Blackstar Beam Mini 18-Watt Desktop Modelling Amp with Bluetooth and NAM Support
The Beam Mini is a desktop amp that doubles as a portable Bluetooth speaker, and it is built to handle electric, bass and acoustic guitar from the same box. Twin full-range drivers and two passive bass radiators push a Super Wide Stereo image that fills a room, so it works just as well streaming an album as it does running a modelled amp rig.
- Over 50 amps, cabs and effects built with component-level modelling
- Ampton Series voices alongside original Blackstar voices
- Patented ISF control to move the tone from American to British voicings
- CabRig speaker and mic simulation with In The Room technology for lifelike cabinet presence, direct or on headphones
- Native NAM support opening up the Tone3000 library of more than 200,000 community-built captures
- Twin full-range drivers and dual passive bass radiators for Super Wide Stereo output
- All-day battery with a lightweight build
- Bluetooth for streaming backing tracks or jamming with a friend
- Single cable recording into your DAW
- Top-panel controls for quick changes, with a companion app for deeper editing, artist presets and the player community
Blackstar built the Beam Mini around a simple idea: a desktop amp you actually carry with you. It plays like a guitar amp, streams like a Bluetooth speaker, and covers electric, bass and acoustic guitar without swapping gear.
Modelling that follows your hands
The Beam Mini uses component-level modelling drawn from decades of Blackstar amp design, so the response tracks the way a valve amp reacts rather than just copying a static tone. You get original Blackstar voices plus the new Ampton Series of classic re-creations, with more than 50 amps, cabs and effects in total. Blackstar's patented ISF control shifts the character from American tightness to British woodiness on one knob, and CabRig speaker and mic simulation with In The Room technology keeps the cabinet feeling present, whether you are going direct or listening on headphones.
NAM captures and the app
Native NAM compatibility is the part that keeps this amp interesting long term. It opens up Tone3000's library of over 200,000 community-built captures, so rigs you will never own in person are a download away. The companion app handles deeper sound editing, artist presets and the wider Beam community, while the top panel keeps the everyday controls under your fingers.
Sound and portability
Twin full-range drivers and two passive bass radiators give the Beam Mini a genuinely wide stereo spread for its size, which is why it holds up as a music speaker as well as an amp. The battery runs all day and the footprint is light enough to travel. When an idea lands, one cable takes you into a DAW, or Bluetooth takes you into a jam with someone else.