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- Laur Joamets’ New Horizons - Premier Guitar
- Blindfold Test: Anthony Wilson - DownBeat
- ‘It’s part of me’: Heartless ambush robs widower - Townsville Bulletin
- Joe Negri, beloved Mister Rogers' 'Handyman', jazz guitarist, dies days before 100th birthday - WTAE
- Jesus and Mary Chain’s William Reid: Eddie Van Halen “Ruined Rock Guitar” - Consequence of Sound
- “It really knocked my socks off.” How a thrown-out Jimi Hendrix album inspired Stevie Ray Vaughan’s guitar journey - GuitarPlayer.com
- National touring acoustic guitarist to perform in Burnsville - hometownsource.com
- “You don't even need a label. You have so many amazing tools like YouTube and TikTok”: Former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Gus G explains how the landscape has changed for aspiring guitar players - Guitar.com
- “He only ever said one thing to me about sounding like anyone he’d played with before”: Rowan Robertson on the key piece of advice he received from Ronnie James Dio on how to faithfully play Tony Iommi’s riffs - guitarworld.com
- “We’ve got a table full of junk. John says, ‘What’s all this then?’” How John Lennon created one of the Beatles’ strangest sounds in just five minutes - GuitarPlayer.com
- ON THE MARK: Ann Carey kicks-off market music series - Rome Sentinel
- "We got so bored with it, we didn’t even play it, which was a mistake": it’s the song everyone wants to hear": The Bluetones on their “sideways tribute” to Jimi Hendrix - MusicRadar
- Are vintage guitars better than new ones? Philip Sayce thinks so – and here’s why - Guitar.com
- “I was a child – he’d choose which records I would get royalties on and which I didn’t. He was stealing my money, and I didn’t realize it”: The untold story of “The Lost Beach Boy” David Marks - guitarworld.com
- “Damon got very good, so it was pretty hard to write with him around – especially when he was rejecting your songs”: How Graham Coxon came out from his Blur bandmate’s shadow - guitarworld.com
- The best riff ever made, according to Keith Richards: “He said it all right there” - Far Out Magazine
- Former SNOT And SEVENDUST Guitarist SONNY MAYO Undergoes Emergency Triple Bypass Surgery After A Heart Attack - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “It felt too good to believe, so I bought it.” How a $175 Rickenbacker made Peter Buck a lifelong Rick devotee - GuitarPlayer.com
- Why Dogstar’s comeback is still comeback-ing - Los Angeles Times
- GuitarTek by StewMac Redefines Guitar Care with Pro-Level Cleaners and Polishes - Premier Guitar
- Eddie Trunk Official Website - eddietrunk.com
- **"What Drives Dylana Nova Scott to Create Amps That Ignite Passion in Every Guitarist?"** - Premier Guitar
- “I’m always trying to increase the size of my paintbox.” Daniel Lanois turns studio accidents into songs on his new album, ‘Belladonna Nocturne’ - GuitarPlayer.com
- BALMORA guitarist Jay Torblaa "stepping away" from band following allegations - Lambgoat
- “Get a good amp or you're always going to sound s**tty!”: Billy Duffy on why it's more important to have a good amp than a good guitar - Guitar.com
- “If anybody could play like that, they must be crazy”: How Dave Davies wrote the savage solo for the Kinks’ breakthrough hit - guitarworld.com
- “If you think this is a bunch of throwaway crap to suck the dollar out of poor, unsuspecting Van Halen fans, it’s not”: Eddie Van Halen’s soon-to-be-released recordings are going to blow you away, according to Steve Lukather - guitarworld.com
- “I did four or five songs, then Ozzy said, ‘Welcome aboard’. I would have loved to have spent more time with him”: Randy Rhoads was his guitar teacher. Then he ended up in Ozzy Osbourne’s band - guitarworld.com
- Joe Negri, jazz guitar virtuoso and Mr. Rogers’ ‘Handyman,’ dies at nearly 100 - TribLIVE.com
- 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood' jazz guitarist Joe Negri dies at 99 - newscentermaine.com
- Joe Negri, who played Handyman Negri on "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," has died - WCVB
- Joe Negri, who was Handyman Negri on ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,’ dies at 99 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- “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 - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I thought, That's my guitar! He told me, 'I bought it off some guy on the street for 350 bucks.'” How Lita Ford rediscovered her stolen B.C. Rich Mockingbird — and then let it go again - GuitarPlayer.com
- AI helped a musician with Parkinson’s finish his new album when he could no longer play guitar - WISH-TV
- “Bob said, ‘What’s that?’ I told him, ‘That’s one of your songs, man.’” Roger McGuinn says Bob Dylan didn't recognize his own song when the Byrds performed it for him - GuitarPlayer.com
- “They all got around in a circle around me and sang the vocal. It was riveting, all these voices that I’ve heard on the radio for all these years”: When Winger and Whitesnake guitarist Reb Beach played on an ’80s Bee Gees classic - MusicRadar
- “I find that the electric guitar is almost a separate species”: Why being an acoustic guitarist doesn't necessarily make you an electric player – according to Eric Bibb - guitarworld.com
- STEVE LUKATHER On EDDIE VAN HALEN Album He Is Working On With ALEX VAN HALEN: 'This Is Not Throwaway S***' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “I said, ‘How come you didn't use these!?’” Steve Lukather says Eddie Van Halen’s unreleased recordings left him stunned - GuitarPlayer.com
- Gary Clark Jr. On His Admiration For Prince: “He’s The Best Guitar Player In The World” - Grammy
- “It was all a first take.”Behind Boz Scaggs' hit "Lowdown" - GuitarPlayer.com
- “Billy has been an incredible mentor... He has such a vast knowledge of pedals”: Smashing Pumpkins’ Kiki Wong on how Billy Corgan led her down the stompbox rabbit hole - guitarworld.com
- “They said, ‘Play something dumb!’” The Journey single that became “the Biggest Song of All Time” thanks to TV, baseball and Bachman-Turner Overdrive - GuitarPlayer.com
- “The only reason I picked them is so I can look at their behinds.” P.J. Harvey on why she stopped playing guitar onstage — and the real reason she chose her first pair of tour guitarists - GuitarPlayer.com
- “It was such great stuff.” Steve Vai says he’s heard Eddie Van Halen’s unreleased recordings - GuitarPlayer.com
- “That song ended up being my homage to Jimmy Page... There’s this Celtic thing that we were tapping into. Like the Bert Jansch recording of Blackwaterside”: Rich Robinson on The Black Crowes’ triumphant second act - guitarworld.com
- Who's the most exciting up-and-coming guitar player? - guitarworld.com
- Zach Top’s Beloved Guitar Player, Cheyenne Dalton, Stuns Fans With News She’s No Longer In The Band - Whiskey Riff
- “I wanted a bicycle for Christmas, and they gave me a guitar. It pissed me off”: Jeff “Skunk” Baxter has played with everyone from Steely Dan to Dolly Parton – but he didn’t even want to be a guitar player - guitarworld.com
- “I love it and it’s my friend forever. If I had to, I’d f**k it”: Keith Richards on his enduring love affair with the guitar, the effects of arthritis on his playing, and why he’s still learning the instrument at 82 - guitarworld.com
- Ritchie Blackmore claims “most guitarists aren’t nice people” - Guitar.com
- “I couldn’t believe he was a guitar player”: Ritchie Blackmore says most guitarists aren’t nice people – but names one player who bucks the trend - guitarworld.com
- “He was such a nice guy, I couldn't believe he was a guitarist!” Ritchie Blackmore claims “most guitar players aren't nice people” and names the one exception - GuitarPlayer.com
- RITCHIE BLACKMORE: 'Most Guitar Players Aren't Nice People' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- A guide to the oft-overlooked shredders who anchored Dio - guitarworld.com
- “I am 10 times the player when I hold a guitar pick the ‘wrong’ way”: A blues guitar hero showed me how he held his pick – and it changed the way I played guitar - guitarworld.com
- The Art of Teaching and Learning the Guitar - Stetson University
- “It hit me more than I thought it would.” Ritchie Blackmore on the one musician he was closest to — and what drove a wedge between them - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I look at my hands and say, ‘Well, let’s see what we can do today’“: Keith Richards opens up on how age and arthritis has changed his approach to playing - guitarworld.com
- Beloved rocker’s death at 74 has fans praying: ‘One of the greatest guitar players ever’ - PennLive.com
- “We were watching this Beatles concert on TV when Keith comes walking down the stairs.” Keith Richards had a priceless response when he caught his band watching the Fab Four - GuitarPlayer.com
- “The best rock guitar player I have ever played with”: Rock world pays tribute to late Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell - Guitar.com
- Legendary singer and guitar player dead at 82: ‘There was no one like him’ - Lehighvalleylive.com
- EXODUS's GARY HOLT: 'I'm Not Rich, But I Make A Living Playing Guitar, And That's A Gift In Itself' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- Tenacious D singer/guitar player kicking off tour in Toledo - WTOL
- “I thought, ‘Well, it couldn’t hurt…’ It did hurt”: Noodling alone at home is fine. But you’ll never be a great guitar player unless you join a band - guitarworld.com
- Who's the best guitar player you've ever seen live? - guitarworld.com
- “They started chanting ‘Huey!’” Stevie Ray Vaughan bombed on opening night of a major tour - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I told Alex, ‘We’re either doing this or we’re not.’” Geddy Lee on forcing Alex Lifeson to restart Rush - GuitarPlayer.com
- Music world rocked by icon’s death at 81: ‘One of the greatest guitar players ever’ - PennLive.com
- “The airbag shattered all the bones.” Jack White on the accident that forced a major change in his guitar playing - GuitarPlayer.com
- “Bobby was completely allergic to compliments… I loved that about him. Mostly, he just loved playing”: The life and legacy of Grateful Dead icon Bob Weir - guitarworld.com
- “I have the greatest respect for classical and jazz musicians. Their musicality is far greater than mine. But my imagination and inventiveness, most probably, is far greater”: Steve Howe on overcoming stage fright and the tragic fate of his Gibson ES-175 - guitarworld.com
- Greg Brown, founding Cake guitarist who wrote ‘The Distance,’ dies - KCRA
- “I kept it as quiet as I could”: Eric Gales tried to keep his guitar playing a secret – but Carlos Santana spoiled the surprise - guitarworld.com
- “I have so much more connection with my guitar now than I think I ever had”: John Mayer on playing with Dead & Company - Guitar.com
- Carlos Santana thinks guitarists who play fast are no better than gym bros flexing their muscles: “Big deal, so what?” - Guitar.com
- Bob Weir, Guitarist and Founding Member of The Grateful Dead, Dies at 78 - The New York Times
- Bob Weir, guitarist and founding member of the Grateful Dead, has died at 78 - NPR
- Bob Weir, Grateful Dead Singer, Guitarist and Co-Founder, Dies at 78 - Variety
- Bob Weir, Grateful Dead Co-Founder and Guitarist, Dead at 78 - Rolling Stone
- “Our initial sense was that it was very big-headed. We all looked at Fred and said, ‘Really?’” Brian May on Freddie Mercury and the mega-hit that changed Queen’s relationship with their audience - GuitarPlayer.com
- North Texas musicians bring a Spanish guitar concerto back to life with new recording - KERA News
- “Anything but the guitar”: Marcus King claims he never plays guitar at home – and thinks it makes him a better musician - Guitar.com
- SYSTEM OF A DOWN's DARON MALAKIAN: How I Ended Up Playing Guitar For METALLICA For A Couple Of Shows In 2000 - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “We’ve known him for a long time. He was one of the true best friends.” Alex Van Halen says he and Steve Lukather will work on a new album - GuitarPlayer.com
- WOLFGANG VAN HALEN: 'I Think My Dad Is An Incredibly Underrated Rhythm Guitar Player And Songwriter' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “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
- "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
- “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 - GuitarPlayer.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
- “All of us are guilty of it — and so am I.” Gene Simmons says he has one regret about how he treated the late Ace Frehley - GuitarPlayer.com
- Guitar Player's Week in Music Quiz for November 14, 2025 - GuitarPlayer.com
- EXTREME's NUNO BETTENCOURT: How ACE FREHLEY Influenced Me As A Guitar Player - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “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 - guitarworld.com
- Kiss Guitarist Ace Frehley Dead at 74 - Rolling Stone
- “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 - GuitarPlayer.com
- Maggie Baugh: What to know about Keith Urban's guitar player - Fox News
Guitar Amp News
- Positive Grid’s Reactor amp series can build tones from text, photos and recordings - Guitar.com
- Positive Grid Introduces REACTOR Intelligent Guitar Amplifier — a New Approach to Amplification - Premier Guitar
- Positive Grid REACTOR Is the First Smart Amp That Builds Your Guitar Tone From Scratch - Techaeris
- "The app is where things get both wild and a little weird:" Positive Grid Reactor 50 Intelligent Guitar Combo Amp review - MusicRadar
- "Where many modeling amps of this ilk fail to impress me, I found the Reactor to be incredibly receptive, balanced and warm.": Positive Grid Reactor 100 Intelligent Guitar Combo Amp review - guitarworld.com
- Positive Grid REACTOR Intelligent Guitar Amplifier review: Perfect for practice, set for the stage - Popular Science
- “A turning point for the industry”: Tone3000’s new A2 NAM modeling tech beat some huge hitters in a blind listening test – and it’s completely free to use - guitarworld.com
- Positive Grid branches out from the Spark with the Reactor – an AI-powered combo that can generate tones from images and adapts to your playing - guitarworld.com
- Positive Grid unveils amps that let you design tones with AI - MusicRadar
- Positive Grid Reactor Amps: Amp Intelligence with AI Tone Creation! - Gearnews.com
- Patching guitar amp firmware - Adafruit
- **"What Drives Dylana Nova Scott to Create Amps That Ignite Passion in Every Guitarist?"** - Premier Guitar
- “Get a good amp or you're always going to sound s**tty!”: Billy Duffy on why it's more important to have a good amp than a good guitar - Guitar.com
- Poking Around With JTAG On A Guitar Amp - Hackaday
- $1,200 couch at 75% off, $5 guitar amp: Bargain hunters flock to South Walkerville yard sale - CTV News
- “Make no mistake, it could grace any professional stage with its superb range of sounds, rugged build and great flexibility”: Fractal Audio Systems AM4 review review - MusicRadar
- Saint Mike DSP releases QingX Clean Amp, a FREE clean guitar amp plugin - Bedroom Producers Blog
- “I was starting to get tired – as much as I hate to say it – of the very predictable Marshall sound”: Slash took his new favorite amp brand on the Guns N’ Roses tour without telling anyone - guitarworld.com
- Mesa/Boogie launches new video series exploring the history of the legendary amp brand - Guitar.com
- Best mini amps for guitar 2026: power up your practice with these tiny towers of tone - guitarworld.com
- “Over the past 24 hours, I’ve received hundreds of messages about my current situation. So yes, it’s official: I’ve made the move”: Jared James Nichols switches to Marshall amps - MusicRadar
- 200,000 models, AI stem separation, impossibly big sound: Blackstar just dropped a mini amp that could change the market forever - guitarworld.com
- “He let me into the basement with all his secret stuff and he had 10 Dumbles down there. It was the biggest collection I’ve ever seen in person!” Jake Kiszka on the time he went shopping for the world’s most expensive guitar amp in Japan - MusicRadar
- Best acoustic guitar amps 2026: let your acoustic tone shine - guitarworld.com
- “I like to keep things simple, as the saying goes: It’s only rock ’n’ roll”: Never mind the modelers, here’s a Sex Pistols Marshall amp - guitarworld.com
- Lyndon Laney, founder of Laney Amplification, has died - Guitar.com
- Mooer takes on JBL with its own AI stem separation tech – and it could change the way you practice your favorite songs - guitarworld.com
- Revv Doubles Down on Portable Tube Amps With the G25 - Premier Guitar
- Two Notes Unleashes Captor X + : A New Benchmark for Going Direct with Tube Amps - Premier Guitar
- “That thing is unbelievable. It’s one of the most impressive new amps I’ve tried”: Misha Mansoor has a ton of amps. But one new design has blown him away - guitarworld.com
- “It sounds way bigger than it is”: Joe Bonamassa names his go-to studio amp – which he bought from Steven Seagal - guitarworld.com
- Winzz Guitars Introduces the Lead Burner 30W IR-Enabled Guitar Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- “I literally cried tears of joy”: After years of searching, YouTuber finally uncovers the identity of Kurt Cobain’s mystery In Utero amp - guitarworld.com
- Who Needs Tube Amps in 2026? I Say: No One. - Gearnews.com
- Laney Introduces Prism-Mini Guitar Amp & Bluetooth Speaker - Premier Guitar
- “A long-term model to support the future of live music”: Marshall pledges to donate a percentage of gear sales to support grassroots venues - guitarworld.com
- “Delivers surprisingly good amp models and one of the best AI practice tools I’ve ever used”: JBL BandBox Trio review - guitarworld.com
- “You're not going to get any sustain”: Analog Man legend Mike Piera thinks people who use digital amps and in-ear monitors are missing out on a huge part of guitar tone - Guitar.com
- This Tiny LEGO Fender Guitar Amp Conversion Really Works - Hackster.io
- Best amp modelers 2026: rack-mounted and floorboard options for every budget - guitarworld.com
- “Green Day showing the world how to keep it loud!” Billie Joe Armstrong shows off mysterious new Marshall as Green Day rock the Super Bowl – could a signature amp finally be on the cards? - guitarworld.com
- Best amp modelers 2026: get all your dream guitar tones in one - GuitarPlayer.com
- Synergy Unveils Machine-Learning Power Amp Technology - Premier Guitar
- NAMM 2026: The latest guitar launches and news from the biggest music gear event on the planet, as it happened - Guitar.com
- Thomas Blug îs unerringly close now to a full release of his new state of the art BluGuitar Amp X Analog Amp & Pedal Modeller - Guitar Pedal X
- NAMM 2026: news, rumors, predictions - guitarworld.com
- The Blackstar BEAM MINI harnesses a tube-driven feel in a digital desktop amp format – with plenty of amp models and even ISF control - Guitar.com
- “Our amplifier learns your cabinet’s impedance through controlled sweeps and continues to monitor it in real-time”: Synergy’s Power Amp Machine-Learning tech could be 'revolutionary' - MusicRadar
- BluGuitar Amp X: 100% Analog Amp with Digital Controls - Gearnews.com
- “Uncompromising tone whenever inspiration strikes”: Blackstar unveils the Beam Mini – it’s portable, desktop-friendly, and as the first guitar amp to allow players to load Neural Amp Modeller captures, it's a game-changer too - MusicRadar
- ID:X Floor – Blackstar’s first “high-performance” digital floor modellers deliver the tone and feel of real amps with hands-on controls - Guitar.com
- Rig Rundown: Bryan Adams - Premier Guitar
- “A no-compromise amplifier solution”: Synergy teams up with Wampler and Friedman to launch its machine-learning power amp – and promises to change the game for tube modeling - guitarworld.com
- “The straight-up, high-voltage voice of a masterfully designed single-channel amp”: Orange rolls out the OR60 – an all-tube guitar amp head that is the “most versatile it has ever built” - guitarworld.com
- “Designed to go hard”: Orange unveils new vintage-inspired single-channel OR60 amp head - Guitar.com
- Orange Amps OR60 UK-Built All-Valve Guitar Amp - Premier Guitar
- “Reimagines the hybrid amp experience for a new generation”: Vox marries old-school amps and modelers by introducing its most advanced iterations of the Valvetronix series yet - guitarworld.com
- Boss makes a splash ahead of NAMM with new GX-1 and GX-1B multi-effects units, plus a new busker-friendly Roland Cube Street amp - Guitar.com
- Roland Announces CUBE Street Mini Multi-Instrument Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- Roland delivers the ultimate live performance compact battery-powered Multi-Instrument Amplifier - the Cube Street Mini - Guitar Pedal X
- Blind guitarist brought to tears by specially-made Braille amp - guitarworld.com
- Tube Amps: Finally Obsolete in 2026? - Gearnews.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 - guitarworld.com
- 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
- “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 - guitarworld.com
- Buy a Friedman amp for $99 in this bonkers Black Friday deal - guitarworld.com
- “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 - guitarworld.com
- VOX Introduces the Micro Superbeetle Guitar Amp - Premier Guitar
- 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
- 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 - guitarworld.com
- 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
- 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
- “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 - guitarworld.com
- What’s more important, your guitar or amp? Phil X reckons he has the answer - Guitar.com
- 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 - guitarworld.com
- 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
- 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
- “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 - guitarworld.com
- “There were things I wanted to achieve that I wasn't really getting out of those amps”: Why Slash worked with Magnatone on a signature amp after 30 years of playing Marshall stacks - guitarworld.com
- Dad who bought guitar amp on Facebook floored by previous rock star owner - Manchester Evening News
- Mooer’s F15i is a $190 desktop modeling amp with touchscreen - guitarworld.com
- The Two-Rock Revival: How a Hand-Built Amp Brand Quietly Ascended in the Guitar World - Premier Guitar
- 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
- Supro Announces New Airwave Tube Amp - Premier Guitar
- NAMM 2025 Gallery: The Latest from the NAMM Show - Premier Guitar
- ‘High off the sound’: Fergus Falls engineer is a guitar amp hero - MPR News
- NAMM 2023: Biggest guitar, pedal and amp announcements - Guitar.com
- NAMM 2021: The best guitar, pedal and amp releases this year - Guitar.com
- 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
- Glen Matlock on Sharing His Side of the Story with “I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol” - floodmagazine.com
- The bassist played on the band's biggest hits from 1970 to 1986. - facebook.com
- Bassist Ronald LaPread, Commodores co-founder, dies at 75 - WHIO TV
- Paul McCartney Talks About Collaborating on New Rolling Stones Album - VOI.id
- Ready To Strike announce new bassist Ethan Greene - Sleaze Roxx
- Obituary: Commodores bassist Ronald LaPread, who died in Auckland aged 76 - NZ Herald
- Commodores Bassist Ronald LaPread Has Passed Away - uDiscoverMusic
- “It’s a one-string instrument with a handle on it, and I hit it with a stick”: Les Claypool’s bonkers one-string leads the biggest (and strangest) bass releases of the month - guitarworld.com
- Best overdrive pedals for bass 2026: The ultimate in bass saturation at all price points - guitarworld.com
- Commodores co-founder and former bassist Ronald LaPread dead at 75 - Fox News
- Ronald LaPread dead: Commodores co-founder and bass player dies aged 75 - The Sun
- INGESTED Bassist THOMAS O'MALLEY Leaves The Band - Metal Injection
- INGESTED bassist Thomas O'Malley exits band - Lambgoat
- Ronald LaPread, former Commodores bass player, dies in Auckland aged 75 - RNZ
- Founding member of The Commodores dies at 75 - NZ Herald
- “Jaco made a great contribution, but what came after was all these idiots trying to sound like him. That's why bass players today are so lame”: Bill Laswell gives his unfiltered verdict on modern bassists - guitarworld.com
- Providing The Foundation: Bassist Recalls Why He Loves The Instrument - Post Journal
- “Paul played a lot of terrific bass with Wings that’s still under-appreciated. I don't think he even recognizes it himself”: Paul McCartney’s greatest post-Beatles bassline - guitarworld.com
- Black Sabbath bass player, Debbie Gibson praise effort to find new homes for beagles - ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- ’70s Bass Legend Named the ‘Most Underrated Bass Player of All Time’ - Men's Journal
Bass Amp News
- Best multi-effects pedals 2026: Our pick of the best all-in-one guitar FX modellers - MusicRadar
- “A small yet mighty gig bag hero”: Mesa/Boogie launches powerhouse preamp/DI with all the tone-shaping capabilities of its high-end Subway line - guitarworld.com
- Genzler Amplification Introduces Magellan 800+ Bass Amp - Premier Guitar
- Best bass amps 2026: low-end tone machines - GuitarPlayer.com
- Mayor Karen Bass says LA28 head Wasserman should step down - Los Angeles Times
- Electronic Audio Experiments' Traynor Bass Amp derived Greathammer Overdrive delivers 50 decibels of killer low-end tone - Guitar Pedal X
- Boss's GX-1B Bass Effects Processor exactly matches the Entry Level GX-1 Guitar one - while it comes with its own suite of dedicated Bass-centric onboard effects - Guitar Pedal X
- Walrus Audio Mantle Analog Bass Preamp // DI - Premier Guitar
- Peavey’s Legendary Super Festival Bass Amp is Back - Music Connection Magazine
- IK Multimedia Announces TONEX Plug for Guitar and Bass - 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 iconic Bass 400+ without the backache - Mixdown Magazine
- Respected Bass Amp Tone In Software - Sonicstate
- MayFly Audio releases the Sunset Bass Amplifier Simulator - Premier Guitar
- Bergantino Audio Announces the HP Ultra 2000W Bass Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- “Designed to meet the exacting standards of today’s bassists”: Aguilar has overhauled some of its most iconic bass amps with some choice upgrades - guitarworld.com
- 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
Guitar Effects News
- "The app is where things get both wild and a little weird:" Positive Grid Reactor 50 Intelligent Guitar Combo Amp review - MusicRadar
- “A turning point for the industry”: Tone3000’s new A2 NAM modeling tech beat some huge hitters in a blind listening test – and it’s completely free to use - guitarworld.com
- Positive Grid unveils amps that let you design tones with AI - MusicRadar
- Holy Island Audio's Angel Teeth is a fantastic sounding, massively evolved DOD250 Distortion with Extra Clipping Options, Upper Octave and Fuzz! - Guitar Pedal X
- Electro-Harmonix Pico Intelligent Harmony Machine Pedal - Guitar.com
- Dunlop Cry Baby BB535 Reissue Review - Premier Guitar
- My Airline Dirty Birdy Fuzz has landed - it is indeed very aptly named for its unusual mix of hairy dirt and smooth sustain! - Guitar Pedal X
- “Quirky and off-the-wall, it’s waiting to throw a spanner in the works of your guitar tone”: Electro-Harmonix Pico Atomic Cluster review - guitarworld.com
- EHX Pico Intelligent Harmony Machine review: impressive tracking hampered by inevitable compromise - Guitar.com
- “Everyone who is anyone has used one at some point in their careers”: The story of the Boss digital delay pedal that changed the world - guitarworld.com
- Best overdrive pedals for bass 2026: The ultimate in bass saturation at all price points - guitarworld.com
- Highlights from Doug's Chase Bliss Big Time Tour at The Dodo Micropub, Hanwell - Guitar Pedal X
- Turn Your N64 Controller Into An Instrument With This Guitar Effects Pedal - Retro Dodo
- This week's hottest new guitar gear – featuring Wes Borland's Jackson and a Korn pedal - Yahoo
- “Make no mistake, it could grace any professional stage with its superb range of sounds, rugged build and great flexibility”: Fractal Audio Systems AM4 review review - MusicRadar
- Deals of the Week: RODE, Arturia, and JHS Pedals - Gearnews.com
- “Built on the same ingredients that forged the sound”: Korn have released another pedal that channels the sound of their genre-defining debut record due to overwhelming fan demand - guitarworld.com
- 2026 May Pedal-Chain Update - Episode V - Giga-Hoard Modulated Fuzz'n'Drive Board - Guitar Pedal X
- Phil Jones Bass Launches the Boosterooster PE-2 Pedal - Premier Guitar
- “A pedal that leaves players saying, ‘WTF!’”: DOD and Morley team up for the triple threat Wah-ocTo-Fuzz pedal - guitarworld.com
Guitar and Bass News
- “It’s a one-string instrument with a handle on it, and I hit it with a stick”: Les Claypool’s bonkers one-string leads the biggest (and strangest) bass releases of the month - guitarworld.com
- Best overdrive pedals for bass 2026: The ultimate in bass saturation at all price points - guitarworld.com
- “I thought, That's my guitar! He told me, 'I bought it off some guy on the street for 350 bucks.'” How Lita Ford rediscovered her stolen B.C. Rich Mockingbird — and then let it go again - GuitarPlayer.com
- Eastwood Guitars unveils an Angine de Poitrine-inspired double neck guitar/bass – polka-dots not included - Guitar.com
- “He had a flat full of headless basses. He’d figured out a way he could nick them”: The crazy method a thief used to steal 50 bass guitars – including one belonging to Guy Pratt - guitarworld.com
- No knobs? No problem – Sterling By Music Man takes bass guitar design minimalism to its logical conclusion with the super-cool Joe Dart Vision - MusicRadar
- “He’s like, ‘Where did you find that? Our storage unit’s been broken into. Everything’s been cleared out’” Korn bassist Ra Díaz recovers 15 bass guitars that were stolen from him – thanks to community effort - guitarworld.com
- “What’s that headless bass that looks like a toothpick? I really liked the sound, but I hated the bass”: How bassist Cliff Williams landed the gig (and found his sound) with AC/DC - guitarworld.com
- Dave Brock denies suggestion Hawkwind stole Paul McCartney's long-lost bass - Louder
- 1983 Hit Named ‘Greatest Bass Guitar Solo of All Time’ by Bassists - Men's Journal
- “The bass strings broke – I had to tie them together. I would slide down the strings, cutting my fingers and getting blood all over the bass”: Bakithi Kumalo looks back at his formative years touring South Africa - guitarworld.com
- The moment Paul McCartney plays his newly restored bass over 50 years after it was lost - BBC
- Electronic Audio Experiments' Greathammer evolved Solid State Bass Driver / Preamp sounds Thunderously Good on Guitar too! - Guitar Pedal X
- “50 years since you last played that”: Watch the moment Paul McCartney was first reunited with his long-lost Höfner bass – half a century after it was stolen - guitarworld.com
- News | The Lost Bass: How the 1961 Höfner Bass Found its Way Home - McCartney
- “It felt like the worst moment of my life. I walked up to the truck, saw the padlock on the ground, and my heart sank”: The moment Wings’ former sound engineer had to tell Paul McCartney his priceless Höfner bass guitar had been stolen - guitarworld.com
- “I’ve got some bad news, Paul. Our truck was broken into and the bass was stolen.” Ian Horne recalls how he lost Paul McCartney’s Höfner bass - GuitarPlayer.com
- “The phone rang. It was Paul McCartney. That’s when I knew we’d found it”: We meet the man who reunited Paul McCartney with his long-lost Beatles bass - guitarworld.com
- “I knew he only lived about 12 miles away, so I thought I would just drive there.” The woman who found Paul McCartney’s bass guitar in her attic had no idea a global search for the instrument was going on - GuitarPlayer.com
- Gibson Unleashes the New Thunderbird Bass - Premier Guitar
New Music releases
- Charli XCX Gears Up for Her Upcoming Album ‘Music, Fashion, Film’ - Daily Music Roll
- 15 best new Milwaukee music releases to check out for June 2026 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- Pittsburgh local music releases for June 2026 - TribLIVE.com
- Taylor Swift Announces Original Song for Toy Story 5, Marking Her First New Music Release of 2026 - JubileeCast
- Taylor Swift’s New Song for ‘Toy Story 5’ Is Inspired by 1 Character’s Journey - TODAY.com
- Taylor Swift Announces New Song ‘I Knew It, I Knew You’ for Disney and Pixar’s ‘Toy Story 5’ - The Walt Disney Company
- The best new music releases from Colorado artists in May - Westword
- Tim McGraw Releases Two Songs, His First New Music in More Than a Year - American Songwriter
- New music on our radar this week: Barry Can't Swim, AQUTIE, Josh Caffé - Mixmag
- From Ariana Grande to Labrinth, aespa & More, Which New Music Release Is Your Favorite This Week? Vote! - Billboard
- Jay Wheeler’s ‘La Voz Favorita’ Album & More: Vote for the Best New Latin Music Release This Week - Billboard
- The New Rock + Metal Albums Out Today - Loudwire
- New Releases - Official Charts
- Olivia Rodrigo Released a Surprise Concert Film - ELLE
- Looking Ahead: A Release Calendar of New & Upcoming Canadian Albums In 2026 - Billboard Canada
- Olivia Rodrigo, Charli xcx, Bleachers & More: Which Is Your Favorite New Music Release This Week? Vote! - Billboard
- BIIRD: All-female Irish trad band set to take flight - BBC
- Maluma, Drake, Gracie Abrams & More: Which Is Your Favorite New Music Release This Week? Vote! - Billboard
- Release Radar, Most Anticipated New Albums for 2nd Half of 2026 - - Saving Country Music
- New Music Friday: Charli xcx, Westlife, The Rolling Stones and more - Official Charts
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