Harley Benton JAMster Guitar

A practice amp that scales down on size and price

- BY RICHARD BLENKINSOP

WITH A LOT of familiar amp brands jumping into the portable-mini-amp market, it's never been easier to take your tones with you, regardless of where you're going. More and more features are being packed into amps to help inspire players, but Harley Benton's strong suit forgoes modelling and effects in place of a downright startlingly low price. But can less be enough?

The solid-state JAMster Guitar combo can be powered by an outlet or batteries, with 10 watts of power through a 5-inch speaker - plus a tweeter for full-range music playback via Bluetooth or its 3.5mm aux input. There's a handy headphones output, too.