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- “Even Clapton came out and gave me the thumbs up.” The day Ministry’s Al Jourgensen shut down a studio — while Eric Clapton was recording next door - GuitarPlayer.com
- Guitar heroes: Durham and Johnston playing two soulful nights in Culpeper - Culpeper Star-Exponent
- Led Zeppelin's 'Stairway to Heaven' Voted Greatest Guitar Solo by More Than 2,000 Guitarists - Yahoo
- “They were trying to figure out who to get to sing the high harmony stuff for Gene Simmons’ band. They said, ‘What about the guy who opened for us?’” Jason Walker on touring with the Kiss star – who’s a fellow Beatles freak - Guitar World
- The night in 1969 when Jimi Hendrix met “the best group in the world” - Far Out Magazine
- Guitar played by Slash on Guns N’ Roses tour sells for over £230,000 - The Irish Independent
- Georg "Jojje" Wadenius, Guitarist for Blood, Sweat & Tears and the SNL Band, Dead at 80 - That Eric Alper
- “It was like getting into a swimming pool with lead weights tied to your boot.” Mark Knopfler on his grueling 10-hour Steely Dan session that resulted in just seconds of music - GuitarPlayer.com
- “The guitar is so much more personal”: Former Black Crowes guitarist Marc Ford on why he'd always pick a good guitar over a good amp - Guitar.com
- FU-Tone’s Mass Appeal - Premier Guitar
- “She put it under her bed and didn’t play it for 60 years. When I got it, it still had the original strings on it”: Why telling your guitar’s backstory could help it sell for more money - Guitar World
- Zack Feinberg: The Art of Saying Yes - Jambands
- Guitarist From Legendary Classic Rock Band Dead at 80: Family Confirms Georg Wadenius' Death - suggest.com
- “I had already died. I wasn’t afraid of death anymore.” Melissa Etheridge says a “heroic dose” of cannabis led to a life-changing awakening - GuitarPlayer.com
- “That was an uncomfortable spiral downward.” David Coverdale on Tommy Bolin replacing Ritchie Blackmore in Deep Purple - GuitarPlayer.com
- David Allan Coe, the outlaw country legend who played with Dimebag Darrell and gave Warren Haynes his break, has died, aged 86 - Guitar World
- Richie Sambora reveals he hired a private detective to track down his stolen Gibson Explorer - Guitar.com
- Former Mumford & Sons Guitarist Wants Explosive Mines to Stop Channel Crossings - Novara Media
- “He would put a lot of treble on his amp to get the sound he wanted out of Lucille. Working and being in his presence was magical”: Jerry Jemmott on playing bass with B.B. King - Guitar World
- Grammy winning guitarist Bobby Murray dies - SoulTracks
- Jack Antonoff opens up about missing Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ - GuitarPlayer.com
- 2 Years Ago Today, We Lost the Guitar Pioneer Who Influenced The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, and Mark Knopfler - American Songwriter
- “My idea, John, if you’re reading this, would be to write an odd-time signature song”: Plini is manifesting a collaboration with John Mayer – and has issued an open call to make it happen - Guitar World
- “When I do this at a show, the first people who leave are the classical people. They can’t stand it.” Jozef Van Wissem wants to make the lute the new electric guitar — with a pickup and a bottleneck slide - GuitarPlayer.com
- “It was everything I was looking for”: How Jake Kiszka found his “Beloved” Gibson SG - Guitar.com
- “He said, ‘We have this Michael Jackson tune.’ I looked at Quincy and said, ‘What does it need? Who should we…?’ Then he said, ‘Carlton’” Session legend Larry Carlton on how he ended up playing on a Michael Jackson hit - Guitar World
- “We’ve always been big fans of Nickelback – their guitarist came to see one of our shows and asked if we’d support them”: How UK riff-slingers Don Broco ended up recording with Muse’s bass rig – and collaborating with Nickelback - Guitar World
- Guitarist Al Di Meola had high anxiety playing First Ave with Springsteen - Star Tribune
- “I knew that she was a shining talent.” Beverley Martyn, British folk singer who worked with Jimmy Page and Nick Drake, dies at 79 - GuitarPlayer.com
- “Clear and unequivocal.” Jimi Hendrix bandmates’ estates lose royalty lawsuit over their classic recordings - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I’d be in the middle of a tough show, look over at the side of the stage and there’s Nels Cline, one of the best guitar players ever to play rock and roll”: White Denim’s James Petralli has learned to roll with rock’s punches - Guitar World
- “The original idea was Steve Stevens, but he was busy with Billy Idol”: How Steve Vai ended up joining David Lee Roth's post-Van Halen band – thanks to Billy Sheehan - Guitar World
- John 5 on why he's bucking the anti-phone movement at gigs - Louder
- GENE SIMMONS Regrets Not Staging An Intervention For ACE FREHLEY Decades Ago: 'It Was A Stupid And Shameful Decision On All Our Parts' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “The record label hid my name in a very small font size behind the CD. It took a long time to find!” You may not know who played guitar on some of Avril Lavigne’s biggest hits. It was Corky James - Guitar World
- “His dad got him a guitar. The next day he came back playing Black Magic Woman by Santana. He was obsessed with being great at guitar”: Prince was destined to become a guitar legend as soon as he started playing - Guitar World
- “He was such a nice guy, I couldn't believe he was a guitarist!” Ritchie Blackmore claims “most guitar players aren't nice people” and names the one exception - GuitarPlayer.com
- “She’s like Hank Williams or Jimi Hendrix. They are one in a billion.” Jack White on the understated “blessing” behind the White Stripes - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I was 8 and Andy was my first guitar teacher – to me he was Mr. Summers with a funny accent!” Doug Pettibone on taking lessons from Andy Summers, touring with Jewel, and not getting fired by John Mayer - Guitar World
- “I can’t play this!” Steve Vai got his hands on Brian May’s Red Special — and immediately knew he was in trouble - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I look at my hands and say, ‘Well, let’s see what we can do today’“: Keith Richards opens up on how age and arthritis has changed his approach to playing - Guitar World
- “They advertise it as a safe tonic to give you energy — and it’s not.” Brian Setzer on the “health drink” that sent him to rehab - GuitarPlayer.com
- “Some of the guys made fun of it, but it ended up giving us our second Number 1”: Back to the Future made them a household name, now they needed a followup – the making of Huey Lewis and the News’ last big rock ’n’ roll guitar record - Guitar World
- “He was one of a kind”: Alabama guitar legend Wayne Perkins – who played with the Rolling Stones, Bob Marley, and Joni Mitchell – dies at 74 - Guitar World
- Beloved rocker’s death at 74 has fans praying: ‘One of the greatest guitar players ever’ - PennLive.com
- “I try to avoid rehearsals at all costs now. It’s the only way I can survive”: I’m a drummer. You guitarists have made me hate being in bands - Guitar World
- “We were watching this Beatles concert on TV when Keith comes walking down the stairs.” Keith Richards had a priceless response when he caught his band watching the Fab Four - GuitarPlayer.com
- Legendary Metal Guitarist Has Died - Men's Journal
- “Come on, get a move on!” John McLaughlin recalls the night Ginger Baker started throwing drumsticks at Jack Bruce - GuitarPlayer.com
- “The best rock guitar player I have ever played with”: Rock world pays tribute to late Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell - Guitar.com
- “My comfort zone is big volume and lots of blues”: Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell has died aged 64 - Guitar World
- Legendary singer and guitar player dead at 82: ‘There was no one like him’ - Lehighvalleylive.com
- Tenacious D singer/guitar player kicking off tour in Toledo - wtol.com
- EXODUS's GARY HOLT: 'I'm Not Rich, But I Make A Living Playing Guitar, And That's A Gift In Itself' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “I thought, ‘Well, it couldn’t hurt…’ It did hurt”: Noodling alone at home is fine. But you’ll never be a great guitar player unless you join a band - Guitar World
- “All of the guys in Metallica, except for the guitar player, told me what a great guitar player I was”: Candlebox guitarist on touring with Metallica and Aerosmith in the early ’90s – and receiving the ultimate praise from his heroes - Guitar World
- “To him I was like this middle-age housewife from somewhere.” Melissa Etheridge walked into a guitar shop — and nobody knew who she was - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I told Alex, ‘We’re either doing this or we’re not.’” Geddy Lee on forcing Alex Lifeson to restart Rush - GuitarPlayer.com
- Music world rocked by icon’s death at 81: ‘One of the greatest guitar players ever’ - PennLive.com
- “Bobby was completely allergic to compliments… I loved that about him. Mostly, he just loved playing”: The life and legacy of Grateful Dead icon Bob Weir - Guitar World
- “I have the greatest respect for classical and jazz musicians. Their musicality is far greater than mine. But my imagination and inventiveness, most probably, is far greater”: Steve Howe on overcoming stage fright and the tragic fate of his Gibson ES-175 - Guitar World
- “One of your sound guys told me to turn down earlier.” Jack White on the priceless advice Prince gave him - GuitarPlayer.com
- “People don’t realize how important they are and how they just changed the world.” Jack White on the difference between blues and rock guitarists - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I have so much more connection with my guitar now than I think I ever had”: John Mayer on playing with Dead & Company - Guitar.com
- “Anyone who thinks he's sloppy is out of their minds”: Rolling Stones producer Don Was on why Keith Richards shouldn't be underestimated as both a rhythm and lead guitarist - Guitar World
- “I’d trade 150 Def Leppards for one R.E.M. It's as simple as that.” Pete Townshend on the music he despises, even though he influenced it with one vital Who album - GuitarPlayer.com
- Carlos Santana thinks guitarists who play fast are no better than gym bros flexing their muscles: “Big deal, so what?” - Guitar.com
- Biffy Clyro touring guitarist says he “can't think of anything more boring” than playing acoustic guitar - Guitar.com
- “You think of him as a songwriter and a singer really, but as a bass guitar player, it’s next-level”: Johnny Marr’s “mind-blowing” jam with Paul McCartney – and why he thinks Macca reinvented the bass - Guitar World
- Bob Weir, Guitarist and Founding Member of The Grateful Dead, Dies at 78 - The New York Times
- Johnny Marr reveals “mind-blowing” experience of playing with Paul McCartney – and the unique thing that sets him apart from other bass players - Guitar.com
- “He’s played with everybody, so he really saved us and rescued us tonight”: Dave Grohl thanks Jason Falkner for “rescuing” the Foo Fighters as they play their first show since Pat Smear’s bizarre injury - Guitar World
- Bob Weir, guitarist and founding member of the Grateful Dead, has died at 78 - NPR
- “Anything but the guitar”: Marcus King claims he never plays guitar at home – and thinks it makes him a better musician - Guitar.com
- “I was in Trader Joe’s putting bananas in a shopping cart when Jon Bon Jovi called. He says, ‘Hey, we’re gonna need you in Calgary tonight.’” Phil X on his surprise induction into Bon Jovi - GuitarPlayer.com
- “He was a very moody sort of guy. We’d be traveling in a van, going to the shows, and he would sit in the corner and not talk to anybody.” Jim McCarty recalls Eric Clapton’s “quite unhappy” time with the Yardbirds - GuitarPlayer.com
- SYSTEM OF A DOWN's DARON MALAKIAN: How I Ended Up Playing Guitar For METALLICA For A Couple Of Shows In 2000 - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- WOLFGANG VAN HALEN: 'I Think My Dad Is An Incredibly Underrated Rhythm Guitar Player And Songwriter' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “Even though he says he wrote it, I wrote it!” Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page disagreed about who composed the world’s “first heavy metal riff” - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I don't think Jimi Hendrix was a guitarist. Eric Clapton is excessively tedious.” Robert Fripp on his 1960s contemporaries — and the guitarist whose playing he thought was “good fun” - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I’m just standing there strumming a chord. And the audience looks at me and goes, ‘How does he produce that noise?’” Pete Townshend on the Who's real lead guitar player - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I think the band's happier the way they are.” Steve Morse says “a couple of guys in Deep Purple” were glad to see him go - GuitarPlayer.com
- “It’s insane. He died aged 25, only guitar players remember him, and yet he was the sound of the Pretenders”: Chrissie Hynde pays tribute to the underrated guitar hero who defined the Pretenders - Guitar World
- "I thought to myself, ‘This guy’s not gonna be here very long’”: When Dave Mustaine first saw James Hetfield play guitar, it was bad news for Metallica's fifth member Brad Parker - Guitar.com
- “They put us on the bill with Humble Pie and Johnny Winter.” As Joe Perry teams up with Yungblud for a new EP, he tells tales of his adventures with guitar icons Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Slash and other rock greats - GuitarPlayer.com
- Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records' Booker T and the M.G.'s, dies - NPR
- MICHAEL SWEET: 'If People Only Knew How Hard I Work' On Guitar Parts For STRYPER Albums - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- Good Charlotte's Benji Madden: “If you're a guitar player, your skills go completely to waste if you're not working with a f**king great songwriter” - Guitar.com
- EXTREME's NUNO BETTENCOURT: How ACE FREHLEY Influenced Me As A Guitar Player - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “The last thing he told me during that last interview was, ‘I’m probably gonna go until the wheels come off!’” I spoke to Ace Frehley a dozen times in the last two years of his life – oft-misunderstood, he was the true embodiment of rock ’n’ roll spirit - Guitar World
- Ace Frehley 1951-2025: Guitar community mourns the death of Kiss’s trailblazing founding guitarist - Guitar.com
- Kiss Guitarist Ace Frehley Dead at 74 - Rolling Stone
- Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley Pay Tribute to Kiss Guitarist Ace Frehley: “Irreplaceable Rock Soldier” - The Hollywood Reporter
- “I hadn’t seen him in a while, and I wish I had.” Jimmy Page remembers original Yardbirds guitarist Chris Dreja, who has died at age 79 - GuitarPlayer.com
- Maggie Baugh: What to know about Keith Urban's guitar player - Fox News
- “I had no idea how good of a guitar player he was when we started recording. Most of the guitar on the records is him”: Foo Fighters super-producer Nick Raskulinecz on the most surprising thing about Dave Grohl's guitar playing - Guitar World
- Get more Guitar Player stories in your day with these two easy steps - GuitarPlayer.com
- Meet Enoch: A 10-year-old self-taught guitar player from Abilene - KTXS
- 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
- “It was much harder to get a Rolling Stones sound with him.” Brian Jones, Mick Taylor or Ronnie Wood? Keith Richards says one guitarist was the wrong fit - GuitarPlayer.com
Guitar Amp News
- “This is the one processor that brings me significantly closer to joining the virtual amp modeling dark side”: Nux MG-50Li review - Guitar World
- Video: How Jimmy Page Built the Sound of "Led Zeppelin I" - Reverb
- “The guitar is so much more personal”: Former Black Crowes guitarist Marc Ford on why he'd always pick a good guitar over a good amp - Guitar.com
- Two-Rock Studio Overdrive Review - Premier Guitar
- “The power went out, then this horrible rainstorm came. I got the chills. I said, ‘Dude, I think Gary Moore’s here’”: The supernatural experience Jared James Nichols had when he played through Gary Moore’s old amp - Guitar World
- “Billy said, ‘I've never played a high-gain amp that I like.’ It was a tall order”: How a Smashing Pumpkins superfan made the only amp Billy Corgan has ever truly loved - Guitar World
- Marshall’s Bromley 450 is a party speaker, guitar amp, and karaoke machine in one - Yahoo Creators
- “If you would have told me 15 years ago that Paul Gilbert’s main amp in the future would be a solid state Fender Twin, I’d have said you were off your rocker”: Paul Gilbert is the latest big name to switch to Fender Tone Master digital amps - Guitar World
- “On tour, the soundman is always on me to turn down. So I wanted to make sure the amp stays full and articulate, even at lower volumes”: The making of the Blackstar Doug Aldrich Signature DA100 Ruby - Guitar World
- Best acoustic guitar amps 2026: let your acoustic tone shine - Guitar World
- “That thing is unbelievable. It’s one of the most impressive new amps I’ve tried”: Misha Mansoor has a ton of amps. But one new design has blown him away - Guitar World
- “It sounds way bigger than it is”: Joe Bonamassa names his go-to studio amp – which he bought from Steven Seagal - Guitar World
- Winzz Guitars Introduces the Lead Burner 30W IR-Enabled Guitar Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- Who Needs Tube Amps in 2026? I Say: No One. - Gearnews.com
- “It offers the holy grail amp sounds beloved by John Mayer, SRV, and more for just $150. A must-try for Dumble fans”: All the new guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including the angriest fuzz pedal you will ever come across - Guitar World
- I spent the weekend testing the best guitar gear of the year at The Guitar Show in Birmingham – these are the 9 hottest products you can buy right now - Guitar World
- This Tiny LEGO Fender Guitar Amp Conversion Really Works - Hackster.io
- “Green Day showing the world how to keep it loud!” Billie Joe Armstrong shows off mysterious new Marshall as Green Day rock the Super Bowl – could a signature amp finally be on the cards? - Guitar World
- Best amp modelers 2026: get all your dream guitar tones in one - GuitarPlayer.com
- NAMM 2026: The latest guitar launches and news from the biggest music gear event on the planet, as it happened - Guitar.com
- The best new guitar gear of NAMM 2026: More effects, more amps, more guitars and more tech than ever - MusicRadar
- Best guitar amps 2026: tube, solid-state, and modeling amplifiers for all levels and budgets - Guitar World
- Thomas Blug îs unerringly close now to a full release of his new state of the art BluGuitar Amp X Analog Amp & Pedal Modeller - Guitar Pedal X
- NAMM 2026: news, rumors, predictions - Guitar World
- The Blackstar BEAM MINI harnesses a tube-driven feel in a digital desktop amp format – with plenty of amp models and even ISF control - Guitar.com
- “Our amplifier learns your cabinet’s impedance through controlled sweeps and continues to monitor it in real-time”: Synergy’s Power Amp Machine-Learning tech could be 'revolutionary' - MusicRadar
- BluGuitar Amp X: 100% Analog Amp with Digital Controls - Gearnews.com
- Magnatone Introduces Four New Amps At NAMM - Premier Guitar
- “Uncompromising tone whenever inspiration strikes”: Blackstar unveils the Beam Mini – it’s portable, desktop-friendly, and as the first guitar amp to allow players to load Neural Amp Modeller captures, it's a game-changer too - MusicRadar
- ID:X Floor – Blackstar’s first “high-performance” digital floor modellers deliver the tone and feel of real amps with hands-on controls - Guitar.com
- Rig Rundown: Bryan Adams - Premier Guitar
- “A no-compromise amplifier solution”: Synergy teams up with Wampler and Friedman to launch its machine-learning power amp – and promises to change the game for tube modeling - Guitar World
- “The straight-up, high-voltage voice of a masterfully designed single-channel amp”: Orange rolls out the OR60 – an all-tube guitar amp head that is the “most versatile it has ever built” - Guitar World
- “Reimagines the hybrid amp experience for a new generation”: Vox marries old-school amps and modelers by introducing its most advanced iterations of the Valvetronix series yet - Guitar World
- REVV Amps makes Joey Landreth Signature DirtDog Overdrive based on his custom modded D25 JL REVV Signature Tube Amp - Guitar Pedal X
- Boss makes a splash ahead of NAMM with new GX-1 and GX-1B multi-effects units, plus a new busker-friendly Roland Cube Street amp - Guitar.com
- Blind guitarist brought to tears by specially-made Braille amp - Guitar World
- “It’s clear to see that modelers have won the battle”: Modelers outsold traditional amps and combos in 2025 – but the war between the two might not be over just yet - Guitar World
- Reverb shares its best selling gear of the year – and 2025 was the year of the Strat - Guitar.com
- The Lava Studio Amp is the world's best Practice Amp - stuffed with smart features and killer playability - Guitar Pedal X
- Beyond Emulation: Amp Sims, AI, and the Coming Saturation Point - Premier Guitar
- “The first truly great portable electric guitar amp” is on sale for Black Friday - Guitar.com
- VOX Introduces the Micro Superbeetle Guitar Amp - Premier Guitar
- Marshall partners with Spinal Tap on the “loudest amp ever made” – with knobs that go to 11 and a master volume that goes to infinity - Guitar.com
- News - IK Multimedia throws its hat in the ring for Plugin Headphone Amps, with its TONEX PLUG - Guitar Pedal X
- “Not many people want to watch a band stand in front of their amp line”: Metallica guitar tech thinks ditching real amps helped the band improve spectacle of their live shows - Guitar.com
- Local Guitar Amp Designers Keep Those Vacuum Tubes Aglow - Racket MN
- Best mini amps for guitar 2025: power up your practice with these tiny towers of tone – these are my top picks - Guitar World
- Line 6 Debuts Powercab CL Multi-Voice Guitar Speaker Systems for Amp Modelers - Premier Guitar
- “Never did I actually expect to get the chance to see one up close, let alone play one”: Everything that caught my eye at Guitar Summit 2025 – from the grand unveiling of a brand-new guitar company to the year’s most anticipated amp modeler - Guitar World
- Video: Meet Charlie Barker, a Twin-Style Tube Amp For Working Musicians - 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 Katana killer? The jury’s still out, but one thing’s for sure – this is a great addition to the ID range”: Blackstar ID:X 50 review - Guitar World
- Man buys John Lennon's old Fender guitar amp on Facebook Marketplace… for barely $4,000 - Guitar.com
- Sophie Burrell x Boss Katana Tone Crafting Masterclass at the Roland Denmark Street Store - Guitar Pedal X
- Dad who bought guitar amp on Facebook floored by previous rock star owner - Manchester Evening News
- Mooer’s F15i is a $190 desktop modeling amp with touchscreen - Guitar World
- My MGAT-5 Sinvertek Real Amp Abstraction of the Soldano SLO-100 has landed - and Mr Wu has once again knocked it out of the park! - Guitar Pedal X
- 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
- News - Valeton issues a formidable challenger to the ToneX One with its GP-5 - Guitar Pedal X
- INTRODUCING FENDER STUDIO: RECORD, JAM AND CREATE WITH THE AUTHENTIC SOUND OF FENDER AMPS AND EFFECTS - PR Newswire
- Fender Studio app takes the best feature from our favourite guitar amps - Trusted Reviews
- Iconic guitar amp brand Marshall enters the soundbar game with the Heston 120 - MusicTech
- Best tube amps: my top tube amps for the ultimate guitar tone - GuitarPlayer.com
- Thomann has acquired Hughes & Kettner - 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
- Carr Skylark Special Review - Premier Guitar
- News - 9 Cool Headphone Amps - Guitar Pedal X
- 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 Gallery: The Latest from the NAMM Show - Premier Guitar
- 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
- “Like taking Madison Square Garden wherever you go – epic and versatile”: With 25 per cent more volume, double the processing power, AI and looper, Positive Grid’s Spark 2 ups the ante for practice-friendly digital guitar amps - MusicRadar
- "I think the speakers in your amplifier have the largest single impact on guitar tone": This guitarist seeks to proves it - MusicRadar
- NAMM 2024: all the latest guitar news, rumors and predictions from the greatest gear show on Earth - Guitar World
- NAMM 2024 Live: Our top moments from the biggest gear show in the world - Guitar.com
- Best guitar amps: Our pick of combos, heads and pedalboard amps for all budgets and abilities - MusicRadar
- 16 of the Most Iconic Electric Guitar Amps - Guitar Pedal X
- NAMM 2023 news: all the latest guitar news, rumors and predictions - Guitar World
- Mike Soldano finally delivers his legendary SLO-100 Amp in pedal format - as the Super Lead Overdrive / Preamp - Guitar Pedal X
- Orange unveils Marcus King MK Ultra signature head – first Orange guitar amp to be designed and built in the USA - MusicRadar
- Russian sanctions result in a shortage of prized vacuum-tube guitar amps - marketplace.org
- News - 25 Favourite All-Time Inspirational Guitar Heroes - Guitar Pedal X
- An Expert Guide to Boutique Amps - Reverb
- Reverb announces the best-selling guitar amps of 2021 - Guitar World
- The Best-Selling Pedals and Amps of 2021 - Reverb
- NAMM 2021: the biggest guitar, amp and pedal releases so far - Guitar World
- The Best-Selling Amps of 2020 - Reverb
- Thermion Engineering Redesigns the Floor-Amp from the Ground-Up - with its new Zero, Dynamic Hybrid Amplifier - Guitar Pedal X
- Four best guitar amps of NAMM 2020 - Guitar.com
- News - Boss Moves Even Further Ahead with its New and Improved MKII Katana Amp Range - Guitar Pedal X
- News - 10 of the Best New Guitar Amps Released in 2018 - Guitar Pedal X
- News - What Two Years of Tone-Questing Looks Like - Acquisitions, Passes and Still Probables - Guitar Pedal X
- 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
- News - 12 Great Guitar Combo Amps for your Consideration - Guitar Pedal X
Bass Player News
- Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted celebrates all clear from throat cancer - Louder
- Ex-METALLICA Bassist JASON NEWSTED Opens Up About Throat Cancer Diagnosis: 'I Got My 'Free And Clear' About Three Weeks Ago' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- Award-winning bass player Newaj Sharif gains US recognition - daily-sun.com
- Former GREAT WHITE Bassist TONY CARDENAS-MONTANA Shares New SHADOW & THE THRILL Single 'Hangover Sex' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “He’s like, ‘Where did you find that? Our storage unit’s been broken into. Everything’s been cleared out’” Korn bassist Ra Díaz recovers 15 bass guitars that were stolen from him – thanks to community effort - Guitar World
- “Working and being in his presence was magical”: Jerry Jemmott on playing bass with B.B. King - Yahoo
- “What’s that headless bass that looks like a toothpick? I really liked the sound, but I hated the bass”: How bassist Cliff Williams landed the gig (and found his sound) with AC/DC - Guitar World
- “We’ve always been big fans of Nickelback – their guitarist came to see one of our shows and asked if we’d support them”: How UK riff-slingers Don Broco ended up recording with Muse’s bass rig – and collaborating with Nickelback - Guitar World
- 1965 Hit Named Among ‘Greatest Bass Guitar Solos of All Time’ by Bassists - Men's Journal
- Dave Brock denies suggestion Hawkwind stole Paul McCartney's long-lost bass - Louder
- “I do have a pedalboard now. But I wasn’t allowed one for a very long time”: Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood on why he was barred from having a ’board – and the advice Johnny Marr gave him to cover up mistakes - Guitar World
- 1983 Hit Named ‘Greatest Bass Guitar Solo of All Time’ by Bassists - Men's Journal
- “50 years since you last played that”: Watch the moment Paul McCartney was first reunited with his long-lost Höfner bass – half a century after it was stolen - Guitar World
- News | The Lost Bass: How the 1961 Höfner Bass Found its Way Home - McCartney
- “The phone rang. It was Paul McCartney. That’s when I knew we’d found it”: We meet the man who reunited Paul McCartney with his long-lost Beatles bass - Guitar World
- “I was just throwing stuff at the wall to see what stuck”: Beach Boys hire new member from social media – after he made a video on how to sound like the Beach Boys - Guitar World
- Colter Wall Bass Player, Revered Musician Jason Simpson Has Died - - Saving Country Music
- Obituary: double bassist Bronwen Naish (1939–2026) - The Strad
- Les Claypool says he chose to be a bassist because the guitar sounded “wimpy” - Guitar.com
- “Living in the shadow of my grunge parents, Courtney and Billy… it was a complex and exhausting shadow to come out from under”: Melissa Auf der Maur on joining Hole amidst tragedy and her “Master’s in Music” with the Smashing Pumpkins - Guitar World
Bass Amp News
- Fender TV 12 Bass Amp - SooToday.com
- “A small yet mighty gig bag hero”: Mesa/Boogie launches powerhouse preamp/DI with all the tone-shaping capabilities of its high-end Subway line - Guitar World
- Genzler Amplification Introduces Magellan 800+ Bass Amp - Premier Guitar
- Best bass amps 2026: low-end tone machines - GuitarPlayer.com
- Mayor Karen Bass says LA28 head Wasserman should step down - Los Angeles Times
- Electronic Audio Experiments' Traynor Bass Amp derived Greathammer Overdrive delivers 50 decibels of killer low-end tone - Guitar Pedal X
- NAMM 2026: The best new things in bass from the biggest music instrument event of the year - Guitar World
- Boss's GX-1B Bass Effects Processor exactly matches the Entry Level GX-1 Guitar one - while it comes with its own suite of dedicated Bass-centric onboard effects - Guitar Pedal X
- Walrus Audio Mantle Analog Bass Preamp // DI - Premier Guitar
- Peavey’s Legendary Super Festival Bass Amp is Back - Music Connection Magazine
- IK Multimedia Announces TONEX Plug for Guitar and Bass - Premier Guitar
- GEEZER BUTLER Is Selling The Bass Amp Heads He Used At BLACK SABBATH's Final Show - metalinjection.net
- Geezer Butler to sell signed amps used at rehearsals for Black Sabbath’s final show - Guitar.com
- IK Multimedia ToneX Bass Pedals: Ampeg, Bassmann, And Much More! - Gearnews.com
- Mesa/Boogie resurrects the iconic Bass 400+ without the backache - Mixdown Magazine
- Laney Amplification unveils Digbeth Foundry range – affordable, powerful bass amps from 30W to 200W - Yahoo
- Juan Alderete Is Bringing Over 700 Bass Guitars, Pedals, and Amps to Reverb - Reverb
- MayFly Audio releases the Sunset Bass Amplifier Simulator - Premier Guitar
- Bergantino Audio Announces the HP Ultra 2000W Bass Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- “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
Guitar Effects News
- “This is the one processor that brings me significantly closer to joining the virtual amp modeling dark side”: Nux MG-50Li review - Guitar World
- What’s cookin’ on the Skillet pedalboards? Korey Cooper and Seth Morrison reveal all - Yahoo
- “They’ve revived B.B. King’s first-ever guitar and made it $349. I know what my next acoustic is going to be”: All the new guitar gear that caught my eye this week – including Chase Bliss’ “most foolish” pedal yet - Guitar World
- Dunlop JHW4 Jimi Hendrix '69 Band Of Gypsys Fuzz Pedal - Mini Distortion For Guitar - umlconnector.com
- Supercool Pedals releases the “SPRITZ! Saturator” - Premier Guitar
- Warm Audio Introduces the Reamper - Premier Guitar
- Recording Dojo: RT60, Density, and Diffusion - Premier Guitar
- “The fundamental building blocks of electric guitar tone: fuzz, harmonic shaping, and amplifier drive”: Crazy Tube Circuits’ Triptychon might just be the only pedal you need for classic rock - MusicRadar
- Chase Bliss rolls out another interesting variant of its Automatone Auto-Slider Format - the Big Time Hybrid Echo / Delay - in collaboration with EAE's John Snyder - Guitar Pedal X
- “The new vibrato only adds to the appeal – it’s easy to see how this guitar could do the business equally well for metal, jazz-fusion or function gigs”: Strandberg Boden Standard N2.6T review - Guitar World
- “From subtle warmth to aggressive drive, it adapts to any musical context”: Neural DSP unveils the Darkglass Ultimate plugin – a fully featured digital platform for studio-quality bass tone - MusicRadar
- Cryptid Effects unleashes a super versatile somewhat Menacing Indrid Cold Grinning Man High Gain Transistor Fuzz with asymmetrical clipping OpAmp input stage - Guitar Pedal X
- “Pedal history is in danger. ChatGPT is rewriting fact”: Josh Scott of JHS Pedals interrogated AI on the pedal industry – and what he found should alarm us all - Guitar World
- Dunlop Unleashes MXR EVH Modern High Gain Pedal - Premier Guitar
- Best overdrive pedals 2026: from mid-hump to transparent tone - Guitar World
- The Second 'Gain' Chapter of Thermion's PowerBolt Series is out - with the super versatile and distinct analog PowerDrive Overdrive and PowerMuff Fuzz / Distortion - Guitar Pedal X
- Crazy Tube Circuits Announces the Release of Triptychon - Premier Guitar
- “I think this might just be the missing analog link to complete your amp modeling rig”: Victory PowerValve 200 review - Guitar World
- Best multi-effects pedals 2026: replace your entire rig with our top-rated multi-FX units - Guitar World
- Best compressor pedals 2026: control your tone with the must-have utility pedal - Guitar World
Guitar and Bass News
- Rickenbacker Needs To Make This Custom Geddy Lee Bass a Signature Model - Gear Gods
- Question of the Month: What’s the Loudest Gig You’ve Ever Seen? - Premier Guitar
- Tour-used Les Paul becomes most expensive Slash guitar ever sold - Guitar World
- “B.B. King’s first guitar was a red Stella acoustic. That’s the kind of impact we want this brand to continue to have”: Harmony brings the Stella brand back from the dead with a $349 solid-topped parlor - Guitar World
- Supercool Pedals releases the “SPRITZ! Saturator” - Premier Guitar
- “She put it under her bed and didn’t play it for 60 years. When I got it, it still had the original strings on it”: Why telling your guitar’s backstory could help it sell for more money - Guitar World
- “I used it in the Damned, playing with Iggy… That guitar was part of me”: The Damned frontman Brian James’ ‘New Rose’ Gibson SG sells for over $95,000 - Guitar World
- Korn's Ra Diaz Reunited With 15 Stolen Guitars Following Community Effort - iHeart
- “He’s like, ‘Where did you find that? Our storage unit’s been broken into. Everything’s been cleared out’” Korn bassist Ra Díaz recovers 15 bass guitars that were stolen from him – thanks to community effort - Guitar World
- “He would put a lot of treble on his amp to get the sound he wanted out of Lucille. Working and being in his presence was magical”: Jerry Jemmott on playing bass with B.B. King - Guitar World
- Korn’s Ra Diaz Reunited With 15 Stolen Bass Guitars Thanks to Community Effort - Consequence
- “I get a call from Guitar Center in New Jersey. They go, ‘Your Explorer was in here. We just sold it to some guy’”: Richie Sambora hired a private detective to recover his stolen Gibson - Guitar World
- “What’s that headless bass that looks like a toothpick? I really liked the sound, but I hated the bass”: How bassist Cliff Williams landed the gig (and found his sound) with AC/DC - Guitar World
- Korn/ex-Suicidal Tendencies bassist Ra Diaz reunited with 15 stolen basses after storage unit theft - Lambgoat
- “We’ve always been big fans of Nickelback – their guitarist came to see one of our shows and asked if we’d support them”: How UK riff-slingers Don Broco ended up recording with Muse’s bass rig – and collaborating with Nickelback - Guitar World
- 1965 Hit Named Among ‘Greatest Bass Guitar Solos of All Time’ by Bassists - Men's Journal
- Dave Brock denies suggestion Hawkwind stole Paul McCartney's long-lost bass - Louder
- Guitar Maintenance Tool 2-Pack Guitar String Cleaner – For Guitar, Bass & Ukulele, Easy To Use Electric Guitar Strings - RuhrkanalNews
- Korn's Ra Diaz Reunited With 15 Bass Guitars That Were Stolen In A Recent Las Vegas Area Theft - Theprp.com
- Yamaha YTC5 Clip-On Chromatic Tuner – For Guitar, Bass, Ukulele, Vibration Sensing - RuhrkanalNews
New Music releases
- East Texas man with autism finds solace in Kacey Musgraves' new album release - KVUE
- Maverick City Music Co-Founder Barred from Releasing Competing Worship Songs During Legal Battle - billboard.com
- Madonna & Sabrina Carpenter, Kacey Musgraves & More: Which Is Your Favorite New Music Release This Week? Vote! - billboard.com
- Marcelo Rubio’s ‘Vulnerable, Más de lo Normal’ & More: Vote for the Best New Latin Music Release This Week - billboard.com
- The Rolling Stones tease new music release in - The Independent
- May New Music Releases & Listen Locally - Folio Weekly
- The Best New Music Releases of April 2026 - Westword
- Apple Music Releases New Africa Now DJ Mix Featuring DJ Obi - News Ghana
- New Music Friday: 14 new releases to start the month of May (01 May 2026) - Q107 Toronto
- 20 best new Milwaukee music releases to check out for May 2026 - AOL.com
- One to Watch: Madra Salach and Best New Music Releases - AsatuNews.co.id
- Pittsburgh local music releases for May 2026 - TribLIVE.com
- New Music Friday: Madonna & Sabrina Carpenter, DMA'S, Bella Kay, KNEECAP and more - Official Charts
- Madonna and Sabrina Carpenter, Kacey Musgraves, Zara Larsson & More: New Music Friday Guide - billboard.com
- The New Rock + Metal Albums Out Today - Loudwire
- New Music Friday release radar for May 1, 2026: top albums, song releases - DraftKings Network
- Olivia Rodrigo Says New Album Is About Her First 'Big Girl' Relationship - ELLE
- sombr, Olivia Rodrigo & Madonna: Which Is Your Favorite New Music Release This Week? Vote! - billboard.com
- On Major Music Release Days, Stay Extra Vigilant While Driving. Car Crash Deaths Seem to Spike When Top Artists Drop New Albums - Smithsonian Magazine
- Which New Music Release Is Your Favorite This Week? Vote! - billboard.com
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