vox’s AC Custom amps get a 2024 glow-up with new Classic Vintage Red range

Continuing its tradition of releasing its AC10C1, AC15C1, and AC30C2 amps in limited edition colorways, Vox’s latest finish is complemented by black and gold diamond fret cloth and a vintage rectangle Vox badge

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“We found the perfect 1963 AC30 and we took it apart and figured out what made it tick”: Vox is making ‘classic’ amps and pedals again, as its Hand-Wired AC Series and Vintage wahs put the firm’s most iconic builds under the microscope

We headed to Vox's NAMM booth to hear the results of its most ambitious reproduction process yet

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