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NAMM 2024: Blackstar refreshes its top-selling digital practice amp series with the feature-packed ID:CORE V4 now equipped with single-watt bedroom setting

Available as 40W, 20W and 10W, the ID:CORE V4 combos feature upgraded control panels and USB connections, and pack six amp voices into its compact Super Wide Stereo format

NAMM 2024: “The ultimate playing experience without compromise”: Blackstar issues fourth generation of its best-selling ID:Core practice amp

NAMM 2024: “The ultimate playing experience without compromise”: Blackstar issues fourth generation of its best-selling ID:Core practice amp

Available in 40-, 20- and 10-watt versions, the ID:Core V4 offers a super wide stereo sound, six amp voicings, 12 effects and live-streaming capabilities straight into your phone

“As far as solos? I’d turn up, light a spliff, open a beer, and crack on”: Steve Cradock on his relaxed approach to lead work in Ocean Colour Scene, playing with Paul Weller – and why he’s too scared to play the mod legend’s guitar

“As far as solos? I’d turn up, light a spliff, open a beer, and crack on”: Steve Cradock on his relaxed approach to lead work in Ocean Colour Scene, playing with Paul Weller – and why he’s too scared to play the mod legend’s guitar

The Ocean Colour Scene man keeps it so minimal in his approach to sound and solos that he admits: “I’m still surprised people do dig what I’m doing”

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Positive Grid's Spark Mini is a practice amp titan – but here are 5 smart amp alternatives we love with Black Friday discounts

Go outside of the practice amp box with these tech-equipped guitar amps and save money this Black Friday

“Designed, not modeled”: Blackstar expands its digital amp arsenal with St. James EL34 and 6L6 plugins – which promise to provide “the most authentic guitar amp plugin experience possible”

Blackstar's burgeoning sim software catalog is growing apace – and the brand's latest drop looks to deliver streamlined, affordable takes on its St. James tube amps

Blackstar has made its greatest amps into a plugin

The St James plugin being the EL34 and 6L6 models together for the best of Blackstar

“Living, breathing amplifier designs in their own right”: Blackstar breaks into the amp sim software market with St. James plugin

“Designed, not modelled” is the mantra for the brand's first-ever plugin, which offers digital versions of both St. James amp models and a wealth of extras

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Blackstar Debut 50R review

Blackstar Debut 50R review

An ultra-affordable practice amp for gigging guitarists and a great pedal platform to boot

This unassuming guitar teacher’s epic America’s Got Talent audition went viral. Here’s how he landed – and nailed – the gig of a lifetime

This unassuming guitar teacher’s epic America’s Got Talent audition went viral. Here’s how he landed – and nailed – the gig of a lifetime

John Wines, aka Old Grey Guitarist, has over 1m followers on TikTok and blew audiences away with his Brian May and Eddie Van Halen-channeling audition. He tells us how he put together the perfect rock-guitar showcase, and the secret to bossing the electric guitar’s greatest solos on social media

Blackstar Dept. 10 Amped 3 review

Blackstar Dept. 10 Amped 3 review

The floor-amp revolution continues, with one of Blackstar’s “highest-gain circuits ever”, but there’s more to this than metal

Blackstar teams up with Bonamassa-approved blues phenom Toby Lee to give the St James head and cab a stunning vintage makeover

Blackstar teams up with Bonamassa-approved blues phenom Toby Lee to give the St James head and cab a stunning vintage makeover

The Toby Lee St. James TL50 6L6 sports an eye-catching red Tolex covering with cream piping, and a wheat basketweave grille cloth

The hottest guitar amps and amp pedals for 2023

The hottest guitar amps and amp pedals for 2023

GEAR EXPO 2023: Amps of all shapes and sizes that you can take anywhere and plug into

Blackstar Dept. 10 Amped 2 review

Blackstar Dept. 10 Amped 2 review

This expanded version of Blackstar’s feature-packed format might just be the finest pedalboard amp yet

NAMM 2023: Blackstar launches the Amped 3 pedal amp – featuring “one of the highest gain circuits Blackstar has ever developed”

NAMM 2023: Blackstar launches the Amped 3 pedal amp – featuring “one of the highest gain circuits Blackstar has ever developed”

Could this 100W triple-channel stompbox be the ultimate pedal amp for heavy players?

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NAMM 2023: Blackstar pumps up the gain and headroom with the 100-watt Amped 3 guitar amp pedal

The latest in the Dept. 10 Amped series is a bona-fide powerhouse, with three channels each with multiple voicings, switchable power amp responses, CabRig tech and more

The Blackstar Debut 50R is an affordable amp for players looking to step up

A £200 solid-state combo with everything you need to start playing at home and away

Blackstar unveils its most powerful entry-level amp yet, the Debut 50R

The $249 combo seeks to cover all practice and gigging needs

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