Music News
Guitar News
- “I played it like a baby giraffe on roller skates – but it was heaven”: Steve Vai recalls surreal encounter with the Brian May as he celebrates his own custom Red Special guitar - Guitar.com
- Mark Tremonti admits he doesn’t really listen to modern guitar music – he’d rather listen to Frank Sinatra - Guitar.com
- WOR guitarist Ben Kaiser diagnosed with stage 4 cancer - Lambgoat
- “To fix all the mythology, gossip and outright lies, he had nothing to do with that song.” Gene Simmons makes a stunning claim about the author of Kiss's all-time biggest hit - Guitar Player
- How Phil X Went From Bon Jovi Fan to Their Full-Time Guitarist - parade.com
- “I let him tell me the whole story and then said, ‘Brian, that was me.’” How Steve Vai shocked Brian May by revealing their early 1970s encounter - Guitar Player
- “It will be the greatest album of all time.” How a Kiss guitar legend decided to charge fans more than $4,000 to buy his new record - Guitar Player
- “Duane's got this little stinky amp and a Strat, and I'm going, ‘Well, that's not Jimi playing.’” How Jimi Hendrix inspired Duane Allman — and why his blues trio never came to fruition - Guitar Player
- Ronnie Radke Explains Why He Fired Ex-Falling in Reverse Guitarist Max Georgiev, Musician Responds - Loudwire
- Win tickets to see Matteo Mancuso perform at Guitar Player Presents in Southern California after NAMM 2026 - Guitar Player
- “Thanks to those who made this company one of the greatest brands in the history of this instrument”: Mateus Asato is parting ways with Suhr after 12 years – and fans are already speculating where he's going next - Guitar World
- “I didn’t really think about it. I did my best guitar work there without thinking. I just emptied my head!” How Frehley’s Comet sent Ace Frehley’s post-Kiss career into orbit - Guitar World
- Teaching the Next Generation Spotlights Rising Guitarists at SFCM - San Francisco Classical Voice
- “He goes, ‘You want to see a cool guitar?’ and pulls out a ’53 Tele. I had never seen anything like that.” Joe Bonamassa on the blues giant who made him the guitarist he is today - Guitar Player
- “We have tried about 800 different types of solos and we cannot get it right”: Some of the world's greatest guitarists are all fighting it out to get their solo on this track - Guitar World
- “I said, ‘Man, where’s my audition?’ They said, ‘You got the gig.’ So I got my job just by warming up”: How Dave Mustaine landed the gig with Metallica - Guitar World
- “We were just flabbergasted.” The secret sound that has David Bowie’s “‘Heroes’” surging on the charts following its ‘Stranger Things’ appearance - Guitar Player
- “I'm not sure how he does it.” Don Was says this modern-day guitar hero “might be better than George Harrison” - Guitar Player
- “If it sounds heavy on a classical guitar, then it will sound even heavier once I’m plugged in”: Foam swords, steel riffs – and medieval raga? Meet the queen of fantasy doom metal guitar, Castle Rat’s Riley Pinkerton - Guitar World
- Interview: Rene Lopez - The Big Takeover
- “Everybody looks at him as Mr. Tap and Mr. Shred. That’s just a flavor of what he did”: Wolfgang Van Halen on one the most overlooked and underrated aspects of Eddie’s playing - Guitar World
- “Anything but the guitar”: Marcus King claims he never plays guitar at home – and thinks it makes him a better musician - Guitar.com
- “Transcribing Wes Montgomery and Joe Pass really helped me on my journey. You can see the amount of joy they were bringing to the music”: How Italian maestro Andrea Rinciari is reinventing the great American jazz guitar songbook - Guitar World
- “I was in Trader Joe’s putting bananas in a shopping cart when Jon Bon Jovi called. He says, ‘Hey, we’re gonna need you in Calgary tonight.’” Phil X on his surprise induction into Bon Jovi - Guitar Player
- “The chord shapes are a little different than normal, but therein lies the beauty of an open tuning”: Charlie Starr’s open G slide soloing masterclass - Guitar World
- “A bang-for-buck champ that performs above its price class.” We review the Gretsch Electromatic CVT Double-Cut with Wraparound Tailpiece - Guitar Player
- “I bought this on Craigslist at a parking lot in Nashville. Some random guy met me in this weird van”: How Stephen Wilson Jr. bought his workhorse, ride-or-die nylon-string guitar - Guitar World
- “I really have no recollection of doing it. I’d made a record in my sleep!” How Keith Richards wrote the iconic Satisfaction riff – without even realizing it - Guitar World
- “The biggest mistake was just not shutting down at that point.” As ‘Frampton Comes Alive!’ turns 50, Peter Frampton tells how its success nearly killed his solo career before it started - Guitar Player
- “How do I get him to come to my kitchen table????” Roger Daltrey makes a rare appearance following the Who’s final tour singing a Johnny Cash classic at a dinner table - Guitar Player
- “He was a very moody sort of guy. We’d be traveling in a van, going to the shows, and he would sit in the corner and not talk to anybody.” Jim McCarty recalls Eric Clapton’s “quite unhappy” time with the Yardbirds - Guitar Player
- SYSTEM OF A DOWN's DARON MALAKIAN: How I Ended Up Playing Guitar For METALLICA For A Couple Of Shows In 2000 - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- WOLFGANG VAN HALEN: 'I Think My Dad Is An Incredibly Underrated Rhythm Guitar Player And Songwriter' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “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
- “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
- “I’m just standing there strumming a chord. And the audience looks at me and goes, ‘How does he produce that noise?’” Pete Townshend on the Who's real lead guitar player - Guitar Player
- “There’s a couple guys in the band that were really glad for me to be gone”: Steve Morse opens up on his departure from Deep Purple – and why it was time for him to go - 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
- “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
- “I was packing up to leave when Dylan asked, ‘Where’s he going?’ and I wound up playing on the whole album.” The guitarist Bob Dylan insisted he had to have for his country music breakthrough - Guitar Player
- 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
- Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records' Booker T and the M.G.'s, dies - NPR
- Guitarist Phil Upchurch, who played with Donny Hathaway and Michael Jackson, dies at 84 - Los Angeles Times
- “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
- “These are the tracks people dream of being able to pick up and play”: New study names the most inspiring bands for aspiring guitarists – and The Beatles have been beaten to top spot - Guitar World
- 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’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
- “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
- Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley Pay Tribute to Kiss Guitarist Ace Frehley: “Irreplaceable Rock Soldier” - The Hollywood Reporter
- “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
- “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
- “Death’s been knocking at my door for the last six years. At some point I’m gonna have to let him in.” Ozzy Osbourne reflected on his imminent demise weeks before his passing - Guitar Player
- Ace Frehley cancels show following fall in his home studio - Guitar.com
- “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
- Meet eleven-year-old guitar prodigy Olly Pearson - Boing Boing
- “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
- 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
- “I don’t want people to be upset with me because I don’t mention Ritchie”: Glenn Hughes has worked with some of guitar’s all-time greats – now he’s named the best he’s ever played with - Guitar World
- 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
- “As soon as I heard the news, I turned to my roommate and said, ‘That's my gig.’ The next day, Dave rings”: Steve Vai on how he joined David Lee Roth’s band – and Roth’s desire to “beat Van Halen” - 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
- Joe Satriani struggles with being “extroverted” on stage: “I don’t think I ever feel like myself” - Guitar.com
- Video 10-year-old guitar-playing prodigy rocks on - abcnews.go.com
- 10-year-old guitar-playing prodigy rocks on - Good Morning America
- “It was much harder to get a Rolling Stones sound with him.” Brian Jones, Mick Taylor or Ronnie Wood? Keith Richards says one guitarist was the wrong fit - Guitar Player
- Mick Ralphs, Guitarist in Bad Company and Mott the Hoople, Dead at 81 - Rolling Stone
- “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
- Rick Derringer, Guitar Journeyman Behind ‘Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo,’ Dead at 77 - Rolling Stone
- 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
- LAMB OF GOD's MARK MORTON: 'I Have Never Completely Defined Myself As Just A Heavy Metal Guitar Player' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
Guitar Amp News
- Drunk Beaver Launches Two New Pedals On NotPedals.com - Premier Guitar
- Can Fender’s headphones succeed where past hi-fi and guitar heavyweights' offerings have struggled? - inkl
- “Built to carry its sonic legacy into the future of listening”: Fender becomes the latest guitar and amp firm to enter the home audio space – but can Fender Audio stand up to Marshall? - Guitar World
- Victory Amplification MKX Lunchbox Head: 50 Watts, Flagship Sound, Compact Size - Gearnews.com
- Victory Amps reimagines the $5k+ MK Overdrive as a compact 50-watt lunchbox head – offering the “heart and soul” of its “ultimate guitar amplifier” at a fraction of the price - MusicRadar
- The Best Modeling Amps 2026: From Versatile Beginner Model to Pro-Level Beast - Gearnews.com
- “All the grin-inducing firepower of the full-flight 5150 in a stripped-down model”: EVH 5150 Iconic Series 15W EL34 Head review - Guitar World
- Guitar.com Deals Of The Week: pre-Christmas savings to stuff your stockings with - Guitar.com
- Strymon's new Fairfax is a cool Fuzzy Scuzzy Tube Amp style JFETs saturator with gating sag - Guitar Pedal X
- “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
- Reverb shares its best selling gear of the year – and 2025 was the year of the Strat - Guitar.com
- 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
- “Virtually indistinguishable from the all-tube original”: EVH’s first digital amp, the 5150III Hypersonic, delivers Eddie Van Halen’s iconic tube tones without the heft - Guitar.com
- Electro-Harmonix Introduces ABRAMS100 100-Watt Guitar Amp - Premier Guitar
- “Virtually indistinguishable from the all-tube original”: EVH signals the start of a brave new era with its first digital combo – which promises authentic Eddie Van Halen tube amp tones - Guitar World
- 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
- “The first truly great portable electric guitar amp” is on sale for Black Friday - Guitar.com
- “A Line 6 Spider III got me where I am today!”: Smashing Pumpkins guitarist Kiki Wong thinks it’s more important to have an expensive guitar than a pricey amp - Guitar.com
- The Boss Katana 50 is my favorite practice amp – and it just hit the lowest price of the year thanks to this Amazon Black Friday deal - Guitar World
- VOX Introduces the Micro Superbeetle Guitar Amp - Premier Guitar
- Vox launches Micro Superbeetle guitar and audio amplifiers - Mixdown Magazine
- News - IK Multimedia throws its hat in the ring for Plugin Headphone Amps, with its TONEX PLUG - Guitar Pedal X
- 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
- “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
- AFI guitarist ditched tube amps because they made him feel “constrained” sonically – does he have a point? - 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
- “Making history as the first-ever amp authenticated on the blockchain”: Synyster Gates has launched what’s called a Universal Pedal Platform – and it’s nothing like your usual amp head - Guitar World
- Video: Meet Charlie Barker, a Twin-Style Tube Amp For Working Musicians - Reverb
- “Theory C: it’s a scoop knob... they built James’ parametric EQ into the amp”: Metallica spark a Mesa/Boogie mystery as unidentified amp spotted in 50th Anniversary message to ESP Guitars. Could this be a James Hetfield signature? - Guitar World
- 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
- 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
- “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
- Best tube amps 2025: My top tube amps for the ultimate guitar tone - Guitar Player
- Thomann has acquired Hughes & Kettner – and is promising a bright future for the German amp giant championed by Alex Lifeson and Tommy Thayer - 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
- Best amp modelers 2025: Get your dream guitar tone with my top picks - Guitar Player
- 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
- Bergantino Audio Announces the HP Ultra 2000W Bass Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- “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 - 2025 February Pedal-Chain Update - Episode II - Modulation Sensation - Guitar Pedal X
- News - The Boss Katana : GO - Personal Guitar Amplifier / Headphone Amp is Back! - Guitar Pedal X
- Boss Announces KATANA:GO Personal Headphone Amp - Premier Guitar
- Positive Grid Launches the Spark NEO - Premier Guitar
- News - 9 Cool Headphone Amps - 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
- “We promised him that we would keep his legacy alive”: What’s going on with Dumble Amps – and why was the company at NAMM 2025? We discovered the story behind the re-emergence – and future – of the guitar world’s most mythical amp brand - 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
- Orange Announces Three New Portable Amps and the O Tone Combo Amp - Premier Guitar
- Orange launches “legend in the making” O Tone 40 amplifier plus series of portable Baby amps - Guitar.com
- “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
- Boss Unveils New Gear for NAMM 2025 - Premier Guitar
- Boss launches WAZA Tube Amp Expander Core with “powerful enhancements focused on direct recording applications” - Guitar.com
- Boss shrinks and enhances its Waza Tube Amp Expander - now in more compact W-TAE Core edition - Guitar Pedal X
- Mark Tremonti: “I collect amps like most people collect guitars. My biggest affliction is buying Dumble amplifiers” - Guitar.com
- ‘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
- 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
- Mike Soldano finally delivers his legendary SLO-100 Amp in pedal format - as the Super Lead Overdrive / Preamp - Guitar Pedal X
- 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
- 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
- Ronnie Wood Recalls Jimi Hendrix Praising Him as a Bassist While Jamming Together with Jeff Beck: 'A Feather in My Cap' - AOL.com
- Plain White T’s – Artist - 106.5 The Arch
- Ongoing History Daily: The most important member of a band is… - A Journal of Musical ThIngs
- Andrew Bodnar, Bassist For Graham Parker Backup Band, the Rumour, Dies - Best Classic Bands
- Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones is auctioning off a bunch of studio gear – including a blown amp he left at Dave Grohl’s house - Guitar.com
- Ronnie Wood recalls Jeff Beck putting him on bass — and Jimi Hendrix becoming his first superfan - inkl
- Obituary: Ernest McCarty, jazz bassist and playwright - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Missy Raines and Allegheny to perform Jan. 10 in Charleston for FOOTMAD concert series - WV News
- EXODUS Bassist JACK GIBSON: "There's No Music Business Anymore" - Metal Injection
- “Having grown up playing road hockey, I felt I had to hit the bass as hard as I could. Mr Carter taught me to refine my sound”: What Brandi Disterheft learned from her studies with bass legend Ron Carter - Guitar World
- Famous faces say final goodbye to Stone Roses bass player - Sky News
- “He will go down as one of the greatest rock drummers of all time. I can bring him a bass riff in seven-and-a-half and he’ll be right on it”: Justin Chancellor explains how bass fits into Tool’s challenging brand of prog - Guitar World
- “The time has come to properly address my illnesses and deal with them”: Biffy Clyro bassist James Johnston steps back from band to address mental health and addiction issues - Guitar World
- Biffy Clyro bass player quits tour over addiction and mental health issues - BBC
- “Robert said, ‘Would you be prepared to play bass?’ And I thought, ‘Four strings, six strings... what could be the problem?’”: Greg Lake started out as a guitarist – before being convinced by Robert Fripp to switch to bass when joining King Crimson - Guitar World
- Flea has announced his debut solo album – but he’s not the only bassist playing on it - Guitar World
- Limp Bizkit Reveal Their New Bass Player One Month After the Death of Founding Bassist Sam Rivers - VICE
- Limp Bizkit Honors Late Bassist Sam Rivers at First Show Since His Passing - Billboard
- Discover the identity of Limp Bizkit’s new live bass player - Chaoszine
- Ian Lees, Bass Player for Moving Pictures, Has Died - Noise11.com
Bass Amp News
- Peavey’s® Legendary Super Festival Bass Amp is Back - Bass Gear Magazine
- 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
- IK Multimedia launches TONEX Signature Bass Collectionand two TONEX Bass pedals - Premier Guitar
- 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
- Mesa/Boogie resurrects the legendary Bass 400+ without the backache - Mixdown Magazine
- Video: Do You Really Need a Bass Amp? - Reverb
- How the MESA/Boogie Bass-800D channels 50 years of bass amp innovation - Gibson
- Blackstar Debut Bass: 2 New Bass Practice Amps - Gearnews.com
- 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 bass amps 2025: low-end tone machines - Guitar Player
- Bergantino Audio Announces the HP Ultra 2000W Bass Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- Striped bass restrictions head to Supreme Court - MyEasternShoreMD
- Bergantino Audio Announces the New HP Ultra 2000W Bass Amplifier! - Bass Gear Magazine
- Video shows Mayor Karen Bass refusing to answer L.A. fire questions as she returns from trip abroad - NBC News
- 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
Guitar Effects News
- “You’ll notice when you play it. You hit this pedal on and your amp just becomes huge… It’s just this big, big sound”: EarthQuaker Devices and Dr Z team up for a tube-driven preamp that might just be the cure for whatever ails your tone - MusicRadar
- Ghost Note Audio Swirls Pedal - Guitar.com
- Electro-Harmonix introduces the Pico Intelligent Harmony Machine - Mixdown Magazine
- Drunk Beaver Launches Two New Pedals On NotPedals.com - Premier Guitar
- “Those who were waiting for Origin to recreate an Ampeg Flip-Top will be delighted – it’s as good as you’d hope”: Origin Effects BASSRIG Fifteen review - Guitar World
- Seal’s Collection of Boutique Pedals, Guitars & More Is Coming to Reverb - Reverb
- "Its simplicity is a selling point": Funny Little Boxes Caught By The Fuzz review - MusicRadar
- Ghost Note Audio Swirls review – much more than a chorus pedal - Guitar.com
- Horrothia Effects Triage Deluxe Overdrive Pedal - Guitar.com
- Video: Can a $30 '90s Multi-Effects Unit Actually Sound Good? | Sh*tty Rigs - Reverb
- With Electro-Harmonix pedals from just $53.95 at Sweetwater, it's time to kick off 2026 with a proper tone upgrade for your 'board - Guitar World
- Victory Amps reimagines the $5k+ MK Overdrive as a compact 50-watt lunchbox head – offering the “heart and soul” of its “ultimate guitar amplifier” at a fraction of the price - MusicRadar
- Horrothia Effects Triage Deluxe review – the ultimate all-in-one gain machine for fussy tonehounds? - Guitar.com
- Nuclear Audio Introduces Fission Drive - Premier Guitar
- “One of the most expressive effects ever conceived”: Cliché or pedalboard essential? How the Cry Baby wah pedal changed electric guitar – and why it’s still (kinda) underrated - Guitar World
- “He feels it should be in the hands of people who will put it to good use”: John Paul Jones’ studio gear goes up for auction – including a rare £24,000 Moog Model 15 - MusicRadar
- Peterson introduces new compact always-on StroboVue Stroboscopic Tuner - featuring essentially just the screen part of the compact edition - Guitar Pedal X
- Boss XS-1 Poly Shifter Review - Premier Guitar
- “You don’t really see that a lot with competitors in other industries – throwing parties together, doing joint releases, supporting each other online”: The boutique pedal explosion and what comes next in this golden age of guitar effects - Guitar World
- Video: The RadioShack Reverb Unit That's Actually an Incredible Overdrive | Gear Revisited - Reverb
Guitar and Bass News
- “He told me the story about a young guitarist he once let play his guitar at rehearsal. I said, ‘Brian, that was me’”: Steve Vai pays tribute to Brian May as he receives his radical custom Red Special - Guitar World
- “Thanks to those who made this company one of the greatest brands in the history of this instrument”: Mateus Asato is parting ways with Suhr after 12 years – and fans are already speculating where he's going next - Guitar World
- "Hits the sweet spot of Fender’s heritage, sound, practicality and price": Fender American Professional Classic Precision Bass review - Guitar World
- Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones is auctioning off a bunch of studio gear – including a blown amp he left at Dave Grohl’s house - Guitar.com
- “Everybody looks at him as Mr. Tap and Mr. Shred. That’s just a flavor of what he did”: Wolfgang Van Halen on one the most overlooked and underrated aspects of Eddie’s playing - Guitar World
- Höfner blames effects of US tariffs for bankruptcy, but “business operations will continue” throughout administration - Guitar.com
- “We would like to clarify a few things”: Höfner, maker of Paul McCartney’s legendary Violin Bass, shares statement following bankruptcy filing - Guitar World
- Paul McCartney calls Höfner’s bankruptcy “very sad” as the legendary violin bass maker faces uncertain future - Guitar.com
- “He will go down as one of the greatest rock drummers of all time. I can bring him a bass riff in seven-and-a-half and he’ll be right on it”: Justin Chancellor explains how bass fits into Tool’s challenging brand of prog - 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
- Paul McCartney says he’s “very sad to see Höfner go out of business” and pays tribute to creators of his iconic bass - Rolling Stone UK
- Paul McCartney ‘very sad’ to see bass guitar maker go bust - Yahoo
- Höfner, the famed instrument maker behind Paul McCartney’s iconic Violin Bass, reportedly files for bankruptcy - 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
- “Rickenbacker had a doubleneck guitar and bass, so I bought one. Then Fender came to me and said, ‘Why are you playing that?’” How Moody Blues bassist John Lodge found another gear with a Fender double-neck that was half P-Bass/half Telecaster - Guitar World
- “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
- It’s a kind of magic: Wood grain analysis reveals bass guitar’s link to Queen - London Evening Standard
- 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
New Music releases
- Voice Actor Daisuke Namikawa Releases New Music Video "UNSTOPPABLE" - Crunchyroll
- Bruno Mars’ Decade-in-the-Making New Album Gets Release Date - The Hollywood Reporter
- Looking Ahead: A Release Calendar of New & Upcoming Canadian Albums In 2026 - Billboard Canada
- Bruno Mars’ New Album ‘The Romantic’ Will Arrive in February - Rolling Stone
- ’90s Country Star, 65, Surprises Fans With New Music and the Reaction Is Unexpected - parade.com
- Vermont Music News: Rough Francis Keep Their Name - Seven Days Vermont
- 2026 Latin Music Album Release Calendar: Updating List of New Releases - Billboard
- 2026 Latin Music Album Release Calendar: Updating List of New Releases - Yahoo
- A$AP Rocky releases new music video starring Winona Ryder - Hotpress
- New Music Releases and Upcoming Albums in 2026 - Pitchfork
- BTS to release new album, go on tour after mandatory military service - USA Today
- Looking Ahead: A Release Calendar of Upcoming Albums in 2026 - Billboard
- Ben&Ben to release new music this January - GMA Network
- New album releases 2026: Dates for Gorillaz, Robbie Williams, Leigh-Anne and more - Official Charts
- Pittsburgh local music releases for January 2026 - TribLIVE.com
- BTS Announces the Exact Date of Their Comeback This March - ELLE
- New Music On The Horizon: First Half Of 2026 Album Releases Define A Diverse Year In Sound - Noise11.com
- 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
- Simon Cowell's boy band December 10 release their first-ever music video - Capital UK
- Jessica Simpson Celebrates ‘Sold Out’ Music Release: ‘My Heart is So Full’ - parade.com
Rss Feed made available by Google