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- Billy Snipes - hccommunityjournal.com
- Why Maggie Baugh Isn't Touring With Keith Urban After Nicole Kidman Split - Us Weekly
- “I never liked all those Les Paul guitars screaming and distorting.” George Harrison on the guitarist who changed music's landscape in the 1960s — and why he wasn't a fan of what followed - Guitar Player
- “He played it to death. I don't think he would have swapped it for anything in the world.” Rory Gallagher's iconic 1961 Strat is finally headed to the National Museum in Ireland - Guitar Player
- Blood Red Throne – The guitarist and founding member; Død - Metal-Rules.com
- Interview: Ariel Posen - KGNU
- 'Totally Dedicated to the Blues': Yardbirds Drummer Recalls 'Quite Unhappy' Eric Clapton, Reveals What the Guitarist Was Really Like - Ultimate Guitar
- “Perhaps they’re waiting for the statute of limitations on vintage guitar theft to expire.” Michael J. Fox thinks he knows what happened to the ‘Back to the Future’ Gibson ES-345 - Guitar Player
- Charvel Sean Long Pro-Mod San Dimas: Hot Pink! - Gearnews.com
- “I think he took the blues up as his personal crusade”: Why Eric Clapton left the Yardbirds and joined the Bluesbreakers, according to his former bandmate - Guitar World
- Steve Morse reveals the guitarist with the best pre-show warm-up routine he’s ever seen - Guitar.com
- “He was born 10 years too late, because he’d be competing with Eddie Van Halen”: Justin Hawkins names the guitar virtuoso who could have been EVH’s equal in the 1980s - Guitar World
- Keith Urban Will Not Bring Maggie Baugh on Tour Amid Rumors, Sources Say - mandatory.com
- Legendary Derry jazz guitarist Tommy Halferty flying high at 80 - Derry Journal
- “It brings everything musicians love about classic Gibson acoustics to a new generation of players.” Gibson and Guitar Center resurrect one of the guitar maker’s most beloved acoustic guitars for modern players - Guitar Player
- “We said, ‘We’re calling the band Leonard Skinner!’ And everybody laughed and clapped and thought it was cool. So we kept it”: The early days of Lynyrd Skynyrd recalled by legendary guitarist Gary Rossington - MusicRadar
- “I’m seeing players compose something crazy-hard and pretend they can play it when they can’t. It’s dishonest”: How Hedras became one of today’s leading virtuosos by fusing shred smarts and boomer sensibilities - Guitar World
- How Joe Restivo's new solo album pays tribute to golden days at King’s Palace on Beale - The Commercial Appeal
- “Andy Summers is one hell of a jazz guitarist, but it was Sting who volunteered him for the session”: How jazz bass legend Christian McBride reunited The Police duo for his latest album - Guitar World
- “I took lessons from Joe Satriani. I felt like he was trying to build an army of shredders with finger exercises. He hated me because I didn’t practice his stuff enough”: The iconic alt-rock guitarist who quit taking lessons from Satch - Guitar World
- Keith Urban’s guitarist hints at relationship with the country music star in new song - Now To Love
- Strings, Sweat, and Survival: An Insider Look at the World of a Guitar Tech - Premier Guitar
- “I went back to Joe and I said, ‘It’s my dream guitar but I don’t have $5,000’”: Joanne Shaw Taylor on how Joe Bonamassa’s haggling skills helped her land a signed signature model of her favorite player - Guitar World
- “We are saddened that he can only leave dear memories with his family, but we are eternally grateful for the legacy of extraordinarily moving music he leaves behind”: D’Angelo, legendary, boundary-pushing R&B singer/songwriter, dies at 51 - Guitar World
- “He will just sit down and do a warm-up, no matter what. Even if you’re talking to him, he’s going to keep on”: Steve Morse on why warming up before a show is crucial – and the one guitarist who does it right - Guitar World
- “If my tone or phrasing sounded awkward my teacher would make me do push-ups!”: David Immerman on moving from pure shredding to playing with American Idol stars and Avril Lavigne – and why he never wanted to start his own band - Guitar World
- “It’s a bit mad, but it’s got everything in it” Brian May says Queen's biggest hit seemed like nothing out of the ordinary to him — until the fans went crazy for it - Guitar Player
- “It’s the first time I’ve ever used a Floyd Rose. It felt very scary for me”: Wet Leg are one of indie rock’s hottest acts – but their guitarist has been accidentally channeling Bon Jovi with her axe of choice - Guitar World
- “I never realised just how difficult it was for Alex. He had to rethink everything”: When Geddy Lee’s obsession with synthesizers made Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson feel sidelined in his own band - MusicRadar
- “While it doesn’t reinvent Fender’s decades-old designs, this Stratocaster is not only crisply made but really hard to put down”: Fender American Professional Classic Stratocaster review - Guitar World
- BILLY IDOL Reflects On Meeting Guitarist STEVE STEVENS: 'Once I Saw What He Could Do, I Knew Anything I Wanted To Do, I Could Do It' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “It’s like in Harry Potter when the wand chooses the wizard. It’s the same thing with guitars, right?” Ally Venable on why the guitar is not a one-size-fits-all instrument – there’s a bit of magic to it - Guitar World
- “I never had the inclination to completely go up against my dad – writing blues never came naturally up until this point”: How Jack Moore is expressing his own sonic identity with Marshall amps, wah pedal extremity – and his father's signature Les Paul - Guitar World
- “I really like the look of Parker Flys, but I don't think I could find one to try in Australia”: Plini on the origins of his passion for Strandberg and headless guitars – and the models he might have otherwise played - Guitar World
- Joey Santiago On Tone, Arpeggios And The Art Of Not Imitating - Inside Pixies' Guitar Language - Noise11.com
- “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
- Here’s Proof That Vince Gill Is Country Music’s Greatest Guitarist - Taste of Country
- “He our admiration for his music and our respect for his talent for recognizing guitar genius”: The life and times of Ozzy Osbourne – metal’s godfather and Prince of Darkness - Guitar World
- “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
- “You’ll laugh, but I thought he used to play too loud”: Buddy Guy remembers the first time he saw Jimi Hendrix play – and the warning he used to give him before gigs - Guitar World
- “It’s totally his fault. I just couldn’t take my eyes off his guitar”: John 5 on the unlikely player who started his life-long love affair with the Telecaster - Guitar World
- The common guitarist bad habit Joe Bonamassa finds “so unappealing” - Guitar.com
- Judas Priest guitarist talks new music, touring with Alice Cooper - San Diego Union-Tribune
- “This is one of the odd things about how Stevie and I can interface.” Lindsey Buckingham on his creative fusion with Stevie Nicks, and how it made “Rhiannon” Fleetwood Mac’s breakout hit - 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 - Fox News
- Who Is Keith Urban’s Guitar Player Maggie Baugh? 5 Things to Know After His Onstage Tribute - Us Weekly
- Who is Keith Urban’s guitarist Maggie Baugh? 10 things to know about musician roped into Nicole Kidman divorce news - Page Six
- Blues guitar player to perform at Palindrome - Peninsula Daily News
- “I don't even really know where all the notes of the guitar are because I learned to play by ear”: Why Tim Henson believes that “learning everything by ear” is the best thing aspiring guitarists can do - Guitar World
- Get more Guitar Player stories in your day with these two easy steps - Guitar Player
- Steel Guitar Player Robby Turner, Known as ‘Man of Steel,’ Dies at 63 - Billboard
- Legendary Steel Guitar Player Robby Turner Dead at 63 - Taste of Country
- “I couldn't get up to the top frets, but the SG suited me perfectly”: Why Tony Iommi never became a Les Paul player - Guitar.com
- Brent Hinds: Former Mastodon guitarist dies in motorcycle crash - BBC
- “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 out of world championships - BBC
- “I had a really famous guitar player tell me, ‘Don’t do it!’ The next day he phoned me and said, ‘What did you find?’”: Paul Reed Smith admits he takes razor blades to pickups to find out how they work - Guitar.com
- Henley air guitar player gears up for world championships - feeds.bbci.co.uk
- 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
- “As soon as I heard the news, I turned to my roommate and said, ‘That's my gig.’ The next day, Dave rings”: Steve Vai on how he joined David Lee Roth’s band – and Roth’s desire to “beat Van Halen” - Guitar World
- “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
- The time Robert Fripp claimed Jimi Hendrix “wasn’t a guitarist” and that Eric Clapton was “mostly quite banal” - Guitar.com
- “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
- “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
- "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
- The '70s rock guitarist The Kinks' Dave Davies calls the “great and underrated guitar player of the time” - Guitar.com
- Video 10-year-old guitar-playing prodigy rocks on - ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- Mick Ralphs, Guitarist in Bad Company and Mott the Hoople, Dead at 81 - Rolling Stone
- “Dude, come on!”: Tetrarch’s Diamond Rowe claims Slipknot’s Jim Root once asked her for guitar lessons - Guitar.com
- ‘Washita Love Child’ remembers Indigenous guitarist Jesse Ed Davis’ prolific music career - MPR News
- Rick Derringer, Guitar Journeyman Behind ‘Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo,’ Dead at 77 - Rolling Stone
- 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
- Mastodon have recruited a new touring guitarist – and it’s not Ben Eller - Guitar.com
- “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
- The ‘luckiest guitar player on Earth’ lives in Dallas, and he plays with the Eagles - Dallas News
- Exodus and Slayer guitarist Gary Holt talks about his new memoir - CBS News
- “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
- “If you’re youngish, cute-ish and can play that axe, you’re for me”: Chaka Khan is holding open auditions to find a new guitar player – but she’s got some very specific requirements - Guitar World
- Dave Mustaine says nu-metal guitar players “didn't do any solos” because they “couldn't do any solos” - Guitar.com
- “Old-school players have beautiful technique – but they're not so innovative with the actual sound”: Steven Wilson explains why guitarists should regularly change their tone - Guitar.com
- “That’s changed my playing a lot. I feel like the two of us now have almost like a telepathic relationship”: After a decade playing together in Dead & Company, John Mayer and Bob Weir reveal the invaluable lessons they’ve learned from each other - Guitar World
- “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
- “I’m as serious as a heart attack with Mastodon. I’m not ready to give it up yet. So, we’re going to keep looking”: Bill Kelliher is searching far and wide for Mastodon's next guitarist – here's what the band are looking for - Guitar World
- “There’ve been so many times we thought, 'Oh God, that's it. How can we go on?’” Steve Howe reflects on the future of Yes — and reveals that he once refused to let his techs tune his guitars - Guitar Player
- “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
- "This went on for 45 minutes. Not even the bartender was watching us.” Joe Bonamassa says he's played over 3,500 shows. This was his worst - Guitar Player
- “I always felt like I needed a rhythm guitar”: Brian May wanted Queen to have a second guitar player in their early days - Guitar.com
- Pioneering ‘genius’ guitar player has died, leaving fellow musicians to share touching tributes - PennLive.com
- “I need people to stop looking at me as the guitar player”: Slash reveals his Hollywood ambitions - Guitar.com
- "Doing that is far more beneficial to my end goal.” Marty Friedman explains why he doesn't practice guitar at home — and why you shouldn't either - Guitar Player
- “Eddie was still a great player, but I just didn't care anymore”: Why Kerry King stopped going to Van Halen shows - Guitar.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
- Slayer’s Kerry King calls this player the most “overlooked” guitarist in metal - Guitar.com
- “I had to audition with this horrible black, Japanese Les Paul, and it started to fall apart, right in front of everybody's eyes." Scott Gorham on his worst guitar moment with Thin Lizzy and the mod he's made to every Les Paul ever since - Guitar Player
- "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 - Guitar Player
- “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 - Guitar Player
- "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 - Guitar Player
- Vic Flick, Guitarist on the James Bond Theme Song, Dies at 87 - The Hollywood Reporter
Guitar Amp News
- News - Greer's Mizuki Blue replicates Tube-Amp-like Textures with 2 JFET Gain Stages - Guitar Pedal X
- Nembrini Audio Launches The Hughes & Kettner Tube Rotosphere Plugin - Premier Guitar
- “You’ll laugh, but I thought he used to play too loud”: Buddy Guy remembers the first time he saw Jimi Hendrix play – and the warning he used to give him before gigs - Guitar World
- “It might be Fender Japan’s biggest collab to date and it’s not even with an artist”: All the new guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including an affordable recreation of one of Nerdville’s rarest Les Paul Customs - Guitar World
- Prime Day guitar deals 2025: Amazon's Big Deal Days is officially over - Guitar World
- Video: Meet Charlie Barker, a Twin-Style Tube Amp For Working Musicians - Reverb
- Video: Do You Really Need a Bass Amp? - 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
- “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
- Man buys John Lennon's old Fender guitar amp on Facebook Marketplace… for barely $4,000 - Guitar.com
- EarthQuaker's latest utility is the super handy Easy Listening '65 Deluxe Voiced Analog Amp Simulator / Headphone Amp - Guitar Pedal X
- “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
- “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
- 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
- “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
- Guitar Amp Legend Orange Amps Enters Vinyl Market with $1250 O Turntable - Channel News
- Best acoustic guitar amp 2025: Amplify your acoustic with a top-rated amp - MusicRadar
- Fender to launch new American Vintage, Mustang, and Tone Master amps this year – here’s everything you need to know - Guitar.com
- Supro Announces New Airwave Tube Amp - Premier Guitar
- You can now get cut-price Victory amps thanks to its new online store on reSound - Guitar.com
- Thomann has acquired Hughes & Kettner – and is promising a bright future for the German amp giant championed by Alex Lifeson and Tommy Thayer - 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
- 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
- Divided by 13 CCC 9/15 Review - Premier Guitar
- Best Fender amps 2025: The finest Fender amplifiers you can get your hands on - Guitar Player
- Best amp modelers 2025: Get your dream guitar tone with my top picks - Guitar Player
- Save on Positive Grid's Spark 2, Spark MINI Vai, Spark LIVE and BIAS FX 2 for International Guitar Month - Guitar.com
- 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
- “‘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
- “The SYN-20IR is the world’s most flexible, convenient, and tonally versatile all-tube amplifier head”: Steve Vai’s favourite amp brand Synergy unveils a 20W “preamp module platform” with onboard IRs - MusicRadar
- Boss Announces KATANA:GO Personal Headphone Amp - Premier Guitar
- News - The Boss Katana : GO - Personal Guitar Amplifier / Headphone Amp is Back! - Guitar Pedal X
- “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
- Positive Grid Launches the Spark NEO - Premier Guitar
- “It puts into context just how far removed digital models are from the real thing”: I played the last Overdrive Special that Dumble worked on – and it completely changed my perspective on the amp of my dreams - Guitar World
- News - 9 Cool Headphone Amps - Guitar Pedal X
- News - 2025 January Pedal-Chain Update - Episode I - Peak Pedal Mania - Guitar Pedal X
- Best pedal amps 2025: Get the sound, feel and response of an amp, all on your pedalboard - MusicRadar
- What’s going on with Dumble Amps? The return of an icon - Guitar World
- Game-changers, trends, innovations, revivals and show-stoppers: the key guitars, amps and pedals of NAMM 2025 - MusicRadar
- Marshall sells majority stake to China’s HSG for €1.1 billion - Guitar.com
- NAMM 2025 live! The biggest guitar news as it happened - Guitar World
- NAMM 2025 as it happened: rolling news from the world's biggest music-making gear show - MusicRadar
- 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
- Marshall Announces New Products at NAMM 2025 - Premier Guitar
- NAMM 2025 Gallery: The Latest Guitars and Gear - Premier Guitar
- Fender Reveals New Releases for 2025: NAMM Special - Premier Guitar
- Marshall launches two amp lines offering modern tweaks on the 1959, JCM800 and JCM900 - 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
- Fender’s Tone Master FR-212 amp is loaded with two 12-inch “special design speakers” - Guitar.com
- Orange Announces Three New Portable Amps and the O Tone Combo Amp - Premier Guitar
- 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
- News - Walrus Audio releases neat Canvas Rehearsal - Headphone Amp and Practice Pedal - Guitar Pedal X
- Boss launches WAZA Tube Amp Expander Core with “powerful enhancements focused on direct recording applications” - Guitar.com
- Boss shrinks and enhances its Waza Tube Amp Expander - now in more compact W-TAE Core edition - Guitar Pedal X
- Mark Tremonti: “I collect amps like most people collect guitars. My biggest affliction is buying Dumble amplifiers” - Guitar.com
- Best guitar amps 2025: tube, solid-state and modeling amplifiers for all levels and budgets - Guitar World
- Bad Cat Announces the Mark Sampson Era 30 Amp - Premier 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
- News - The Origin Effects Deluxe 55 and Tubesteader Eggnog are my Tweed Kings! - Guitar Pedal X
- “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
- “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
- The Most Watched Music Gear of 2024 - Reverb
- ‘High off the sound’: Fergus Falls engineer is a guitar amp hero - MPR News
- These are the best new amplifiers of 2024, according to the Guitar.com team - Guitar.com
- Tubesteader delivers the ultimate Vox-in-a-box with its superb Tube-Driven ROY Twin Channel Vox AC30 Top Boost style Preamp - Guitar Pedal X
- My first amp was an embarrassment. My son's was the Positive Grid Spark Go. It ignited something - Guitar Player
- Boss looks to conquer the tabletop arena with its new more Hi-Fidelity 10W Katana-Mini X Amplifier with Wooden Resonant Cabinet and Analog Multi-Stage Preamp - Guitar Pedal X
- “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
- “These cater to any style of playing”: Fender unveils uber-affordable Champion II amp range - Guitar.com
- “No menus, no apps, just a familiar and intuitive interface that makes dialing in tones easy”: Fender has rebooted its top-selling Champion modeling amp family – and prices start at $129 - Guitar World
- “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
- “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” - Guitar Player
- “I'd advise new guitarists to play with an amplifier”: Sheryl Crow guitarist says beginners should steer clear of amp modellers - Guitar.com
- 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
- “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
- "I think the speakers in your amplifier have the largest single impact on guitar tone": This guitarist seeks to proves it - MusicRadar
- Boss reveals the Katana Gen 3: the evolution of a guitar amp phenomenon - MusicRadar
- Introducing Boss's next bestseller - the Katana : Go Personal Guitar Amplifier - instant everywhere plug-and-play satisfaction! - Guitar Pedal X
- Marshall Group says amplifiers made up just 5% of revenue last year, reveals push for digital amps going forward - Guitar.com
- NAMM 2024: all the latest guitar news, rumors and predictions from the greatest gear show on Earth - Guitar World
- The Best-Selling Pedals & Amps of 2023 - Reverb
- 16 of the Most Iconic Electric Guitar Amps - Guitar Pedal X
- The Best-Selling Effects Pedals & Amps of 2022 - Reverb
- NAMM 2022: Yamaha reveals fresh finishes for its groundbreaking THR30II Wireless desktop guitar amplifier - MusicRadar
- An Expert Guide to Boutique Amps - Reverb
- The Best-Selling Pedals and Amps of 2021 - Reverb
- News - The Perfect Guitar Amp Design / Next Level Boss Katana - Guitar Pedal X
- News - Ultimate Guitar Amps - A Personal Selection - Guitar Pedal X
- Ultimate Guitar Amps - A Personal Selection - Guitar Pedal X
Bass Player News
- Leigh Barker's trad jazz: 'There’s just no way this music could have been composed by an Australian' - Beat Magazine
- “Every pattern, every bend, every note – same key, same tempo. Not a second of originality”: Giacomo Turra returns after viral song-stealing scandal – and his new music has already been accused of lifting licks - Guitar World
- “Andy Summers is one hell of a jazz guitarist, but it was Sting who volunteered him for the session”: How jazz bass legend Christian McBride reunited The Police duo for his latest album - Guitar World
- “Robert Fripp is a really diddly-diddly man, all the riff stuff, and that works to an extent. But you need to put that in a context to make it accessible”: The secret to making King Crimson work by Peter Giles, the bassist who helped make it happen - Louder
- Grammy-Nominated Bassist Dies: ‘His Rhythm Will Forever Live On’ - parade.com
- “Even if you learn to play bass from YouTube videos, you’re still not self-taught. Autodidactic learning is awesome, but everyone needs a teacher”: How Esperanza Spalding created the most complex music of her career under the guidance of an alter ego - Guitar World
- “I was attracted to melodic bass players like Carol Kaye. Why should a rock bassist play dumb notes all the time?” How Tony Visconti rethought rock bass for David Bowie’s The Man Who Sold the World - Guitar World
- Legendary Folk Rock Bass Player Dead at 86 - parade.com
- Acoustic bass player Danny Thompson has died aged 86 - Yahoo News UK
- “He used to call himself the worst bass player in the business, but he knew that wasn’t true”: The life (and tragically early death) of Phil Lynott, Thin Lizzy’s legendary bass-playing frontman - Guitar World
- “I’m the first bass player to ever MD a stadium tour like this. We make history every night”: As Musical Director for Kendrick Lamar, Tony Russell could be the greatest bass player you've never heard of - Guitar World
- 'I was born to play': Belgrade woman turning 102 still jams with electric bass guitar in hand - Bozeman Daily Chronicle
- “Everybody wanted to be Eddie Van Halen, so bass players were a rare commodity”: Why Les Claypool chickened out of Kirk Hammett’s high school band – and found bass along the way - Guitar.com
- “I was instantly in a band because nobody wanted to play bass back then”: How Eddie Van Halen led to Les Claypool picking up the bass – and how he nearly joined Kirk Hammett’s band - Guitar World
- The Bass Player by Stephen Travers of the Miami Show Band - Irish American News
- “He got to just be the bass player in the band, and he f**king loved it”: Why Paul McCartney loved playing bass on The Rolling Stones’ Hackney Diamonds album - Guitar.com
- “Learning to play with a pick was like dancing with two left feet. I had to entirely relearn the bass”: Having played in the Pixies, Zwan, and A Perfect Circle, Paz Lenchantin knows a thing or two about the bass guitar and its role in rock - Guitar World
- “Whenever anybody says, ‘Can you just follow the root note?’ my immediate retort is, ‘Why don't you just f*** off?’” How Peter Hook re-wrote the rulebook on punk bass – and became “allergic to low notes” in the process - Guitar World
- “When I played with Jason Newsted, I knew he was the one. Not that Robert Trujillo is a bad bass player, but Jason just has this edge”: In March 2003, Ozzy Osbourne introduced the world to his new bassist - Guitar World
- “If it felt like punk speed freaks, so much the better. Elvis never came up to us saying, ‘Suspicious Minds was too fast tonight’”: At the suggestion of guitar picker James Burton, Elvis set up an audition with an unlikely bass candidate – Jerry Scheff - Guitar World
Bass Amp News
- “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
- Video: Do You Really Need a Bass Amp? - Reverb
- How the MESA/Boogie Bass-800D channels 50 years of bass amp innovation - Gibson
- Blackstar Debut Bass: 2 New Bass Practice Amps - Gearnews.com
- “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
- Juan Alderete Is Bringing Over 700 Bass Guitars, Pedals, and Amps to Reverb - Reverb
- MayFly Audio releases the Sunset Bass Amplifier Simulator - Premier Guitar
- Matthew Bass named Alvin's new head football coach - The Alvin Sun-Advertiser
- Bergantino Audio Announces the HP Ultra 2000W Bass Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- Winter NAMM 2025 – Day 1 - Bass Gear Magazine
- Fender drops game-changing Tone Master Pro update - Guitar World
- Esko, Grand Rapids, Northwestern bass anglers head to state - Duluth News Tribune
- "It now pushes more air, flaps more trouser leg": The Orange AD200B bass amp comes back redesigned, revamped and reimagined - MusicRadar
- Genzler Amplification Launches Kinetix 800 Bass Amp - Premier Guitar
- Boss' New Katana-500 Bass Head and Cabinet 112 - Premier Guitar
- Boss unleashes a Bass Edition of its Killer ME-90 Multi-FX pedal alongside a potent new Katana 500 Watt Bass Head with matching C112B Cab - Guitar Pedal X
- “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
- Line 6’s new POD Express Guitar and Bass offer a wealth of effects in ultra-portable units - Guitar.com
- NAMM 2024: the biggest news and hottest gear revealed in guitars, music tech, software - MusicRadar
- Best bass amps 2025: Top choice amplification options for bassists - MusicRadar
Guitar Effects News
- Reverend Introduces New Kyle Shutt Mark 2 Signature Electric - Premier Guitar
- MXR Honors MC5’s Wayne Kramer with Jail Guitar Doors Drive - Premier Guitar
- Gigahearts FX Launches Mashed Voltaire Deluxe and Hyper Soup Fuzz Pedals - Premier Guitar
- News - Strymon throws its hat into the Oil Can Delay Ring - with its Olivera Vintage Oil Can Echo - Guitar Pedal X
- Sound Semiconductor Unveils SSI2100: A New Era for Analog Delay - FinancialContent
- Sound Semiconductor Intros New Generation Bucket Brigade Delay Chip - Premier Guitar
- Gamechanger Audio Auto Delay review – a dynamic delay that lets you wire it up how you want it - Guitar.com
- ThorpyFX Collaborates with Legendary Comic Imprint 2000AD for 3 Special Editions of its most popular pedals - Rogue Trooper (Fallout Cloud), Judge Dread Deathbringer (Warthog), Judge Dredd Lawbringer (Gunshot) - Guitar Pedal X
- Rebellion Unveils 2000 AD Guitar Pedals in Partnership with ThorpyFX - 2000 AD
- Kinotone Ghosts, a mighty physical modeling synth pedal playable with guitars, MIDI and more - synth anatomy
- “The first pedal emulation that truly captures the mechanical yet wildly organic nature of these oddball machines”: Strymon’s Olivera is a vintage oil can delay without the oil, without the mechanics, and with a lot more control over your tone - MusicRadar
- Fredric Effects' Modified 4-way Demon Fuzz take on the EHX Muff Fuzz is one of the most instantly satisfying fuzzes around! - Guitar Pedal X
- Tubesteader Releases Gainlord Preamp/Overdrive - Premier Guitar
- Strymon Introduces New Olivera Vintage Oil Can Echo - Premier Guitar
- Stompboxtober 2025: PRS - Premier Guitar
- News - My Fuzzer and Purrer NRG Effects Pedals get Neil's Special Satin Polished Finish! - Guitar Pedal X
- News - Greer's Mizuki Blue replicates Tube-Amp-like Textures with 2 JFET Gain Stages - Guitar Pedal X
- Monger Pedals Unveils Boiling Honey Optical Tremolo and Little Guy Fuzz/Phaser - Premier Guitar
- Stompboxtober 2025: Xotic Effects - Premier Guitar
- Nembrini Audio Launches The Hughes & Kettner Tube Rotosphere Plugin - Premier Guitar
Guitar and Bass News
- Fender Revamps Its Classic Guitars With a Little Help From Turnstile - Rolling Stone
- Reverend Introduces New Kyle Shutt Mark 2 Signature Electric - Premier Guitar
- “The only reason that this guitar is even in existence is because of you guys”: By popular demand, Sean Long of While She Sleeps’ built-for-metal Charvel signature model now comes in Neon Pink - MusicRadar
- Gnarwal Fest makes its debut at Brighton’s Green Door Store - Brighton and Hove News
- MTD Introduces Kingston KNSJ5 Norm Stockton Signature Saratoga 5 String - Premier Guitar
- Turnstile Team Up With Fender For New Line Of Guitars And Basses - Billboard Philippines
- “Andy Summers is one hell of a jazz guitarist, but it was Sting who volunteered him for the session”: How jazz bass legend Christian McBride reunited The Police duo for his latest album - Guitar World
- Portland musician seeks help after custom guitars stolen from car - KPTV
- Turnstile Help Fender Introduce New Line of American Professional Classic Guitars and Basses - Consequence of Sound
- Mike Huckabee busts out bass in Jerusalem for Israel-themed 'Sweet Home Alabama' parody - Arkansas Times
- Turnstile Is The Face Of Fender's New American Professional Guitars - 102.5 KZOK
- Fender Expands American Professional Series - Premier Guitar
- Strings, Sweat, and Survival: An Insider Look at the World of a Guitar Tech - Premier Guitar
- Fender launches the American Professional Classic series, the new entry point to its USA-made lineup - Guitar.com
- Fender American Pro Classic Basses to Fall in Love With! - Gearnews.com
- “This series is built for players who demand reliability, versatility and performance at the highest level”: Fender gives its US lineup a retro-modern makeover with the American Professional Classic range - MusicRadar
- “While it doesn’t reinvent Fender’s decades-old designs, this Stratocaster is not only crisply made but really hard to put down”: Fender American Professional Classic Stratocaster review - Guitar World
- “The entry point into the whole USA Fender offering”: Fender unveils the newest gateway to its American-made collection, the American Professional Classic series - Guitar World
- Best bass guitars 2025: long and short-scale bass options for beginners to pros - Guitar World
- NS Design Unveils New Carbon Fiber Fin Guitar and Bass - Premier Guitar
New Music releases
- AEW Music Releases Remastered Version of Eddie Kingston's Theme "Cold World" - The Nu-Metal Agenda
- November 2025 New Music Releases - DRGNews
- November 2025's New Music Topped by Record Store Day - Ultimate Classic Rock
- Diljit Dosanjh drops new album Aura, releases ‘Kufar’ music video with former Miss World Manushi Chhillar. Watch - The Indian Express
- Voice Actor Yui Ogura Releases New Music Video "Kyon Kyon Love♡Potion" - Crunchyroll
- Best New Zealand Music of the Week: October 6th-12 - Rolling Stone Australia
- Louis Tomlinson releases new music video days after admitting decline in solo career: ‘I have to work really hard to keep my head above water’ - The Indian Express
- Taylor Swift's new album is out. What you need to know about The Life of a Showgirl - CBC
- Fall Music Releases To Keep The Season Lit - bet.com
- Glenn Korff School of Music unveils new building - The Daily Nebraskan
- New Music Friday: Listen To Releases By Tate McRae, Young Thug, P1Harmony & More - GRAMMY.com
- Nicki Minaj teases major new music release, sparking Barbz speculation about album or single - The Economic Times
- 'The Life of a Showgirl' era: What we know on Taylor Swift's new album release date, cover, songs, merch and more - NBC News
- Celebrating Gospel Heritage Month: Blacksmoke Music Releases "The Blacksmoke Music Collective" - JubileeCast
- New music on our radar this week: Manuka Honey, Jaguar, Novelist - Mixmag
- Miley Cyrus releases new song for her father featuring Fleetwood Mac artists: Listen - ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- New Music Friday: RAYE, Lola Young, Lewis Capaldi, Biffy Clyro and more - Official Charts
- NEWS: John Myrtle Releases Heartfelt New Album 'The Little World Of You And Me' - God Is In The TV
- Voice Actor Unit DIALOGUE＋ Releases New Music Video "Joyful Sciante!" - Crunchyroll
- Spotify editors are celebrating weekly music releases with ‘The Drop Weekly’ - RouteNote
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