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- “Once John’s back in the picture, it’s like the other records don’t exist”: Why Josh Klinghoffer feels his Red Hot Chili Peppers contributions have been erased from history - Guitar World
- Taylor Swift Surprised an 8-Year-Old Fan After Her Paper Airplane Song Request Went Viral - Yahoo News UK
- “Lenny Kravitz and Prince were doing American Woman. Two of my all-time favorite artists, and there they were, jamming stuff that came out of our heads”: Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings on the Guess Who’s fight to return to the stage - Guitar World
- The story of Peter Buck and Johnny Marr's Rickenbacker duet - Far Out Magazine
- Jackson launches Wes Borland's first-ever signature King V guitar - Mixdown Magazine
- “I’ve been trying to prove myself constantly. When you get billed as some hotshot player, people will stand with their arms crossed as if to say, ‘Prove it’”: How Jared James Nichols took Blues Power to Dave Grohl's Studio 606 and super-sized his sound - Guitar World
- “The stickers became part of the guitar. He couldn't take any off.” Alvin Lee's daughter tells how Gibson accidentally preserved his Woodstock ES-335 forever - GuitarPlayer.com
- Limp Bizkit’s Wes Borland announces new signature guitar with Jackson - 105.7 The Point
- Sick of competitions that reward speed and chops? This one is all about playing in the pocket, and there’s $10,000 worth of prizes up for grabs - Guitar.com
- Michael Anthony Discusses Tribute Show for Eddie Van Halen, Rejects Reunion Tour - Yahoo
- Six strings of serenity: A conversation with Bryan Sutton - Smoky Mountain News
- "She has the guts to sit in that seat." Geddy Lee defends Rush's choice of Anika Nilles - GuitarPlayer.com
- “You’ve got bad energy. I want you out of my studio.” Linda Perry says she threw Billy Corgan out of a Courtney Love session - GuitarPlayer.com
- “It's hard to overstate how influential this album was. It’s the connecting glue between me, Misha and Periphery”: How Adam ‘Nolly’ Getgood went from Sikth super-fan to playing in the band - Guitar World
- “I was in Norman’s Rare Guitars in LA when I spotted the Les Paul. I played it for hours in the shop”: The unlikely fate of Big Country frontman Stuart Adamson’s ‘Peace in Our Time’ Les Paul - Guitar World
- “The man shaving my balls didn’t tell me.” Robert Fripp says he’s still baffled by his bizarre hospital mystery - GuitarPlayer.com
- “So close that our knees would touch.” David Lee Roth fights tears as he recalls his earliest writing sessions with Eddie Van Halen - GuitarPlayer.com
- Seymour Duncan links up with YouTuber Ryan “Fluff” Bruce on new signature humbucker - Guitar.com
- “I said, ‘Bob, this is a folk song.’ He said, ‘No, listen to the lyrics.’” How Alice Cooper spun a 1960s ballad into his own glam-rock anthem - GuitarPlayer.com
- Amps and pedals that sound great with Fender Telecasters - Guitar World
- “My plan was always to have it fixed up, but the loft burned out of our house.” Dolly Parton on the “little Martin” that launched her music career — and the country star behind her big break - GuitarPlayer.com
- “He was a very moody sort of guy. He would sit in the corner and not talk to anybody.” Jim McCarty recalls Eric Clapton’s “quite unhappy” time with the Yardbirds - GuitarPlayer.com
- Update: Concert planned for Singletary cancelled after artist injures hand - Lexington Herald Leader
- “It’s the beginnings of the development of the electric guitar, it’s iconic” – Gina Gleason on 75 years of the Telecaster - Guitar.com
- Interview: Ramsey Thornton - The Big Takeover
- “He was shaking the last time I saw him. He had the same thing that killed Lowell George.” Roger McGuinn and Keith Richards remember Gram Parsons, who laid a path for the ’70s California sound and died at 26 - GuitarPlayer.com
- “You left your wax cylinders at home?” Jack White welcomes Stephen Colbert back to public-access TV - GuitarPlayer.com
- 6 Guitar Riffs That Defined Rock ‘N’ Roll as We Know It - American Songwriter
- “There was a big commotion – alarms going off and fire engines circling – so I went straight to the closet, looked at my four Les Pauls…” The time Billy Squier had to pick one guitar to save from a burning building - Guitar World
- “I couldn’t tell who it was. When he turned around, I went, ’Oh my God! That’s Jimmy Page!’” The words of encouragement a Led Zeppelin legend gave Gus G after he joined Ozzy Osbourne’s band - Guitar World
- “He said, ‘I’m probably not gonna make it. Will you buy my Les Paul?’” Vince Gill tells how he came to own his prized 1959 Gibson Les Paul ’Burst - GuitarPlayer.com
- “You’re not going to get the perfect guitar just because it’s old and cool and original and worth money”: Eric Johnson tells us why vintage is not always best (even if he regrets selling his ’54 Strat) - Guitar World
- “My first show was 10 days after Dave Grohl called me… I was out-of-body pretty much the whole time”: How Jason Falkner went from St. Vincent and Beck to a last-minute tour with Foo Fighters - Guitar World
- “I had a little too much Jack Daniels and went to sleep. Early the next morning, I woke up to Eric and George playing ukuleles at the foot of my bed”: The first time session pro George Terry met a Beatle - Guitar World
- “I didn’t know much about Rory until I went to music college. I fell in love with his style right away”: Meet Spencer Mackenzie, the Canadian blues-rock maestro covering Rory Gallagher and learning when to unleash his “ginormous” lead tone - Guitar World
- “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
- “Gary walked in and goes, ‘Alright, today’s the day.’ At the end, he came over, shook my hand, and goes, ‘Unbelievable job. I couldn’t ask for any better’”: The first time Rickey Medlocke played Lynyrd Skynyrd’s iconic Free Bird guitar solo - Guitar World
- “We smoked a lot of pot together, so that was really helpful.” How Neil Diamond, a bag of weed and a twice-rejected song turned a pair of struggling young guitarists into global stars - GuitarPlayer.com
- “It would lift me up so I could work that night.” Eric Clapton says Jeff Beck pulled him out of a late-career slump - GuitarPlayer.com
- Who's the most exciting up-and-coming guitar player? - Guitar World
- “I didn’t think Pat would be our guitar player. I just sent him a tape. And he was like, ‘Oh my god, it’s so poppy’”: How Pat Smear surprised Dave Grohl and joined the Foo Fighters - Guitar World
- Zach Top’s Beloved Guitar Player, Cheyenne Dalton, Stuns Fans With News She’s No Longer In The Band - Whiskey Riff
- “I’m deeply uncomfortable with the amount of old men here. I’m no longer interested in playing blues or whatever the hell keeps attracting y’all”: Grace Bowers has quit YouTube over the number of “old ass creeps” - Guitar World
- “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 - Guitar World
- “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 - Guitar World
- “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
- “We were really limited onstage.” Eric Clapton on the group he said achieved what Cream could not - GuitarPlayer.com
- “When we did the tribute to my brother, we had B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy. And just to watch B.B. playing close up was amazing”: Jimmie Vaughan was a garbage man listening to B.B. King. Then he wound up touring with his hero - Guitar World
- “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 - Guitar World
- Beach Boys’ Al Jardine Reflects: “I Wish I Was a Better Guitar Player” in New Podcast Interview - Music Talkers
- “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.com
- “Joe Walsh and I go on guitar safaris. He’ll say, ‘You only bought one!’ I say, ‘But it cost more than the 10 of yours!’” If the Eagles quit this year, Vince Gill will leave with gratitude and great memories - Guitar World
- “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 - Guitar World
- Guitar played on Ghost Town sells for thousands after being bought for £200 - BBC
- “I told Alex, ‘We’re either doing this or we’re not.’” Geddy Lee on forcing Alex Lifeson to restart Rush - GuitarPlayer.com
- “There’s a couple of songs on the record where I thought, ‘Gosh, I’m soloing so much. Please be quiet. Let it breathe’”: He played for pop A-listers, now he's transformed himself into one of instrumental guitar's leading voices - Guitar World
- “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 - Guitar World
- “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 - Guitar World
- Guitar played on Coventry's The Specials' Ghost Town up for auction - BBC
- VOLBEAT Officially Welcomes FLEMMING C. LUND As 'Permanent' Lead Guitar Player - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “I kept it as quiet as I could”: Eric Gales tried to keep his guitar playing a secret – but Carlos Santana spoiled the surprise - Guitar World
- “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
- NAMM 2026: news, rumors, predictions - Guitar World
- “Doing overdubs on that song was one of the toughest sessions for me.” Steely Dan’s key guitarist on what happened behind his hit tracks with Walter Becker and Donald Fagen - GuitarPlayer.com
- Carlos Santana thinks guitarists who play fast are no better than gym bros flexing their muscles: “Big deal, so what?” - Guitar.com
- Biffy Clyro touring guitarist says he “can't think of anything more boring” than playing acoustic guitar - Guitar.com
- Bob Weir, Guitarist and Founding Member of The Grateful Dead, Dies at 78 - The New York Times
- “He’s played with everybody, so he really saved us and rescued us tonight”: Dave Grohl thanks Jason Falkner for “rescuing” the Foo Fighters as they play their first show since Pat Smear’s bizarre injury - Guitar World
- “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
- Bob Weir, guitarist and founding member of the Grateful Dead, has died at 78 - NPR
- SYSTEM OF A DOWN's DARON MALAKIAN: How I Ended Up Playing Guitar For METALLICA For A Couple Of Shows In 2000 - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- Beverly Guitar Watkins Obituary (2019) - Harrisburg, PA - PennLive.com
- 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 - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I don't think Jimi Hendrix was a guitarist. Eric Clapton is excessively tedious.” Robert Fripp on his 1960s contemporaries — and the guitarist whose playing he thought was “good fun” - GuitarPlayer.com
- Joe Walsh names the “12 best all-time-forever” guitar solos - GuitarPlayer.com
- "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
- “He was too pretty to be a Rolling Stone…” The guitarists who nearly joined The Stones - Mojo Magazine
- “There isn’t a cure.” Great White guitarist Mark Kendall says he has Stage 4 cancer - 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
- Guitar Player's Week in Music Quiz for November 14, 2025 - GuitarPlayer.com
- Ex-DOGMA Guitarist Further Accuses Band Management Of Misogyny & Callousness - Metal Injection
- These two players are doing so much to push guitar music forward Tim Henson has drafted them for the new Polyphia record - Guitar.com
- 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
- “We we’re playing basketball, and he said, ‘I want to do something different — like a circus.’” Roger McGuinn on Bob Dylan’s big breakthrough, meeting the Beatles... and his question after hearing Tom Petty for the first time - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I don’t want people to know where I come from or what my real name is”: Anonymous guitar star DarWin is keeping the mystery alive, but like Michael Jackson and Justin Timberlake before him, he has found a sparring partner in Greg Howe - Guitar World
- “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
- Ex-MOTÖRHEAD Guitarist PHIL CAMPBELL: 'I'm Definitely Not A Heavy Metal Player' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- 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
- “No one needs an exact copy”: Should guitar covers sound exactly like the original? Dweezil Zappa thinks so – but I’m not so sure. So I asked you what you thought - 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 - GuitarPlayer.com
- Video 10-year-old guitar-playing prodigy rocks on - ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
Guitar Amp News
- Mesa/Boogie launches new video series exploring the history of the legendary amp brand - Guitar.com
- Amps and pedals that sound great with Fender Telecasters - Guitar World
- Vox AC30 Hand-Wired Review - Premier Guitar
- Best mini amps for guitar 2026: power up your practice with these tiny towers of tone - Guitar World
- “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 - Guitar World
- “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 - Guitar World
- This Sex Pistols 50th Anniversary Marshall stack might be the most punk guitar amp ever - Guitar.com
- Revv Doubles Down on Portable Tube Amps With the G25 - 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 - Guitar World
- “It was so heavy to lift as an 11-year-old”: Josh Homme’s first guitar amp wasn’t even a guitar amp - Guitar World
- “It sounds way bigger than it is”: Joe Bonamassa names his go-to studio amp – which he bought from Steven Seagal - Guitar World
- 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 - Guitar World
- Who Needs Tube Amps in 2026? I Say: No One. - Gearnews.com
- “It offers the holy grail amp sounds beloved by John Mayer, SRV, and more for just $150. A must-try for Dumble fans”: All the new guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including the angriest fuzz pedal you will ever come across - Guitar World
- Laney Introduces Prism-Mini Guitar Amp & Bluetooth Speaker - Premier Guitar
- “Delivers surprisingly good amp models and one of the best AI practice tools I’ve ever used”: JBL BandBox Trio review - Guitar World
- “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
- “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? - Guitar World
- Best amp modelers 2026: get all your dream guitar tones in one - GuitarPlayer.com
- Synergy Amps finally delivers a Combo Edition of its Modular Amp - the SYN-20IR 1 x 12 Combo with Celestion G12 Vintage 30 Speaker onboard - Guitar Pedal X
- 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 - Guitar World
- 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
- Magnatone Introduces Four New Amps At NAMM - Premier Guitar
- NAMM 2026: The Best New Product News & Announcements - Reverb
- “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
- “Experience the dynamic sensation of an amp moving air”: Blackstar takes on the Fender Tone Master Pro, unveiling a high-powered floor modeler series with “insane versatility” - Guitar World
- 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 - Guitar World
- “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” - Guitar World
- “Designed to go hard”: Orange unveils new vintage-inspired single-channel OR60 amp head - Guitar.com
- SYNERGY Amps Releases the All New SYN-20IR 1x12 All-Tube 20 Watt Combo - Premier Guitar
- 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 - Guitar World
- “It might just be the coolest offset guitar ever. And it’s finally back”: All the guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including some huge early NAMM releases - Guitar World
- 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
- Blind guitarist brought to tears by specially-made Braille amp - Guitar World
- “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
- “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
- Buy a Friedman amp for $99 in this bonkers Black Friday deal - Guitar World
- “The first truly great portable electric guitar amp” is on sale for Black Friday | Guitar.com | All Things Guitar - 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
- 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
- News - IK Multimedia throws its hat in the ring for Plugin Headphone Amps, with its TONEX PLUG - Guitar Pedal X
- AFI guitarist ditched tube amps because they made him feel “constrained” sonically – does he have a point? - Guitar.com
- “Not many people want to watch a band stand in front of their amp line”: Metallica guitar tech thinks ditching real amps helped the band improve spectacle of their live shows - 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 - 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
- “A Katana killer? The jury’s still out, but one thing’s for sure – this is a great addition to the ID range”: Blackstar ID:X 50 review - 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
- 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 - Guitar World
- “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 - Guitar World
- 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 - Guitar World
- 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
- “You can get a great sound out of any amp that works”: Whitesnake's Doug Aldrich explains why having a good guitar is more important than a good amp - Guitar.com
- Carr Skylark Special Review - Premier Guitar
- News - 9 Cool Headphone Amps - Guitar Pedal X
- 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 Live: The biggest product launches, plus photos from the show floor… - Guitar.com
- ‘High off the sound’: Fergus Falls engineer is a guitar amp hero - MPR News
- 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
- NAMM 2024: all the latest guitar news, rumors and predictions from the greatest gear show on Earth - Guitar World
- NAMM 2024 Live: Our top moments from the biggest gear show in the world - Guitar.com
- 16 of the Most Iconic Electric Guitar Amps - Guitar Pedal X
- Mike Soldano finally delivers his legendary SLO-100 Amp in pedal format - as the Super Lead Overdrive / Preamp - Guitar Pedal X
- Reverb announces the best-selling guitar amps of 2021 - Guitar World
- NAMM 2021: The best guitar, pedal and amp releases this year - Guitar.com
- News - Boss Moves Even Further Ahead with its New and Improved MKII Katana Amp Range - Guitar Pedal X
- News - 10 of the Best New Guitar Amps Released in 2018 - Guitar Pedal X
- News - Best of Summer NAMM 2018 - Pedals, Guitars and Amps - 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
- News - 12 Great Guitar Combo Amps for your Consideration - Guitar Pedal X
Bass Player News
- Former Van Halen Bassist Says Time Running Out for Eddie Van Halen Tribute Concert - 102.9 WMGK
- Ex-METALLICA Bassist JASON NEWSTED Doesn't Rule Out Making Another 'Straight-Ahead Metal' Album - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “It's hard to overstate how influential this album was. It’s the connecting glue between me, Misha and Periphery”: How Adam ‘Nolly’ Getgood went from Sikth super-fan to playing in the band - Guitar World
- Final Bar: Kiyoshi Kitagawa; Don Schlitten; Doug Ramsey; Georg Wadenius - DownBeat
- Hadrien Feraud Launches Bass Masterclass Series - Bass Magazine
- My experience: double bassist Moa Glimberg, Robert McDuffie Center for Strings, Mercer University - The Strad
- “I’d be there with bass pedals, a triple-neck guitar and keyboards, and Robert Plant would ask, ‘Can you sing, as well?’” How John Paul Jones became Led Zeppelin’s ultimate wingman - Guitar World
- “I'm not a failed guitar player turning to bass. I am a real bassist. I do a six-minute bass solo on stage – and, I might add, not an easy one!” Suzi Quatro on the spirit that’s driven her, and the moment of fate that made her a bassist - Guitar World
- Black Sabbath bass player, Debbie Gibson praise effort to find new homes for beagles - Audacy
- “We’ve always been big fans of Nickelback – their guitarist came to see one of our shows and asked if we’d support them”: How UK riff-slingers Don Broco ended up recording with Muse’s bass rig – and collaborating with Nickelback - Guitar World
- KORN Bassist ROBERTO 'RA' DÍAZ: 'I'm Still, To This Day, Loving Every Second Of It And Hoping It Keeps Going' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- Get to know... Jim Price - Kingsport Times News
- Former Metallica bass player Jason Newsted to perform in Albany - NEWS10 ABC
- News | The Lost Bass: How the 1961 Höfner Bass Found its Way Home - McCartney
- “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
- Colter Wall Bass Player, Revered Musician Jason Simpson Has Died - - Saving Country Music
- Obituary: double bassist Bronwen Naish (1939–2026) - The Strad
- Les Claypool says he chose to be a bassist because the guitar sounded “wimpy” - Guitar.com
- “I hate bass player albums. It's an ugly instrument, solo-wise. Probably the only person I can tolerate is Marcus Miller”: Grammy-winning bassist Meshell Ndegeocello favors restraint over fretboard theatrics – but Marcus Miller (and Jaco) get a pass - Guitar World
- “Barbra was holding a long note. Our eyes met and it was electricity.” Barbra Streisand recorded over 30 takes of “The Way We Were.” Nothing worked. Then the bassist tried something different - GuitarPlayer.com
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 - Guitar World
- Genzler Amplification Introduces Magellan 800+ Bass Amp - Premier Guitar
- Best bass amps 2026: low-end tone machines - GuitarPlayer.com
- Electronic Audio Experiments' Traynor Bass Amp derived Greathammer Overdrive delivers 50 decibels of killer low-end tone - Guitar Pedal X
- NAMM 2026: The best new things in bass from the biggest music instrument event of the year - Guitar World
- 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
- “This is your chance to own the sound that defined heavy metal”: Reverb and Ashdown are selling bass amps used by Geezer Butler during rehearsals for Black Sabbath’s final show - Guitar World
- 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
- MayFly Audio releases the Sunset Bass Amplifier Simulator - Premier Guitar
- “A culmination of years of work”: Seymour Duncan pushes the boundaries of its PowerStage series with a dedicated bass unit – and it's so much more than just a companion for your modeler - Guitar World
- 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 - Guitar World
- Genzler Amplification Launches Kinetix 800 Bass Amp - Premier Guitar
Guitar Effects News
- Gigahearts delivers a more vibrant evolved Moonrock Fuzz with its expansive Full Moon take - available in PCB and Custom Shop Imbrium Editions - Guitar Pedal X
- Morley and DOD team up for 3-in-1 wah, fuzz and octave pedal - MusicRadar
- Caroline Guitar Co. soups up the Preamp from its Parabola Pawnshop and Météore pedals - now the stand-alone Warm and Versatile Aaron Graves Overdrive - Guitar Pedal X
- “A pedal that leaves players saying, ‘WTF!’”: DOD and Morley team up for the triple threat Wah-ocTo-Fuzz pedal - Guitar World
- 2 of my 3 Holy Island Audio Compact Trifecta targets have landed - the Spectral Fire Drive, and Micro Mountain Mover Super-Muff - just the Blast Radius Oscillating Fuzz remains! - Guitar Pedal X
- IK Multimedia ARC Studio Room Correction System - Guitar.com
- Guitar Journal: Boss adds more PX-1 models and we go Virtual - Gearnews.com
- Donner reinvents the travel guitar with the Hush-X Live Pro - MusicRadar
- Amps and pedals that sound great with Fender Telecasters - Guitar World
- EarthQuaker ZEQD-PRE review – the ultimate tube-equipped tone-sculptor for your pedalboard? - Guitar World
- GPX Blog - Black Mountain delivers the ultimate robust Tour-grade Freewheel Dual Expression Pedal - Guitar Pedal X
- ADDAC System Mixology review: “it really can breathe new life and modern utility into old pedals” - Guitar.com
- “A strange and weird anomaly that stands apart not only from most known octave fuzz designs, but also from fuzzes full stop”: JHS Coyote review - Guitar World
- Airline Guitars Introduces the Dirty Birdy Fuzz - Premier Guitar
- Family Living: Father’s Day gift ideas for rock star dads - Duncan Banner
- The Caroline Guitar Co. Parabola Pawnshop Edition is an incredibly lush and perfect sounding higher gain preamp-assisted, amp-style tremolo pedal - Guitar Pedal X
- “People were like, ‘Lou Reed told me to get this!’ And I was like, ‘That’s nuts!’ I should definitely have that on the box”: Oliver Ackermann on the break-stuff philosophy that makes Death By Audio the world's most radical stompbox brand - MusicRadar
- “New S-styles from Ibanez? They company probably couldn’t believe its timing”: This week's hottest new guitar gear – including a pedal you can wear on your wrist (sort of) - Guitar World
- “The ultimate pedal demo guitar”: You’ve seen it in the JHS Pedals demos – now you can get a signature version of Josh Scott’s custom Bilt Relevator - Guitar World
- Blackstar Beam Mini review: “a new benchmark for practice amps” - Guitar.com
Guitar and Bass News
- “Leo Fender was a technician who admired function and ease of manufacturing; he was not an artist”: LSL Instruments and Fender trade barbs in legal letters - Guitar.com
- “Lenny Kravitz and Prince were doing American Woman. Two of my all-time favorite artists, and there they were, jamming stuff that came out of our heads”: Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings on the Guess Who’s fight to return to the stage - Guitar World
- Caroline Guitar Co. soups up the Preamp from its Parabola Pawnshop and Météore pedals - now the stand-alone Warm and Versatile Aaron Graves Overdrive - Guitar Pedal X
- Rig Rundown: Gov’t Mule’s Kevin Scott [2026] - Premier Guitar
- A Perfect Circle Releases First Song in 8 Years with “Starless” - Bass Magazine
- “It’s about time!” Wes Borland’s Jackson King V went from factory floor reject to Limp Bizkit icon – now it’s been released as a signature guitar - Guitar World
- Di Donato Guitars – New Hasaki Bass, Aluminum and Wood System - Bass Gear Magazine
- Judas Priest’s Ian Hill says forthcoming new album is “more traditional” and “a lot more direct” - Guitar.com
- “It's hard to overstate how influential this album was. It’s the connecting glue between me, Misha and Periphery”: How Adam ‘Nolly’ Getgood went from Sikth super-fan to playing in the band - Guitar World
- Richie Kotzen Surprises Fans With A Newly Recorded Track “Catch A Star” - Premier Guitar
- Amps and pedals that sound great with Fender Telecasters - Guitar World
- “I’d be there with bass pedals, a triple-neck guitar and keyboards, and Robert Plant would ask, ‘Can you sing, as well?’” How John Paul Jones became Led Zeppelin’s ultimate wingman - Guitar World
- Eastwood Guitars unveils an Angine de Poitrine-inspired double neck guitar/bass – polka-dots not included - Guitar.com
- “If you had a big carrier bag, you could put the body in the bag and have the neck go up your arm”: How a prolific guitar thief stole 50 headless bass guitars in the ’90s - Guitar.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
- “The songs are different every night because he never sings them the same way. I don’t know anyone who knows as many songs as Bob Dylan”: 38 bassists appeared on Bob Dylan albums before Tony Garnier came onboard. In the 37 years since, no others h - Guitar World
- Sir Paul McCartney engineer on hunt for stolen guitar - 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 - Guitar World
- News | The Lost Bass: How the 1961 Höfner Bass Found its Way Home - McCartney
New Music releases
- New Music Friday: 11 New Releases for the last weekend of May (29 May 2026) - Q107 Toronto
- Olivia Rodrigo Released a Surprise Concert Film - ELLE
- Lakewood Music releases 'Thank The Lord (Worship Together Session)' EP - Niagara Frontier Publications
- Grace Cummings Announces Bloodhorse! And Releases New Single ‘My God’ - Noise11.com
- Queen Latifah Teases New Music Release This Year After 17-Year Hiatus - Yahoo
- New music on our radar this week: Amelie Lens, PS Hitsquad, Ellen Allien - Mixmag
- Olivia Rodrigo, Charli xcx, Bleachers & More: Which Is Your Favorite New Music Release This Week? Vote! - Billboard
- The New Rock + Metal Albums Out Today - Loudwire
- New music releases and upcoming albums in 2026 - MSN
- New Music Friday: Drake, Shania Twain, Shakira, Jorja Smith and more - Official Charts
- Maluma, Drake, Gracie Abrams & More: Which Is Your Favorite New Music Release This Week? Vote! - Billboard
- New Music Friday: Charli xcx, Westlife, The Rolling Stones and more - Official Charts
- Charli xcx, MUNA & More: Which Is Your Favorite New Music Release of the Week? Vote! - Billboard
- New music releases: Diljit Dosanjh, Harry Styles, TWICE's Jihyo, Tiffany Young lead this week’s hottest drops | Hindustan Times - Hindustan Times
- New Music Friday: Madonna & Sabrina Carpenter, DMA'S, Bella Kay, KNEECAP and more - Official Charts
- Madonna & Sabrina Carpenter, Kacey Musgraves & More: Which Is Your Favorite New Music Release This Week? Vote! - Billboard
- Looking Ahead: A Release Calendar of New & Upcoming Canadian Albums In 2026 - Billboard Canada
- New Music Friday: Foo Fighters, Niall Horan, Kehlani, Noah Kahan and more - Official Charts
- New Prince song "With This Tear" released to mark 10 years after superstar's death at Paisley Park - CBS News
- sombr, Olivia Rodrigo & Madonna: Which Is Your Favorite New Music Release This Week? Vote! - Billboard
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