Junior senior

Compact, affordable and full of Fender DNA, the Blues Junior celebrates 30 years as one of the company’s most iconic and celebrated valve amp designs. Senior product manager, Rick Heins, joins us to mark the milestone

NOW, LET’S BE clear — although this 15-watt combo is technically advertised as a practice amp, it can churn out some serious sonic damage and is capable of keeping up with metal drummers at rehearsal.

Blackstar created this fire-breathing signature head for guitar icon Doug Aldrich. But does it rock our world?

IT TAKES A brave soul to take on Boss in the modeling-amp arms race, and an even braver one to do so explicitly. After all, the Japanese firm’s Katana range — now on its third iteration, following a m

This latest wave of Fender’s American Ultra models continues to cater for the modern player but with an old-looking vintage vibe. We just can’t escape the past!

THE ULTRA AND Ultra II succeeded Fender’s Elite range as the manufacturer’s highest-end California-made production six-strings, with its most contemporary specs, including neck heel and rear body cont