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- “He says to me, ‘Keep vamping, just jam,’ while he’s having a heart attack. Then he started grabbing his chest.” The show that ended David Bowie’s touring career — and the song that became his last hit - Guitar Player
- “He said, ‘Yeah, what are you gonna do about it? You’re a girl. You don’t have the money to fight this.’” Rita Coolidge says Eric Clapton owes her a writing credit for one of the most celebrated songs in rock - Guitar Player
- “I was shaking. I had sweat pouring down my back. Miles saw me suffering and said, ‘Play it like you don’t know how to play guitar!’”: How legendary guitarist John McLaughlin survived a baptism of fire with Miles Davis - MusicRadar
- The 2 guitarists Neil Young said were his favorites - Rock and Roll Garage
- WOLFGANG VAN HALEN: 'I Think My Dad Is An Incredibly Underrated Rhythm Guitar Player And Songwriter' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “He asked to hear it, so I played it, and he said, ‘I have to play on this. Give me a track’”: How a 20-year-old Steve Lukather beat three seasoned session pros to feature on this ’70s soft rock classic - Guitar World
- 3 Rock Songs From 1967 That Changed Guitar Playing Forever - American Songwriter
- “I learned to play everything on it. We wrote our first song as Jonas Brother on that guitar”: In the mid-2000s, the Jonas Brothers exploded onto the scene as a guitar-slinging band for teens – Kevin Jonas looks back on the guitar that started it all - Guitar World
- “The last conversation I had with Tom, he said, ‘If I have to be in a wheelchair, I'm going to do it.’” Mike Campbell shares the best and worst of his years as Tom Petty’s guitar partner - Guitar Player
- “After it was called the ‘solo of the century,’ I remember saying to Steve Lukather, ‘Come on, this is ridiculous’”: Nuno Bettencourt on turning down Ozzy, Sabbath’s final show and how Extreme finally got their dues - Guitar World
- Guitarist Tracy G recalls what led him to leave Dio - Sleaze Roxx
- Stephane Wrembel • Django New Orleans II - The Syncopated Times
- Tom Morello Joined By Son Roman For Rage Against The Machine And Classic Rock Covers In India - Blunt Magazine
- Perry Bamonte, The Cure's keyboard and guitar player, dies at 65 - NPR
- Blindfold Test: Dan Wilson - DownBeat
- The guitarist Tony Iommi thinks nobody comes close to: “So different and unique” - Far Out Magazine
- Rotem Sivan and His Heart Thieves - DownBeat
- “I said, ‘You have no idea how many things I’ve stolen from you.’ And he said, ‘Yes, I have.’” Randy Bachman on his jaw-dropping introduction to Stephen Stills at Neil Young’s 70th birthday party - Guitar Player
- New Year, New You: Everything you need to learn guitar in 2026 with Gi - Gibson
- “I was like, ‘It’s time to do your solos.’ He goes, ‘OK, I’m gonna call up my guitar teacher, have him do the solos and then have him teach me’”: Dave Mustaine on the ill-fated guitar appointment that led Megadeth to Jeff Young - Guitar World
- “I was drinking a lot and forgot that I bought it. The folks at Carter Vintage called me and were like, ‘You gonna come get this guitar?’” Marcus King on the vintage guitar he accidentally bought while drunk - Guitar World
- Meat Puppets’ guitarist names top 2025 records - Phoenix New Times
- “Eddie told me, ‘Roth is driving me nuts. I can't take it. I gotta leave. I know you're looking for a lead guitar player. Do you want me in the band?’”: When Eddie Van Halen asked to join Kiss – and they turned him down! - MusicRadar
- The pop-punk band Good Charlotte’s Benji Madden claims will be “the next Rolling Stones” - Guitar.com
- Singer Chesney Hawkes hails son as ‘rock and roll’ ahead of their tour together - London Evening Standard
- “When we lost Jeff, his wife wrote to me and said, ‘I’m going to sell the guitars. They keep reminding me of him’”: John McLaughlin remembers gifting Jeff Beck the white Strat that featured on his seminal Wired record – and helped shape his guitar legacy - Guitar World
- “I toured with Stevie Ray Vaughan when he was sober and he was a freak of nature. I couldn’t relate to his playing”: The Outlaws' Henry Paul on opening for The Rolling Stones, finding fame thanks to Lynyrd Skynyrd, and his one-of-one red Gretsch Falcon - Guitar World
- “I wasn’t credited with any songwriting. That was a pity. But I didn’t make a fuss. I figured Peter was still pretty fragile”: Snowy White on his uncredited role on Peter Green’s comeback LP and how David Gilmour introduced him to the Whammy pedal - Guitar World
- “I walked in and said, ‘Can I get that guitar, the one at the end there?’ He looked at the name on the credit card and then looked up at me”: Chrissie Hynde on the time she bought her own signature guitar off the shelf - Guitar World
- “When I’m at home, I don’t like to touch the guitar”: Why playing less guitar helped Marcus King become a better player and songwriter - Guitar World
- “They said, ‘Play something dumb!’” The Journey single that became “the Biggest Song of All Time” thanks to TV, baseball and Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Guitar Player
- The Cure: Guitarist and keyboard player Perry Bamonte dies aged 65 - BBC
- “I was auditioning guitar players. One guy comes in with that turquoise guitar. I looked at it and I thought, ‘That’s my guitar’”: Lita Ford had her prized B.C. Rich Mockingbird stolen – but crossed paths with it in the most bizarre circumstances - Guitar World
- “It’s insane. He died aged 25, only guitar players remember him, and yet he was the sound of the Pretenders”: Chrissie Hynde pays tribute to the underrated guitar hero who defined the Pretenders - Guitar World
- “Muddy Waters made me eat a sandwich. He said, ‘Just call me your daddy.’” Buddy Guy on how a 150-foot guitar cable, a great big lie and a little kindness got him the gig that launched his career - Guitar Player
- “It started with a suggestion to come up with something Beatle-ish, like ‘Ticket to Ride.’” The guitarist behind the 1960s pop hitmakers who sold more records than the Beatles and Rolling Stones combined - Guitar Player
- "I thought to myself, ‘This guy’s not gonna be here very long’”: When Dave Mustaine first saw James Hetfield play guitar, it was bad news for Metallica's fifth member Brad Parker - Guitar.com
- Steve Cropper, Guitarist, Songwriter and Shaper of Memphis Soul Music, Dies at 84 - The New York Times
- MÖTLEY CRÜE's TOMMY LEE On JOHN 5: 'He's Such A Talented Guitar Player That It Literally Just Lit All Of Us Up On Fire' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “Suddenly, all these football players were picking up guitars. It’s not my thing anymore”: Justin Hawkins recalls being “furious” about how Nirvana shook the guitar scene overnight - Guitar.com
- MICHAEL SWEET: 'If People Only Knew How Hard I Work' On Guitar Parts For STRYPER Albums - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- Good Charlotte's Benji Madden: “If you're a guitar player, your skills go completely to waste if you're not working with a f**king great songwriter” - Guitar.com
- AC/DC, Oasis, Bad Company and many more! Test your guitar news knowledge with Guitar Player's "Week in Music" Quiz for November 14, 2025 - Guitar Player
- Video: AFI's Jade Puget on His Approach to Guitar-Playing + Production - Reverb
- "I walked up behind him: ‘Hi Brian Johnson, I’m a guitar player. Do you want to go onstage and jam some songs?’ He went, 'Yeah mate!'" How an AC/DC legend and a heavyweight guitarist covered Led Zeppelin at a famous baseball player's wedding - Louder
- “I’ve had many people hand me their guitars, and I’m like, ‘No, thank you’”: Rick Beato was offered the chance to play guitars from Peter Frampton, Larry Carlton and more – here’s why he turned them down - Guitar World
- “He said, ‘I can’t tell a thing of what you’re playing. Why don’t you just come in and play it yourself?’” Doyle Bramhall II on Eric Clapton's incredible offer that brought him the gig of a lifetime - Guitar Player
- “How did I not notice that before?” Rick Beato shares the secrets he's learned sitting next to David Gilmour, Neal Schon and other guitar greats - Guitar Player
- “This was about showing respect to a man that I don’t believe thinks I respect him”: Dave Mustaine on James Hetfield and why he’s re-recorded Ride The Lightning - Guitar.com
- “I owe not just an artistic debt to him, but a life debt to him”: Tom Morello on the genius of Ace Frehley - Guitar.com
- TOM MORELLO: 'Without ACE FREHLEY, I Don't Know Whether I Would've Ever Wanted To Play Guitar' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- EXTREME's NUNO BETTENCOURT: How ACE FREHLEY Influenced Me As A Guitar Player - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- Ace Frehley, Kiss lead guitarist and band’s co-founder, dies aged 74 - The Guardian
- “The last thing he told me during that last interview was, ‘I’m probably gonna go until the wheels come off!’” I spoke to Ace Frehley a dozen times in the last two years of his life – oft-misunderstood, he was the true embodiment of rock ’n’ roll spirit - Guitar World
- Ace Frehley 1951-2025: Guitar community mourns the death of Kiss’s trailblazing founding guitarist - Guitar.com
- Kiss Guitarist Ace Frehley Dead at 74 - Rolling Stone
- “I didn’t realize how short he was!” The late Ace Frehley always spoke his mind. And when it came to his Kiss replacements Bruce Kulick, Vinnie Vincent and Tommy Thayer, the Space Ace had plenty to say - Guitar Player
- Ace Frehley, Kiss Lead Guitarist and Solo Artist, Dies at 74 - Variety
- Ace Frehley, legendary Kiss guitarist, dies at 74 - NBC News
- “I got my guitar and smashed it to smithereens. I said, ‘Now will you get out of my effing life!?’” Pete Townshend on the first guitar he ever broke — at age 13 — and John Entwistle's hilarious response - Guitar Player
- Ace Frehley, a Founding Member of Kiss, Is Dead at 74 - The New York Times
- “He just blows everybody away”: Samantha Fish on who she thinks are the best modern blues guitar players right now - Guitar World
- Keith Urban’s Guitar Player Maggie Baugh Once Said She Wouldn’t Date Band Members: It’s a ‘Rule’ - National Enquirer
- “I hadn’t seen him in a while, and I wish I had.” Jimmy Page remembers original Yardbirds guitarist Chris Dreja, who has died at age 79 - Guitar Player
- Maggie Baugh: What to know about Keith Urban's guitar player - Fox News
- “I had no idea how good of a guitar player he was when we started recording. Most of the guitar on the records is him”: Foo Fighters super-producer Nick Raskulinecz on the most surprising thing about Dave Grohl's guitar playing - Guitar World
- Nuno Bettencourt recalls his final conversation with Ozzy Osbourne – as “the only guitar player who said no” to playing for him - Guitar.com
- “Probably the only good thing that ever came from my drinking.” Marcus King didn't realize he bought a gem of a vintage guitar until this happened - Guitar Player
- Get more Guitar Player stories in your day with these two easy steps - Guitar Player
- Legendary Steel Guitar Player Robby Turner Dead at 63 - Taste of Country
- FORBIDDEN's CRAIG LOCICERO: 'If You Can't Write Heavy S*** In' The Standard Guitar Tuning, 'Then I Don't Know What To Tell You' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “I couldn't get up to the top frets, but the SG suited me perfectly”: Why Tony Iommi never became a Les Paul player - Guitar.com
- Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia was intimidated by guitar legend Michael Bloomfield: book - Fox News
- CE Pro All Star Band Guitar Players Recount Their Favorite Players and Gear - cepro.com
- “I can tell you how to become a virtuoso very easily”: Steve Vai on how anybody can become an elite guitar player - Guitar World
- Henley air guitar player out of world championships - BBC
- Henley air guitar player gears up for world championships - BBC
- John Fogerty says this thing is more important to musical success than being a good guitar player: "Even if your playing is kind of average, you can go far” - Guitar.com
- “If I were anywhere else in America, I might not be here”: Three Days Grace guitarist opens up after he suffered a heart attack mid-show – and kept going - Guitar World
- Zakk Wylde and Gus G. on Ozzy Osbourne - Guitar Player
- “I don't think Jimi Hendrix was a guitarist. Eric Clapton is excessively tedious.” Robert Fripp on his 1960s contemporaries — and the one guitarist he thought was fun - Guitar Player
- “You couldn’t be in a rock band unless you looked a certain way”: Why Tim Pierce didn't join Bon Jovi – despite playing guitar on their first hit - Guitar.com
- "He was rock and roll to the roots." Dave Davies names the guitarist who defined rock in the 1970s, and picks the song that proves it - Guitar Player
- The '70s rock guitarist The Kinks' Dave Davies calls the “great and underrated guitar player of the time” - Guitar.com
- Video 10-year-old guitar-playing prodigy rocks on - ABC News
- 10-year-old guitar-playing prodigy rocks on - Good Morning America
- “He decided he didn't want to be the lead guitar player anymore.” Pete Townshend on Roger Daltrey’s career-changing move that made the Who guitarist an axe-wielding icon - Guitar Player
- “If he was that tuned into me and missed that point, then he missed the whole point.” Eric Clapton on the one thing Eddie Van Halen didn’t understand about playing the blues - Guitar Player
- “Axl called me up and he was like, 'Zakk, you wanna get together and jam?” Zakk Wylde on Guns N’ Roses, Ozzy Osbourne and the fumble that sidelined his career - Guitar Player
- Rick Derringer, Guitar Journeyman Behind ‘Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo,’ Dead at 77 - Rolling Stone
- Rick Derringer, famous for "Hang on Sloopy" and "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo," has died. Read our exclusive 2024 interview where he recalled inspiring Eddie Van Halen and performing with Johnny Winter - Guitar Player
- “There's no chance to ever play together again.” Dave Navarro unloads about Jane's Addiction and the shocking night when Perry Farrell attacked him onstage - Guitar Player
- MARTY FRIEDMAN Has Nothing Against 'Flashy' Guitar Playing: 'I Just Wanna Be Excited By What I Hear' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “I’m like, ‘What the f***? My guitar, it’s completely out of tune!’ ” Samantha Fish names the one thing that can ruin every gig - Guitar Player
- Winner of Guitar Player Magazine International Competition to perform locally - timesobserver.com
- The ‘luckiest guitar player on Earth’ lives in Dallas, and he plays with the Eagles - Dallas News
- “As a guitar player, you’re only as good as your influences”: Dave Mustaine names one key lesson he took from Jimmy Page’s playing - Guitar.com
- RUSH's ALEX LIFESON: 'I'm Just A Guy Who Loves Playing Guitar' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- LAMB OF GOD's MARK MORTON: 'I Have Never Completely Defined Myself As Just A Heavy Metal Guitar Player' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “There’ve been so many times we thought, 'Oh God, that's it. How can we go on?’” Steve Howe reflects on the future of Yes — and reveals that he once refused to let his techs tune his guitars - Guitar Player
Guitar Amp News
- Guitar.com Deals Of The Week: pre-Christmas savings to stuff your stockings with - Guitar.com
- Reverb shares its best selling gear of the year – and 2025 was the year of the Strat - Guitar.com
- “It’s clear to see that modelers have won the battle”: Modelers outsold traditional amps and combos in 2025 – but the war between the two might not be over just yet - Guitar World
- The Lava Studio Amp is the world's best Practice Amp - stuffed with smart features and killer playability - Guitar Pedal X
- Peavey’s Legendary Super Festival Bass Amp is Back - Premier Guitar
- “This amp has taken me about 10 years to nail down”: A long-lost Beach Boys Dumble that has spent the past 35 years in Hawaii has surfaced – and Jason Momoa is using it on his new album - Guitar World
- Guitar amp sims have gotten astonishingly good - Ars Technica
- Electro-Harmonix Introduces ABRAMS100 100-Watt Guitar Amp - Premier Guitar
- Cyber Monday guitar deals 2025 LIVE: all of today's biggest savings at Sweetwater, Guitar Center, Fender, Amazon and more - Guitar World
- I'm sorry, my beloved AC30, but with hundreds slashed off digital modelers and multi-effects, I've found your replacement this Black Friday - here are 7 units that are turning my head - Guitar World
- “Our most compact all-in-one unit ever”: Fractal goes up against IK Multimedia and Line 6 with the AM4 – its most affordable and user-friendly amp modeler to date - Guitar World
- “The first truly great portable electric guitar amp” is on sale for Black Friday - Guitar.com
- News - IK Multimedia throws its hat in the ring for Plugin Headphone Amps, with its TONEX PLUG - Guitar Pedal X
- “People love our amps because they’re loud. That one line has cemented itself as a tagline for the company”: Marshall has launched Spinal Tap amps that go to Infinity – here’s how ‘the loudest amp ever made’ came together - Guitar World
- Marshall partners with Spinal Tap on the “loudest amp ever made” – with knobs that go to 11 and a master volume that goes to infinity - Guitar.com
- Local Guitar Amp Designers Keep Those Vacuum Tubes Aglow - Racket MN
- My Surprising Journey with Vintage Fender Amps - Premier Guitar
- News - Greer's Mizuki Blue replicates Tube-Amp-like Textures with 2 JFET Gain Stages - Guitar Pedal X
- PRS Guitars Announces New SE Models Plus a New Combo Amp Ahead of 2026 Updates - Premier Guitar
- “The American tube amp that powered generations of rock, surf, and pop music”: Universal Audio reimagines a classic Fender amp used by Keith Richards, The Beach Boys and beyond as a plugin – and it’s currently free to download - Guitar World
- Video: Meet Charlie Barker, a Twin-Style Tube Amp For Working Musicians - Reverb
- Bad Cat Introduces the Ocelot — Small Amp. Big Attitude. Total Control. - Premier Guitar
- “It seems the age of touchscreen guitar amps is advancing faster than I ever imagined”: All the new guitar gear that caught my eye this week – including the return of my favorite Fender offset - Guitar World
- We gave the Spark 2 9/10 in our review – and it's on sale now in Positive Grid's Back to School promo - Guitar.com
- If you're as excited about the Line 6 Helix Stadium as we are, you'll be pleased to know you can now hear it in action - Guitar.com
- “A new benchmark for authentic sound”: Line 6 has finally shared what the Helix Stadium’s potentially game-changing tones actually sound like - Guitar World
- Guitar Journal: JHS Closing, John Lennon Amp, & Fernandes Bankrupt - Gearnews.com
- Sophie Burrell x Boss Katana Tone Crafting Masterclass at the Roland Denmark Street Store - Guitar Pedal X
- Man buys John Lennon's old Fender guitar amp on Facebook Marketplace… for barely $4,000 - Guitar.com
- “Whenever we weren’t playing, Neil would call up and say, ‘Are you guys playing a gig next weekend? Can we borrow the amplifier?’” When Randy Bachman and Neil Young used to share guitar amps - Guitar World
- “One of the rarest and most coveted vintage amplifiers ever”: Mesa/Boogie’s hallowed Mark IIC++ was used by Metallica to shape the sound of 1980s metal – and now it’s been given a production release for the first time ever - Guitar World
- Dad who bought guitar amp on Facebook floored by previous rock star owner - Manchester Evening News
- “It’s official. The age of touchscreen guitar amps is here”: This is all the new guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – and we might have a winner for the best new sub-$1k electric guitar of 2025 - Guitar World
- Mooer’s F15i is a $190 desktop modeling amp with touchscreen - Guitar World
- Blackstar Amplification Launches ID:X Series – A Cut Above - Premier Guitar
- “A bold step forward in modern amp design”: Blackstar goes up against Boss and Positive Grid with the ID:X – a next-gen modeling amp with newly developed tech that isn’t afraid of the competition - Guitar World
- My MGAT-5 Sinvertek Real Amp Abstraction of the Soldano SLO-100 has landed - and Mr Wu has once again knocked it out of the park! - Guitar Pedal X
- Best acoustic guitar amp 2025: Amplify your acoustic with a top-rated amp - MusicRadar
- Fender to launch new American Vintage, Mustang, and Tone Master amps this year – here’s everything you need to know - Guitar.com
- “Phenomenal tone at any volume”: Fender’s American Vintage ’62 Super revives a “hidden treasure” tube amp that bridged the gap between two legendary combo designs - Guitar World
- Supro Announces New Airwave Tube Amp - Premier Guitar
- Fender Studio app takes the best feature from our favourite guitar amps - Trusted Reviews
- Best tube amps 2025: My top tube amps for the ultimate guitar tone - Guitar Player
- Thomann has acquired Hughes & Kettner - Guitar World
- Best Combo Amp for Every Budget: Fender, Orange, Marshall & More - Gearnews.com
- Best amp modellers 2025: High-tech tone solutions for all guitarists - MusicRadar
- Engl unleashes Fireball IR Dual Channel High Gain Distortion Preamp - with Noise Gate and Mid Boost - based on its most formidable amp - Guitar Pedal X
- News - Chug vs Chug Lite - a simple GPX Head-to-Head Comparison - Guitar Pedal X
- “If you’ve ever wondered what unobtanium looks like in amp form, this is it”: Played and revered by Stevie Ray Vaughan, Carlos Santana, and John Mayer, Dumble amps have an almost mythical reputation. But what's all the fuss really about? - Guitar World
- Universal Audio transforms another of its amp modelling pedals into a plugin – this time the Woodrow '55 - MusicTech
- Best amp modelers 2025: Get your dream guitar tone with my top picks - Guitar Player
- Save on Positive Grid's Spark 2, Spark MINI Vai, Spark LIVE and BIAS FX 2 for International Guitar Month - Guitar.com
- Carr Skylark Special Review - Premier Guitar
- “If you’re a young guitar player, that’s money well spent”: The amp pedal John Mayer thinks everyone should own - Guitar.com
- “This is going to merge into a very hot topic among guitar players”: Why John Mayer decided against ditching his tube amps for modelers for Dead & Company’s Sphere residency – despite the venue’s shortcomings - Guitar World
- “The real cost of Trump’s tariff tax”: Morgan Amps says new tariffs will add up to $1,000 to the price of its amp heads - Guitar World
- “His expertise and vision have always set the standard for what a great amplifier should be”: Matchless Amplifiers and Bad Cat Amps luminary Mark Sampson – one of the leading minds of the boutique amp movement – has passed away - Guitar World
- News - The Boss Katana : GO - Personal Guitar Amplifier / Headphone Amp is Back! - Guitar Pedal X
- Positive Grid Launches the Spark NEO - Premier Guitar
- News - 9 Cool Headphone Amps - Guitar Pedal X
- News - 2025 January Pedal-Chain Update - Episode I - Peak Pedal Mania - Guitar Pedal X
- Best pedal amps 2026: Get the sound, feel and response of an amp, all on your pedalboard - MusicRadar
- Game-changers, trends, innovations, revivals and show-stoppers: the key guitars, amps and pedals of NAMM 2025 - MusicRadar
- What’s going on with Dumble Amps? The return of an icon - Guitar World
- NAMM 2025 live! The biggest guitar news as it happened - Guitar World
- NAMM 2025 as it happened: rolling news from the world's biggest music-making gear show - MusicRadar
- NAMM 2025 Live: The biggest product launches, plus photos from the show floor… - Guitar.com
- NAMM 2025 rumors, predictions and breaking news - Guitar World
- NAMM 2025 Gallery: The Latest from the NAMM Show - Premier Guitar
- Marshall Announces New Products at NAMM 2025 - Premier Guitar
- NAMM 2025: The Best New Product News & Announcements - Reverb
- Fender Reveals New Releases for 2025: NAMM Special - Premier Guitar
- Orange Announces Three New Portable Amps and the O Tone Combo Amp - Premier Guitar
- “Lightweight, portable, and incredibly powerful”: Orange launches “studio-grade and gig-ready” Baby Range – three affordable, compact heads that downsize classic Orange tones (and introduce some new ones, too) - Guitar World
- “A new take on a classic”: Marshall teases the release of a modded JCM, as a new era for the legendary amp brand beckons - Guitar World
- Boss Unveils New Gear for NAMM 2025 - Premier Guitar
- Boss shrinks and enhances its Waza Tube Amp Expander - now in more compact W-TAE Core edition - Guitar Pedal X
- Boss launches WAZA Tube Amp Expander Core with “powerful enhancements focused on direct recording applications” - Guitar.com
- Mark Tremonti: “I collect amps like most people collect guitars. My biggest affliction is buying Dumble amplifiers” - Guitar.com
- Bad Cat Announces the Mark Sampson Era 30 Amp - Premier Guitar
- “We’re going to release an end-all-be-all amplifier with his name on it”: Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai and Metallica are among the rock royalty who used José Arredondo’s legendary amps. Now Dave Friedman is honoring his legacy with a definitive model - Guitar World
- News - The Origin Effects Deluxe 55 and Tubesteader Eggnog are my Tweed Kings! - Guitar Pedal X
- ‘High off the sound’: Fergus Falls engineer is a guitar amp hero - MPR News
- “This is why we want to show up at NAMM”: Marshall is returning to NAMM for the first time in 5 years – and has teased some blockbuster launches - Guitar World
- The Battle for the Amp Capture / Profiler Middle-Ground heats up - Neural DSP Nano Cortex vs AmpliTube Tonex - Guitar Pedal X
- Kirk Hammett thinks Marshall amps sound “30 per cent better” when you plug them in in the UK than they do in America – is he right? - Guitar.com
- Slash thinks recording a live guitar amp is a “dying art”: “A lot of producers don't even know how to do it properly” - Guitar.com
- "I think the speakers in your amplifier have the largest single impact on guitar tone": This guitarist seeks to proves it - MusicRadar
- News - My 9 favourite Greer Amps Compact Gain Pedals Capsule Collection is complete - Guitar Pedal X
- NAMM 2024: all the latest guitar news, rumors and predictions from the greatest gear show on Earth - Guitar World
- 16 of the Most Iconic Electric Guitar Amps - Guitar Pedal X
- Tubesteader's 4th Tube-Powered Gain Pedal is its first Compact - the rather smart Eggnog Tweed-voiced Overdrive / Preamp - Guitar Pedal X
- A Brief Hobbyist Primer on Key Tone Stack Types and Circuit EQ Configurations - in collaboration with Master-Builder Adrian 'Thorpy' Thorpe - Guitar Pedal X
- News - My Next Wah Pedal will be the just announced CryBaby Mini CBM535AR Auto-Return Wah - Guitar Pedal X
- Four best guitar amps of NAMM 2020 - Guitar.com
- News - Boss Moves Even Further Ahead with its New and Improved MKII Katana Amp Range - Guitar Pedal X
- News - What Two Years of Tone-Questing Looks Like - Acquisitions, Passes and Still Probables - Guitar Pedal X
- 2 Cool New Forthcoming Pedals - REVV Amps G3 and Flower Pedals Dandelion Harmonic Tremolo - Guitar Pedal X
- News - The Perfect Guitar Amp Design / Next Level Boss Katana - Guitar Pedal X
- News - Ultimate Guitar Amps - A Personal Selection - Guitar Pedal X
Bass Player News
- Rock legend Flea shares his deep fears about creative worthiness in the eyes of jazz musicians - good.is
- “All I remember is thinking that the bass turned into a snake. I broke all the strings, threw it down and left the stage”: Bootsy Collins was tripping on LSD when he took the James Brown bass chair to its most in-your-face level - Guitar World
- ROB 'BLASKO' NICHOLSON On Sharing Stage With OZZY OSBOURNE: 'It Never Felt Like It Was Deserving' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “I’ve worked with Lee Sklar. I got to see Anthony Jackson play. I had Pino Palladino on my first album. I’ve been able to absorb that bass-playing mojo”: How the bass guitar became a crucial part of Sheryl Crow’s songwriting process - Guitar World
- “I had to go outside to the garbage bags and find the certificate because I’d thrown it away!” The Cult’s Charlie Jones didn’t know about his Grammy win for Please Read the Letter… because he didn’t read the letter - Guitar World
- “When Stevie called us, we had to tell him the party was over. We said, ‘We’ve just blown out Stevie Wonder!’” Stuart Zender on sessioning for Stevie Wonder and supplying the funk to Jamiroquai’s first three albums - Guitar World
- Biffy Clyro bass player quits tour over addiction and mental health issues - BBC
- Limp Bizkit Reveal Their New Bass Player One Month After the Death of Founding Bassist Sam Rivers - VICE
- Discover the identity of Limp Bizkit’s new live bass player - Chaoszine
- Ian Lees, Bass Player for Moving Pictures, Has Died - Noise11.com
- Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield of Stone Roses and Primal Scream dead at 63 - New York Post
- Gary 'Mani' Mounfield: Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist dies aged 63 - BBC
- Gary Mounfield, former Stone Roses bassist, has died at 63 - WTOP
- Beloved rocker dead at 63: ‘One of the best to ever pick up a bass guitar’ - PennLive.com
- Remembering Mani, by Gordon Moakes - The Quietus
- Mani – The Stone Roses, Primal Scream – Has Died - clashmusic.com
- Former Stone Roses bassist Gary 'Mani' Mounfield dies aged 63 - Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, the Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist, dies aged 63 - The Guardian
- The Stone Roses bassist Gary 'Mani' Mounfield dies aged 63 - Sky News
- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra mourns double bassist and music animateur - The Strad
Bass Amp News
- Peavey’s Legendary Super Festival Bass Amp is Back - Premier Guitar
- Best multi-effects pedals 2026: Our pick of the best all-in-one guitar FX modellers - MusicRadar
- GEEZER BUTLER Is Selling The Bass Amp Heads He Used At BLACK SABBATH's Final Show - Metal Injection
- Geezer Butler to sell signed amps used at rehearsals for Black Sabbath’s final show - Guitar.com
- IK Multimedia ToneX Bass Pedals: Ampeg, Bassmann, And Much More! - Gearnews.com
- How the MESA/Boogie Bass-800D channels 50 years of bass amp innovation - Gibson
- Juan Alderete Is Bringing Over 700 Bass Guitars, Pedals, and Amps to Reverb - Reverb
- MayFly Audio releases the Sunset Bass Amplifier Simulator - Premier Guitar
- Best amp modellers 2025: High-tech tone solutions for all guitarists - MusicRadar
- Best bass amps 2025: low-end tone machines - Guitar Player
- Bergantino Audio Announces the HP Ultra 2000W Bass Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- Winter NAMM 2025 – Day 1 - Bass Gear Magazine
- “The store said, ‘We can’t get an amp before your gig.’ This gentleman walked up behind me and said, ‘You can use mine.’ It was John Entwistle”: Martyn LeNoble was once in desperate need of bass gear – and The Who’s low-end legend came to his rescue - Guitar World
- Ashen Amps APG700.4 Bass Amplifier - Bass Gear Magazine
- Esko, Grand Rapids, Northwestern bass anglers head to state - Duluth News Tribune
- “Designed to meet the exacting standards of today’s bassists”: Aguilar has overhauled some of its most iconic bass amps with some choice upgrades - Guitar World
- Genzler Amplification Launches Kinetix 800 Bass Amp - Premier Guitar
- Boss Announces Katana-500 Bass Head and Cabinet 112 Bass - Premier Guitar
- Boss unleashes a Bass Edition of its Killer ME-90 Multi-FX pedal alongside a potent new Katana 500 Watt Bass Head with matching C112B Cab - Guitar Pedal X
- “Raises professional bass amplification to the next level”: Boss has unveiled its first-ever Katana bass head – and it might have just changed the game for bass players - Guitar World
Guitar Effects News
- Why Guitarists Still Swear by Boss Effektpedale in 2026 (And Why You Probably Need One) - AD HOC NEWS
- Looking to kickstart 2026 with a new guitar or pedal project? Here are 12 of my favourite DIY guitar kits, easy mods, and simple pedal builds to help you smash the January blues - Guitar World
- Boss XS-1 Poly Shifter Pedal - Guitar.com
- Boss XS-1 Poly Shifter review – all the magic of the XS-100 in a smaller, smarter format - Guitar.com
- Video: Andy Martin's Top Pedals of 2025 - Reverb
- ELECTRO-HARMONIX Is Running a Pretty Major Sale on All Their Pedals - Gear Gods
- “Ozzy requested a remote switch so he could turn the pedalboard off from the next hotel room.” Randy Rhoads’ constant practice drove Ozzy Osbourne crazy. The solution? A tiny pedalboard designed to please them both - Guitar Player
- My Highlights of 2025: A Genuine Bechstein Piano and a NAM wave - Gearnews.com
- “If we see something like the DigiTech Bad Monkey overdrive trending, it’s like, ‘Okay, who opened their mouth?’ And it’s usually JHS’s Josh Scott”: From the amp modeling revolution to the demand for dirt, these are the trends driving the used gear market - Guitar World
- Universal Audio Paradise Guitar Studio review – all the classic tones you need for home recording? - Guitar.com
- Reverb has unveiled the bestselling pedals of 2025 – and ’80s tone nostalgia rules supreme - Guitar World
- Höfner blames effects of US tariffs for bankruptcy, but “business operations will continue” throughout administration - Guitar.com
- Polarising Boss pedals, brilliant Martins and a relic Fender: these are my favourite new guitar products of 2025 - Guitar.com
- GPX Blog - 2025 Best New Modulation, Pitch, Utility and Multi-FX Pedals of the Year - Guitar Pedal X
- Best acoustic guitar pedals 2025: Boost your tone with the top effects pedals for acoustic guitar - Guitar Player
- I'm sorry, my beloved AC30, but with hundreds slashed off digital modelers and multi-effects, I've found your replacement this Black Friday - here are 7 units that are turning my head - Guitar World
- Best multi-effects pedals 2026: Our pick of the best all-in-one guitar FX modellers - MusicRadar
- Best multi-effects pedals 2026: replace your rig - Guitar World
- Empty Head Effects' latest - the King Alex II - is a killer Obliteration Distortion which has similar dynamics to the Expandora's Forbidden Fuzz Mode - Guitar Pedal X
- GPX Blog - 2025 October Pedal-Chain Updated - Episode X - Big Thrills and Overspills - Guitar Pedal X
Guitar and Bass News
- BIZNOTE: New year to bring new home for Thunder Road Guitars and The Bass Shop - West Seattle Blog...
- The Lowdown: Why Do We Never Take Lessons as Professional Musicians? - Premier Guitar
- “All I remember is thinking that the bass turned into a snake. I broke all the strings, threw it down and left the stage”: Bootsy Collins was tripping on LSD when he took the James Brown bass chair to its most in-your-face level - Guitar World
- “I knew relic’ing was coming. I did it myself, to my own guitar, very crude and primitive. I put it on a stand at a guitar show, with no strategy. And it changed everything”: How relic’ing conquered the guitar world - Guitar World
- “I’ve worked with Lee Sklar. I got to see Anthony Jackson play. I had Pino Palladino on my first album. I’ve been able to absorb that bass-playing mojo”: How the bass guitar became a crucial part of Sheryl Crow’s songwriting process - Guitar World
- “In the actual song you hear today, the guitars, the riff, the bass, the drums and all the vocals are from those initial takes I did in my bedroom”: Sombr on the making of viral hit Undressed, and his formula for creating "a legendary indie rock song" - MusicRadar
- “I walked in and said, ‘Can I get that guitar, the one at the end there?’ He looked at the name on the credit card and then looked up at me”: Chrissie Hynde on the time she bought her own signature guitar off the shelf - Guitar World
- “I bought my first Höfner bass in the ’60s. I have loved it ever since”: Paul McCartney pays tribute to Höfner as the legendary German brand’s future hangs in the balance - Guitar World
- Höfner – maker of Paul McCartney’s iconic violin bass – files for bankruptcy - Guitar.com
- Peavey’s Legendary Super Festival Bass Amp is Back - Premier Guitar
- “James Brown told me, ‘Son, you can’t come on my stage with that funny-looking thing!’” When a young Bootsy Collins joined James Brown’s band, the Godfather of Funk bought him a Fender Jazz Bass. Now it’s up for auction - Guitar World
- Remarkable discovery triples value of wood grain bass guitar linked to Queen - AOL.com
- It’s a kind of magic: Wood grain analysis reveals bass guitar’s link to Queen - London Evening Standard
- “I looked at the bass, Billie looked at me, and I picked it up. I thought, ‘Did I just become a bass player?’” Green Day’s Mike Dirnt looks back on his early bass days – as Epiphone launches signature version of his cult classic Grabber G-3 - Guitar World
- “He said, 'It sounded really great with with two guitar players.’ And Jeff said, ‘Ronnie, if you don't mind...’” Ronnie Wood on the remark that got him demoted to playing bass in the Jeff Beck Group - Guitar Player
- IK Multimedia Announces TONEX Plug for Guitar and Bass - Premier Guitar
- An argument over the sale of a bass guitar led to a domestic assault charge. - facebook.com
- Anthony Jackson, Master of the Electric Bass, Is Dead at 73 - The New York Times
- “My only regret is that I don’t get to play them all as often as I would like”: U2’s Adam Clayton is auctioning off a score of bass guitars that have shaped the band’s sound over the years - Guitar World
- Fender Partners With Turnstile for New Line of Guitars & Bass Guitars - Billboard
New Music releases
- Pittsburgh local music releases for January 2026 - TribLIVE.com
- Pittsburgh local music releases for January 2026 - TribLIVE.com
- Priyanka Chopra ‘wowed’ by Nick Jonas' solo music release on New Year's Day, Hrithik Roshan showers praise - Pinkvilla
- Rookie girl group KiiiKiii to release new music in January - Korea JoongAng Daily
- News: Gravewitch Release New Music Video ‘Mistress Of Hate’ - New Noise Magazine
- The Best New Music Releases of 2025, According to Game Informer Editors - Game Informer
- Top 25 new Indian indie music releases of 2025 - Lifestyle Asia Hong Kong
- New Music On The Horizon: First Half Of 2026 Album Releases Define A Diverse Year In Sound - Noise11.com
- Music in 2026: Who's releasing new albums and will Oasis play Knebworth? - BBC
- Elton John Reveals Exciting News About Plans to Release New Music in 2026; “Step Into Christmas” Reaches New Peak on UK Singles Chart - American Songwriter
- Savannah-based singer-songwriter releases new album in January - Savannah Morning News
- New Releases - Official Charts
- New album releases 2026: Dates for Gorillaz, Robbie Williams, Leigh-Anne and more - Official Charts
- Looking Ahead: A Release Calendar of Upcoming Albums in 2026 - Billboard
- Jessica Simpson Celebrates ‘Sold Out’ Music Release: ‘My Heart is So Full’ - Parade
- Which New Music Release of the Week Is Your Favorite? Vote! - Billboard
- Ex-Falling In Reverse guitarist Max Georgiev releases his new musicvideo & EP of original songs titled “Believe In You” - Chaoszine
- New Music Releases and Upcoming Albums in 2025 and 2026 - Pitchfork
- New Music Releases December - Folio Weekly
- The best new holiday music releases for 2025 - Fort Bragg Advocate-News
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