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- "It was a bad time for John. He'd been drinking. It was a drag." John Lennon's 'Rock 'n' Roll' album sessions were chaos. Larry Carlton tells why he quit after just one day - GuitarPlayer.com
- Nuno Bettencourt recalls his final conversation with Ozzy Osbourne – as “the only guitar player who said no” to playing for him - Guitar.com
- “He’d say, ‘That’s really the most dreadful noise I’ve ever heard.’ And I’d say, ‘That’s what I want!’” Jeff Beck and former Beatles producer George Martin made a jazz-fusion classic. It's getting a new look - GuitarPlayer.com
- “Her technique is particularly difficult to replicate because she played ‘upside down’ on a guitar strung for a righty”: Sue Foley salutes Elizabeth Cotten and her favorite female guitar pioneers in this fingerpicking blues masterclass - Guitar World
- Win tickets to see former Police guitarist Andy Summers live at GP Presents in San Francisco - GuitarPlayer.com
- “It's what a male stripper would do.” Darkness guitarist Justin Hawkins joins his brother Dan to trash talk the VMAs’ Yungblud–Aerosmith Ozzy Osbourne tribute - GuitarPlayer.com
- “My style evolved from me consciously trying to play bass and rhythm guitar at the same time” How Eddie Van Halen and Metallica's Kirk Hammett pushed Primus bassist Les Claypool to his musical destiny - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I grabbed his hand saying, ‘Thank you for everything.’ He goes, ‘You were the only guitar player who said no to me’”: Nuno Bettencourt remembers his final exchange with Ozzy Osbourne – a reminder of the gig he once turned down - Guitar World
- “Probably the only good thing that ever came from my drinking.” Marcus King didn't realize he bought a gem of a vintage guitar until this happened - GuitarPlayer.com
- “Completely erased, gone forever. Done.” David Gilmour reveals how his guitar solo for a Pink Floyd classic was wiped out of existence - GuitarPlayer.com
- “He said, ‘Yeah, what are you gonna do about it? You’re a girl. You don’t have the money to fight this.’” Rita Coolidge says Eric Clapton owes her a writing credit for one of the most celebrated songs in rock - GuitarPlayer.com
- “It’s one of the most capable two-channel amps around — a solid deal that keeps things simple and delivers great clean and overdriven tones.” We review the PRS Archon 50 Classic head - GuitarPlayer.com
- Legendary Steel Guitar Player Robby Turner, Known As “Man Of Steel,” Dead At 63 - superhits106.com
- Meet Enoch: A 10-year-old self-taught guitar player from Abilene - KTXS
- Get more Guitar Player stories in your day with these two easy steps - GuitarPlayer.com
- “Cynical and nauseating.” Nuno Bettencourt, Joe Perry and Steven Tyler paid tribute to Ozzy Osbourne. Darkness guitarist Dan Hawkins called it “another nail in the coffin of rock n' roll” - GuitarPlayer.com
- “You were the only guitar player that said no to me”: A young Nuno Bettencourt believed he would replace Randy Rhoads in Ozzy's band. When the time came, he turned it down - GuitarPlayer.com
- 'He Pulls Me in and Goes, 'You Were the Only Guitar Player Who Said No to Me'': What Ozzy Told Nuno Bettencourt at Sabbath's Final Show - Ultimate Guitar
- '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
- Henley air guitar player out of world championships - BBC
- Brent Hinds: Former Mastodon guitarist dies in motorcycle crash - BBC
- Henley air guitar player gears up for world championships - BBC
- 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
- '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
- '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
- '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
- 'Not a Comfortable Way to Play': Here's What Made Frank Zappa's Guitar Playing Style So Weird, Dweezil Explains - 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 Goes, 'You'd Be My Favorite Player If You'd Just...': Joe Bonamassa Recalls Key Advice This Guitar Legend Gave Him, And How He 'Finally' Embraced It - 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
- This Was Actually Yngwie Malmsteen's Favorite Guitar Player, His Ex-Bandmate Reveals: 'Who Knew?' - Ultimate Guitar
- 'I Actually Tried It... It Didn't Work': Scott Ian Says He Thought This Was The Key To Tony Iommi's 'Evil Sound', Explains One 'Mistake' People Make About Iommi's Playing - Ultimate Guitar
- 'It's Been A Recurring Subject Nightmare': Joe Satriani Reveals His 'Problem' With Playing Live, Explains Why Originality Isn't 'All It's Cracked Up To Be' - Ultimate Guitar
- 'He Didn't Come From The Guitar-Playing World': Paul Reed Smith Recalls Steve Vai's 'Unusual' Comment About John Mayer, Shares Opinion On Mayer's Musicianship - Ultimate Guitar
- 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
- Mick Ralphs, Guitarist in Bad Company and Mott the Hoople, Dead at 81 - Rolling Stone
- '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 - Rolling Stone
- Ex-Frank Zappa Bassist Explains Why 'a Bass Player in a Rock Band Is by Definition a Moron,' Reveals What Zappa Was Really Like - Ultimate Guitar
- Myles Kennedy Names 'Biggest Misconception' About His Guitar Playing, Compares Playing With Slash and Mark Tremonti - Ultimate Guitar
- Guitarist Recalls Not Getting Deep Purple Gig After Ritchie Blackmore: 'They Didn't Just Need a Guitar Player to Replace Ritchie' - 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
- 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
- Iron Maiden's Adrian Smith Opens Up on His Playing Style, Explains Why He'll Never Be a 'Shredder' - Ultimate Guitar
- 'Very Incestuous': One Issue Yngwie Malmsteen Has With Classic Rock Guitarists - Ultimate Guitar
- “I am under an NDA, but I think everybody knows what happened”: Former Huey Lewis and the News guitarist Chris Hayes on that Ghostbusters plagiarism dispute - MusicRadar
- Bill Kelliher Answers if Ben Eller Is Mastodon's New Guitarist, Explains How Eller Ended Up Playing at Band's First Post-Split Show - Ultimate Guitar
- “If you’re a young guitar player, that’s money well spent”: The amp pedal John Mayer thinks everyone should own - Guitar.com
- 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
- “If you’re coming up against an ambush, you want her in your battalion”: Jack White has gifted his signature Fender Triplecaster to his new favorite guitar player - Guitar World
- Guitarist Who Stepped in for Brent Hinds Opens Up on Playing With Mastodon: 'No Easy Task, but It Was a Joy' - Ultimate Guitar
- Guitar Players Looking to Improve Their Tone Should Do This First, Steve Vai Suggests: 'Tone Has So Many Moving Parts' - 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
- Gary Holt Says Even James Hetfield 'Cheats Live' at This Technique, Opens Up on Injuries Sustained From Playing Guitar - Ultimate Guitar
- “I cannot play guitar… it feels like I'm wearing a pair of gloves when I try to play”: Rockabilly legend Brian Setzer reveals he's unable to play after shocking health news - Guitar.com
- "I cannot play guitar." Rockabilly legend Brian Setzer reveals he has an auto-immune disease that prevents him from playing guitar - GuitarPlayer.com
- John Petrucci Opens Up on Most Challenging Dream Theater Songs to Play, Names 'Intimidating' Aspect of New Songs - Ultimate Guitar
- 'It's Hard to Find Big Rock Guitarist Playing in Tune': Steve Vai Names Underrated Guitar Player He Admires - Ultimate Guitar
- Pioneering ‘genius’ guitar player has died, leaving fellow musicians to share touching tributes - PennLive.com
- 'There Were So Many Players Like Satriani and Vai': Alex Skolnick on How He Discovered 'True' Guitar 'Virtuosos' - 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
- Session Legend Reveals How Nirvana's Rise Affected His Work: 'You Didn't Have to Be Perfect as a Guitar Player' - Ultimate Guitar
- “I need people to stop looking at me as the guitar player”: Slash reveals his Hollywood ambitions - Guitar.com
- Mark Tremonti Names His 'Best Advice' for Guitarists: 'Don't Be This Tremendous Guitar Player Who Can't Write Anything' - Ultimate Guitar
- “Eddie was still a great player, but I just didn't care anymore”: Why Kerry King stopped going to Van Halen shows - Guitar.com
- Kerry King Shares Opinion on Mustaine's Playing in Metallica, Says He 'Can't Help but Stick His Foot in His Mouth' - 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
- Bruce Springsteen Guitarist Reveals Why He Chose Fender Strat Over Gibson Les Paul: 'Your Guitar Was Your Identity' - Ultimate Guitar
- Slayer’s Kerry King calls this player the most “overlooked” guitarist in metal - Guitar.com
- 'I've learned to play guitar with one arm after a stroke' - BBC
- How Early Metallica and Slayer Shows Convinced Alex Skolnick to Join Testament: 'I Knew Thrash Was Exploding' - Ultimate Guitar
- Joe Satriani Wouldn't Tolerate This One Thing as a Guitar Teacher, Alex Skolnick Reveals: 'He'd Fire You as a Student' - Ultimate Guitar
- Alex Skolnick Reveals Why He Really Went From Metal to Jazz, Names Two Guitarists Who Got Him Into It - 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 - GuitarPlayer.com
- Tony Iommi Speaks on What Metallica 'Did With the Metal Sound', Says 'Some of the Guitar Playing These Days Is Too Technical' - Ultimate Guitar
- “My lad will say, ‘You can’t play guitar like that,’ and I’m like, ‘Thank the Lord!’ ” Noel Gallagher’s son called him out because he can’t shred. His response was priceless - GuitarPlayer.com
- "I placed the DeArmond pickup near the bridge. I put a crushed cigarette packet underneath it. That helped to get that round sound.” Vic Flick, guitarist behind the iconic James Bond theme, has died. Read our historic interview with him - GuitarPlayer.com
- Billy Corgan Voices Frustration at Being Underrated as Guitar Player: 'Once You Go Beyond the Randy Rhoadses, There's a Lot of People Who Pretend to Play Guitar' - Ultimate Guitar
- Billy Corgan slams ‘greatest guitar player’ lists for not placing him higher: “They’ll put me behind somebody who I could play circles around” - Guitar.com
- "They sort of appear as if they are out there in the air. The best ones do. But I don’t know how they get there." David Gilmour talks soloing in Guitar Player's guide to the Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time - GuitarPlayer.com
- "I'm not a guitar player — I never took the time. I use it as a tool.” The guitarist behind some of music's biggest hits says you don't need to be virtuoso to have a career - GuitarPlayer.com
- Guitar Player Magazine Halts Publication, Puts Out One Last Print Edition After 58-Year Run - Variety
- "You have witnessed a revolution.” The closure of Guitar Player magazine marks the end of an era — and the start of a new one - GuitarPlayer.com
- Jake Kiszka pulls his car off the road to listen every time this song comes on the radio - GuitarPlayer.com
- “It’s impossible to go back there without Rick Wright, and I wouldn’t want to – it’s all done”: David Gilmour dismisses talk of future Pink Floyd shows - GuitarPlayer.com
Guitar Amp News
- Boss PX-1 Plugout FX review – “This is a pedal that could find a home in a lot of rigs” - Guitar.com
- Video: How To Sound Like King Crimson's Robert Fripp | Potent Pairings - Reverb
- Oh, No! My Amp Is Making Noise! - Premier Guitar
- Guitar Amplifier Market Size Will Grow at a Healthy CAGR by 2033 | - openPR.com
- “It’s one of the most capable two-channel amps around — a solid deal that keeps things simple and delivers great clean and overdriven tones.” We review the PRS Archon 50 Classic head - GuitarPlayer.com
- New Sounds For All Guitar Amp Modellers - Sonicstate
- Can You Stretch This $1000 Budget and Cover A Wide Range of Punk Tones? Well, It May Not Be That simple - Ultimate Guitar
- 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
- Dad who bought guitar amp on Facebook floored by previous rock star owner - Manchester Evening News
- “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
- “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
- “It might be the smallest of the small, but it’s a Goliath in sound”: On-Stage Travel Guitar Amplifier review - Guitar World
- Clean Tube Amps Are Becoming Trendy Again: Is This the Reason for the Rise in Popularity of This New Gear? - Ultimate Guitar
- 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
- “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
- “World-class recording, editing, and production capabilities”: Fender Studio is a free recording app that comes loaded with official Fender amp and effects models - Guitar World
- Fender Studio app takes the best feature from our favourite guitar amps - Trusted Reviews
- 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
- Why a Good Guitar Is More Important Than a Good Amp, Lita Ford Reveals: 'You'd Be Surprised What You Can Plug a Guitar Into' - Ultimate Guitar
- '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 - GuitarPlayer.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
- “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
- “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
- Boss Announces KATANA:GO Personal Headphone Amp - Premier Guitar
- 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
- 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
- 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 product launches, plus photos from the show floor… - Guitar.com
- NAMM 2025 rumors, predictions and breaking news - Guitar World
- “A legendary amp in the making”: Orange debuts the O Tone 40 – a “ludicrously loud” solid-state combo that promises to be a dream pedalboard platform - Guitar World
- “I’ve received several offers to create a signature amp. Yet I never fully committed. I wasn’t 100% sure – until now”: Blackstar collaborates with Dead Daisies guitarist Doug Aldrich for the DA100, a fire-breathing amp with a nifty secret weapon - 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
- 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
- “Modified connects us with a long-standing tradition of modifying Marshall amps that dates back to the 1970s”: Marshall unveils factory modded takes on the 1959 Plexi and JCM800 – tipping its cap to the amp wizards of rock’s golden era - Guitar World
- NAMM 2025 as it happened: rolling news from the world's biggest music-making gear show - MusicRadar
- “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
- Mooer Seeks to Dominate Amp Modeller Market With New (Affordable) Flagship Model | NAMM 2025 - Ultimate Guitar
- “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
- Bad Cat Announces the Mark Sampson Era 30 Amp - Premier Guitar
- 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
- Mastodon's Bill Kelliher Names 'Number One' Thing for Rhythm Guitar Tone, Reveals Why He Isn't Into Mesa Boogie Amps - Ultimate Guitar
- ‘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
- “I went to Alexander Dumble’s home and plugged into all his amps. He let me play the first one he ever made”: Orianthi’s new signature Orange is inspired by a visit to the most coveted amp maker of them all - Guitar World
- Boss Announces Katana-Mini X Amp - Premier Guitar
- My first amp was an embarrassment. My son's was the Positive Grid Spark Go. It ignited something - GuitarPlayer.com
- I'm Done! 2 Important Reasons I Won't Buy Another Tube Amplifier - Ultimate Guitar
- “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” - GuitarPlayer.com
- Is This The Best Alternative to a Dumble Amplifier? - Ultimate Guitar
- “Arguably one of the most significant Beatles and Lennon artifacts to come to market”: John Lennon’s first Vox amp – used at the Cavern and to record Please Please Me – is headed to auction - Guitar World
- “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
- “I'd advise new guitarists to play with an amplifier”: Sheryl Crow guitarist says beginners should steer clear of amp modellers - Guitar.com
Bass Player News
- '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 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
- “My style evolved from me consciously trying to play bass and rhythm guitar at the same time” How Eddie Van Halen and Metallica's Kirk Hammett pushed Primus bassist Les Claypool to his musical destiny - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I saw the message and I was like, ‘Who the hell is this guy?’ He called me the next day and offered me a world tour”: How Yungblud bassist Silke Blansjaar got the gig of a lifetime – despite not playing bass - Guitar World
- “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
- “On the bass…” Spinal Tap recruit Tal Wilkenfeld and Thundercat for Jimmy Kimmel performance of Big Bottom - Guitar World
- “If Leo Fender had released a Jazz Bass like this back in the ‘60s, it would have changed the entire history of popular music”: The inside story of Adrian Younge’s half-fretless, fuzz-loaded Fender Custom Shop Jazz Bass - 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
- 'Not Anything Against Cliff, but...': David Ellefson Reveals Why Ron McGovney Was More 'My Metallica Bass Player' - Ultimate Guitar
- “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
- “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
- 'It Turned Me Into a Beginner Again': Victor Wooten Opens Up on Neurological Condition Affecting His Bass Playing - Ultimate Guitar
- Revel In Red mourning loss of bass player Pete Ramsey - CIProud.com
- Pioneering double bassist Gary Karr has died - The Strad
- Juan Alderete Is Bringing Over 700 Bass Guitars, Pedals, and Amps to Reverb - Reverb
- 'I Get Infuriated By People Who Insist I Should Play a 5-String': Slipknot Bassist Explains Why He Sticks To 4-String Basses, Reveals Why He Has To Play With A Pick - Ultimate Guitar
- “He played upright but wanted to play the P-Bass. Motown said, ‘Nah, you ain't making no money playing that.’ But he said, ‘If you want me, I'm playing the P-Bass’”: Bootsy Collins on the musician that totally “changed his mind” about bass playing - Guitar World
- Ex-Frank Zappa Bassist Explains Why 'a Bass Player in a Rock Band Is by Definition a Moron,' Reveals What Zappa Was Really Like - Ultimate Guitar
Bass Amp News
- Laney Amplification unveils Digbeth Foundry range – affordable, powerful bass amps from 30W to 200W - yahoo.com
- 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
- NAMM 2025: The Best New Product News & Announcements - Reverb
- Fender Reveals New Releases for 2025: NAMM Special - Premier Guitar
- Boss Unveils New Gear for NAMM 2025 - Premier Guitar
- Best multi-effects pedals 2025: Our pick of the best all-in-one guitar FX modellers - MusicRadar
- 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
- “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
- Genzler Amplification Launches Kinetix 800 Bass Amp - Premier Guitar
- Boss Announces Katana-500 Bass Head and Cabinet 112 Bass - Premier Guitar
- NAMM 2024: the biggest news and hottest gear revealed in guitars, music tech, software - MusicRadar
- NAMM 2024: "Not just powerful, they are portable" – Darkglass announces four new combo digital and analog 500-watt bass amps - MusicRadar
- Vox debuts the amPlug3 travel amp in 7 guitar and bass forms - Guitar World
Guitar Effects News
- Best high-end preamps: The perfect studio front end - All Things Gear -
- Boss PX-1 Plugout FX review – “This is a pedal that could find a home in a lot of rigs” - Guitar.com
- Video: How To Sound Like King Crimson's Robert Fripp | Potent Pairings - Reverb
- MOOER Expands Its Multi-Effects Range with the GE150 Max and GE150 Plus - Premier Guitar
- Oh, No! My Amp Is Making Noise! - Premier Guitar
- “I measure success by the number of knock-off clones I have – that gives me an idea as to how I’m perceived in the pedal world”: Robert Keeley on becoming one of the most imitated pedal builders in the biz – and the “smoking” drive he can't sell online - Guitar World
- Mooer Releases Multi-Effects GE150 Max and GE150 Plus with Optional Battery - Gearnews.com
- Death by Audio - Bass War - - Happy Mag
- IK Releases Brown Sound 82/84 - Premier Guitar
- “Makes selling music gear more rewarding than ever before”: Reverb relaunches in the UK with reduced seller fees – promising players “more money for their music gear” - Guitar World
- System of a Down's Daron Malakian Rig Rundown - Premier Guitar
- Get more from Guitar World: How to make Guitar World a preferred source in your Google Search results - Guitar World
- “The player is not renting or subscribing to access the effect… It’s a purchase that lasts a lifetime”: The Boss PX-1 Plugout FX backlash has gone viral – but is it justified? We put the biggest criticisms to Boss – here’s what they had to say - Guitar World
- EarthQuaker Devices Fuzz Master General Octave Fuzz Pedal - Guitar.com
- Guitar Nerds and Surf Bros Didn’t Want to ‘Get Political.’ Then Came the Tariffs. - The New York Times
- Earthquaker Devices Fuzz Master General review – “the full gamut of vintage-adjacent fuzz tones” - Guitar.com
- “Now you can power your rig off of a USB-C cable or rechargeable battery pack!” Walrus Audio’s Canvas Power USB is the super-compact device for powering your rig with a laptop or phone charger - MusicRadar
- Stompin’ to the Top: Meet Three of the Most Successful Independent Pedal Companies - Premier Guitar
- “It doesn’t sound really wet… then suddenly you are in a huge chamber”: David Gilmour shares an essential tone tip for guitarists using a whammy bar with a delay pedal - MusicRadar
- Quilter Elevate: Multi-Effects Made Easy - Gearnews.com
Guitar and Bass News
- Silverlake Conservatory Of Music Unveils Our Loving Tribute to Red Hot Chili Peppers - Bass Magazine
- 'I was born to play': Belgrade woman turning 102 still jams with electric bass guitar in hand - Bozeman Daily Chronicle
- A New Documentary to Be Released on Paul McCartney’s Returned Bass After 51 Years - Bass Magazine
- “Nothing’s more real than seeing your Ibanez JS guitars played by the legendary Spinal Tap”: How Joe Satriani became Spinal Tap’s unofficial guitar supplier for the loudest movie of the year - 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
- “My style evolved from me consciously trying to play bass and rhythm guitar at the same time” How Eddie Van Halen and Metallica's Kirk Hammett pushed Primus bassist Les Claypool to his musical destiny - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I saw the message and I was like, ‘Who the hell is this guy?’ He called me the next day and offered me a world tour”: How Yungblud bassist Silke Blansjaar got the gig of a lifetime – despite not playing bass - Guitar World
- Five basses! Spinal Tap recruit Tal Wilkenfeld and Thundercat for bottom-heavy Jimmy Kimmel performance - MusicRadar
- “As much as it sucked to start over, I saw Dave become a vastly better guitar player pretty quickly after Metallica”: Dave Ellefson has his say on whether Metallica did Dave Mustaine a favour by sacking him - MusicRadar
- “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
- “On the bass…” Spinal Tap recruit Tal Wilkenfeld and Thundercat for Jimmy Kimmel performance of Big Bottom - Guitar World
- Get more from Guitar World: How to make Guitar World a preferred source in your Google Search results - Guitar World
- “If Leo Fender had released a Jazz Bass like this back in the ‘60s, it would have changed the entire history of popular music”: The inside story of Adrian Younge’s half-fretless, fuzz-loaded Fender Custom Shop Jazz Bass - Guitar World
- “I was drinking a lot and forgot that I bought it. The folks at Carter Vintage called me and were like, ‘You gonna come get this guitar?’” Marcus King on the vintage guitar he accidentally bought while drunk - Guitar World
- David Ellefson Names One Important Reason Why Getting Fired From Metallica Was Good for Dave Mustaine: 'As Much As It Sucked to Start Over...' - Ultimate Guitar
- Unexpected Alternatives: Can These 5 Guitars Be Surprise Replacements for Iconic Guitar Designs? - Ultimate Guitar
- Paul McCartney’s Stolen Bass Guitar Saga to Be Told in New Documentary From ‘Super/Man’ Producers (Exclusive) - IMDb
- Steve Jones Explains Why Sid Vicious Was Important for Sex Pistols, Despite Being Bad at Bass: 'That's Why We've Still Got Legs Today' - Ultimate Guitar
- EMG Pickups Announces All New E-Series Bass Pickups - Premier Guitar
New Music releases
- GALE, Rauw Alejandro & More: Who Had the Best New Latin Music Release This Week? - Billboard
- Flea’s Silverlake Conservatory of Music releases Red Hot Chili Peppers tribute EP - 98KUPD
- New Music Friday: Listen To Releases By Twenty One Pilots, Ed Sheeran, Demi Lovato & More - GRAMMY.com
- Ed Sheeran releases new music video filmed on Croatian coast - Croatia Week
- New Music Friday: JADE, Ed Sheeran, Twenty One Pilots and more - Official Charts
- Fishbone Releases New Music Video For “Hellhounds On My Trail” - mxdwn Music
- New Music Friday: 15 new releases for your weekend (12 Sept 2025) - Q107 Toronto
- Best New Zealand Music of the Week: September 1st-7th - Rolling Stone Australia
- Best Australian Music of the Week: September 1st-7th - Rolling Stone Australia
- Apple Music Releases New Africa Now DJ Mix Featuring DJ K.O - News Ghana
- New Music Releases and Upcoming Albums in 2025 - Pitchfork
- New Music Friday: Wolf Alice, sombr, Aaron Rowe, Perrie and more - Official Charts
- Album Releases Scheduled for 15 August 2025 - Noise11.com
- THE BEATLES ANTHOLOGY All Together Now For Release This Autumn - TheBeatles.com
- Taylor Swift announces new album on boyfriend Travis Kelce's podcast - BBC
- 10 Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now - Pitchfork
- Justin Bieber releases 'Yukon' music video starring Hailey Bieber, son Jack Blues - ABC News
- New Music Friday: Listen To Releases By Chappell Roan, Demi Lovato, TWICE & More - GRAMMY.com
- Paramore’s Hayley Williams Releases 17 New Songs: Listen - Pitchfork
- New Music Friday: Chappell Roan, Cian Ducrot, Reneé Rapp and more - Official Charts
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