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  1. Founding Jethro Tull Lead Guitarist and Blodwyn Pig Frontman Mick Abrahams Has Died at 82 - American Songwriter
  2. Original Jethro Tull Guitarist Mick Abrahams Dead at 82 - DRGNews
  3. “I put the string under the head of the pickup screw. He was watching me with his chin hanging down on his lap.” From Triumph to Bon Jovi — Phil X on his adventures with Chris Cornell, Richie Sambora, Alice Cooper, Orianthi and Rik Emmett - GuitarPlayer.com
  4. Mick Abrahams, Original Jethro Tull Guitarist and Blodwyn Pig Founder, Dead at 82 - Ultimate Classic Rock
  5. Original Jethro Tull guitarist Mick Abrahams dead at 82 - Louder
  6. “Finally, no Sam versus Dave debates.” A new Van Halen album features Eddie, Alex and Wolfgang Van Halen playing classic tracks without a vocalist - GuitarPlayer.com
  7. Huntington Beach boutique guitar emporium offers satisfaction for shredders - Los Angeles Times
  8. “Nothing was planned. It was all a first take.” The “accidental” 1976 smash hit created by a virtuoso rock group and the most recorded guitarist in history - GuitarPlayer.com
  9. Born on This Day in 1908, the Highly Influential Country Star Who Found Success With Novelty Songs and Gave Chet Atkins His First Job - American Songwriter
  10. “Part of my soul is on stage with my favorite band every single night”: Fender Masterbuilder on what it’s like to watch his ultimate guitar hero play the Strat he made for him - Guitar World
  11. “It’s cut so that you can have boobs and play guitar.” Olivia Rodrigo on St. Vincent’s signature model and the power of women in rock - GuitarPlayer.com
  12. “Buddy Guy isn’t just our last living line to the real origins of the blues – he’s a hell of an actor, too”: 25 reasons why 2025 was a great year for guitar - Guitar World
  13. AL PITRELLI Looks Back On TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA's 1996 Formation - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
  14. “I think the band's happier the way they are.” Steve Morse says “a couple of guys in Deep Purple” were glad to see him go - GuitarPlayer.com
  15. “Nuno’s shoutout was an emotional moment for me. I was gobsmacked. Without my brother showing me Extreme’s music, I would never have been there”: From Plini to Polyphia, how Rick Graham quietly became one of progressive guitar’s most influential nam - Guitar World
  16. “He came up with the melody. I didn't write that.” Ace Frehley said one of his greatest Kiss guitar solos was written by someone else - GuitarPlayer.com
  17. “I heard someone playing deep, fiery guitar in the room next door. I thought, ‘Boy, I wish that guy was in the band!’ I looked over the balcony… It was Ace”: The otherworldly life and times of Kiss guitar icon Ace Frehley - Guitar World
  18. "It's cut so that you can have boobs and play guitar, which is so awesome": Olivia Rodrigo explains why she loves playing her custom Ernie Ball Music Man St Vincent Goldie signature model - MusicRadar
  19. Legendary Chicago guitarist Phil Upchurch, collaborator with a who’s who of musicians, dies at 84 - Chicago Sun-Times
  20. “They played their whole act to virtually no one.” Paul McCartney on seeing Jimi Hendrix perform to an empty club — and those rumors about their supergroup with Miles Davis - GuitarPlayer.com
  21. Master Mixolydian! Session guitar ace Shane Theriot shows how to elevate your rhythm and lead chops with bluesy licks, soul grooves and jazzy chromaticism - GuitarPlayer.com
  22. “The first thing I said to him was, ‘You bought Greeny.’ He goes, ‘Yeah, I’ve got it. You want to play it?’” Iron Maiden’s Adrian Smith had a chance encounter with Kirk Hammett – and ended up babysitting his iconic Les Paul - Guitar World
  23. “He looked up at me and said, ‘That’s how the snare cuts through.’” Greg Lake on what happened when Robert Fripp asked him to play bass on King Crimson's debut album - GuitarPlayer.com
  24. Seattle guitarist Tim DiJulio finds the right, uplifting note - The Seattle Times
  25. Fake nails improved my fingerstyle guitar game. Should you do it too? Here’s everything you need to know - GuitarPlayer.com
  26. “Bob Dylan had me, Eric Clapton, Dr. John, Ronnie Wood, Levon Helm and Paul Butterfield. It wasn’t the greatest music I ever played”: Bob Margolin on The Last Waltz, the jam party afterwards and his years with Muddy Waters - Guitar World
  27. Scalpers are ruining the fun for real guitarists – and now I have the data to prove it - Guitar.com
  28. “The most ferocious, dynamic pickups I've ever heard in a Telecaster.” From Cinderella’s Tom Keifer to Keith Urban — how a vintage Fender “Nocaster” made a cross-genre commute - GuitarPlayer.com
  29. “He was shaking the last time I saw him. He had the same thing that killed Lowell George.” Roger McGuinn and Keith Richards on the country-rock pioneer who laid a path for the ’70s California sound and died at 26 - GuitarPlayer.com
  30. "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
  31. MÖTLEY CRÜE's TOMMY LEE On JOHN 5: 'He's Such A Talented Guitar Player That It Literally Just Lit All Of Us Up On Fire' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
  32. “I was packing up to leave when Dylan asked, ‘Where’s he going?’ and I wound up playing on the whole album.” The guitarist Bob Dylan insisted he had to have for his country music breakthrough - GuitarPlayer.com
  33. “They’ve raised the bar, stretched the boundaries and won the ears and hearts of the young generation”: Tommy Emmanuel names the emerging players who are flying the flag for a new era of Americana and bluegrass - Guitar World
  34. Steve Cropper, guitarist of Booker T and the MGs, dies aged 84 - BBC
  35. Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records' Booker T and the M.G.'s, dies - NPR
  36. Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records' Booker T and the M.G.'s, has died at age 84 - ABC News
  37. “Suddenly, all these football players were picking up guitars. It’s not my thing anymore”: Justin Hawkins recalls being “furious” about how Nirvana shook the guitar scene overnight - Guitar.com
  38. “He’s a bit overpowering at times.” John Lennon, Paul McCartney or Ringo Starr? George Harrison said he would have formed a new group with just one Beatle - GuitarPlayer.com
  39. “After getting minor surgery, we hired our good friend to give us a hand”: Gojira name stand-in guitarist after Joe Duplantier undergoes hand surgery - Guitar World
  40. “I’ll show you what got me in the Beatles.” Paul McCartney reveals the song he performed when he met John Lennon. But it wasn’t his guitar playing that earned him his respect - GuitarPlayer.com
  41. MICHAEL SWEET: 'If People Only Knew How Hard I Work' On Guitar Parts For STRYPER Albums - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
  42. 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
  43. “All of us are guilty of it — and so am I.” Gene Simmons says he has one regret about how he treated the late Ace Frehley - GuitarPlayer.com
  44. AC/DC, Oasis, Bad Company and many more! Test your guitar news knowledge with Guitar Player's "Week in Music" Quiz for November 14, 2025 - GuitarPlayer.com
  45. “He was beyond belief. Nobody could play like that in those days.” Queen’s Brian May on the “fireball” guitarist who affected him like no other - GuitarPlayer.com
  46. Video: AFI's Jade Puget on His Approach to Guitar-Playing + Production - Reverb
  47. "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
  48. “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
  49. “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 - GuitarPlayer.com
  50. “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 - GuitarPlayer.com
  51. “I discovered that you need to be anxious – it keeps you motivated. I try to feed off the anxiety and play guitar”: The life and times of Brent Hinds, the visionary guitarist with a maverick style who made Mastodon a big beast of metal - Guitar World
  52. “I owe not just an artistic debt to him, but a life debt to him”: Tom Morello on the genius of Ace Frehley - Guitar.com
  53. TOM MORELLO: 'Without ACE FREHLEY, I Don't Know Whether I Would've Ever Wanted To Play Guitar' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
  54. EXTREME's NUNO BETTENCOURT: How ACE FREHLEY Influenced Me As A Guitar Player - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
  55. KISS founding guitarist Ace Frehley dies aged 74 - BBC
  56. “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
  57. Does a better understanding of technique dim the magic of guitar playing? Biffy Clyro's Simon Neil weighs in... - Guitar.com
  58. Ace Frehley 1951-2025: Guitar community mourns the death of Kiss’s trailblazing founding guitarist - Guitar.com
  59. Kiss Guitarist Ace Frehley Dead at 74 - Rolling Stone
  60. “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 - GuitarPlayer.com
  61. Ace Frehley, Kiss Lead Guitarist and Solo Artist, Dies at 74 - Variety
  62. Ace Frehley, legendary Kiss guitarist, dies at 74 - NBC News
  63. Ace Frehley, founding guitarist for KISS, dead at 74 - ABC News
  64. “I got my guitar and smashed it to smithereens. I said, ‘Now will you get out of my effing life!?’” Pete Townshend on the first guitar he ever broke — at age 13 — and John Entwistle's hilarious response - GuitarPlayer.com
  65. Ace Frehley, Kiss's original lead guitarist and founding member, dead at 74 - CBC
  66. Ace Frehley, a Founding Member of Kiss, Is Dead at 74 - The New York Times
  67. “He said, ‘How do you record an 11-minute song in one take? It's perfect!’” As Rush prepare for their 2026 tour, Alex Lifeson recalls the group’s most complicated song — and the bizarre dreams that inspired their music - GuitarPlayer.com
  68. Keith Urban’s Guitar Player Maggie Baugh Once Said She Wouldn’t Date Band Members: It’s a ‘Rule’ - National Enquirer
  69. “He just blows everybody away”: Samantha Fish on who she thinks are the best modern blues guitar players right now - Guitar World
  70. “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
  71. Maggie Baugh: What to know about Keith Urban's guitar player - Fox News
  72. “Death’s been knocking at my door for the last six years. At some point I’m gonna have to let him in.” Ozzy Osbourne reflected on his imminent demise weeks before his passing - GuitarPlayer.com
  73. Blues guitar player to perform at Palindrome - Peninsula Daily News
  74. “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
  75. Nuno Bettencourt recalls his final conversation with Ozzy Osbourne – as “the only guitar player who said no” to playing for him - Guitar.com
  76. Get more Guitar Player stories in your day with these two easy steps - GuitarPlayer.com
  77. Meet Enoch: A 10-year-old self-taught guitar player from Abilene - KTXS
  78. Legendary Steel Guitar Player Robby Turner Dead at 63 - Taste of Country
  79. “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
  80. CE Pro All Star Band Guitar Players Recount Their Favorite Players and Gear - cepro.com
  81. “I hate heavy metal, and I don't want to be in a heavy metal band!” Brent Hinds’ 2015 viral outburst revealed his love for Mastodon and the no-BS attitude that made him a true guitar hero - GuitarPlayer.com
  82. “I can tell you how to become a virtuoso very easily”: Steve Vai on how anybody can become an elite guitar player - Guitar World
  83. Henley air guitar player gears up for world championships - BBC
  84. “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 - GuitarPlayer.com
  85. 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
  86. “One of the greatest to ever do it”: Terry “Superlungs” Reid, the guitarist, singer, and songwriter who forged his own path after turning down Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, has died aged 75 - Guitar World
  87. Zakk Wylde and Gus G. on Ozzy Osbourne - GuitarPlayer.com
  88. “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 - GuitarPlayer.com
  89. “You couldn’t be in a rock band unless you looked a certain way”: Why Tim Pierce didn't join Bon Jovi – despite playing guitar on their first hit - Guitar.com
  90. "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
  91. The '70s rock guitarist The Kinks' Dave Davies calls the “great and underrated guitar player of the time” - Guitar.com
  92. Video 10-year-old guitar-playing prodigy rocks on - ABC News
  93. 10-year-old guitar-playing prodigy rocks on - MSN
  94. Mick Ralphs, Guitarist in Bad Company and Mott the Hoople, Dead at 81 - Rolling Stone
  95. Rick Derringer, Guitar Journeyman Behind ‘Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo,’ Dead at 77 - Rolling Stone
  96. “There's no chance to ever play together again.” Dave Navarro unloads about Jane's Addiction and the shocking night when Perry Farrell attacked him onstage - GuitarPlayer.com
  97. MARTY FRIEDMAN Has Nothing Against 'Flashy' Guitar Playing: 'I Just Wanna Be Excited By What I Hear' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
  98. “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 - GuitarPlayer.com
  99. “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
  100. Winner of Guitar Player Magazine International Competition to perform locally - timesobserver.com

Guitar Amp News

  1. “Delivers a utopia of modeled guitar tones that will suit pretty much any guitarist out there”: Universal Audio Paradise Guitar Studio - Guitar World
  2. “In my experience, it's the easiest modeler to use live”: Line 6 Helix Stadium XL Floor review - Guitar World
  3. The Line 6 Helix Stadium has already been updated – and it finally rolls out one of the next-gen modeler’s most anticipated new features - Guitar World
  4. It’s official! Neural DSP’s John Mayer Archetype plugin suite is here – and with Dumble, Klon and Reverberator captures, it is the motherlode for boutique electric guitar tone - MusicRadar
  5. Neural DSP releases Archetype: John Mayer X plugin with modelled amps and effects - Mixdown Magazine
  6. “I was saying, ‘It’s going to get hot. It’s going to explode. We’re going to have a fire.’ He was like, ‘Don’t worry about it’”: From Eddie Van Halen’s “uncanny genius” to his brutal crash-testing, inside the making of the EVH 5150 III - Guitar World
  7. “The modelling offers sumptuous guitar tones with plenty of variety”: Blackstar Beam Solo review - MusicRadar
  8. “Virtually indistinguishable from the all-tube original”: EVH signals the start of a brave new era with its first digital combo – which promises authentic Eddie Van Halen tube amp tones - Guitar World
  9. “The ABRAMS100 packs a whallop and it’s perfect for pedals!”: Electro-Harmonix presents 100-watts of serious solid-state power in a compact guitar amp head weighing just 2.5lbs - MusicRadar
  10. 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
  11. “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
  12. 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
  13. GPX Blog - IK Multimedia throws its hat in the ring for Plugin Headphone Amps, with its TONEX PLUG - Guitar Pedal X
  14. “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
  15. “I was saying, ‘It’s going to explode.’ I was terrified the place was going to burn down”: When Eddie Van Halen crash-tested one of EVH’s most iconic guitar amps – and risked 5150 Studios in the process - Guitar World
  16. Local Guitar Amp Designers Keep Those Vacuum Tubes Aglow - Racket MN
  17. “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
  18. My Surprising Journey with Vintage Fender Amps - Premier Guitar
  19. News - Greer's Mizuki Blue replicates Tube-Amp-like Textures with 2 JFET Gain Stages - Guitar Pedal X
  20. PRS Guitars Announces New SE Models Plus a New Combo Amp Ahead of 2026 Updates - Premier Guitar
  21. “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
  22. “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
  23. Video: Meet Charlie Barker, a Twin-Style Tube Amp For Working Musicians - Reverb
  24. “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
  25. 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
  26. “A new benchmark for authentic sound”: Line 6 has finally shared what the Helix Stadium’s potentially game-changing tones actually sound like - Guitar World
  27. Man buys John Lennon's old Fender guitar amp on Facebook Marketplace… for barely $4,000 - Guitar.com
  28. Sophie Burrell x Boss Katana Tone Crafting Masterclass at the Roland Denmark Street Store - Guitar Pedal X
  29. “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
  30. “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
  31. Dad who bought guitar amp on Facebook floored by previous rock star owner - Manchester Evening News
  32. “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
  33. Mooer’s F15i is a $190 desktop modeling amp with touchscreen - Guitar World
  34. “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
  35. “It started with a Laney, it ends with a Laney”: Laney to reissue Tony Iommi signature amp to mark Black Sabbath's final farewell - Guitar.com
  36. 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
  37. “There is no magical increase in sales from patriotic Americans willing to rescue us” – how Trump’s tariffs are stretching US amp and pedal companies to breaking point - Guitar.com
  38. Best acoustic guitar amp 2025: Amplify your acoustic with a top-rated amp - MusicRadar
  39. Fender to launch new American Vintage, Mustang, and Tone Master amps this year – here’s everything you need to know - Guitar.com
  40. “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
  41. Supro Announces New Airwave Tube Amp - Premier Guitar
  42. News - Valeton issues a formidable challenger to the ToneX One with its GP-5 - Guitar Pedal X
  43. Fender Studio app takes the best feature from our favourite guitar amps - Trusted Reviews
  44. Best tube amps 2025: My top tube amps for the ultimate guitar tone - GuitarPlayer.com
  45. Thomann has acquired Hughes & Kettner - Guitar World
  46. Best Combo Amp for Every Budget: Fender, Orange, Marshall & More - Gearnews.com
  47. Best amp modellers 2025: High-tech tone solutions for all guitarists - MusicRadar
  48. 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
  49. News - Chug vs Chug Lite - a simple GPX Head-to-Head Comparison - Guitar Pedal X
  50. Best amp modelers 2025: Get your dream guitar tone with my top picks - GuitarPlayer.com
  51. Carr Skylark Special Review - Premier Guitar
  52. “If you’re a young guitar player, that’s money well spent”: The amp pedal John Mayer thinks everyone should own - Guitar.com
  53. “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
  54. “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
  55. “‘Cheap guitar’ doesn't mean bad guitar”: Why Yvette Young would rather have an expensive amp than an expensive guitar - Guitar.com
  56. “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
  57. News - The Boss Katana : GO - Personal Guitar Amplifier / Headphone Amp is Back! - Guitar Pedal X
  58. Boss Announces KATANA:GO Personal Headphone Amp - Premier Guitar
  59. “Retaining the tones that made it a game-changer from the start”: The Boss Katana:GO headphone amp is back after it was discontinued – but not as you remember it - Guitar World
  60. Airis Effects' latest 'Nasty' High Gain Preamp - the 51-Filthy is a wonderful mix of Block Peavey 5150 and Diezel Hagen - Guitar Pedal X
  61. Positive Grid Launches the Spark NEO - Premier Guitar
  62. News - 9 Cool Headphone Amps - Guitar Pedal X
  63. Best pedal amps 2025: Get the sound, feel and response of an amp, all on your pedalboard - MusicRadar
  64. News - 2025 January Pedal-Chain Update - Episode I - Peak Pedal Mania - Guitar Pedal X
  65. What’s going on with Dumble Amps? The return of an icon - Guitar World
  66. Game-changers, trends, innovations, revivals and show-stoppers: the key guitars, amps and pedals of NAMM 2025 - MusicRadar
  67. Best mini amps 2025: tiny amps for powerful tones - GuitarPlayer.com
  68. NAMM 2025 as it happened: rolling news from the world's biggest music-making gear show - MusicRadar
  69. NAMM 2025 Live: The biggest product launches, plus photos from the show floor… - Guitar.com
  70. NAMM 2025 rumors, predictions and breaking news - Guitar World
  71. NAMM 2025: The Best New Product News & Announcements - Reverb
  72. NAMM 2025 Gallery: The Latest from the NAMM Show - Premier Guitar
  73. Marshall Announces New Products at NAMM 2025 - Premier Guitar
  74. Fender Reveals New Releases for 2025: NAMM Special - Premier Guitar
  75. “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
  76. Orange Announces Three New Portable Amps and the O Tone Combo Amp - Premier Guitar
  77. “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
  78. “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
  79. Boss Unveils New Gear for NAMM 2025 - Premier Guitar
  80. Boss launches WAZA Tube Amp Expander Core with “powerful enhancements focused on direct recording applications” - Guitar.com
  81. Boss shrinks and enhances its Waza Tube Amp Expander - now in more compact W-TAE Core edition - Guitar Pedal X
  82. Mark Tremonti: “I collect amps like most people collect guitars. My biggest affliction is buying Dumble amplifiers” - Guitar.com
  83. Chapman Guitars announces restructuring, teases its first-ever amp - Guitar.com
  84. “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
  85. News - The Origin Effects Deluxe 55 and Tubesteader Eggnog are my Tweed Kings! - Guitar Pedal X
  86. “An original icon built by the same artisans who built them 30 years ago”: Mesa/Boogie is reviving the Dual Rectifier – the hallowed amp head that defined the sound of 1990s high gain music - Guitar World
  87. “I don’t care if all guitar internet hates me. I cannot wait for this pendulum to swing back. Mark my words, it will”: Why Rhett Shull thinks amp modelers will fall out of favor in the future - Guitar World
  88. ‘High off the sound’: Fergus Falls engineer is a guitar amp hero - MPR News
  89. “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
  90. The Battle for the Amp Capture / Profiler Middle-Ground heats up - Neural DSP Nano Cortex vs AmpliTube Tonex - Guitar Pedal X
  91. 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
  92. News - My 9 favourite Greer Amps Compact Gain Pedals Capsule Collection is complete - Guitar Pedal X
  93. NAMM 2024: all the latest guitar news, rumors and predictions from the greatest gear show on Earth - Guitar World
  94. 16 of the Most Iconic Electric Guitar Amps - Guitar Pedal X
  95. Tubesteader's 4th Tube-Powered Gain Pedal is its first Compact - the rather smart Eggnog Tweed-voiced Overdrive / Preamp - Guitar Pedal X
  96. The Best-Selling Pedals and Amps of 2021 - Reverb
  97. A Brief Hobbyist Primer on Key Tone Stack Types and Circuit EQ Configurations - in collaboration with Master-Builder Adrian 'Thorpy' Thorpe - Guitar Pedal X
  98. News - What Two Years of Tone-Questing Looks Like - Acquisitions, Passes and Still Probables - Guitar Pedal X
  99. News - The Perfect Guitar Amp Design / Next Level Boss Katana - Guitar Pedal X
  100. News - Ultimate Guitar Amps - A Personal Selection - Guitar Pedal X

Bass Player News

  1. “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
  2. “I had letters threatening me with death for getting Bert Jansch to play through an amp”: The life and wild times of Danny Thompson, the legend of upright bass who “brought greatness to everything he played” - Guitar World
  3. Isreal Hagan, Syracuse singer, bassist, songwriter, has died after battle with ALS (photos) - Syracuse.com
  4. The Mountain Goats Played 'Colbert' With Tommy Stinson In Tow - Stereogum
  5. “A lot of people got confused. They were like, ‘God, I love that guitar part.’ But actually, it’s a bass”: Fontaines D.C.’s Deego dissects the Joy Division bassline that inspired his bass journey - Guitar World
  6. “The time has come to properly address my illnesses and deal with them”: Biffy Clyro bassist James Johnston steps back from band to address mental health and addiction issues - Guitar World
  7. Biffy Clyro bass player quits tour over addiction and mental health issues - BBC
  8. “Robert said, ‘Would you be prepared to play bass?’ And I thought, ‘Four strings, six strings... what could be the problem?’”: Greg Lake started out as a guitarist – before being convinced by Robert Fripp to switch to bass when joining King Crimson - Guitar World
  9. Tetsu Yamauchi, former bassist of Free and the Faces, has died at 79 - Guitar World
  10. Flea has announced his debut solo album – but he’s not the only bassist playing on it - Guitar World
  11. Ian Lees, Bass Player for Moving Pictures, Has Died - Noise11.com
  12. Gary Mounfield, former Stone Roses bassist, has died at 63 - KTVN
  13. Beloved rocker dead at 63: ‘One of the best to ever pick up a bass guitar’ - PennLive.com
  14. Gary 'Mani' Mounfield: Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist dies aged 63 - BBC
  15. Remembering Mani, by Gordon Moakes - The Quietus
  16. “A true giant of this city and a massive influence on anyone who’s ever picked up a guitar”: Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, legendary British rock bassist of The Stone Roses and Primal Scream, dies aged 63 - Guitar World
  17. Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, the Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist, dies aged 63 - The Guardian
  18. Former Stone Roses bassist Gary 'Mani' Mounfield dies aged 63 - Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  19. “I looked at the bass, Billie looked at me, and I picked it up. I thought, ‘Did I just become a bass player?’” Green Day’s Mike Dirnt looks back on his early bass days – as Epiphone launches signature version of his cult classic Grabber G-3 - Guitar World
  20. Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra mourns double bassist and music animateur - The Strad

Bass Amp News

  1. Peavey’s Legendary Super Festival Bass Amp is Back - Premier Guitar
  2. GEEZER BUTLER Is Selling The Bass Amp Heads He Used At BLACK SABBATH's Final Show - Metal Injection
  3. Geezer Butler to sell signed amps used at rehearsals for Black Sabbath’s final show - Guitar.com
  4. IK Multimedia ToneX Bass Pedals: Ampeg, Bassmann, And Much More! - Gearnews.com
  5. How the MESA/Boogie Bass-800D channels 50 years of bass amp innovation - Gibson
  6. Blackstar Debut Bass: 2 New Bass Practice Amps - Gearnews.com
  7. Juan Alderete Is Bringing Over 700 Bass Guitars, Pedals, and Amps to Reverb - Reverb
  8. MayFly Audio releases the Sunset Bass Amplifier Simulator - Premier Guitar
  9. Bergantino Audio Announces the HP Ultra 2000W Bass Amplifier - Premier Guitar
  10. Winter NAMM 2025 – Day 1 - Bass Gear Magazine
  11. Boss Unveils New Gear for NAMM 2025 - Premier Guitar
  12. Fender drops game-changing Tone Master Pro update - Guitar World
  13. “The store said, ‘We can’t get an amp before your gig.’ This gentleman walked up behind me and said, ‘You can use mine.’ It was John Entwistle”: Martyn LeNoble was once in desperate need of bass gear – and The Who’s low-end legend came to his rescue - Guitar World
  14. Esko, Grand Rapids, Northwestern bass anglers head to state - Duluth News Tribune
  15. “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
  16. Genzler Amplification Launches Kinetix 800 Bass Amp - Premier Guitar
  17. Boss Announces Katana-500 Bass Head and Cabinet 112 Bass - Premier Guitar
  18. Boss unleashes a Bass Edition of its Killer ME-90 Multi-FX pedal alongside a potent new Katana 500 Watt Bass Head with matching C112B Cab - Guitar Pedal X
  19. “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
  20. NAMM 2024: the biggest news and hottest gear revealed in guitars, music tech, software - MusicRadar

Guitar Effects News

  1. “Delivers a utopia of modeled guitar tones that will suit pretty much any guitarist out there”: Universal Audio Paradise Guitar Studio - Guitar World
  2. All the guitar gear that caught my eye this week – including a watershed plugin that the internet can’t stop talking about - Yahoo! Tech
  3. Save Big on Fender, Neural DSP, Joyo, EHX, & Boss - Gearnews.com
  4. “In my experience, it's the easiest modeler to use live”: Line 6 Helix Stadium XL Floor review - Guitar World
  5. The Line 6 Helix Stadium has already been updated – and it finally rolls out one of the next-gen modeler’s most anticipated new features - Guitar World
  6. “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
  7. Neural DSP models John Mayer’s entire amp and effects rig—and it sounds great - Ars Technica
  8. Summer School Electronics and Supercool Pedals Collaborate on Distortion Pedal - Premier Guitar
  9. Eventide H90, new firmware supercharges the multi-FX unit with granular processors - synth anatomy
  10. “I turn this thing on, I don’t want to stop playing”: Keeley Electronics has made Andy Timmons fall in love with reverb with his new signature Nocturne pedal - MusicRadar
  11. It’s official! Neural DSP’s John Mayer Archetype plugin suite is here – and with Dumble, Klon and Reverberator captures, it is the motherlode for boutique electric guitar tone - MusicRadar
  12. Polarising Boss pedals, brilliant Martins and a relic Fender: these are my favourite new guitar products of 2025 - Guitar.com
  13. Tech 21 Announces SansAmp Classic Limited Run for Early 2026 - Premier Guitar
  14. Neural DSP Archetype: John Mayer review – is this the Mayer tone plugin we’ve been waiting for? - Guitar.com
  15. Trump’s tariffs are choking small US manufacturers – even those making music magic - The Guardian
  16. “A near-perfect TS808-style pedal from the designer of the Tube Screamer that could arguably be the new gold standard”: TWA Source Code review - Guitar World
  17. “I just want to keep playing it” - Neural DSP Archetype: John Mayer X review - Guitar World
  18. Steinberg Cubasis 3.8 Update: New Guitar Effects and Workflow Features - Gearnews.com
  19. Top 10 Best-Selling Pedals of 2025 - Gearnews.com
  20. The Chorus Pedal for Players Who Hate Chorus - Premier Guitar

Guitar and Bass News

  1. “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
  2. “I had letters threatening me with death for getting Bert Jansch to play through an amp”: The life and wild times of Danny Thompson, the legend of upright bass who “brought greatness to everything he played” - Guitar World
  3. Paul McCartney calls Höfner’s bankruptcy “very sad” as the legendary violin bass maker faces uncertain future - Guitar.com
  4. Paul McCartney Mourns the Loss of a Musical Icon That Shaped His Career - Parade
  5. Paul McCartney commiserates after Höfner, maker of his bass, files for bankruptcy - KTLO
  6. Paul McCartney Pays Tribute to ‘Wonderful’ Bass Manufacturer as It Files for Bankruptcy - Rolling Stone
  7. “Part of my soul is on stage with my favorite band every single night”: Fender Masterbuilder on what it’s like to watch his ultimate guitar hero play the Strat he made for him - Guitar World
  8. Mike Dirnt Talks New Epiphone Grabber G-3 Bass, Favorite Green Day Basslines, and Locking in with Tré Cool - Consequence of Sound
  9. Paul McCartney Pays Tribute to Höfner as Iconic Bass Maker Shuts Down - American Songwriter
  10. Paul McCartney says he’s “very sad to see Höfner go out of business” and pays tribute to creators of his iconic bass - Yahoo News UK
  11. “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
  12. Paul McCartney "very sad to see Höfner go out of business" as he pays tribute to makers of his iconic bass - NME
  13. Höfner, Maker Of Paul McCartney’s Iconic Violin Bass, Files For Bankruptcy - 963xke.com
  14. Hofner Files For Bankruptcy As Paul McCartney Pays Tribute To Iconic Bass Maker - Noise11.com
  15. Paul McCartney Mourns Höfner, Maker Of His Iconic Bass - Stereogum
  16. Paul McCartney’s sadness as historic bass guitar company files for bankruptcy - Diario AS
  17. Höfner, Maker of Paul McCartney’s Iconic Violin Bass, Files for Bankruptcy - Consequence of Sound
  18. Paul McCartney ‘very sad’ to see bass guitar maker go bust - The Telegraph
  19. Paul McCartney's favourite bass company is in trouble – Höfner's future uncertain as it files provisional insolvency proceedings - MusicRadar
  20. Höfner, the famed instrument maker behind Paul McCartney’s iconic Violin Bass, reportedly files for bankruptcy - Guitar World

New Music releases

  1. ’80s Heavy Metal Icon Releases New Band Music for the First Time in 17 Years - Parade
  2. New Music Friday: 30 Hip-Hop, R&B Releases You Need On Your Playlist - VIBE.com
  3. Top Rwandan music releases this week: Bruce Melodie, Amalon, Butera Knowless & Co.| The New Times - The New Times
  4. Kali Uchis Responds To High Demand By Releasing ‘Muévelo,’ A Leak That Became A Fan Favorite - UPROXX
  5. Backstreet Boys release new music video of their hit song ‘I Want It That Way’ ,‘90s kids can’t stop gushing - WION
  6. Morrissey Finally Found a New Label to Release His Music - Rolling Stone
  7. New Music Friday: Skye Newman, Nick Cave, Blue and more - Official Charts
  8. New album releases 2026: Dates for Gorillaz, Robbie Williams, Leigh-Anne and more - Official Charts
  9. Which New Music Release of the Week Is Your Favorite? Vote! - Billboard
  10. GUNS N' ROSES Release Two New Singles, 'Nothin'' And 'Atlas' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
  11. Guns N’ Roses share 2 new singles ahead of 2026 world tour – could the long-awaited studio album be next? - Guitar World
  12. The best new holiday music releases for 2025 - Mainline Media News
  13. Which New Music Release Is Your Favorite This Week? Vote! - Billboard
  14. New Music Friday: YUNGBLUD & Aerosmith, The Beatles, Olly Murs and more - Official Charts
  15. Kelsea Ballerini Opens Up About Surprising Favorite Part of New Music Release - Parade
  16. Massive Attack Promise New Music for 2026 - Pitchfork
  17. News: Anti-Corp Music Releases Two New Albums - New Noise Magazine
  18. Looking Ahead: A Release Calendar of Upcoming Albums in 2025 - Billboard
  19. Pink Floyd, Kiss and Bruce Springsteen: December's Hottest New Music - Ultimate Classic Rock
  20. New Music Friday: Kylie Minogue, Katy Perry, Robbie Williams, The Lottery Winners and more - Official Charts

 

 

 

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