For all the technological advancements we've seen in guitar amplification, the tube amp remains, for many guitarists, the platonic ideal. Of course, no one could argue that amp modellers and digital ...

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 ...

The three-channel 50W monster is a super lightweight combo that is easy on your back while showing no quarter with its high-gain tone, and EVH Gear says its faithful to the original tube amp When you ...

Blackstar’s St. James range of tube amps has just been taken to new heights with the unveiling of St. James 100 – the British firm’s flagship four-channel St. James unit, which is said to be “the ...

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 ...