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- Greg Brown, Cake founding guitarist who wrote breakout hit ‘The Distance,’ dead at 56 - latimes.com
- Spiderweb Release New Single "Bionic" to Benefit Charity - The Metalverse
- Greg Brown - Legacy | Obituary
- “This amp’s dynamics are off the charts.” We review Bartel Amplifiers’ Swingland 1x12 combo and find a low-watter that delivers high-wattage tone, response and feel - Guitar Player
- Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy are becoming a part of R.E.M.’s legacy, one album at a time - Paste Magazine
- Converge’s Kurt Ballou: Heavy by Design - Premier Guitar
- Greg Brown, Cake Co-Founder and Guitarist, Dies at 55 - Yahoo
- “I think I played very well, but my image at the time was more of a guitar nerd than a partying rock star. I didn’t look like the guys in the band”: Marty Friedman on leaving Megadeth, reconnecting with Dave Mustaine, and why he wasn't a good fit for Ozzy - Guitar World
- Ex-Turnstile guitarist fired from new band after accusing Turnstile of misusing benefit show funds - Guitar World
- R.I.P. highlife and Afrobeat legend Ebo Taylor - treblezine.com
- What was the guitar-like instrument played during Bad Bunny’s history-making 2026 Super Bowl halftime show? - Guitar World
- “I thought, What could be the worst thing a criminal could do? Shoot a man just to watch him die.” Johnny Cash on prison songs, murder ballads — and the true story behind his signature tune - Guitar Player
- Founding Cake guitarist, Greg Brown, dies - Boston 25 News
- Founding Member of Influential 90s Rock Band Dead Following "Brief Illness" - americansongwriter.com
- Win tickets to see Warren Haynes perform on his “Winter of Warren” solo tour at Guitar Player Presents - Guitar Player
- “I asked for a cash discount. The shop assistant said, ‘I could phone up Eric Clapton and he’d come and buy it’”: Robert Fripp’s life in three guitars - Guitar World
- Years in the making, Stringjoy and Joey Landreth’s Signature Set - - Happy Mag
- Greg Brown’s Quiet Genius: A Sacramento Music Legend Remembered - Sacramento Press
- 'Masterful' 90s rock band guitarist dies after 'brief illness' as fans pay tribute - NationalWorld
- Re-Live the All-American Halftime Show Featuring Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Gabby Barrett & Lee Brice - Country Now
- “I looked down and saw the second finger of my left hand dangling by a thread.” Dr. John on the fight that nearly killed his guitar-playing dreams — and set him on a new path to music immortality - Guitar Player
- Greg Brown, Founding Cake Guitarist Who Wrote ‘The Distance,’ Has Died - Rolling Stone
- JEFF PILSON Says TRACY G Was 'Very Underrated' As DIO's Guitarist: 'He Was A Brilliant Player' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “Maybe I didn’t expand on it to the extent that I should have”: Chris Buck responds to the backlash against his “Strat baggage” comments - Guitar World
- “I heard that Dylan came to hear us in London. I went, ‘Oh, no. Not now – you’re seeing me at my absolute worst’”: The overlooked blues-boogie icon who hung out with Bonnie Raitt, played with the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan and appeared at Live Aid - Louder
- "Immense" Cake guitarist Greg Brown dies - Newsweek
- Greg Brown, Lead Guitarist of 90's Rock Band 'CAKE', Dies Of Illness, What We Know About His Demise - BollywoodShaadis
- Greg Brown, Founding Guitarist of Cake, Dead at 56 - Consequence of Sound
- Original Cake guitarist Greg Brown dies - Yahoo
- Popular ’90s rock band’s founding member dead after brief illness - PennLive.com
- Local artist profile: Aaron Pearce - Times News Group
- “I kicked him in the wrist as hard as I could. I know I broke it, because I used to wear these great big platform shoes onstage.” Lita Ford on the Runaways, rock and roll — and what happens to hecklers who get in her face - Guitar Player
- “B.B. asked to try a few licks on my guitar. He smiled and asked, ‘Why you working so hard?’” How B.B. King changed Billy Gibbons’ approach to guitar strings - Guitar World
- Microwave Dave, Huntsville music legend, has died: ‘My heart is broken’ - AL.com
- “He said, ‘You S.O.B., you got to me on that Telecaster. You got that so cheap.’” Vince Gill on how he found the instrument he calls “the definitive guitar in my life” - Guitar Player
- Stu “Bassie” Brooks has joined Nine Inch Nails on bass - Guitar World
- “The critics hate my records. They’ll review cats like Santana and Eric Clapton and give them more credit and recognition.” George Benson on fame, freedom — and why jazz only forgives you when you’re broke - Guitar Player
- “There’s nothing they did for me that other amps hadn’t done before”: Eric Gales says he doesn’t understand all the fuss about Dumble amps - Guitar World
- Playing in the World’s Biggest Band — 1,000 Members Strong — at Its U.S. Debut - Rolling Stone
- “I was too young to get in. Then T-Bone Walker walked by and said, ‘Let me talk to ’em, son’”: When a 13-year-old Jimmie Vaughan was stopped from watching B.B. King play, another blues great came to his aid - Guitar World
- “Are you effing kidding me? He's one of the only guitarists that you can identify with one note.” As he releases ‘B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100,’ Joe Bonamassa relects on the most overlooked aspect of the King’s guitar genius - Guitar Player
- “The jazz people were laughing when they saw me at the audition with my Telecaster”: Steve Morse says the music school jazz snobs were not impressed by his choice of guitar - Guitar World
- “People don’t realize how important they are and how they just changed the world.” Jack White on the difference between blues and rock guitarists - Guitar Player
- I've spent 20 years as a touring guitarist. The live industry is broken – now it’s breaking musicians too. Here’s what needs to change - Guitar World
- Ralph Towner, Eclectic Guitarist With the Ensemble Oregon, Dies at 85 - The New York Times
- Biffy Clyro touring guitarist says he “can't think of anything more boring” than playing acoustic guitar - 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
- “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
- Bob Weir, guitarist and founding member of the Grateful Dead, has died at 78 - NPR
- Wolfgang Van Halen says this aspect of his father’s guitar playing is “incredibly underrated”: “Everybody looks at him as Mr. Tap and Mr. Shred, but that’s just a flavour to what he did” - 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
- “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’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
- “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
- “Every time I watch videos of her playing guitar, I'm just melted on the floor. I think she's one of the most genius guitar players”: Danielle Haim names her biggest guitar influences, including the player she calls “the most underrated” - 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 - Guitar Player
- “I never practice. From time to time, I just open my case and throw in a piece of raw meat.” A rare interview with the guitar ace who spurned the jazz world, climbed the pop charts and lived in terror of taking a solo - Guitar Player
- Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records' Booker T and the M.G.'s, dies - NPR
- Steve Cropper dies at 84; legendary musician co-wrote ‘(Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay’ and played with Booker T. and the M.G.’s - The Mercury News
- “There isn’t a cure.” Great White guitarist Mark Kendall says he has Stage 4 cancer - Guitar Player
- 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
- "I walked up behind him: ‘Hi Brian Johnson, I’m a guitar player. Do you want to go onstage and jam some songs?’ He went, 'Yeah mate!'" How an AC/DC legend and a heavyweight guitarist covered Led Zeppelin at a famous baseball player's wedding - Louder
- “I’ve had many people hand me their guitars, and I’m like, ‘No, thank you’”: Rick Beato was offered the chance to play guitars from Peter Frampton, Larry Carlton and more – here’s why he turned them down - Guitar World
- “How did I not notice that before?” Rick Beato shares the secrets he's learned sitting next to David Gilmour, Neal Schon and other guitar greats - Guitar Player
- “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
- “The Beatles had broken up and I was thinking, ‘What do I do now?’” What to expect from the “unprecedented” Paul McCartney documentary that's just been announced - Guitar Player
- 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 - Guitar World
- Ace Frehley 1951-2025: Guitar community mourns the death of Kiss’s trailblazing founding guitarist - Guitar.com
- Kiss Guitarist Ace Frehley Dead at 74 - Rolling Stone
- “I didn’t realize how short he was!” The late Ace Frehley always spoke his mind. And when it came to his Kiss replacements Bruce Kulick, Vinnie Vincent and Tommy Thayer, the Space Ace had plenty to say - Guitar Player
- Ace Frehley, legendary Kiss guitarist, dies at 74 - NBC News
- Ace Frehley, founding guitarist for KISS, dead at 74 - ABC News
- “It’s the most misunderstood song I ever wrote. But some people said, ‘God! The audacity!’” Tom Petty on the song that defined him as a new kind of guitar-slinging American rocker - Guitar Player
- “He was my favorite guitarist I played with, besides Slash, and was the one I felt most unified with”: Richard Fortus on how he’s held down the Guns N’ Roses gig – and his other favorite GNR guitarist - Guitar World
- “He’s one of the greatest there is, not just in blues but anything. He’s an alien.” Samantha Fish names the five guitar players she says will keep the blues alive - Guitar Player
- “He just blows everybody away”: Samantha Fish on who she thinks are the best modern blues guitar players right now - Guitar World
- “We played it over and over — it was just this great hypnotic beast.” Jimmy Page on the Led Zeppelin riff he couldn’t stop playing - Guitar Player
- “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 - foxnews.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
- Get more Guitar Player stories in your day with these two easy steps - Guitar Player
- “Eric's not playing on it. That’s me”: The time John Mayer received the ultimate guitar playing compliment from Paul McCartney’s session guitarist - Guitar.com
- “I can tell you how to become a virtuoso very easily”: Steve Vai on how anybody can become an elite guitar player - Guitar World
- Henley air guitar player gears up for world championships - BBC
- “We were mixing ‘Frampton Comes Alive!’ and they just kept on coming in and borrowing all sorts of different stuff!” Peter Frampton says Ace Frehley and Paul Stanley used his guitars on Kiss’s smash 1975 live album - Guitar Player
- 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
- 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
- "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
- Video 10-year-old guitar-playing prodigy rocks on - ABC News
- Pete Townshend: How Roger Daltrey pushed me into the spotlight - Guitar Player
- Rick Derringer, famous for "Hang on Sloopy" and "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo," has died. Read our exclusive 2024 interview where he recalled inspiring Eddie Van Halen and performing with Johnny Winter - Guitar Player
- Rick Derringer, Guitar Journeyman Behind ‘Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo,’ Dead at 77 - Rolling Stone
- “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
Guitar Amp News
- “This amp’s dynamics are off the charts.” We review Bartel Amplifiers’ Swingland 1x12 combo and find a low-watter that delivers high-wattage tone, response and feel - Guitar Player
- We scored Steve Vai’s Positive Grid Spark Mini amp a 9/10 – get it now with over $50 off - Guitar.com
- “There’s nothing the Dumbles did for me that other amps hadn’t done before”: Eric Gales doesn’t get the hype around Dumble amps - Guitar.com
- 3D-Printed Guitar Amp Desk Organizer Brings Concert Energy to Your Boring Monday Morning - Yanko Design
- MLC S_Zero 100: The Versatile Amp Simulator for Metal Guitar - 월간 믹싱
- LeadOff Jr, Ripper, Nice Stomps: Free Plugins of the Week - Gearnews.com
- “There’s nothing they did for me that other amps hadn’t done before”: Eric Gales says he doesn’t understand all the fuss about Dumble amps - Guitar World
- “At long last, a DAW puts the guitar at the very heart of its operations”: Fender Studio Pro 8 review - Guitar World
- Best amp modelers 2026: get all your dream guitar tones in one - Guitar Player
- Best headphone amps for guitar 2026: silent practice solutions - Guitar World
- NAMM 2026: news, rumors, predictions - Guitar World
- NAMM 2026 live: the hottest news from the world's biggest music-making gear show - MusicRadar
- “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
- “This thing is a RIPPER. No B.S. One channel. One tube-buffered effects loop”: Butch Walker and Divided by 13 team up for signature head with switchable EL84 and 6L6 power sections - Guitar World
- Magnatone Introduces Four New Amps At NAMM - Premier Guitar
- “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
- “With this breakthrough, it’s easier than ever to practice, improve, and enjoy playing music”: JBL unveils the BandBox, an amp and speaker with AI vocal and instrument separation technology – and it could change the way guitarists practice - Guitar World
- “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
- NAMM 2026: The Best New Product News & Announcements - Reverb
- NAMM 2026: The latest guitar launches and news from the biggest music gear event on the planet, as it happened - Guitar.com
- Orange Amps OR60 UK-Built All-Valve Guitar Amp - Premier Guitar
- “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
- “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
- REVV Amps makes Joey Landreth Signature DirtDog Overdrive based on his custom modded D25 JL REVV Signature Tube Amp - Guitar Pedal X
- Best multi-effects pedals: Our pick of the best all-in-one guitar FX modellers - MusicRadar
- Blind guitarist brought to tears by specially-made Braille amp - Guitar World
- “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
- Highlights of the Year: 2025 A Year of Guitar Gear! - Gearnews.com
- “I was really concerned. I didn’t want to be like Nokia when the iPhone came out”: How Line 6 and Kemper’s early releases inadvertently inspired the creation of their biggest rival - 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
- Peavey’s Legendary Super Festival Bass Amp is Back - Premier Guitar
- Beyond Emulation: Amp Sims, AI, and the Coming Saturation Point - 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
- Cyber Monday guitar deals 2025 LIVE: all of today's biggest savings at Sweetwater, Guitar Center, Fender, Amazon and more - Guitar World
- “Gives you the keys to a studio full of classic tube amps, speaker cabs, stompboxes, and effects”: Universal Audio’s amp-emulating pedals have been a huge success – now they’ve arrived in plugin form via the all-inclusive Paradise Guitar Studio - Guitar World
- Black Friday guitar deals 2025 LIVE: all the biggest savings at Sweetwater, Guitar Center, Fender, Amazon and more that are still live - Guitar World
- “The first truly great portable electric guitar amp” is on sale for Black Friday - 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
- “People love our amps because they’re loud. That one line has cemented itself as a tagline for the company”: Marshall has launched Spinal Tap amps that go to Infinity – here’s how ‘the loudest amp ever made’ came together - Guitar World
- Marshall partners with Spinal Tap on the “loudest amp ever made” – with knobs that go to 11 and a master volume that goes to infinity - Guitar.com
- GPX Blog - IK Multimedia throws its hat in the ring for Plugin Headphone Amps, with its TONEX PLUG - Guitar Pedal X
- “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
- “You have to be prepared to spend hours and hours and hours programming”: Joe Bonamassa on why you’ll never catch him playing an amp modeler - Guitar World
- Best mini amps for guitar 2025: power up your practice with these tiny towers of tone – these are my top picks - Guitar World
- 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
- “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
- “Never did I actually expect to get the chance to see one up close, let alone play one”: Everything that caught my eye at Guitar Summit 2025 – from the grand unveiling of a brand-new guitar company to the year’s most anticipated amp modeler - Guitar World
- Video: Meet Charlie Barker, a Twin-Style Tube Amp For Working Musicians - Reverb
- “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
- With guitar amps starting from just £44, Thomann’s massive Hughes & Kettner sale just made modernizing your rig a lot cheaper - MusicRadar
- 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
- Man buys John Lennon's old Fender guitar amp on Facebook Marketplace… for barely $4,000 - Guitar.com
- Sophie Burrell x Boss Katana Tone Crafting Masterclass at the Roland Denmark Street Store - Guitar Pedal X
- “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
- News - 4 of a Kind One Knob Noise Gates - Guitar Pedal X
- “World-class recording, editing, and production capabilities”: Fender Studio is a free recording app that comes loaded with official Fender amp and effects models - Guitar World
- Fender Studio app takes the best feature from our favourite guitar amps - Trusted Reviews
- Best tube amps: my top tube amps for the ultimate guitar tone - Guitar Player
- Thomann has acquired Hughes & Kettner - Guitar World
- Best Combo Amp for Every Budget: Fender, Orange, Marshall & More - Gearnews.com
- Best amp modellers 2025: High-tech tone solutions for all guitarists - MusicRadar
- Best bass amps: low-end tone machines - Guitar Player
- Engl unleashes Fireball IR Dual Channel High Gain Distortion Preamp - with Noise Gate and Mid Boost - based on its most formidable amp - Guitar Pedal X
- News - Chug vs Chug Lite - a simple GPX Head-to-Head Comparison - Guitar Pedal X
- Universal Audio transforms another of its amp modelling pedals into a plugin – this time the Woodrow '55 - MusicTech
- News - Wampler Pedals Capsule Collection - Guitar Pedal X
- Carr Skylark Special Review - Premier Guitar
- “If you’re a young guitar player, that’s money well spent”: The amp pedal John Mayer thinks everyone should own - Guitar.com
- “This is going to merge into a very hot topic among guitar players”: Why John Mayer decided against ditching his tube amps for modelers for Dead & Company’s Sphere residency – despite the venue’s shortcomings - Guitar World
- “The real cost of Trump’s tariff tax”: Morgan Amps says new tariffs will add up to $1,000 to the price of its amp heads - Guitar World
- “‘Cheap guitar’ doesn't mean bad guitar”: Why Yvette Young would rather have an expensive amp than an expensive guitar - Guitar.com
- “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
- "None of these other big bands are using these new fangled things” James Hetfield's guitar tech explains how he got the Metallica riff king to switch to modelling amps - Guitar.com
- News - The Boss Katana : GO - Personal Guitar Amplifier / Headphone Amp is Back! - Guitar Pedal X
- The Boss Katana : GO - Personal Guitar Amplifier / Headphone Amp is Back! - Guitar Pedal X
- News - 9 Cool Headphone Amps - Guitar Pedal X
- 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
- ‘High off the sound’: Fergus Falls engineer is a guitar amp hero - MPR News
- 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
- GPX Blog - 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
- Creedence Clearwater Revival bassist Stu Cook sells Sarasota home - Yahoo
- “You could go to school on what Fred created so effortlessly”: Fred Smith, influential Television and former Blondie bassist, dies at 77 - Guitar World
- Tossing the Ball with Dave Schools in 2003 - Jambands
- Blondie and Television bassist Fred Smith dies, aged 77 - Gold Radio
- “To place Anthony within a tribute centered on Ozzy Osbourne was a grave miscalculation of his musical identity”: Grammy Awards criticized over Anthony Jackson’s inclusion in rock/metal In Memorium section - Guitar World
- Big bad basses ruled the night at Back to Bass-es - Jamaica Gleaner
- Television Bassist Fred Smith Dies Aged 77 - Noise11.com
- Music award adds another string to bassist's bow - The Illawarra Flame
- R.I.P. Fred Smith: Television bassist dead at 77 - AV Club
- Fred Smith Dies: Television Bassist Was 77 - Remind Magazine
- Fans heartbroken by news of iconic rock musician’s death: ‘RIP to the great Maestro’ - PennLive.com
- “With the Crowes, you’d better step up to the plate and swing your bat – or prepare to get completely ripped apart”: Bassist Johnny Colt reveals the inside stories behind the Black Crowes’ controversial Amorica album - Guitar World
- Legendary rock bassist dead at 77: ‘He fought his illness long and hard’ - PennLive.com
- Tributes paid as Television and original Blondie bassist Fred Smith dies, age 77: "He was a natural – never flashy, always essential" - nme.com
- Tributes paid as Television and original Blondie bassist Fred Smith dies, age 77: "He was a natural – never flashy, always essential" - nme.com
- Fred Smith, Bassist for Television, Dead at 77 - Rolling Stone
- JAMES LOMENZO On MEGADETH's No. 1 Album Achievement: 'For Me It's A Career High' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- Fred Smith, Bassist for Television, Dies at 77 - Variety
- Stu “Bassie” Brooks has joined Nine Inch Nails on bass - Guitar World
- Discover the identity of Nine Inch Nails’ new bass player - Chaoszine
Bass Amp News
- Blackstar and Marco Mendoza team up for signature bass practice amp - Mixdown Magazine
- Best bass amps for practice 2026: top combos for working on your chops at home - Guitar World
- Electronic Audio Experiments' Traynor Bass Amp derived Greathammer Overdrive delivers 50 decibels of killer low-end tone - Guitar Pedal X
- Best multi-effects pedals: Our pick of the best all-in-one guitar FX modellers - MusicRadar
- Peavey’s Legendary Super Festival Bass Amp is Back - Premier Guitar
- 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
- “This is your chance to own the sound that defined heavy metal. Don’t wait, once they’re gone, they’re gone”: Ashdown and Reverb are selling Geezer Butler’s Head Of Doom bass amps, signed by the man himself - MusicRadar
- IK Multimedia ToneX Bass Pedals: Ampeg, Bassmann, And Much More! - Gearnews.com
- Mesa/Boogie resurrects the iconic Bass 400+ without the backache - Mixdown Magazine
- How the MESA/Boogie Bass-800D channels 50 years of bass amp innovation - Gibson
- Respected Bass Amp Tone In Software - Sonicstate
- “So much bass response for something so small and budget friendly”: Laney Amplification debuts the Digbeth Foundry range – affordable, powerful bass amps in combo and head formats - MusicRadar
- LANEY Launches Versatile DBF Series Bass Amps With Boutique Tone And Modern Features - Gear Gods
- MayFly Audio releases the Sunset Bass Amplifier Simulator - Premier Guitar
- Best bass amps: low-end tone machines - Guitar Player
- “It’s a game-changer for me”: Laney and Nathan East team up for a versatile signature bass head that ends a 40-year wait for the session legend - Guitar World
- “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
Guitar Effects News
- “This amp’s dynamics are off the charts.” We review Bartel Amplifiers’ Swingland 1x12 combo and find a low-watter that delivers high-wattage tone, response and feel - Guitar Player
- "It’s the full power of the Quad Cortex, just in a smaller box": Neural DSP Quad Cortex mini review - MusicRadar
- Xotic Effects AC Booster-V2 - Vintage Guitar® magazine
- GPX Blog - Xotic Effects super-sizes its EP Booster as the EP-Pro Preamp Boost & Volume - Guitar Pedal X
- “It became an overnight sensation when Stevie Wonder used the effect”: Loved by Frank Zappa, Bootsy Collins, Steve Vai and more, how the Mu-Tron III became a vintage pedalboard icon - Guitar World
- Superlunar SR-01 review – a designer dirt pedal that sounds a lot more rock’n’roll than it looks - Guitar.com
- The Treasure Chest Dual Modded Overdrive is a killer collaboration between Funny Little Boxes, Let's Play All, JSA Effects, and SoundLad Liverpool - Guitar Pedal X
- Warm Audio Tube Squealer Review - Premier Guitar
- State of the Stomp: Find Your Pedal Knob’s “Sweep” Spot - Premier Guitar
- “Especially with what’s going on in this world, it just doesn’t seem worth it anymore”: The maker of the cult classic King of Tone pedal is thinking of hanging up his soldering iron - Guitar World
- “Always ready to ribbit”: The Frog Pedal is a surprisingly versatile octaver that makes your guitar sound like, erm, a frog - Guitar World
- My second Brelliott Modular TODP Tube OverDrive Pro has landed - this time it's the Blue Mutartis Cell Edition - with Pentode Mixer Module and Single Schottky Clipper applied - Guitar Pedal X
- Donner Guitar Pedal Board Case DB-3 Aluminium Pedalboard 20'' X 11.4'' X 4'' With Bag - hotelier.com.py
- Best fuzz pedals 2026: add some filth to your sound with these essential pedalboard effects - Guitar World
- Laney Introduces DB-EAST-PRE Nathan East Signature Bas Preamp Pedal - Premier Guitar
- “At long last, a DAW puts the guitar at the very heart of its operations”: Fender Studio Pro 8 review - Guitar World
- Dophix Magnifico Dual Boost Pedal Collaboration with Artur Menezes - Premier Guitar
- Pedal Roundup: New Stuff From JHS, SUHR, BOSS And More - Gear Gods
- “An incredibly powerful, immensely versatile pedal that crams gold-standard modeler experiences and sounds into the smallest form factor possible”: Neural DSP Quad Cortex mini review - Guitar World
- Walrus Audio Qi Etherealizer review with synths: a hands-on granular multi-FX pedal - synth anatomy
Guitar and Bass News
- Kouskous Heaven - Music For Angels (self-released) - bigtakeover.com
- "Set your preconceptions of the band and brand aside, this is a very capable bass for aggressive punk, rock and metal styles" Epiphone Mike Dirnt Grabber G-3 review - Guitar World
- “The beginning of an exciting new chapter for the storied brand”: One of Scotland’s most popular guitar retailers set to return under new ownership - Guitar World
- “To place Anthony within a tribute centered on Ozzy Osbourne was a grave miscalculation of his musical identity”: Grammy Awards criticized over Anthony Jackson’s inclusion in rock/metal In Memorium section - Guitar World
- “It became an overnight sensation when Stevie Wonder used the effect”: Loved by Frank Zappa, Bootsy Collins, Steve Vai and more, how the Mu-Tron III became a vintage pedalboard icon - Guitar World
- Greg Brown, Founding Guitarist of Cake, Has Died - Ghost Cult Magazine
- “Rick said, ‘I think we need to put a bass on it’. One of the kids said, ‘My apartment ain’t too far, I got a bass there’”: How the Beastie Boys saved the day on Aerosmith and Run D.M.C.’s Walk This Way - Guitar World
- Spector Announces Doug Wimbish Euro 4 Aged White Signature Bass - Premier Guitar
- “B.B. asked to try a few licks on my guitar. He smiled and asked, ‘Why you working so hard?’” How B.B. King changed Billy Gibbons’ approach to guitar strings - Guitar World
- “With the Crowes, you’d better step up to the plate and swing your bat – or prepare to get completely ripped apart”: Bassist Johnny Colt reveals the inside stories behind the Black Crowes’ controversial Amorica album - Guitar World
- Stu “Bassie” Brooks has joined Nine Inch Nails on bass - Guitar World
- Best bass guitars 2026: long and short-scale bass options for beginners to pros - Guitar World
- Bass guitarists to step into the spotlight for new concert series - The Columbus Dispatch
- “Honors Cliff Burton’s groundbreaking tone and legacy”: Aria marks 40 years since Metallica bassist Cliff Burton's passing by reissuing his posthumous signature bass - Guitar World
- Cort Guitars Introduces the GB Short Scale Bass Series - Premier Guitar
- “A bass rig revolution in headphones”: Fender issues massive free update for the Mustang Micro Plus – and it’s the one bassists have been waiting for - Guitar World
- Johnny Marr reveals “mind-blowing” experience of playing with Paul McCartney – and the unique thing that sets him apart from other bass players - Guitar.com
- Höfner blames effects of US tariffs for bankruptcy, but “business operations will continue” throughout administration - 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
New Music releases
- Best Australian Music of the Week: February 2nd-8th - au.rollingstone.com
- New Music Monday: Dana Sipos releases ‘Golden Molten’ ahead of nation-wide tour - Victoria Buzz
- Gretchen Wilson Apologizes to Fans and Announces New Music Release Soon - AOL.com
- Vince Gill Releases New Music Friday And Adds 13 Dates To “50 Years From Home Tour” - Pollstar News
- ARM’S LENGTH Release New Music Video ‘Early Onset’ - The Rockpit
- New music on our radar this week: EsDeeKid, Roger Sanchez, Ella Mai - Mixmag
- Best New Zealand Music of the Week: February 2nd-8th - au.rollingstone.com
- NEXT Launches as New Distribution Platform for AI-Assisted Music Releases - Tejano Nation
- Noel Gallagher wins songwriter of the year, despite releasing no songs - The Times
- Fans Slam Taylor Swift As ‘Greedy’ After She Releases ‘Opalite’ Music Video On Paid Subscription Sites Only: ‘All Because She Wants The #1 Song’ - SHEfinds
- 50 Cent Hasn’t Released New Music For One Specific Reason, He Says - HOT 97
- Tito El Bambino, Dale Pututi, Nesty & More: Vote for the Best New Latin Music Release This Week - Billboard
- Which New Music Release Is Your Favorite This Week? Vote! - Billboard
- Zayn, J Cole, Tame Impala, Jennie and EJAE lead new music releases this weekend - The Express Tribune
- Looking Ahead: A Release Calendar of Upcoming Albums in 2026 - Billboard
- New album releases 2026: Dates for Harry Styles, Gorillaz, Leigh-Anne and more - Official Charts
- Bebe Rexha is teasing Her New Music Release of Her Recently Achieved Independent Era - Daily Music Roll
- The Best New Music Releases This Week - Stanisland Magazine
- Harry Styles Revealed the Full Track List of His New Album - ELLE
- New Music Friday: Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles, Arctic Monkeys, MIKA, Jessie Ware and more - Official Charts
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