Two different amp propositions that both excel in their aims. The St James amps showcase Blackstar's strengths right now; delivering genuinely useful innovation for players that complement what are ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Blackstar Amplification Blackstar has fully engaged beast mode with the unveiling of its ...

Blackstar's Studio 10 guitar amps excel even by its own high standards. These 10-watt 1x12 Class A valve combos that hit the sweet spot on portability and tone. Now the 6L6 model is hitting an even ...

The 100-watt tube amplifier – visual shorthand for the raw power of a loud electric guitar, and the decades of musical history therein. However, if you’ve tried to wrestle one down a narrow flight of ...

This Design Idea is a reprint of an earlier one that contained errors in graphics (Reference 1). Even though 6L6 beam-power tubes have been around for 66 years, they are still quite popular for use in ...

A conventional tube amplifier has a circuit whose fundamentals were well in place around a hundred years ago, so there are few surprises to be found in building one today. Nevertheless, building one ...