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- “George started freaking out. He said, ‘I feel like I’m dying.’ And then, Peter Fonda said, ‘Oh, I know what it’s like to be dead.’” Byrds founder Roger McGuinn on the origins of John Lennon’s trippiest track - GuitarPlayer.com
- “The Trump tariffs will kill the guitar industry.” Representatives and influencers are leading the fight to protect guitar and musical instrument makers from devastation - GuitarPlayer.com
- The Black Dahlia Murder Make Two Big Lineup Announcements Ahead of 2025 Festivals - Loudwire
- “Eddie said, 'If he's playing, I'm not.'" Yngwie Malmsteen says Eddie Van Halen listened to his music all the time but ran from him every chance he got - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I play the double-neck and trade solos with Joe Walsh on Hotel California. It’s a bit terrifying, but it’s the greatest thing ever”: Chris Holt landed The Eagles without an audition – but his gigs with Mike Campbell and Don Henley might have helped - Guitar World
- “Tom thought I was trying to make myself look like the guy who was behind Boston. After that, he said he wasn’t going to work with me anymore”: Barry Goudreau opens up on his bitter parting with Tom Scholz - Guitar World
- “A little thunder and lightning”: Slash dons a Gibson SG as Guns N’ Roses pay tribute to John Sykes with rampant cover of a Thin Lizzy classic - Guitar World
- Guitar gods: The 30 most influential lead guitarists of all time - Yardbarker
- "When 'Dazed and Confused' fell into the loving arms and hands of Jimmy Page..." The guitarist is sued again over “Dazed and Confused” as the Led Zeppelin documentary sparks a fresh lawsuit from the song's composer - GuitarPlayer.com
- I bought the cheapest bass Fender makes from Amazon and it genuinely surprised me: Squier Debut Series Precision Bass review - Guitar World
- “I wasn't familiar with PRS. If anything, I was like,… - inkl
- “I hear the promoter got a phone call from Eddie, who said, ‘If Yngwie Malmsteen is playing, I'm not playing’”: Yngwie Malmsteen claims Eddie Van Halen felt “threatened” by him - Guitar World
- Joe Perry announces his first big post-Aerosmith tour – and he’ll be playing with members of Aerosmith, Black Crowes and Stone Temple Pilots - Guitar World
- There’s a lot of noise coming from my neighbor’s basement. And I like it. - The Boston Globe
- "You’d be surprised what you can plug a guitar into." Lita Ford weighs in on what's more important — your guitar or your amp - GuitarPlayer.com
- “It’s a $20 plugin. It makes it sound like it’s coming off a tape that’s been recorded over three or four times”: Steven Wilson reveals his go-to guitar plugin – and why digital can successfully coexist with analog - Guitar World
- “How many weddings can you jam 'I’m Eighteen,' 'Enter Sandman' and 'Cowboys From Hell'?” Nita Strauss shreds with Alice Cooper at her wedding in newly released video - GuitarPlayer.com
- "They were going for shock value, like, ‘There’s this whole new world of guitar...’” Steve Stevens on introducing the guitar synthesizer to America and shaping sounds on Billy Idol’s new hit album, ‘Dream Into It’ - GuitarPlayer.com
- “How many weddings can you jam I'm Eighteen, Enter Sandman, and Cowboys From Hell?”: Nita Strauss shreds an Alice Cooper classic at her own wedding in newly shared clips - Guitar World
- “Okay, I’m saying it. I didn’t post the video because Giacomo couldn’t play well enough to be on my channel”: Rick Beato comments on the Giacomo Turra plagiarism scandal and says stealing other people’s music is “completely not cool” - MusicRadar
- “There was no spare, and Edward didn't have another amp. He said, 'You gotta cover me!'" Eddie Van Halen's former guitar tech recalls the virtuoso's disastrous guitar battle before a packed NAMM show crowd - GuitarPlayer.com
- Joe Louis Walker, a heavyweight blues guitarist, dies at 75 - The Washington Post
- “This song depicts all of the things Joe and I loved about pounding rock ‘n’ roll and the glorious guitar”: The SatchVai Band's second single is an ode to the instrument that made them famous – and it features Glenn Hughes on vocals - Guitar World
- Sweetwater’s Gig Essentials Sale Is Here—So You Might Want to Stock Up on Guitar Accessories Now - American Songwriter
- “It always comes through me. I'm the spark plug and the engine.” Eddie Van Halen talks tapping, “Eruption” — and why the weight of the band rested on his shoulders - GuitarPlayer.com
- The same yet different: The reunion of David Friesen and John Stowell - Oregon ArtsWatch
- “I realized he couldn't play well enough to put the video out”: Rick Beato weighs in on the Giacomo Turra controversy – and discusses their ill-fated collaboration - Guitar World
- “This song depicts all that Joe and I used to think about as teenagers.” Hear Joe Satriani and Steve Vai’s debut track from the SatchVai Band, "I Wanna Play My Guitar" - GuitarPlayer.com
- Adrian Vandenberg on being “thrown into the Sodom and Gomorrah of Los Angeles” when he first joined Whitesnake in the '80s - Guitar.com
- Next Wave #1132: Maya Delilah - clashmusic.com
- “B.B. King was in a wheelchair for maybe four or five years before he died, and I’m not on crutches yet”: Fresh off his cameo in Michael B. Jordan’s Sinners, Buddy Guy confirms he’s not done with performing just yet - Guitar World
- “Makes me feel closer to Pop every time I record”: Wolfgang Van Halen used Eddie’s legendary Frankenstein to track the slap riff – and the wild two-hand tapping sequence – in his new single - Guitar World
- “All Strats aren't equal… Then it’s how you smack it, or zing it or strum it… A lot of it is that too”: Session guitar legend Michael Thompson reveals how he created the famous clean tone that’s on countless '80s and '90s hits - MusicRadar
- "Makes me feel closer to Pop that such an important part of his history can live with mine every time I record.” Wolfgang Van Halen posts a clip of himself with Eddie Van Halen's iconic Frankenstein guitar - GuitarPlayer.com
- “There's something really magical about it”: Bon Jovi's Phil X on why he prefers single-pickup guitars – and his one-of-a-kind neck pickup 'mods' - Guitar World
- “A true musician’s musician whose guitar spoke volumes”: Blues guitar great Joe Louis Walker dies at 75 - Guitar World
- “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 - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I never saw Ace or Peter. It wasn't the 'magical record.'" When Kiss’s 1998 reunion album was in jeopardy, Bruce Kulick returned to the fold to save the day - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I see some of these younger guitar players and I’m like, ‘Where did I go wrong?’”: Metallica’s Kirk Hammett admits he “should be a lot better” at playing guitar - Louder
- Ex-Whitesnake Guitarist Opens Up on Getting 'Thrown Into the Sodom and Gomorrah' of '80s Los Angeles, Explains Why He Prefers Band With Single Guitar - Ultimate Guitar
- 'I’m Deeply Saddened' - Possessed's Jeff Becerra Honors Late (Former) Guitarist Brian Montana - Loudwire
- 'I'm a Much Broader Guitarist': Andy Summers Compares His Playing to Robert Fripp's, Opens Up on 'Odd Setup' of Their Collab - Ultimate Guitar
- BMI Songwriter Preston James is the Featured Entertainment at the Craft Brewers Conference Welcome Reception - bmi.com
- “At first, I honestly thought it was a joke. Even now, it hasn’t quite sunk in”: Eric Clapton recently named Toshiki Soejima as one of his favorite contemporary Japanese players – now, the neo-soul guitarist has finally met his guitar hero - Guitar World
- 'People Get Weirdly Bent Out of Shape When I Talk About My Guitar Playing': Billy Corgan Talks About His Guitar Playing - Ultimate Guitar
- Metal band guitarist killed in police standoff in California - NewsNation
- Gunman killed in South SF police standoff ID’d as founding guitarist of metal band, Possessed - KRON4
- Winner of Guitar Player Magazine International Competition to perform locally - timesobserver.com
- The ‘luckiest guitar player on Earth’ lives in Dallas, and he plays with the Eagles - Dallas News
- Guitar World Discussion: Who is the most underrated guitar player of all time? - Guitar World
- LAMB OF GOD's MARK MORTON: 'I Have Never Completely Defined Myself As Just A Heavy Metal Guitar Player' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- Guitar Influencer Stole Solos Note-for-Note and Sold the Tabs: 'There Was No Tag, Credit or Mention of Me' - Ultimate Guitar
- “F****d me up completely. I couldn’t make head or tail of it.” Eric Clapton on the one guitarist who blew him away onstage - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I was like, 'I'm a kid. I should apply. He's gonna say no, right?' But he said yes”: This 12-year-old heavy metal prodigy never expected to be mentored by a former Megadeth guitar player – but that’s exactly what happened - Guitar World
- “I could barely play his guitar. He had 12s on the top. It was like a G string. I was like, ‘How do you do that?’”: Huey Lewis and the News' Chris Hayes looks back on his friendship with Stevie Ray Vaughan – and the blues great's notorious guitar setup - Guitar World
- Bill Kelliher Answers if Ben Eller Is Mastodon's New Guitarist, Explains How Eller Ended Up Playing at Band's First Post-Split Show - Ultimate Guitar
- “Chuck Berry said, ‘Hey, you got to hear this guitar player. This guy is really great!’”: How EHX founder Mike Matthews became friends with Jimi Hendrix - Guitar.com
- “I’m as serious as a heart attack”: Mastodon are looking for their next guitar player – and they have a very specific list of requirements - Louder
- DON AIREY: 'Guitar Players Are Very Strange People; They're Very Insecure' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “If you’re coming up against an ambush, you want her in your battalion”: Jack White has gifted his signature Fender Triplecaster to his new favorite guitar player - Guitar World
- Guitar Players Looking to Improve Their Tone Should Do This First, Steve Vai Suggests: 'Tone Has So Many Moving Parts' - Ultimate Guitar
- “It’s amazing that we made it 25 years with the four of us”: Bill Kelliher opens up on Brent Hinds’ surprise Mastodon departure - Guitar World
- Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds leaves band after 25 years, "we wish him nothing but success and happiness" - Guitar.com
- “I cannot play guitar… it feels like I'm wearing a pair of gloves when I try to play”: Rockabilly legend Brian Setzer reveals he's unable to play after shocking health news - Guitar.com
- "I cannot play guitar." Rockabilly legend Brian Setzer reveals he has an auto-immune disease that prevents him from playing guitar - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I need people to stop looking at me as the guitar player”: Slash reveals his Hollywood ambitions - Guitar.com
- "I wish I could hear the music you're making with Gary Moore up there now." John Sykes, who made his mark with Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake, has passed away at age 65 after a long battle with cancer - GuitarPlayer.com
- "I got used to the idea that Steve Vai was gonna walk in my door and blow my mind." Joe Satriani explains what will keep guitar alive. The good news? It's already happening - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I thought, ‘There must be three guitar players playing this stuff’”: Gene Simmons remembers the first time he heard Van Halen live - Guitar.com
- 'There Must Be Three Guitar Players': Gene Simmons Reveals First Reaction to Hearing Van Halen Live, Recalls Doing Their Early-career Demo - Ultimate Guitar
- Slayer’s Kerry King calls this player the most “overlooked” guitarist in metal - Guitar.com
- "That’s why he sounds like Eddie." John 5 shares what he learned about Eddie Van Halen after playing through the guitarist's rig - GuitarPlayer.com
- “Lack of use, plus three bouts of COVID, probably phased out the plectrum for me”: Mark Knopfler tells why he’s ditched the pick in favor of fingerpicking - GuitarPlayer.com
- "It was just appraised for… let's just say a whole lot of money. I don't want to take this thing around!” Steve Lukather reveals the best electric guitar he owns and the one he’ll never play - GuitarPlayer.com
- “It's just a shame that I never really had a chance to talk with him or hear him. It would’ve been a thrill to see how he worked.” Jimmy Page on the player he admired most and the word he hates when it comes to describing rock guitarists - GuitarPlayer.com
- “Steve Vai gave me some good advice: ‘Concentrate on music and not too much on guitar.’ You can open up a lot of new ideas with that mindset.” Matteo Mancuso highlights the one thing many guitarists get wrong - GuitarPlayer.com
- "I placed the DeArmond pickup near the bridge. I put a crushed cigarette packet underneath it. That helped to get that round sound.” Vic Flick, guitarist behind the iconic James Bond theme, has died. Read our historic interview with him - GuitarPlayer.com
- Vic Flick, Guitarist on the James Bond Theme Song, Dies at 87 - The Hollywood Reporter
- Billy Corgan Says He Should Be On Those "Greatest Guitar Players" Lists - Stereogum
- Billy Corgan Voices Frustration at Being Underrated as Guitar Player: 'Once You Go Beyond the Randy Rhoadses, There's a Lot of People Who Pretend to Play Guitar' - Ultimate Guitar
- Billy Corgan slams ‘greatest guitar player’ lists for not placing him higher: “They’ll put me behind somebody who I could play circles around” - Guitar.com
- "They sort of appear as if they are out there in the air. The best ones do. But I don’t know how they get there." David Gilmour talks soloing in Guitar Player's guide to the Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time - GuitarPlayer.com
- "I'm gonna live this for the next year, and then maybe I’ll go torch some guitars." Jerry Cantrell on the future of Alice in Chains and his heavy new solo album - GuitarPlayer.com
- "I'm not a guitar player — I never took the time. I use it as a tool.” The guitarist behind some of music's biggest hits says you don't need to be virtuoso to have a career - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I was truly terrified. I was on the same stage as every one of my heroes: Mike Bloomfield, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix." Martin Barre talks about sharing stages with his guitar royalty after Jethro Tull took a "big risk" hiring him in 1968 - GuitarPlayer.com
- Guitar Player Magazine Ends Print Edition After 58 Years - Digital Music News
- Guitar Player Magazine Halts Publication, Puts Out One Last Print Edition After 58-Year Run - Variety
- “You have witnessed a revolution”: Guitar Player ceases print publication after 57 years - Guitar.com
- "You have witnessed a revolution.” The closure of Guitar Player magazine marks the end of an era — and the start of a new one - GuitarPlayer.com
- "I'm a bit rusty, and I don't know how much I can play, but I'll give it a go." Watch Brian May play guitar for the first time since suffering a minor stroke last month - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I played Eddie Cochran’s guitar at his house. Turns out he was way ahead of his time.” Brian Setzer says he found the late rocker’s bedroom — including his Fender Bassman amp — just as he left it in 1960 - GuitarPlayer.com
- Jake Kiszka pulls his car off the road to listen every time this song comes on the radio - GuitarPlayer.com
- “It’s impossible to go back there without Rick Wright, and I wouldn’t want to – it’s all done”: David Gilmour dismisses talk of future Pink Floyd shows - GuitarPlayer.com
- Pat Travers argues that Eddie Van Halen was “more than his tapping” - Guitar.com
- “We shared the experience of becoming famous, and spent more hours in the studio than anything else in this life”: Alex Van Halen teases a snippet of Unfinished – the last song he worked on with his brother, Eddie - GuitarPlayer.com
- 'You Will Be Miserable': Yngwie Malmsteen Names One Thing Guitar Players Shouldn't Do - Ultimate Guitar
- “I love playing with Slash. But I think I’m a little more left-of-center than they were”: Dave Navarro reveals why he declined an offer to join Guns 'n' Roses - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I started doing some odd jobs, running a bulldozer, cutting hay for people...”: Steve Morse almost quit music, twice – Kansas, and then Lynyrd Skynyrd, brought him back - GuitarPlayer.com
- Ted Nugent Names the 'Greatest Guitar Player in the World,' Praises Motown Musicians - Ultimate Guitar
- Slash says Eddie Van Halen was a blues player at heart – and that's what made him so good - GuitarPlayer.com
Guitar Amp News
- Why a Good Guitar Is More Important Than a Good Amp, Lita Ford Reveals: 'You'd Be Surprised What You Can Plug a Guitar Into' - Ultimate Guitar
- “Why is there no amp that can do a really nice clean, and a really nice gain-y tone, with a reverb on it?”: Victory satisfies Pete Honore’s tone cravings and rehouses his Deputy tube amp in a portable lunchbox format - MusicRadar
- Victory Amplifications The Deputy Lunchbox Head: 25 Watts, One Mighty Amp - Gearnews.com
- The Five Best Value Solid-State Amps: Portable, Powerful, and Affordable - Gearnews.com
- Best amp modelers 2025: Get your dream guitar tone with my top picks - GuitarPlayer.com
- “If you’re a young guitar player, that’s money well spent”: The amp pedal John Mayer thinks everyone should own - Guitar.com
- Guitar, amp stolen in Mount Forest break-in - cknxnewstoday.ca
- Better than the real thing? Spark 2 packs 33 amp sims into $300 Bluetooth speaker - Ars Technica
- “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
- Positive Grid Launches the Spark NEO - Premier Guitar
- Best pedal amps 2025: Get the sound, feel and response of an amp, all on your pedalboard - MusicRadar
- Game-changers, trends, innovations, revivals and show-stoppers: the key guitars, amps and pedals of NAMM 2025 - MusicRadar
- Marshall Has Been Acquired by China's HongShan in $1 Billion+ Deal - Ultimate Guitar
- “We promised him that we would keep his legacy alive”: What’s going on with Dumble Amps – and why was the company at NAMM 2025? We discovered the story behind the re-emergence – and future – of the guitar world’s most mythical amp brand - Guitar World
- Marshall sells majority stake to China’s HSG for €1.1 billion - Guitar.com
- Guitar amp maker Marshall acquired by China’s HongShan in $1bn+ deal - Music Business Worldwide
- 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: The Best New Product News & Announcements - Reverb
- Fender Reveals New Releases for 2025: NAMM Special - Premier Guitar
- Marshall Announces New Products at NAMM 2025 - Premier Guitar
- Marshall launches two amp lines offering modern tweaks on the 1959, JCM800 and JCM900 - Guitar.com
- Fender’s Tone Master FR-212 amp is loaded with two 12-inch “special design speakers” - Guitar.com
- “Modeling is just not fun. It doesn’t give you any sort of feeling. You gotta shake the pant legs and feel that air”: Dave Friedman, who’s built amps for Jerry Cantrell, Steve Stevens, and Chris Shiflett, is not ready to hop off the tube train - Guitar World
- “Modified connects us with a long-standing tradition of modifying Marshall amps that dates back to the 1970s”: Marshall unveils factory modded takes on the 1959 Plexi and JCM800 – tipping its cap to the amp wizards of rock’s golden era - Guitar World
- Orange launches “legend in the making” O Tone 40 amplifier plus series of portable Baby amps - Guitar.com
- “Lightweight, portable, and incredibly powerful”: Orange launches “studio-grade and gig-ready” Baby Range – three affordable, compact heads that downsize classic Orange tones (and introduce some new ones, too) - Guitar World
- “The King of Clean. Now in your DAW”: Roland launches plugin version of its classic JC-120 Jazz Chorus amplifier - Guitar.com
- “A new take on a classic”: Marshall teases the release of a modded JCM, as a new era for the legendary amp brand beckons - Guitar World
- Boss Unveils New Gear for NAMM 2025 - Premier Guitar
- Boss launches WAZA Tube Amp Expander Core with “powerful enhancements focused on direct recording applications” - Guitar.com
- Vox AC30 Limited Edition: Blue and Cream, still All-tube - Gearnews.com
- “A cleaner, meaner, better Rectifier. There’s no denying it”: Mesa/Boogie resurrects a ’90s icon with its reissued Dual Rectifier – and the holy grail amp head has been given some upgrades - Guitar World
- 'He Was the High-gain Pioneer': Friedman Revives Legendary Mods and Eddie Van Halen's Secret Weapon With New Amp - Ultimate Guitar
- “We’re going to release an end-all-be-all amplifier with his name on it”: Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai and Metallica are among the rock royalty who used José Arredondo’s legendary amps. Now Dave Friedman is honoring his legacy with a definitive model - Guitar World
- How Guitar Gear Will Evolve in 2025: Inflation, Digital Amps, and the Shifts That Will Define the Year - Ultimate Guitar
- The Most Watched Music Gear of 2024 - Reverb
- ‘High off the sound’: Fergus Falls engineer is a guitar amp hero - MPR News
- My first amp was an embarrassment. My son's was the Positive Grid Spark Go. It ignited something - GuitarPlayer.com
- I'm Done! 2 Important Reasons I Won't Buy Another Tube Amplifier - Ultimate Guitar
- The world's best desktop guitar amp just got its first-ever discount in the Positive Grid Black Friday sale - GuitarPlayer.com
- Blackstar Introduces St. James 100 Head and Combo - Premier Guitar
- “The tube amp brought into the 21st century”: Blackstar’s St. James 100 looks to set a new benchmark with its most powerful and lightest 100-watt amp yet - Guitar World
- “This is why we want to show up at NAMM”: Marshall is returning to NAMM for the first time in 5 years – and has teased some blockbuster launches - Guitar World
- Fender Revamps Affordable Solid-State Amps With Simple Controls: 'No Menus, No Apps' - Ultimate Guitar
- “New and exciting product lines and services are in the works”: Dumble is under new ownership – and it will begin making amps again using the elusive amp builder’s “trade secrets” - Guitar World
- Jimmy Page Opens Up on His No. 1 Amp: 'It Was Just the Best Amp I Had in My Collection' - Ultimate Guitar
- “It did all those Led Zeppelin tours and all the recordings. It did flippin’ everything, y’know?” Jimmy Page reveals “the best amp that I’d ever had in my collection” - GuitarPlayer.com
- “It was the first-ever Vox amp he used as part of The Fab Four”: Vox amp John Lennon used to record Please Please Me at Abbey Road studios going up for auction - Guitar.com
- “I worked on that crazy Fender Twin and never understood how it made such fabulous noise”: Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Twin Reverb amp, used in the recording of Texas Flood, Bowie sessions and live shows is up for sale... for over $600,000 - Guitar World
- Positive Grid’s Spark Go just dropped back to its insane pre-order price for Prime Day - Guitar World
- Busking with an edge: Positive Grid unveils AI-loaded Spark EDGE – a portable smart amp and PA for buskers - Guitar.com
- Marshall may be up for sale again for the second time in 18 months – but this time for €800m - Guitar.com
- “Sets a new benchmark for guitar amp plugin performance”: Blackstar and Jared James Nichols blur boundary between physical and digital amp releases with ground-breaking signature amp and plugin launch - Guitar World
- “It’s amazing and hands down the best one I’ve ever played”: Keith Urban on what it’s like to play through the Dumble that John Mayer used during his blues trio days – and how it became his main amp - Guitar World
- “I'd advise new guitarists to play with an amplifier”: Sheryl Crow guitarist says beginners should steer clear of amp modellers - Guitar.com
- Jack White teams up with Fender to launch new signature guitars and amp - NME
- “We’re not even going to try to dabble in digital modeling. Everyone else can do it better”: Orange explains why it's not joining the amp modeling race - Guitar World
- “Pays homage to vintage legends while infusing innovative features”: Ashdown’s mid-priced SX range looks to put a modern spin on classic tube amp tones - Guitar World
- “A celebration of Dimebag’s timeless influence”: Dimebag Darrell’s Warhead amp has been revived as a compact lunchbox head – and it was tested during Pantera rehearsals - Guitar World
- You May Not Like It but Tube Amps Are Changing Forever: Here's Why - Ultimate Guitar
- “Finely tuned to replicate the rich and warm tones of a tube amp”: Ashdown is so convinced its new budget amp range offers killer tone, it’s literally called it Killer Tone - Guitar World
- “It’s like having a little piece of Dime with you everywhere”: Nail Dimebag Darrell’s fearsome metal tone with the resurrected and reimagined Warhead amp – a 40W high-gain powerhouse, road-tested during Pantera rehearsals - MusicRadar
- Marshall CEO Reacts to Guitarists' Worries About the Company Neglecting Amps: 'We're Aware of Things We Can Do Better' - Ultimate Guitar
- “The essence of my tone in a portable, versatile amp”: Engl unveils Steve Morse signature tube amp – a compact 20-watt head that’s packed with modern features - MusicRadar
- Kirk Hammett thinks Marshall amps sound “30 per cent better” when you plug them in in the UK than they do in America – is he right? - Guitar.com
- “To me, this is the highest level of craftsmanship, like Swiss watches or high-end leather goods. These people are just the best at what they do”: Behind the scenes at Marshall Amps with new CEO Jeremy de Maillard – and how he plans to win back guitarists - Guitar World
- “I am so in love with it, they asked, ‘You wanna sprinkle a little Vai fairy dust on it?’” Steve Vai and Positive Grid have launched a signature Spark Mini inspired by his five-neck Hydra guitar – and it’s got four Vai-designed presets - Guitar World
- This Unconventional Guitar Amp Was Used on Several Famous Albums (and It's Possibly the First Modeler Ever Made) - Ultimate Guitar
- Best guitar amp headphones 2025: Our top choices, from wearable tech to pro in-ear monitors - MusicRadar
- “Randy, and his original design ideas, will continue to inspire us”: Gibson confirms exit of Mesa/Boogie founder and legendary ‘boutique’ guitar amp designer Randall Smith - MusicRadar
- “Randy has completed his time with Gibson as Master Designer and Pioneer of Mesa/Boogie”: Gibson confirms the departure of legendary amp designer and Mesa/Boogie founder Randall Smith - Guitar World
- Randall Smith has left Gibson and Mesa/Boogie - Guitar.com
- “Whatever your ability, don’t settle for less than a professional sound”: Blackstar adds a 30-watt combo to its practice amp range as the Debut 30E makes its… debut – and it has onboard tape emulation too - MusicRadar
- 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
- “When people plug into it, whatever guitar they are gonna use through this, it is going to amplify their personality’: Orange and Orianthi team up for the Oriverb – an all-tube 2x12 combo she describes as a “dream come true” - MusicRadar
- “No-one will ever have an amp on stage at the Sphere. They might have dummies, but they’re not on”: Trey Anastasio reveals why it’s impossible to play with onstage amps at the most advanced music venue in the world - Guitar World
- “Fingerpicking came from not having an amplifier. After dad forked out for the guitar, I didn't have the nerve to ask him for one”: Mark Knopfler says the lack of a guitar amp growing up helped him develop his now-iconic fingerpicking style - Guitar World
- “It’s extremely rare that this happens”: Guitar Center staff find thousands of dollars’ worth of drugs stashed inside guitar amp - Guitar World
- "It's extremely rare that this happens at any business": Thousands of dollars of drugs found hidden in an amp by shocked Guitar Center employees - MusicRadar
- “Faster, smarter and more accurate than any human”: Neural DSP unveils TINA – a robot that promises to revolutionize the digital amp modeling world forever - Guitar World
- Guitar Center employees discover piles of drugs stuffed inside amp - MusicTech
- Guitar Center employees find stash of drugs inside an amplifier shipped to Georgia store - Guitar.com
- Guitar Center employees find thousands of dollars in drugs stuffed inside guitar amp - WSB-TV
- “I hear depth in the amp that’s mic’d – I hear so much that I don’t hear in the digital plugin, which seems almost pasted onto the screen”: Alex Lifeson explains why digital amps can’t match up to the real thing - Guitar World
- “Like taking Madison Square Garden wherever you go – epic and versatile”: With 25 per cent more volume, double the processing power, AI and looper, Positive Grid’s Spark 2 ups the ante for practice-friendly digital guitar amps - MusicRadar
- “I'm just going to use them as they were built from the factory”: Deftones' Stephen Carpenter admits he prefers amp modeler factory presets to his own tone creations - Guitar World
- Positive Grid teases the Spark 2: “Yes, it has a looper” - Guitar.com
- "I think the speakers in your amplifier have the largest single impact on guitar tone": This guitarist seeks to proves it - MusicRadar
- “The evolution of the revolution is here”: Positive Grid confirms the Spark 2 will arrive within weeks – and, yes, it has a looper - Guitar World
- “The serial number was the same as John Lennon’s amp. I couldn’t believe it”: John Lennon’s first Vox amp – used on early Beatles recordings and Cavern gigs – was lost for 60 years. Now it may have been found, covered in black paint, on an auction site - Guitar World
- “Virtually indistinguishable from the original,” at a fraction of the price: Fender uses DSP modeling for a faithful – and affordable – recreation of its ‘59 Bassman amp - GuitarPlayer.com
- Best acoustic guitar amp 2025: Amplify your sound without losing your acoustic resonance - MusicRadar
- Polyphia's Tim Henson Explains One Advantage of Tube Amps Over Digital Stuff, Reveals His Ideal Setup - Ultimate Guitar
- “File under ‘whatever it takes’. If you happen to be walking through, you’ve got no choice but to hear it!” John Mayer is still using his tube amps at The Sphere – but you’ll never guess where he’s hiding them - Guitar World
- Why Marshall Should Embrace Modified Amp Circuits This Year - Ultimate Guitar
- Guitar Pedals Aren't the Way to Go, Blues Rock Legend Walter Trout Says: 'I Don't See Any Need for It' - Ultimate Guitar
- The Vibro Set: Where Fender Really Started - Reverb
- Boss reveals the Katana Gen 3: the evolution of a guitar amp phenomenon - MusicRadar
- NAMM 2024: all the latest guitar news, rumors and predictions from the greatest gear show on Earth - Guitar World
Bass Player News
- At songwriters event, it's all about that bass - Mankato Free Press
- Retirement comes early for California Lottery player - KTLA
- The 25 greatest bass players of all time, ranked - Yardbarker
- The same yet different: The reunion of David Friesen and John Stowell - Oregon ArtsWatch
- “Smashing Pumpkins taught me that music doesn’t have to fit neatly into a box… it’s not as easy as pie. It’s pie with a side of metal!” Billy Corgan asked Jenna Fournier to go back to bass, and she says the timing is perfect - Guitar World
- “If you’re a Zep fan and really want to go see Zeppelin, you might as well go and see one of the better tribute bands”: The epic life and career of John Paul Jones, the heartbeat of Led Zeppelin and so much more - Louder
- He Was Once a Bassist in a Big Rock Band. Then He Disappeared, and What Happened to Him Is Still a Mystery - Ultimate Guitar
- Yukon bass player rocks Junos with Anciients - Yukon News
- News: Weezer’s Bassist’s Wife Shot by Police and Booked for Attempted Murder - New Noise Magazine
- New revelations after Jillian Lauren, wife of Weezer bassist, accused of shooting at LAPD - Los Angeles Times
- Jillian Shriner, wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, did fire her gun at officers, LAPD says - 6abc Philadelphia
- Weezer still set to play Coachella after police shoot wife of bassist - NBC News
- Police shoot bestselling author and wife of Weezer bassist, saying she pointed gun at officers - NBC News
- Wife of Weezer bassist fired gun at officers, L.A. police say. She's accused of attempted murder - Los Angeles Times
- Jillian Lauren: What we know about police shooting of Weezer bassist's wife - NPR
- Weezer bassist's wife shot and arrested on suspicion of attempted murder - Sky News
- Weezer Bassist Gives Update on Wife After Police Shooting - Yahoo
- Weezer bassist's wife shot by police during wild manhunt for hit-and-run suspect in Eagle Rock - ABC7 Los Angeles
- Weezer bassist Scott Shriner’s wife arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after being shot by police - CNN
- Author, wife of Weezer bassist arrested after being shot by police who say she pointed a gun at them - AP News
Bass Amp News
- Seymour Duncan Announces The PowerStage 700 Bass Amp - Premier Guitar
- Boss Updates the Katana Go 2 Headphone Amp with New Design - Gearnews.com
- Fender Reveals New Releases for 2025: NAMM Special - Premier Guitar
- Think You Know Bass? ASCENDO’s AIA2-10K2 IS Amp Takes It Lower Than Ever - HomeTheaterReview
- Bassmans, a Klon Centaur clone, and a brand-new effect, dubbed the Glooper: Fender just dropped a game-changing Tone Master Pro update – making its flagship modeler more competitive than ever - Guitar World
- BOSS Katana-500 Bass Head and 1x12” Katana Bass Cabinet - Bass Gear Magazine
- Jimmy Page Opens Up on His No. 1 Amp: 'It Was Just the Best Amp I Had in My Collection' - Ultimate Guitar
- Boss' New Katana-500 Bass Head and Cabinet 112 - Premier Guitar
- “Raises professional bass amplification to the next level”: Boss has unveiled its first-ever Katana bass head – and it might have just changed the game for bass players - Guitar World
- Best amp modellers 2025: High-tech solutions for guitarists covering all budgets and styles - MusicRadar
- Boss aims to redefine the headphone guitar amp with the $119 Katana:Go - MusicRadar
- Is Ashdown's latest combo its best lightweight bass amp yet? - Guitar World
- NAMM 2024: all the latest guitar news, rumors and predictions from the greatest gear show on Earth - Guitar World
- NAMM 2024: "Not just powerful, they are portable" – Darkglass announces four new combo digital and analog 500-watt bass amps - MusicRadar
- Fontaines D.C. Talk Simple Guitar Rigs & the "Proper Adventure" of DIY Touring | Interview - Reverb
- Best bass amps 2025: Top choice amplification options for bassists - MusicRadar
- Ampeg Venture Series bass amps with SGT - Gearnews.com
- Ampeg Unveils Venture Series Bass Amplifier Heads and Cabs - Bass Magazine
- Sunn Amplification range revealed at last - Gearnews.com
- Darkglass Microtubes X 900 limited-edition possibly their best amp yet - Gearnews.com
Guitar Effects News
- Vince Gill Gives Us "One More Last Chance" - Premier Guitar
- Peavey Joshua Homme Decade Too Review - Premier Guitar
- Act Entertainment Launches Sterling Vermin Pedal - Premier Guitar
- The Hidden Magic of Miku - Premier Guitar
- Ernie Ball Launches Pino Palladino Signature Smoothie Flats Bass Strings - Premier Guitar
- D’Addario’s XPND Pedal Power Kit Helps Clean Up Your Board - WIRED
- “Not another multi-effect for your dentist,” but Polyend’s Mess looks like an FX sequencing powerhouse that you can really get your teeth into - MusicRadar
- “We were able to up the gain and the volume on tap way past the levels we would normally get”: ThorpyFX’s Hanami fuzz pedal is packing NOS germanium, dynamic, and blooming lovely - MusicRadar
- JHS Pedals launches NOTADÜMBLË: A DIY kit that channels Dumble magic for just $119 - Guitar.com
- “Save yourself a few hundred thousand dollars and experience the magic for yourself”: JHS Pedals has unveiled its latest DIY pedal kit – a $119 Dumble-style overdrive partly inspired by a one-off John Mayer stompbox - Guitar World
- KMA Machines Geminus: Automatic Double Tracker For Epic Stereo Effects! - Gearnews.com
- “A half-million dollars of tone at your feet”: Nail the sound of a holy grail tube amp with a pedal you made yourself – JHS Pedals unveils the NOTADÜMBLË solderless DIY kit - MusicRadar
- JHS NOTADÜMBLË: Build Your Own Double Dumble - Gearnews.com
- Klon Centaur creator Bill Finnegan once said that the hype around his pedal was “ridiculous,” yet originals still fetch $10,000 or more on the secondhand market. With plentiful, far cheaper clones, why does the Klon remain a holy grail pedal? - Guitar World
- Guitar World deals of the week: save $495 on a Fender Strat, get an EQD pedal for just $99, plus 60% off a year’s worth of online guitar lessons - Guitar World
- Catalinbread’s Wake chorus pedal adds a vintage dream-pop edge to your tone - Guitar.com
- Modern Fuzz Pedals That Make Old-School Sounds - Premier Guitar
- Best pedalboard power supplies 2025: quiet and efficient power for your pedals - GuitarPlayer.com
- Great Eastern FX Focus Fuzz Deluxe Review - Premier Guitar
- Peavey Debuts Decade PreAmp Pedal - Premier Guitar
Guitar and Bass News
- All-Time Great Bassist Coming to Bend - The Source Weekly - Bend, Oregon
- I bought the cheapest bass Fender makes from Amazon and it genuinely surprised me: Squier Debut Series Precision Bass review - Guitar World
- There’s a lot of noise coming from my neighbor’s basement. And I like it. - The Boston Globe
- ERNIE BALL LAUNCHES PINO PALLADINO SIGNATURE SMOOTHIE FLATS BASS STRINGS - Premier Guitar
- Littwin Inspires a Love of Jazz, on Bass and in Class - Community News
- Skypilot Guitar Repair keeps the music alive - Inyo Register
- Robert DeLeo Joins Aerosmith’s Joe Perry on Tour - Bass Magazine
- Vintage mojo from a $180 beginner bass guitar? Meet the Harley Benton PB-62 - Yahoo
- Harley Benton Goes Full Retro with Its Latest PB Bass - Gearnews.com
- “We had accidentally stored the bass in Seattle and paid $2,500 in rental fees!” 32 years ago, Jeff Ament rented a ’61 Jazz Bass from Norman's Rare Guitars to record Pearl Jam’s iconic Vs. record – and now he’s been reunited with it - Guitar World
- Les Claypool Finally Good Enough to Switch to Guitar - The Hard Times
- Session Legend Admits He Recorded Bass on a Judas Priest Album, Reveals How They Told Him to Play - Ultimate Guitar
- 3 Exciting Fender Precision Bass Variations That Expand the Model's Features - Ultimate Guitar
- “A lot of people don’t think this fits with Pet Sounds. But really, what does fit with Pet Sounds?”: Carol Kaye on her 10 greatest recordings - MusicRadar
- “We took 36 hours to cut Good Vibrations. We knew it was a big deal”: Carol Kaye’s 10 greatest basslines - Guitar World
- Bass Legend Reveals David Gilmour's Important Bass Preference, Names One Thing Session Musicians Should Know - Ultimate Guitar
- “On Footloose, and Love Will Follow, I also use it. I do my impersonation of a guitarist”: How session veteran Nathan East managed to make his bass sound like a guitar on these Kenny Loggins hits - Guitar World
- Renowned Jazz Artists to Headline USU Guitar, Bass and Drums Festival - Utah State University
- “I don’t really listen to Primus. It amazes me that we wrote like that”: Les Claypool looks back on the stomach-churning grooves of Sailing the Seas of Cheese, Primus’ major-label debut and the moment he became a bass superstar - Guitar World
- Spector debuts Frank Bello signature model, expands custom scale length options, and more at NAMM 2025 - Guitar.com
New Music releases
- Tyla Releases Sultry New Song “Bliss”: Stream - Consequence of Sound
- Kanye West releases 'Heil Hitler' song featuring audio clip of Nazi leader's speech - The Jerusalem Post
- Exciting New Music Releases To Start 2025 - Evrim Ağacı
- MOMOLAND Releases Stunning Profile Photos After Signing With New Agency - Soompi
- Fiona Apple Releases New Song “Pretrial (Let Her Go Home)”: Stream - Consequence of Sound
- Listen to the Australian Art Music playlist: May 2025 – New Releases - Limelight magazine
- AEW’s Swerve Strickland Releases New Music - WrestleTalk
- André 3000 Surprise Releases New Project 7 piano sketches - Consequence of Sound
- André 3000 Surprise-Releases New Project 7 Piano Sketches : Listen - Pitchfork
- Looking Ahead: A Release Calendar of Upcoming Albums in 2025 - Billboard
- New music on our radar this week: Goldfrapp, Isabella Lovestory, Myd - Mixmag
- Cazzu Publishes Her First Book & More Uplifting Moments in Latin Music - Billboard
- REM Releases New 'Radio Free Europe' Benefit EP Amid Trump Cuts - Variety
- New Music Releases and Upcoming Albums in 2025 - Pitchfork
- May 2025 New Music Releases - XXL Mag
- On 'Tsunami Sea,' Spiritbox's Courtney LaPlante Contemplates Adversity, Solidarity & Renewal - GRAMMY.com
- Lorde Releases Video for New Song “What Was That”: Watch - Pitchfork
- New music on our radar this week: BICEP, Bambounou, Kwengface - Mixmag
- May 2025 New Music Releases - Ultimate Classic Rock
- Geoff Mann Releases New Single “Memphis Underground” - news.theurbanmusicscene.com
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