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- Nels Cline joins Potsdam Library performance - North Country Now
- “He’s on fire, the real thing. I wish I could be like that.” Eric Clapton on the one guitarist who mastered the “difficult” art of modern blues. They’re no longer speaking - Guitar Player
- “I wanted to continue along that journey of heavily effected psychedelic guitars, but I wanted to streamline my songwriting”: How Kylesa guitarist Laura Pleasants went from drop-tuned sludge to “skeletal” guitars for post-punk solo project The Discussion - Guitar World
- Thomann's new sale is a serious opportunity to upgrade your gear with up to 70% off - get £1,063 off a Gibson and £482 off a Taylor acoustic - Guitar Player
- “Dear UPS, where are my guitars? They disappeared a week ago”: Johnny Marr’s guitars have gone missing days before his tour - Guitar World
- “No brands expressed any interest in doing a signature guitar with me. So I figured, you know what, forget them. I’ll do it myself”: One of the biggest guitar YouTubers has launched their own brand – and its first model is destined to become a rarity - Guitar World
- Demi Lovato Was 'So Shocked' When Husband Jutes Learned to Play Guitar for His Proposal to Her - People.com
- “He wanted something as a full stop to the whole Pink Floyd thing.” Polly Samson on helping David Gilmour put Pink Floyd to rest — and the awkward silences that gave their last album its most powerful moment - Guitar Player
- Compilation of Irish solo guitar music to be released on US label Tompkins Square - Nialler9
- “I look at tapping in two different ways. There’s Eruption, and there’s Hot For Teacher”: Wolfgang Van Halen explains the variations in EVH’s trademark technique – and shows you how to play them - Guitar World
- James Bay on Failed Solos, Onstage Adrenaline, and How to Hire a Band - Premier Guitar
- “We got about an hour in, and I was like, ‘I haven’t even pulled the slide out of my pocket yet!’” Derek Trucks is one of the greatest slide guitar players of all time but sometimes forgets he even has one – here’s how he decides when to use it - MusicRadar
- Interview / From Elf To The Rods: David 'Rock' Feinstein Reflects On A Lifetime Of Heavy Metal - MetalTalk
- Guitarist Jon Fadem Steps Into the Spotlight with ‘Thankful’ - spin.com
- “He's got what looks like a syringe and wants to see how I'm gonna react. And the fact that I don't react really kind of wigged him out." Richie Kotzen on being Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist for one hot minute in 1995 - Guitar Player
- Guitar Center's Guitar-A-Thon is back, and it includes a colossal $500 off a Gibson Les Paul, $900 off a Taylor acoustic, and a slew of new exclusive models - Guitar Player
- Slack key guitarist virtuoso Ken Emerson to perform in Napili - mauinews.com
- Genesis guitarist brings ‘Lamb Lies Down’ to Montreal - CTV News
- “I started to think, ’Could I come up with something that would be a fit for a James Bond movie?’” Robin Trower on the secrets to his signature sound, his Strat headstock theory – and how 007 influenced his new album - Guitar World
- EXTREME’s ‘X Out’ Video Channels ‘Mad Max’ and ‘Dune’ in Cinematic Rock Revival - Noise11.com
- Slash Set To Unleash Live Album And Concert Film ‘Live At The S.E.R.P.E.N.T. Festival’ - Noise11.com
- Thelma and The Sleaze - Columbus Jewish News
- Nels Cline, member of the indie band Wilco, to join Potsdam Library performance Sept. 23 - North Country Now
- “Floyd came into town, ran out of money, and ended up staying in our house.” Alice Cooper on living with Pink Floyd, mind-reading with Syd Barrett — and the pot-laced brownies that scored them a coveted gig - Guitar Player
- “He used to always say, ‘You step on my pedals like you’re killing cockroaches or something’”: Session guitarist extraordinaire Mike Scott on Prince’s critiques during soundchecks - Guitar World
- “I heard about this kid who had a guitar. That was a lot of money in those days.” George Harrison said a loan from his mom helped him buy his first guitar, setting him on the path to the Beatles - Guitar Player
- “Brings the shape that metal guitarists have coveted for decades to a new generation”: Jackson drafts the Rhoads V into its high-end American Series – bringing Randy Rhoads’ iconic metal guitar back to the States - Guitar World
- “I just imagine that without buying this, I would have died alone with my dog in my living room”: How the trip to buy a Boss pedal inadvertently saved this guitar player’s life - Guitar World
- “I was asleep. He walked into my bedroom and said, ‘Darling, I think this is a hit.’” Nile Rodgers says David Bowie wrote his 1983 funk hit featuring Stevie Ray Vaughan on a 12-string acoustic strung with only six strings - Guitar Player
- “This band interacts and reacts. No two nights are the same. There’s a risk in working like that but also a beauty to the freedom”: Jazz guitar phenom Pete Roth on the making of a trio that lives on the outer limits of improv - Guitar World
- “It’s kind of a trick”: John Mayer shares his number one overdrive pedal tip – and it works with any drive - Guitar World
- “He came up to me and said, ‘Rich, can I have a word?’ It’s never good when someone says that”: The playing advice Glenn Tipton gave Richie Faulkner on his first tour with Judas Priest - Guitar World
- “Chrissie Hynde was getting fed up with our performance. So she stood in front of us and bent over, so we were staring at her backside”: How bassist Tony Butler helped relaunch The Pretenders with this 1982 rock classic - Guitar World
- 'I Wish I Was Better at Some Parts': At 80, This Is How Much John Fogerty Practices Playing Guitar Every Day - Ultimate Guitar
- Local musicians recall finding their own sound bouncing off the cinder block walls - C&G Newspapers
- "What a wedding band!" Iron Maiden's Adrian Smith and Tool's Justin Chancellor form a surprise supergroup with Nicko McBrain for a one-off performance of a Jeff Beck classic - Guitar Player
- “We weren’t looking for perfection; we looked for mistakes that were really good.” On the anniversary of Marc Bolan’s death, we look back at his life in music and his greatest album: ‘The Slider’ - Guitar Player
- “The authentic broken-in feel players love about vintage Fenders”: Fender’s Road Worn guitars have become a dying breed – but now they're back as limited-edition Vintera II guitars - Guitar World
- “I said, ‘My amp is out there past the wing of the plane!’” Buddy Guy’s wild tales about Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King and the Bassman that got left on the runway - Guitar Player
- “They kept talking about this bizarre guitar player who practiced nonstop in his room and was very eccentric. I thought, ‘I want to work with him’”: Bill Laswell survived Buckethead, John Lydon, Ginger Baker and Eddie Hazel – and made it sound easy - Guitar World
- Guitarist Samantha Fish is Kicking Ass, Taking Names and Practicing Self-Care - Houston Press
- “He walked into my bedroom, and he says, ‘Darling, I think this is a hit.’ And I went, ‘Cool man, let me hear it…’” How Nile Rodgers and David Bowie accidentally wrote Let’s Dance – with a 12-string that was missing 6 strings - Guitar World
- “I was gonna be a folk singer, so I didn't need this anymore.” Neil Young tells how Randy Bachman helped him track down his long-lost Gretsch. Now he’s playing it in concert - Guitar Player
- “Trading the stability of playing for a pop star to start walking on my own steps was a very tough decision”: Mateus Asato has walked away from Bruno Mars, Jessie J and Tori Kelly to pursue a solo career – and his solo album is finally ready - Guitar World
- “I’ve never met you, John, if you’re watching...” Paul Reed Smith invited Mike Dawes to meet John Mayer after his Slow Dancing cover went viral – but he never made the rendezvous - Guitar World
- “In my mind, it would have ruined my life had I messed up. I took it very seriously”: Wolfgang Van Halen took a gamble when he decided to cover his dad’s songs – and it paid off - Guitar World
- Two of the world's greatest guitar players join forces for pair of Sussex dates next month - SussexWorld
- “He gets to the Zs and says, ‘I have Frank Zappa’s phone number.’ And I went, ‘You have what!?’” Steve Vai on the theft that got him Frank Zappa’s number — and the job that changed his life - Guitar Player
- Get more Guitar Player stories in your day with these two easy steps - Guitar Player
- 'I Kind of Put My Foot in' It: Paul McCartney's Guitar Player Shares Opinion on John Mayer's Playing, Recalls Mistaking Him for Another Guitarist - Ultimate Guitar
- Air guitar players compete for world championship: See photos - ABC News
- Brent Hinds: Former Mastodon guitarist dies in motorcycle crash - BBC
- Henley air guitar player out of world championships - 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
- 'I Hadn't Heard a Guitar Player Like That Before': Jake Kiszka's Mirador Bandmate Explains What's Special About Greta Van Fleet Guitarist's Playing - Ultimate Guitar
- 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
- “Ozzy said, ‘Are you crazy? You’re a rock star. You could buy your own college by the time you’re done if you keep doing this!’” Just before his passing, Randy Rhoads was ready to leave the rock star life behind – and go back to school - Guitar World
- “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
- 'I Don't Care if You Are Al Di Meola or Not': Santana Reveals One Thing All Guitar Players Need to Practice More - Ultimate Guitar
- 'I Read Comments Saying, 'You've Got Nothing on Brent'': New Mastodon Guitarist Speaks on Being 'Judged', Shares Opinion on Brent Hinds' Playing - Ultimate Guitar
- 'Ozzy Walked in and Said, 'What the F**k Is That?'': Jake E. Lee Reveals How Iconic 'Bark at the Moon' Solo Was Really Made, Explains How Ozzy Made Him a Better Guitarist - Ultimate Guitar
- “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
- 'If It's Not What I Heard on the Record, It's Not It': Dweezil Zappa Speaks Up on 'Laziness' of Guitar Players When Playing Covers - Ultimate Guitar
- Vivian Campbell Opens Up on Why He Got Picked Over John Sykes to Join Def Leppard: 'It Was Like a Courtship' - Ultimate Guitar
- 'It Has Nothing To Do With Anybody Else': Slash Shares Opinion On His Own Playing, Names One Thing He's Always Trying To Do - Ultimate Guitar
- 'He Was Not Pleased By That': Mark Knopfler Reveals One Guitarist Who Made Chet Atkins 'Slightly Put-out Once' - Ultimate Guitar
- Dweezil Zappa Speaks Up on Guitar Players Copying Eddie Van Halen, Names Guitarist Who 'Always Sounded Good' - Ultimate Guitar
- 'If You Wrote the Songs, You're Kind Of Allowed To Be Crap': Mark Knopfler Shares Opinion On His Own Playing, Explains 'What Counts' For Him - Ultimate Guitar
- “I don't think Jimi Hendrix was a guitarist. Eric Clapton is excessively tedious.” Robert Fripp on his 1960s contemporaries — and the one guitarist he thought was fun - Guitar Player
- "He was rock and roll to the roots." Dave Davies names the guitarist who defined rock in the 1970s, and picks the song that proves it - Guitar Player
- Video 10-year-old guitar-playing prodigy rocks on - ABC News
- 'I Was Like, 'This Is So Amazing!'': Yngwie Malmsteen Says This Was His 'First Favorite Guitar Player' — Even Though He Didn't Know Who It Actually Was - Ultimate Guitar
- 'I Felt Responsible': His Death Was Tragic, But This (Overlooked) Guitarist Inspired One of the Most Enduring Songs - Ultimate Guitar
- 'That's the Only Way I Could Say, 'That's Good', or 'That's Bad'': Yngwie Malmsteen Reveals One Thing You Really Need To Do To Get Better At Playing Guitar - Ultimate Guitar
- Rick Derringer, Guitar Journeyman Behind ‘Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo,’ Dead at 77 - rollingstone.com
- Myles Kennedy Names 'Biggest Misconception' About His Guitar Playing, Compares Playing With Slash and Mark Tremonti - Ultimate Guitar
- Marty Friedman Shares Opinion on Polyphia, Explains Why 'Flashy' Playing Alone Doesn't Excite Him: 'I Got Over People Being Good Guitar Players' - Ultimate Guitar
- 'People Get Weirdly Bent Out of Shape When I Talk About My Guitar Playing': Billy Corgan Talks About His Guitar Playing - Ultimate Guitar
- 'I Don't Want to Play Like Steve Vai': Buzz Osborne Speaks on His Approach to Guitar and Songwriting - Ultimate Guitar
- 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
- 'A Lot of People Say They Can Play Megadeth's Music, and They Can't': What Dave Mustaine Looks for in a Guitar Player - Ultimate Guitar
- Guitar World Discussion: Who is the most underrated guitar player of all time? - Guitar World
- 'They're Too Old!': Phil X Opens Up on Having a Hard Time Making It After 30, Reveals How Bon Jovi Hired Him - Ultimate Guitar
- “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
- 'Very Incestuous': One Issue Yngwie Malmsteen Has With Classic Rock Guitarists - Ultimate Guitar
- Marty Friedman Shares Opinion On Dave Mustaine's Playing, Names One Aspect Of Guitar Playing He 'Never Got Good At' - Ultimate Guitar
- “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
- Guitarist Who Stepped in for Brent Hinds Opens Up on Playing With Mastodon: 'No Easy Task, but It Was a Joy' - Ultimate Guitar
- Ace Frehley Shares Opinion on Dimebag Darrell's Playing, Recalls What John 5 Told Him About His First Mötley Crüe Show - Ultimate Guitar
- Al Di Meola Reveals Key Thing to Keeping a Steady Rhythm: 'for Most Guitar Players, It's Not Achievable' - Ultimate Guitar
- Forget Expensive Guitars: These 3 Legendary Guitar Players Swear by Budget Instruments - Ultimate Guitar
- Joe Satriani Names One Issue With Modern Guitarists That Jimi Hendrix Never Had: 'It's Not Their Fault' - Ultimate Guitar
- 'It's Getting More Difficult': Peter Frampton Reveals How His Health Affects His Guitar Playing, Names the 'Worst Thing' About His State - Ultimate Guitar
- Alex Skolnick Says Frank Zappa Was 'Not the Most Polished Guitar Player,' Explains What Really Made Him Special - Ultimate Guitar
- Mark Tremonti Names His 'Best Advice' for Guitarists: 'Don't Be This Tremendous Guitar Player Who Can't Write Anything' - Ultimate Guitar
- 'There Must Be Three Guitar Players': Gene Simmons Reveals First Reaction to Hearing Van Halen Live, Recalls Doing Their Early-career Demo - Ultimate Guitar
- “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
- Guitar Player Magazine Halts Publication, Puts Out One Last Print Edition After 58-Year Run - Variety
Guitar Amp News
- Thomann's Guitar Days sale just hit up to 70% off with £474 off an Epiphone semi-hollow, £132 off a Death By Audio pedal, plus loads more massive savings - MusicRadar
- “When I went to the all-digital realm, I took on a world of pain that I was not expecting”: Why Stephen Carpenter has returned to tube amps for Deftones’ latest tour - Guitar World
- Fishman AirLock Wireless GT review - “If you’ve ever wanted a reason to break free from the prison of an old-fashioned cable, this is it” - Guitar.com
- Who Really Owns a Sound: Are These Guitar Amp and Pedal Plug-Ins Any Different From New Bands Ripping Off Famous Acts? - Ultimate Guitar
- The Most Watched Gear on Reverb - Reverb
- “It seems the age of touchscreen guitar amps is advancing faster than I ever imagined”: All the new guitar gear that caught my eye this week – including the return of my favorite Fender offset - Guitar World
- With guitar amps starting from just £44, Thomann’s massive Hughes & Kettner sale just made modernizing your rig a lot cheaper - MusicRadar
- With up to 40% off guitar amps Thomann's huge Hughes & Kettner sale just made upgrading your backline a lot more affordable - 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
- “From your bedroom to Madison Square Garden without missing a beat”: Jimmy Page announces the Sundragon Nymph – packing his stadium-filling tones into a small footprint, low-wattage combo - 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
- “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
- 'I Started To Get Disillusioned With The Consistency Of My Sound With Marshall': Slash Opens Up On How He Switched From Marshall To Magnatone Amps - Ultimate Guitar
- “There were things I wanted to achieve that I wasn't really getting out of those amps”: Why Slash worked with Magnatone on a signature amp after 30 years of playing Marshall stacks - Guitar World
- “Experience one of the rarest and most coveted vintage amplifiers ever”: Mesa/Boogie puts ‘Crunch Berries’ on the menu as it releases the holy grail amp used by Metallica - MusicRadar
- Dad who bought guitar amp on Facebook floored by previous rock star owner - Manchester Evening News
- “It’s official. The age of touchscreen guitar amps is here”: This is all the new guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – and we might have a winner for the best new sub-$1k electric guitar of 2025 - Guitar World
- Mooer’s F15i is a $190 desktop modeling amp with touchscreen - Guitar World
- “A bold step forward in modern amp design”: Blackstar goes up against Boss and Positive Grid with the ID:X – a next-gen modeling amp with newly developed tech that isn’t afraid of the competition - Guitar World
- Is This Guitar Gear Practice Dying? How Ever-shrinking (That's What She Said) Guitar Rigs Are Changing Everything - Ultimate Guitar
- Clean Tube Amps Are Becoming Trendy Again: Is This the Reason for the Rise in Popularity of This New Gear? - Ultimate Guitar
- Best guitar VSTs 2025: Get the best simulated guitar tones for your next production - MusicRadar
- Best acoustic guitar amp 2025: Amplify your acoustic with a top-rated amp - MusicRadar
- Fender to launch new American Vintage, Mustang, and Tone Master amps this year – here’s everything you need to know - Guitar.com
- “Phenomenal tone at any volume”: Fender’s American Vintage ’62 Super revives a “hidden treasure” tube amp that bridged the gap between two legendary combo designs - Guitar World
- Supro Announces New Airwave Tube Amp - Premier Guitar
- “Swan song folks, it's been a great ride”: Joe Bonamassa adds a ninth Dumble to his collection – and promises it will be his last - Guitar World
- “The perfect choice for anyone seeking an affordable amp for practice, recording, and performance”: Laney rolls out the LF-Supertop – a 120W solid-state powerhouse with a classy design and tricks up its sleeve - Guitar World
- 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
- 'It's Not Useful at All': Matteo Mancuso Names Major Problem of Using Digital Amps, Reveals Why He Still Prefers Them Live - Ultimate Guitar
- John Mayer Names One Thing 'That Can Only Come from the Ignition Inside a Tube,' Speaks on His Unusual Live Amp Setup - Ultimate Guitar
- Is He Ditching Axe-Fx? John Mayer Used a New Guitar Amp Modeler at Coachella 2025 Performance - Ultimate Guitar
- Best amp modelers 2025: Get your dream guitar tone with my top picks - Guitar Player
- Big Shifts: 3 Most Important Ways Guitar Gear Industry Has Changed in 2025 (So Far) - Ultimate Guitar
- 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
- Best desktop guitar amps 2025: my top choice amps for portable practice - Guitar World
- “The real cost of Trump’s tariff tax”: Morgan Amps says new tariffs will add up to $1,000 to the price of its amp heads - Guitar World
- “The world’s most convenient all-tube amp head”: Steve Vai-backed firm Synergy has unveiled a tiny amp head that lets you swap in tones from some of the world’s biggest amp builders - Guitar World
- “‘Cheap guitar’ doesn't mean bad guitar”: Why Yvette Young would rather have an expensive amp than an expensive guitar - Guitar.com
- Boss Announces KATANA:GO Personal Headphone Amp - Premier Guitar
- Positive Grid Launches the Spark NEO - Premier Guitar
- Session Legend Names One Aspect of Amp Modelers That Shouldn't Be Underestimated, Though He Prefers Tube Amps '99% of the Time' - Ultimate Guitar
- “We are convinced that Marshall will strengthen its position as the go-to brand for guitarists”: Chinese firm HSG acquires majority stake of Marshall Group in $1.1 billion deal - Guitar World
- Best pedal amps 2025: Get the sound, feel and response of an amp, all on your pedalboard - MusicRadar
- “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
- 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
- NAMM 2025 Gallery: The Latest Guitars and Gear - Premier Guitar
- Marshall Announces New Products at NAMM 2025 - Premier Guitar
- Fender Reveals New Releases for 2025: NAMM Special - Premier Guitar
- “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
- “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
- “This monumental collaboration signals a new chapter in Bad Cat’s commitment to exceptional tone”: Bad Cat marks the return of amp design guru Mark Sampson with the Era 30 - Guitar World
- NAMM NEWS: BOSS ANNOUNCES WAZA TUBE AMP EXPANDER CORE - Australian Musician Magazine
- Mark Tremonti: “I collect amps like most people collect guitars. My biggest affliction is buying Dumble amplifiers” - Guitar.com
- Vintage debuts Retro desktop modeling amp range - 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
- “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
- How Guitar Gear Will Evolve in 2025: Inflation, Digital Amps, and the Shifts That Will Define the Year - Ultimate Guitar
- “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
- My first amp was an embarrassment. My son's was the Positive Grid Spark Go. It ignited something - Guitar Player
- I'm Done! 2 Important Reasons I Won't Buy Another Tube Amplifier - Ultimate Guitar
- “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
- Top 5 Reasons I Switched From Tube Amps to Amp and Cab Sims - Ultimate Guitar
- “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
- 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” - Guitar Player
- Is This The Best Alternative to a Dumble Amplifier? - Ultimate Guitar
- “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
- “The world's most authentic amp models, no UA hardware required”: Universal Audio takes its Edge-approved amp pedals to the digital realm for the first time with $299 plugins - Guitar World
- Can Guitar Gear Businesses Survive Today? Small Amp Builder Explains Why His Failed - Ultimate Guitar
- 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
- “I'd advise new guitarists to play with an amplifier”: Sheryl Crow guitarist says beginners should steer clear of amp modellers - Guitar.com
- You May Not Like It but Tube Amps Are Changing Forever: Here's Why - Ultimate Guitar
- 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
- Video: Tube amp buying advice for beginners - Gibson
- “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
- “It’s extremely rare that this happens”: Guitar Center staff find thousands of dollars’ worth of drugs stashed inside guitar amp - Guitar World
- "I think the speakers in your amplifier have the largest single impact on guitar tone": This guitarist seeks to proves it - MusicRadar
- Why Marshall Should Embrace Modified Amp Circuits This Year - Ultimate Guitar
- NAMM 2024: all the latest guitar news, rumors and predictions from the greatest gear show on Earth - Guitar World
- An Expert Guide to Boutique Amps - Reverb
Bass Player News
- Area rock band remains on the upswing - Findlay News | The Courier
- Cape Breton Jazz Festival's 12th edition honours longtime Sydney bass player - PNI Atlantic News
- “Kurt felt things about bands that had a certain honesty. His stamp of approval stood us in good stead”: The Raincoats’ Gina Birch on star fans Kurt Cobain and Kim Gordon, and why John Cale led her band into pop when they didn’t want to go there - Guitar World
- Want to play in a band? Worthing and Horsham sessions for young people - SussexWorld
- “Chrissie Hynde was getting fed up with our performance. So she stood in front of us and bent over, so we were staring at her backside”: How bassist Tony Butler helped relaunch The Pretenders with this 1982 rock classic - Guitar World
- “Right before he died I was reminded of what I’d noticed all those years ago – that the notes he didn’t play were more important than the notes he did play”: A salute from one great bass player to another - MusicRadar
- “They kept talking about this bizarre guitar player who practiced nonstop in his room and was very eccentric. I thought, ‘I want to work with him’”: Bill Laswell survived Buckethead, John Lydon, Ginger Baker and Eddie Hazel – and made it sound easy - Guitar World
- “Frank gets it. He’s not a po-faced, miserable git. He’s got a sense of humor. He’s got a twinkle in his eye”: Glen Matlock on the legacy of the Sex Pistols and getting back on the road with Frank Carter’s help - Guitar World
- “My bass got caught in my pants and ripped them down to my ankles”: 11 real-life Spinal Tap moments from bass-playing royalty - Guitar World
- “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 Found Out Years Later That He Was Kind of Pi__ed at Me': Les Claypool Reveals How 'Chickening Out' of Kirk Hammett's Band Led to Him Playing Bass - Ultimate Guitar
- “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
- “I wrote Flea a fan letter, and I was like, ‘I want to do what you're doing. Do you have any advice?’ He wrote me back – it's unbelievable”: Vulfpeck’s Joe Dart on the priceless bass advice he got from Flea as a teenager - Guitar World
- The Bass Player by Stephen Travers of the Miami Show Band - Irish American News
- “I realized I might pass the audition, and then they sent the cops over, came and picked me up, and took me to jail”: How C. J. Ramone landed the role of Ramones bassist while he was in jail - Guitar World
- “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
- 'Not Anything Against Cliff, but...': David Ellefson Reveals Why Ron McGovney Was More 'My Metallica Bass Player' - Ultimate Guitar
- “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
- “I got a phone call from L.A. It’s David going, ‘We’re putting Pink Floyd back together. Would you be interested and available?’” Why David Gilmour's go-to bassist for the past four decades very nearly didn't get the gig - Guitar World
Bass Amp News
- MESA/Boogie Releases the Bass-800D Amp - Bass Magazine
- 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
- Best amp modellers 2025: High-tech tone solutions for all guitarists - MusicRadar
- Bergantino Audio Announces the HP Ultra 2000W Bass Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- Boss Updates the Katana Go 2 Headphone Amp with New Design - Gearnews.com
- Winter NAMM 2025 – Day 1 - Bass Gear Magazine
- NAMM 2025 rumors, predictions and breaking news - Guitar World
- Fender Reveals New Releases for 2025: NAMM Special - Premier Guitar
- NAMM 2025: The Best New Product News & Announcements - Reverb
- Boss Unveils New Gear for NAMM 2025 - Premier Guitar
- Fender drops game-changing Tone Master Pro update - Guitar World
- “It did all those Led Zeppelin tours and all the recordings. It did flippin’ everything”: Jimmy Page reveals his all-time favourite amp - Guitar.com
- Ashen Amps APG700.4 Bass Amplifier - Bass Gear Magazine
- 'They Sound Like James Brown Had More Amps and a White Bass Player': Ted Nugent Attempts to Compliment Metallica - Ultimate Guitar
- Genzler Amplification Launches Kinetix 800 Bass Amp - Premier Guitar
Guitar Effects News
- Benson Deep Sea Diver Fuzz-Echo Review - Premier Guitar
- Thomann's Guitar Days sale just hit up to 70% off with £474 off an Epiphone semi-hollow, £132 off a Death By Audio pedal, plus loads more massive savings - MusicRadar
- Thomann's new sale is a serious opportunity to upgrade your gear with up to 70% off - get £1,063 off a Gibson and £482 off a Taylor acoustic - Guitar Player
- Thomann just dropped a guitar sale that's bold as love with a whopping £309 off Hendrix's iconic Love Drops Epiphone Flying V, as well as up to 70% a host of other gear - Guitar World
- Guitar Days 2025: Sweet Deals on Amps and Pedals! - Gearnews.com
- “I wanted to design something that would not only be capable of but excel at any tone I might need”: Prog metal trailblazer Misha Mansoor teams up with Neural DSP for Archetype plugin suite that nails his Periphery tone – but does so much more - MusicRadar
- Deftones' Stephen Carpenter Rig Rundown - Premier Guitar
- John McCutcheon Can't Do Without His Boss VF-1 Multi-Effects Processor - Music Connection Magazine
- “I just imagine that without buying this, I would have died alone with my dog in my living room”: How the trip to buy a Boss pedal inadvertently saved this guitar player’s life - Guitar World
- “Players have asked us to push further – into more adventurous, exploratory delay and reverb”: Source Audio dials up the ambience with the Encounter – six reverbs, six delays, one tricked-out pedal for “deeply immersive soundscapes” - MusicRadar
- Source Audio Launches theEncounter Ambient Delay+Reverb - Premier Guitar
- Cort Earth Go: A Smart Acoustic Guitar for Buskers and Live Loopers - Gearnews.com
- Who Really Owns a Sound: Are These Guitar Amp and Pedal Plug-Ins Any Different From New Bands Ripping Off Famous Acts? - Ultimate Guitar
- The 7 Best EQ Pedals for Every Budget: Shape Your Tone in Seconds! - Gearnews.com
- Electro-Harmonix Releases the Pico Swello Attack Envelope - Premier Guitar
- "Before this plugin, the only way to get this tone was by chasing down old hardware or buying boutique pedals": Audio Hertz's Mk.pre emulates the Tascam Portastudio preamp that colours Mk.gee's sought-after guitar tone - MusicRadar
- Wah-Wah 101 - Premier Guitar
- “An excellent, extremely easy-to-use pedal that’s not just for double-tracking but also for spacious stereo modulation”: KMA Geminus Stereo True Double Tracker review - Guitar World
- Filmmaker and Musician Jim Jarmusch on Guitars, Music, & Magic - Premier Guitar
- Best looper pedals 2025: My favourite loop stations for every budget - MusicRadar
Guitar and Bass News
- “I wanted to continue along that journey of heavily effected psychedelic guitars, but I wanted to streamline my songwriting”: How Kylesa guitarist Laura Pleasants went from drop-tuned sludge to “skeletal” guitars for post-punk solo project The Discussion - Guitar World
- “Look for one that says ‘80’s Icon on the case and another one that says ‘Woke As F**k’”: Johnny Marr says UPS has lost his guitars - MusicRadar
- Guitar Center's Guitar-A-Thon is back, and it includes a colossal $500 off a Gibson Les Paul, $900 off a Taylor acoustic, and a slew of new exclusive models - Guitar Player
- Guitar Center’s massive Guitar-A-Thon sale has landed, and it includes $900 off a special Taylor acoustic and a host of exclusive models from Epiphone, Marshall, and more - MusicRadar
- Guitar Days 2025: Sweet Deals on Amps and Pedals! - Gearnews.com
- “Kurt felt things about bands that had a certain honesty. His stamp of approval stood us in good stead”: The Raincoats’ Gina Birch on star fans Kurt Cobain and Kim Gordon, and why John Cale led her band into pop when they didn’t want to go there - Guitar World
- "The variety of sounds is astounding": Ibanez TOD10 Tim Henson Signature review - Guitar World
- “100 per cent tour-worthy right off of the shelf, with bulletproof American construction”: All Rhoads lead to California as Jackson brings one of its most-iconic metal guitars home for a high-end upgrade - MusicRadar
- Brian Setzer Returns to Reverb with More Guitars - Reverb
- “This band interacts and reacts. No two nights are the same. There’s a risk in working like that but also a beauty to the freedom”: Jazz guitar phenom Pete Roth on the making of a trio that lives on the outer limits of improv - Guitar World
- “Right before he died I was reminded of what I’d noticed all those years ago – that the notes he didn’t play were more important than the notes he did play”: A salute from one great bass player to another - MusicRadar
- Source Audio Launches theEncounter Ambient Delay+Reverb - Premier Guitar
- EBS updates NeoLine 112 Cabinet with deeper dimensions and improved sound - Premier Guitar
- Fender Introduces LE Vintera II Road Worn - Premier Guitar
- Fender is making Road Worn guitars again – this time with the Vintera II line - Guitar.com
- “The authentic broken-in feel players love”: Aged nitro finishes, “era-correct” pickups and neck shapes, Fender’s limited run Vintera II Road Worn series presents Golden Era tone for modern players - MusicRadar
- “The authentic broken-in feel players love about vintage Fenders”: Fender’s Road Worn guitars have become a dying breed – but now they're back as limited-edition Vintera II guitars - Guitar World
- “They kept talking about this bizarre guitar player who practiced nonstop in his room and was very eccentric. I thought, ‘I want to work with him’”: Bill Laswell survived Buckethead, John Lydon, Ginger Baker and Eddie Hazel – and made it sound easy - Guitar World
- 'The Neck Was Trashed': Why You Should Keep Flea Away from Your '59 Reissue Fender P Bass - Ultimate Guitar
- 'I was born to play': Belgrade woman turning 102 still jams with electric bass guitar in hand - Bozeman Daily Chronicle
New Music releases
- Gospel Group The Wardlaw Brothers Releases New Single “I Need You Now” | LISTEN! - news.theurbanmusicscene.com
- Enjoy 3 free months of Amazon Music Unlimited just in time for fall music releases - Mashable
- New Music Friday: X releases for the last official weekend of summer - Q107 Toronto
- New Music Friday: RAYE, Lola Young, Lewis Capaldi, Cardi B and more - officialcharts.com
- Hymn Written by President Nelson Included in Latest Release - newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org
- Henry Crater Releases New EP ‘impermanent’ - V13.net
- Laois star releases new music ahead of Australian adventure - Laois Live Leinster Express
- Best Australian Music of the Week: September 8th-14th - Rolling Stone Australia
- Voice Actor Unit DIALOGUE＋ Releases New Music Video "Joyful Sciante!" - Crunchyroll
- October 2025 Brings Rock Releases You Can't Miss - Ultimate Classic Rock
- Best New Zealand Music of the Week: September 8th-14th - Rolling Stone Australia
- Who's Dropping On New Music Friday? Cardi B, Young Thug And More Artists To Look Out For - Rap-Up
- Drake new album ‘Iceman’: Name, release date, features and all the clues - Capital XTRA
- New music on our radar this week: Debit, Iglooghost, DJ Lag - Mixmag
- Weekly Ukrainian Music Releases: New Tracks from Top Artists - Букви
- New Music Friday: Listen To Releases By Twenty One Pilots, Ed Sheeran, Demi Lovato & More - GRAMMY.com
- New music on our radar this week: Blawan, I.JORDAN, Squarepusher - Mixmag
- Justin Bieber releases new album 'SWAG II' - ABC News
- We Hear: Music Edition, September 2025 — Justin Bieber shocks fans with surprise ‘SWAG II’ album release - Page Six
- New Music Releases and Upcoming Albums in 2025 and 2026 - Pitchfork
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