Latest articles by Nick Guppy
Marshall Astoria Custom Head
Marshall's new Astoria range represents a significant change of direction from the legendary Bletchley-based amp giant.
Marshall Astoria Custom 1x12 Combo
Marshall's new Astoria range represents a significant change of direction from the legendary Bletchley-based amp giant.
Paul Rivera on modding Marshalls, Eddie Van Halen and the 80s session scene
With shred pioneers such as Eddie Van Halen pushing amps to the brink in the late 70s, Paul Rivera began hot-rodding Marshall heads to squeeze ever more from them
8 milestone Marshall amp heads
What Jim Marshall started with the JTM45 rapidly evolved into a family of classic amps with their own, commanding voice. Here's our pick of epochal Marshall heads
Fender Hot Rod DeVille ML 212
A hot-rodded DeVille with tweaks from session legend Michael Landau
9 of the best modern high-performance amp heads
Need to get some air moving? Here's muscular modern takes on the high-performance head that will shake you to the bone
Supro 1648RT Saturn Reverb
The revitalised Supro brand continues to excite vintage enthusiasts all over the world, as Abasara Audio releases more products to tempt us with.
Hughes & Kettner TriAmp Mark 3
Pro spec and MIDI functionality: has H&K built the ultimate head... again?
Wangs VT-1H
We all know valve amps sound great and still manage to overhaul their solid-state cousins most of the time for tone, but they're big, heavy and expensive... or are they?
Blackstar Artisan A30 combo
Blackstar finally launches its eagerly awaited Artisan amp. Were we first in the queue? You betcha…
Rivera Venus 3 Combo
The Venus 3 sets out to prove that the best things really do come in the smallest packages – but does it sound as good as it looks?
Divided by Thirteen EDT 13/29 combo
Big tone isn't cheap and this little combo has one of the biggest tones we've ever heard. Wallets on standby…
Fender Bandmaster VM Head
A thoroughly modern head that has a big name to live up to
Radial Engineering Headbone SS
A clever switching box from Radial that aims to ease your hook-up blues away.
Radial Engineering Cabbone
A clever switching box from Radial that aims to ease your hook-up blues away.
