10 Reviews: Best Guitar Amplifier for Recording (May 2024)

The battery-operated iRig Micro Amp is a little amp that gives you greater flexibility. There are three custom-voiced analog channels in this amp: clean, driving, and lead, all rated as 15W RMS. You can learn new songs, practice your favorite licks, perform with backing tracks, and even record your own compositions with ease.

With the Spark 40, where do you even begin? The only thing it doesn’t do is cook your meal, but it does cover most of the other vital duties. Because of the BIAS Tone Engine modeling technology used by Positive Grid, the company is able to create an impressive array of amp models that span all sonic bases.

Easy to use and setup. And it sounds great. Best practice amp u can buy. Tons of amp models and effects. Backing tracks bluetooth speaker tuner ect...

by Frank Mcdonald

When Blackstar introduced its Silverline series, it was as though digital modelling amplifiers had reached adulthood, purchased their first suit, and begun working in a real environment. The “B” word was said, and with good reason: the grey-silver-on-grey patterns, the feature set, and the severity of the situation force everyone to take a moment to contemplate their alternatives.

Very versatile amp with some of the best tube emulation sounds I have heard on a solid state amp. Plenty of volume, nice simple effects, and not only sounds like your playing tubes but also feels and reacts like a tube amp. Very happy with this purchase. I sold my Fender HR deluxe (also a good product), and have no regrets. No tubes to worry about. I highly recommend checking out the Silverline series

by David

It has been a complete and total success for Boss, cramming a number of amp types into compact packages, stuffing them with onboard effects and a slew of modern capabilities, and making them available at a reasonable price to the public.

I was looking for small and loud and I found it!
Easy to dial in a huge variety of great tones. I am NOT going to usb to the computer (why get confused and depressed?) I am too old and lazy to use my 4/12 stack. This amp is light and LOUD!!..............

by Kelly

Blackstar’s HR-20R MkII valve combination is a mid-priced valve combo that sounds and performs like an amp that costs twice or three times as much as it does. For less than a $1,000, you can get a lot of bang for your buck with the HR-20R MkII. It is a two-channel amplifier with foot-switchable overdrive voicings and an incredible ability to play the field in terms of tone variety and versatility.

This amp is extremely versatile! I can get any sound I want. I play blues, classic rock, and metal and it does each flawlessly. Way happier than expected as I didn’t get to play it before I ordered it.

by Amazon Customer

The Amp1 is a very innovative device. Despite its small footprint (it’s the size of a multi-delay unit), it provides four channels, 100W of Class D power, and a sprinkling of analogue mojo fairy dust in the form of a sub-miniature Russian twin triode. It’s the perfect travel companion.

The amp is amazing. The clean channel is very Fender-like but the fun starts with vintage channel, and then you have two scorching hot super gainy channels, the classic and Modern. I love metal and for me the classic is the sound, even better boosted with the built in boost. Modern is a bit too compressed for my taste.

by Amazon Reviewer0068

The Fender Princeton Reverb has long been regarded as the “just right” all-valve combination for smaller gigs because of its reasonable output while yet being loud enough. Blues and country players will like the bell-like cleans and the gritty breakdown, which is warm, melodic and irresistible, if you ratchet up the volume.

This is the amp I should have been playing all the way along. It just sounds so amazing, at any volume. At home I keep it around 3 or so, and it's still fairly loud, but I can roll the guitar volume down and it just has this beautiful tone.

by Mike A

In the event that you’re confident that you want the raw growl of a British tube amp, but you’d prefer it in a more compact form factor, go no further than the Vox AC10C1. With this Vox amp, which is a part of their Custom Series, they’ve created a bridge between their 4W and 15W amps, providing a versatile alternative that can be used both in the studio and on small stages.

This thing is awesome for clean sounds and for running delay reverb and modulation. It sounds horrible if you press that little overdrive button though but that's not why I bought this thing. I wanted a really bright clean amp and this thing's exceeded my expectations!!!

by Ean

The Yamaha THR10 Desktop amp is perfect for when you need an amp directly in front of your face while training. Because of its tiny size and low weight, it’s ideal for use at home. Yamaha guitars have typically been among the most dependable on the market. They’ve put their skills to good use by creating a practice amp that is both small and stable.

This is a very good portable guitar amp. I bought it for practice, but now I use it all around the house, all the time. It sounds so good for the size, blows my mind every time I use it. The low volume amp/sound quality is very satisfying through the amp speakers and through reference headphones...............

by Earthling

Small tweed combo amps from Fender, in my opinion, have more romance built into them than any other form of amp. The Fender Pro Junior IV is a superb example of this, with its lovely small boxes and timeless tones. Despite the fact that it isn’t a typical “Tweed circuit,” it is still a Fender amp, and it has the iconic Fender sound.

This amp sounds way better than expected! I wanted an amp that I didn’t have to upgrade again. I would buy this amp for the clean tones alone!! I can’t stop playing it (which my wife has noticed ?) it sounds so good. I like rock, blues, with that Les Paul sound, and I get it with this amp.

by Chris