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Solid State Amplifiers => Guitar News => Topic started by: joecool85 on February 19, 2026, 03:48:51 PM

Title: NAMM 2026 - JBL gets into the guitar amp game with new "AI powered" amps
Post by: joecool85 on February 19, 2026, 03:48:51 PM
JBL has created the new BandBox Solo and BandBox Trio amps as new "AI powered guitar amplifiers".  The Solo is made for a single instrument while the Trio interestingly supports up to four inputs.

MSRP for the Solo is $250 USD, the Trio is $600 USD.  Both are expected to be available "soon".

https://www.engadget.com/audio/speakers/jbl-made-a-pair-of-ai-powered-practice-amps-221000631.html
Title: Re: NAMM 2026 - JBL gets into the guitar amp game with new "AI powered" amps
Post by: Kaz Kylheku on February 20, 2026, 03:06:41 PM
The "AI" evidently does part extraction, like stripping vocals or instruments, so you have an instant backing track (out of just about any audio, I guess?).

Sounds like it's usable for karaoke, not just guitar? If you want to try singing to the real arrangement, rather than some comically retarded karaoke version that sounds like it was slapped together on a MIDI sequencer from 1983 connected to a budget casio keyboard from 1989.
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