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- Broadway's 'Rock of Ages' Band, coming to State Theatre, recreates '80 hits with guitarist who played them - LehighValleyNews.com
- “All we want is to inspire women to pick up guitars”: Haim on their recent Grammys nomination - Guitar.com
- The heavy metal star returning to the stage with his local theatre group - AOL.com
- I Wanted to See if AI Could Help Me Get Better at Playing Guitar. Here's What I Learned - CNET
- Masterful Marin guitarist gets his own night at Sweetwater Music Hall - Marin Independent Journal
- “They say time heals all wounds, but not completely. Even 40 years later, I often find myself thinking about him”: The electrifying life and dark times of iconic Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott, by one of the people who knew him best - Louder
- “The rest is history. That’s how close it got.” Alex Van Halen on how he and Eddie nearly made an album with Ozzy Osbourne - GuitarPlayer.com
- “It didn’t sound like a big guitar song, so I wound up playing keyboards. Eddie Van Halen played keyboards on Jump, so I figured I could too”: How Billy Idol seized upon the success of Rebel Yell – and Linn Drums – to take his sound to new frontiers - Guitar World
- “Everyone was kinda f***ed up.” Steve Stevens on smashed guitars, being pushed offstage — and what he discovered watching Billy Idol’s new documentary - GuitarPlayer.com
- “In music videos, we all know it’s just miming. But social media videos? That is extreme dishonesty”: We asked what constitutes “fake” guitar playing – here’s what you had to say - Guitar World
- “He didn’t like being a solo guy.” Jeff Lynne reveals the truth about George Harrison after the Beatles - GuitarPlayer.com
- “Was this an attempt to challenge Metallica’s success with the Black Album?” A guide to every Megadeth album – and guitarist - Guitar World
- “12 seconds into the opening night with U2, I thought, ‘We have to do this’”: Metallica announces Sphere residency – and they’ll be spared from the issues all other guitar bands have faced so far - Guitar World
- Showcasing the guitar - palatinate.org.uk
- “An intimate look at their uncompromising vision and unwavering connection with their global army of fans”: A career spanning Iron Maiden doc is coming to cinemas this May - MusicRadar
- “A lot of people know me as a guitar player, but I want to showcase my production”: Cory Wong - MusicTech
- The Strange World of… Shane Parish - The Quietus
- Florida honors Allman Brothers guitarist Dickey Betts with memorial highway - Sarasota Herald-Tribune
- “I decidedly hated anything to do with Stratocasters and Les Pauls.” Jack White’s surprising reason why he avoided the guitars everyone else was playing - GuitarPlayer.com
- '70s Rock Guitarist Admits He Is 'Thrown' by Magnitude of Major Lifetime Honor - AOL.com
- Gibson Custom Shop recreates Mick Ronson's David Bowie-era Les Paul with super limited run - Guitar.com
- Jungle Show - malvern-online.com
- “He puts a huge ding in it. And the serial number was 000001! He said, ‘I got this from Steve Marriott.’” Dweezil Zappa says Jeff Beck damaged a priceless vintage Strat right before his eyes — and didn’t even care - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I wasn’t told I shouldn’t listen to the Beatles. At the same time I was exposed to this incredible Motown music, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and all of that”: Living Colour’s Vernon Reid on inspirations, unsung heroes and the emotional power of a sample - MusicRadar
- Wolfgang Van Halen Offers His Support to New Van Halen Album - AOL.com
- “I syncopate a lot. I like to have that ‘hiccup’ in the playing.” Learn five essential fingerstyle patterns and timeless techniques in Eric Bibb’s blues masterclass - GuitarPlayer.com
- "I'm totally uninvolved. I'm like the dad that wants to be there and know everything and she's just totally doing her own thing”: Dave Grohl says he had nothing to do with daughter Violet’s record deal - MusicRadar
- “Lars and I saw him headbanging at the Whiskey. ‘Let’s get that guitar player… oh, he’s playing bass!’ This skinny dude with bell bottoms, playing a wah solo. ‘Wow, we need him!’”: James Hetfield on the life and death of Metallica legend Cliff Burton - MusicRadar
- “Most Fender colors were inspired by automotive trends. Candy Apple Red stood out because it came from the hot-rod scene”: Why Leo Fender’s favorite custom color finish still drives guitarists wild - Guitar World
- Tracing Journey’s long arena-rock journey through Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Rig Rundown: Mirador - Premier Guitar
- 40 Indiana guitar pioneers that every Hoosier should know: Gary, Indiana’s Donald Kinsey - WFYI
- “Tony said, ‘Hey, you’re singing flat.’ And my dad got really pissed off.” Jack Osbourne reveals the moment at Ozzy’s final gig that defined his partnership with Tony Iommi - GuitarPlayer.com
- “My dad said, ‘What happened to you?’ In six months I’d gone from a college-looking kid to looking like a real rock star”: From inventing the Quad Guitar to fast times with Yngwie, Michael Angelo Batio has stories for days – and no regrets - Guitar World
- “Peter opened his eyes, saw me and started to cry.” Tommy Emmanuel on the guitar he received from a dying superfan — and how it ended his year’s-long search to honor his own heroes - GuitarPlayer.com
- “Shrapnel hit his tent. The only surviving thing was a Martin D-28.” Joni Mitchell on the guitar she got from a Vietnam soldier — it vanished after she wrote and recorded her signature hits with it - GuitarPlayer.com
- “There’s a couple of songs on the record where I thought, ‘Gosh, I’m soloing so much. Please be quiet. Let it breathe’”: He played for pop A-listers, now he's transformed himself into one of instrumental guitar's leading voices - Guitar World
- “I got up on stage and my guitar tech goes, ‘Slash wanted me to give you this.’ It was the ’59. It was dead silent in the room”: Joe Perry on the painful memory of selling his ’Burst – and why he’ll never forget the moment it came back to him - Guitar World
- “If they want to do it justice, they should finish it up as a great instrumental nod to Eddie.” As singer Paul Rodgers rejects Van Halen album offer, bassist Michael Anthony says the music should remain as it is - GuitarPlayer.com
- REB BEACH Talks End Of WHITESNAKE, Future Of WINGER And What's Next: 'I'd Just Like To Play Guitar' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “He picks it up, hits the corner of a stone table and puts a huge ding in it”: When Jeff Beck damaged an impossibly rare vintage Stratocaster – while he and Dweezil Zappa were at a party dressed as knights - Guitar World
- “It took me forever to commit. Once I got there, I went, ‘I should have been doing this for a very long time’”: Joel Hoekstra was late to the Les Paul party – now he’s making up for lost time - Guitar World
- “Very accomplished playing that isn’t widely discussed in blues circles”: What we can learn from Mike Oldfield about breaking free of the pentatonic box - Guitar World
- Carvin Jones Band - wyomingnewsnow.tv
- “I was two years out of college, bought it and just felt like, ‘Oh, this is what it’s supposed to sound like.’ It makes me sound better than I am”: Why the Fender Telecaster is Sheryl Crow's long-time guitar “sidekick” - Guitar World
- ‘The guitar has been with me for 40 years’: Musician recovers rare left-handed guitar stolen 5 years ago in car theft - KMOV
- “I remember being completely seduced by the sound. That concert stayed with me.” The night Jimmy Page, Keith Richards and Mick Jagger discovered the blues - GuitarPlayer.com
- “There are three notes that make the harmony weird, but if you don’t know that, it sounds great.” Warren Haynes reveals the imperfect secret behind the Allman Brothers Band’s guitar magic - GuitarPlayer.com
- Guitar played on Ghost Town up for auction - BBC
- NAMM 2026: news, rumors, predictions - Guitar World
- Biffy Clyro touring guitarist says he “can't think of anything more boring” than playing acoustic guitar - 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
- SYSTEM OF A DOWN's DARON MALAKIAN: How I Ended Up Playing Guitar For METALLICA For A Couple Of Shows In 2000 - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- Beverly Guitar Watkins Obituary (2019) - Harrisburg, PA - PennLive.com
- WOLFGANG VAN HALEN: 'I Think My Dad Is An Incredibly Underrated Rhythm Guitar Player And Songwriter' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- The Cure guitarist Perry Bamonte dies aged 65 - BBC
- “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
- “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
- “Every time I watch videos of her playing guitar, I'm just melted on the floor. I think she's one of the most genius guitar players”: Danielle Haim names her biggest guitar influences, including the player she calls “the most underrated” - MusicRadar
- “I was packing up to leave when Dylan asked, ‘Where’s he going?’ and I wound up playing on the whole album.” The guitarist Bob Dylan insisted he had to have for his country music breakthrough - GuitarPlayer.com
- MÖTLEY CRÜE's TOMMY LEE On JOHN 5: 'He's Such A Talented Guitar Player That It Literally Just Lit All Of Us Up On Fire' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “I never practice. From time to time, I just open my case and throw in a piece of raw meat.” A rare interview with the guitar ace who spurned the jazz world, climbed the pop charts and lived in terror of taking a solo - GuitarPlayer.com
- André ‘Dadou’ Pasquet, founder of legendary Miami Magnum Band, is dead at 72 - Miami Herald
- MICHAEL SWEET: 'If People Only Knew How Hard I Work' On Guitar Parts For STRYPER Albums - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- Ed Sheeran is inspiring more people to play the guitar than The Beatles, according to a new study - Guitar.com
- AC/DC, Oasis, Bad Company and many more! Test your guitar news knowledge with Guitar Player's "Week in Music" Quiz for November 14, 2025 - GuitarPlayer.com
- Video: AFI's Jade Puget on His Approach to Guitar-Playing + Production - Reverb
- “Proving I’m not fake”: Marcin fights ‘fake playing’ claims with new music video – but it doesn’t quite go according to plan - Guitar World
- “I’ve had many people hand me their guitars, and I’m like, ‘No, thank you’”: Rick Beato was offered the chance to play guitars from Peter Frampton, Larry Carlton and more – here’s why he turned them down - Guitar World
- “He said, ‘I can’t tell a thing of what you’re playing. Why don’t you just come in and play it yourself?’” Doyle Bramhall II on Eric Clapton's incredible offer that brought him the gig of a lifetime - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I’ve held off. Ask me again next year and we’ll see.” Sonny Landreth on the one pedal he refuses to use — and his upcoming performance at GP Presents. Win tickets to see him - GuitarPlayer.com
- TOM MORELLO: 'Without ACE FREHLEY, I Don't Know Whether I Would've Ever Wanted To Play Guitar' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- EXTREME's NUNO BETTENCOURT: How ACE FREHLEY Influenced Me As A Guitar Player - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- Ace Frehley, Kiss lead guitarist and band’s co-founder, dies aged 74 - The Guardian
- Kiss Guitarist Ace Frehley Dead at 74 - Rolling Stone
- Ace Frehley, Kiss Lead Guitarist and Solo Artist, Dies at 74 - Variety
- Justin Hawkins thinks there’s one guitarist who could have rivalled Eddie Van Halen – if only he was born 10 years earlier - Guitar.com
- “He’s one of the greatest there is, not just in blues but anything. He’s an alien.” Samantha Fish names the five guitar players she says will keep the blues alive - GuitarPlayer.com
- “He just blows everybody away”: Samantha Fish on who she thinks are the best modern blues guitar players right now - Guitar World
- “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
- “The most important thing is to be able to hear something and play it”: Tim Henson on the importance of learning guitar by ear - Guitar.com
- 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
- CE Pro All Star Band Guitar Players Recount Their Favorite Players and Gear - cepro.com
- “I can tell you how to become a virtuoso very easily”: Steve Vai on how anybody can become an elite guitar player - Guitar World
- Henley air guitar player 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
- “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
- “Everyone in Olivia’s band and Olivia herself is a huge fan. I was watching them, thinking, ‘This is so cool. They’re playing Jacksons’”: How Turnstile ramped up the shred in Olivia Rodrigo’s live show - Guitar World
- “You couldn’t be in a rock band unless you looked a certain way”: Why Tim Pierce didn't join Bon Jovi – despite playing guitar on their first hit - Guitar.com
- "He was rock and roll to the roots." Dave Davies names the guitarist who defined rock in the 1970s, and picks the song that proves it - GuitarPlayer.com
- The '70s rock guitarist The Kinks' Dave Davies calls the “great and underrated guitar player of the time” - Guitar.com
- “He decided he didn't want to be the lead guitar player anymore.” Pete Townshend on Roger Daltrey’s career-changing move that made the Who guitarist an axe-wielding icon - GuitarPlayer.com
- Rick Derringer, famous for "Hang on Sloopy" and "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo," has died. Read our exclusive 2024 interview where he recalled inspiring Eddie Van Halen and performing with Johnny Winter - GuitarPlayer.com
- MARTY FRIEDMAN Has Nothing Against 'Flashy' Guitar Playing: 'I Just Wanna Be Excited By What I Hear' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- Guitarist William Tyler: “It’s Important for Artists to Push Themselves” - Premier Guitar
- “I’m like, ‘What the f***? My guitar, it’s completely out of tune!’ ” Samantha Fish names the one thing that can ruin every gig - GuitarPlayer.com
- Winner of Guitar Player Magazine International Competition to perform locally - timesobserver.com
- “Being a guitar player is a way of life. Everything comes down to commitment": Tommy Emmanuel explains the difference between being a guitarist and a guitar player - Guitar World
Guitar Amp News
- “In a world where streaming is king and few people own the music they listen to, the BandBox Solo’s ability to conduct stem separation from a Bluetooth source is incredibly useful”: JBL BandBox Solo review - Guitar World
- “It feels like you’re plugged straight into an amp, rather than a pedal”: ThorpyFX x Lazy J The J review - Guitar World
- Wampler Pedals Introduces the Golden Jubilee High-Gain Pedal - Premier Guitar
- Best amp modelers 2026: get all your dream guitar tones in one - GuitarPlayer.com
- Best headphone amps for guitar 2026: silent practice solutions - Guitar World
- The best new guitar gear of NAMM 2026: More effects, more amps, more guitars and more tech than ever - MusicRadar
- 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
- “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
- “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
- Meet Orange Amps’ UK-built all-valve guitar amp head: the OR60 - Mixdown Magazine
- NAMM 2026: The Best New Product News & Announcements - Reverb
- Orange Amps OR60 UK-Built All-Valve Guitar Amp - Premier Guitar
- Flattley unveils its Joker Valve Tone FET Tube Emulator at NAMM - a beautifully dynamic and vibrant amp-like gain stage / saturator / overdrive and distortion with myriad uses - Guitar Pedal X
- REVV Amps makes Joey Landreth Signature DirtDog Overdrive based on his custom modded D25 JL REVV Signature Tube Amp - Guitar Pedal X
- “It might just be the coolest offset guitar ever. And it’s finally back”: All the guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including some huge early NAMM releases - Guitar World
- Blind guitarist brought to tears by specially-made Braille amp - Guitar World
- Highlights of the Year: 2025 A Year of Guitar Gear! - Gearnews.com
- Strymon's new Fairfax is a cool Fuzzy Scuzzy Tube Amp style JFETs saturator with gating sag - Guitar Pedal X
- “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
- 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
- “Virtually indistinguishable from the all-tube original”: EVH’s first digital amp, the 5150III Hypersonic, delivers Eddie Van Halen’s iconic tube tones without the heft - Guitar.com
- I'm sorry, my beloved AC30, but with hundreds slashed off digital modelers and multi-effects, I've found your replacement this Black Friday - here are 7 units that are turning my head - Guitar World
- “The first truly great portable electric guitar amp” is on sale for Black Friday - Guitar.com
- “People love our amps because they’re loud. That one line has cemented itself as a tagline for the company”: Marshall has launched Spinal Tap amps that go to Infinity – here’s how ‘the loudest amp ever made’ came together - Guitar World
- 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
- GPX Blog - IK Multimedia throws its hat in the ring for Plugin Headphone Amps, with its TONEX PLUG - Guitar Pedal X
- AFI guitarist ditched tube amps because they made him feel “constrained” sonically – does he have a point? - Guitar.com
- Why Metallica Stopped Using Amps Live, According to James Hetfield’s Guitar Tech - Loudwire
- The 7 Best Acoustic Guitar Amps for Every Budget: For Buskers, Backyards & Big Stages - Gearnews.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
- News - Greer's Mizuki Blue replicates Tube-Amp-like Textures with 2 JFET Gain Stages - Guitar Pedal X
- PRS Guitars Announces New SE Models Plus a New Combo Amp Ahead of 2026 Updates - 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
- Marshall's first party speaker unsurprisingly looks like a guitar amp - Yahoo News Australia
- “It seems the age of touchscreen guitar amps is advancing faster than I ever imagined”: All the new guitar gear that caught my eye this week – including the return of my favorite Fender offset - Guitar World
- “A new benchmark for authentic sound”: Line 6 has finally shared what the Helix Stadium’s potentially game-changing tones actually sound like - Guitar World
- Man buys John Lennon's old Fender guitar amp on Facebook Marketplace… for barely $4,000 - Guitar.com
- Sophie Burrell x Boss Katana Tone Crafting Masterclass at the Roland Denmark Street Store - Guitar Pedal X
- “One of the rarest and most coveted vintage amplifiers ever”: Mesa/Boogie’s hallowed Mark IIC++ was used by Metallica to shape the sound of 1980s metal – and now it’s been given a production release for the first time ever - Guitar World
- 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
- Guitar Amp Legend Orange Amps Enters Vinyl Market with $1250 O Turntable - channelnews.com.au
- 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
- News - Dr. No's Moon Canyon ends production after 104 Mooncycles, with a final flurry of 15 units - Guitar Pedal X
- 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
- “More like a complete rig than ever before”: Kemper gives its Profiler lineup a much-anticipated upgrade – can the MK 2 range fend off fierce competition from Line 6 and Neural DSP? - Guitar World
- Fender Studio app takes the best feature from our favourite guitar amps - Trusted Reviews
- Thomann has acquired Hughes & Kettner - Guitar World
- Engl unleashes Fireball IR Dual Channel High Gain Distortion Preamp - with Noise Gate and Mid Boost - based on its most formidable amp - Guitar Pedal X
- Video: Recreating Oasis' Guitar Sound With Amps & Effects | Potent Pairings - Reverb
- GAK is gone: UK music store giant GAK just got bought by Gear4music for £2.4 million - MusicRadar
- You can get $200 off a brand-new Line 6 Catalyst 100 in one of the best guitar deals on Reverb right now - Guitar.com
- Carr Skylark Special Review - Premier Guitar
- “If you’re a young guitar player, that’s money well spent”: The amp pedal John Mayer thinks everyone should own - Guitar.com
- News - The Boss Katana : GO - Personal Guitar Amplifier / Headphone Amp is Back! - Guitar Pedal X
- The Boss Katana : GO - Personal Guitar Amplifier / Headphone Amp is Back! - Guitar Pedal X
- Positive Grid Launches the Spark NEO - Premier Guitar
- News - 9 Cool Headphone Amps - Guitar Pedal X
- Game-changers, trends, innovations, revivals and show-stoppers: the key guitars, amps and pedals of NAMM 2025 - 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
- Marshall Announces New Products at NAMM 2025 - Premier Guitar
- NAMM 2025: The Best New Product News & Announcements - Reverb
- Fender Reveals New Releases for 2025: NAMM Special - Premier Guitar
- News - The Origin Effects Deluxe 55 and Tubesteader Eggnog are my Tweed Kings! - Guitar Pedal X
- ‘High off the sound’: Fergus Falls engineer is a guitar amp hero - MPR News
- “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
- The Battle for the Amp Capture / Profiler Middle-Ground heats up - Neural DSP Nano Cortex vs AmpliTube Tonex - Guitar Pedal X
- 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
- 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
- “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
- News - A Brief Hobbyist Primer on Key Power Amp Tubes - Guitar Pedal X
- 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
- News - Another 25 Distinct and Notable Guitar Body Shapes - Guitar Pedal X
- 16 of the Most Iconic Electric Guitar Amps - Guitar Pedal X
- Full Metal Racket! - 32 of the Best Compact High Gain Metal Distortion Pedals - 2022 Ultimate Selection - Guitar Pedal X
- Mike Soldano finally delivers his legendary SLO-100 Amp in pedal format - as the Super Lead Overdrive / Preamp - Guitar Pedal X
- NAMM 2022 news: all the latest guitar news, rumors and predictions - Guitar World
- Russian sanctions result in a shortage of prized vacuum-tube guitar amps - marketplace.org
- 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
- News - Stone Deaf FX Releases Really Rather Useful QBoost Dual Boost - Guitar Pedal X
- Hear: Our five favourite new guitar amps of NAMM 2020 - MusicRadar
- News - Boss Moves Even Further Ahead with its New and Improved MKII Katana Amp Range - Guitar Pedal X
- News - What Two Years of Tone-Questing Looks Like - Acquisitions, Passes and Still Probables - Guitar Pedal X
- 2 Cool New Forthcoming Pedals - REVV Amps G3 and Flower Pedals Dandelion Harmonic Tremolo - 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
- Melissa Auf der Maur, a ’90s Rock Linchpin, Is Spilling Her Stories - The New York Times
- Ex-Quiet Riot bassist Chuck Wright’s biggest regret — ‘not being aware of business side earlier’ in his career - Sleaze Roxx
- Summer of Peril Bassist Released From ICE Custody - Westword
- Macclesfield FC fan and bassist for The 1975, Ross MacDonald, gears up to cycle the length of the country - Macclesfield Nub News
- “Lars and I saw him headbanging at the Whiskey. ‘Let’s get that guitar player… oh, he’s playing bass!’ This skinny dude with bell bottoms, playing a wah solo. ‘Wow, we need him!’”: James Hetfield on the life and death of Metallica legend Cliff Burton - MusicRadar
- Queens bassist Trifon Dimitrov releases new album honoring the renowned players who came before him - amNewYork
- “A historically significant instrument directly tied to the evolution of modern funk”: The bass Bootsy Collins used to record a James Brown anthem has been listed on eBay - Guitar World
- “If they want to do it justice, they should finish it up as a great instrumental nod to Eddie.” As singer Paul Rodgers rejects Van Halen album offer, bassist Michael Anthony says the music should remain as it is - GuitarPlayer.com
- “We thought it was throwaway and argued against it being released. It's incredible to me that it was a single. I was just trying to do my best Pete Townshend!” How bassist Andy Fraser electrified a Free classic - Guitar World
- NAMM 2026: The best new things in bass from the biggest music instrument event of the year - Guitar World
- Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus: ‘Bass players are just cool. We’re the one that brings it all together’ - The Guardian
- Former Scorpions bassist Francis Buchholz dead at 71: ‘Our hearts are shattered’ - New York Post
- CANNIBAL CORPSE Bassist Alex Webster Featured on the cover of Bass Player Magazine - Metal Injection
- “I thought it was a prank, so I didn’t answer!” She put a video of herself playing bass on YouTube. Then Prince called - Guitar World
- 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
- “I’ve worked with Lee Sklar. I got to see Anthony Jackson play. I had Pino Palladino on my first album. I’ve been able to absorb that bass-playing mojo”: How the bass guitar became a crucial part of Sheryl Crow’s songwriting process - Guitar World
- “He will go down as one of the greatest rock drummers of all time. I can bring him a bass riff in seven-and-a-half and he’ll be right on it”: Justin Chancellor explains how bass fits into Tool’s challenging brand of prog - Guitar World
- Höfner – maker of Paul McCartney’s iconic violin bass – files for bankruptcy - Guitar.com
- “The time has come to properly address my illnesses and deal with them”: Biffy Clyro bassist James Johnston steps back from band to address mental health and addiction issues - Guitar World
- Biffy Clyro bass player quits tour over addiction and mental health issues - BBC
Bass Amp News
- Mayor Karen Bass says LA28 head Wasserman should step down - Los Angeles Times - 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
- Best multi-effects pedals: Our pick of the best all-in-one guitar FX modellers - MusicRadar
- 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
- Peavey’s Legendary Super Festival Bass Amp is Back - Premier Guitar
- 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 - Metal Injection
- 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
- Respected Bass Amp Tone In Software - Sonicstate
- 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
- LANEY Launches Versatile DBF Series Bass Amps With Boutique Tone And Modern Features - Gear Gods
- Juan Alderete Is Bringing Over 700 Bass Guitars, Pedals, and Amps to Reverb - Reverb
- Warwick Unleashes The Gnome i Pro 600 V2: Improved, Light-Weight Bass Amp - Gearnews.com
- MayFly Audio releases the Sunset Bass Amplifier Simulator - Premier Guitar
- Best bass amps: low-end tone machines - GuitarPlayer.com
- “It’s a game-changer for me”: Laney and Nathan East team up for a versatile signature bass head that ends a 40-year wait for the session legend - Guitar World
Guitar Effects News
- Browne Amplification revives its Nashville Overdrive / Stand-alone Protein Green Channel - now in new and improved Alkene Edition - Guitar Pedal X
- 3PDT 9 PINS Momentary Foot Switch Guitar Effects Pedal Box Stomp - hotelier.com.py
- Tone King Royalist Preamp - Premier Guitar
- Bass Equipment Store Simplifies How UK Players Choose Bass Gear - The National Law Review
- 10 x Black & White Custom Montreal Assembly Count to 5's are now available at Pedal Jungle in the UK - Guitar Pedal X
- Gorilla Guitar Pedal Board Stand - Adjustable Metal Holder With Velcro & Rubber Feet - umlconnector.com
- JHS Pedals Double Dragon: Analog & Wild Octaver! - Gearnews.com
- DemonFX KC-DRIVE Overdrive Pedal – Klon Centaur Clone, Handcrafted, True Bypass - umlconnector.com
- The Engineering Of A Jimi Hendrix Performance - Hackaday
- The Engineering Of A Jimi Hendrix Performance - Hackaday
- LPD rolls out killer Limited extended range SIXTY8X 10 Year Anniversary Edition of its much-loved Plexi Pedal - Guitar Pedal X
- “In a world where streaming is king and few people own the music they listen to, the BandBox Solo’s ability to conduct stem separation from a Bluetooth source is incredibly useful”: JBL BandBox Solo review - Guitar World
- As a life-long Foo Fighters fanatic, I've spent years decoding Dave Grohl’s stadium-sized wall of sound – here are the 5 essential pedals you need to nail his tone - Guitar World
- Rig Rundown: Mirador - Premier Guitar
- Death By Audio Dream Station and Moonbeam Review - Premier Guitar
- New DANO Guitar Line Boasts Atomic Age Styling And Back-To-Roots Vibe - Premier Guitar
- Guitar Journal: The Predator, Frog Pedal & More - Gearnews.com
- Can These Replace Your Spring Reverb & Single-Knob Phaser? - Premier Guitar
- "There's nothing quite like it": The singular genius of Laurie Spiegel's Music Mouse, with Eventide's Tony Agnello - MusicRadar
- “It feels like you’re plugged straight into an amp, rather than a pedal”: ThorpyFX x Lazy J The J review - Guitar World
Guitar and Bass News
- “No one was more deserving of a life to himself than he was… We were torn, and sympathetic. At the same time, we felt we had unfinished business”: Geddy Lee on honouring Neil Peart and why he and Alex Lifeson are getting back together as Rush - MusicRadar
- Cort introduces MC6 and Core-MC Ovangkol Acoustics - Premier Guitar
- Ernie Ball Music Man Celebrates 50 Years Of The Stingray Bass - Premier Guitar
- Bass Equipment Store Simplifies How UK Players Choose Bass Gear - The National Law Review
- "Easily one of the most desirable electric guitars under $1,000 that I've played": Eastman FullerTone Offset '62 review - Guitar World
- “In music videos, we all know it’s just miming. But social media videos? That is extreme dishonesty”: We asked what constitutes “fake” guitar playing – here’s what you had to say - Guitar World
- George Harrison’s iconic Gibson SG set for auction - Gibson
- Music Man Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the StingRay Bass - Bass Magazine
- “Lars and I saw him headbanging at the Whiskey. ‘Let’s get that guitar player… oh, he’s playing bass!’ This skinny dude with bell bottoms, playing a wah solo. ‘Wow, we need him!’”: James Hetfield on the life and death of Metallica legend Cliff Burton - MusicRadar
- “Most Fender colors were inspired by automotive trends. Candy Apple Red stood out because it came from the hot-rod scene”: Why Leo Fender’s favorite custom color finish still drives guitarists wild - Guitar World
- “A historically significant instrument directly tied to the evolution of modern funk”: The bass Bootsy Collins used to record a James Brown anthem has been listed on eBay - Guitar World
- “I was two years out of college, bought it and just felt like, ‘Oh, this is what it’s supposed to sound like.’ It makes me sound better than I am”: Why the Fender Telecaster is Sheryl Crow's long-time guitar “sidekick” - Guitar World
- Elrick Bass Guitars, LTD Announces Relocation of Founder Rob Elrick to Valencia, Spain - Bass Gear Magazine
- “We thought it was throwaway and argued against it being released. It's incredible to me that it was a single. I was just trying to do my best Pete Townshend!” How bassist Andy Fraser electrified a Free classic - Guitar World
- Guitar played on Ghost Town up for auction - BBC
- NAMM 2026: The best new things in bass from the biggest music instrument event of the year - Guitar World
- Bass guitarists to step into the spotlight for new concert series - The Columbus Dispatch
- Ernie Ball Music Man Celebrates 50 Years of the Stingray Bass & More! - Premier Guitar
- “Honors Cliff Burton’s groundbreaking tone and legacy”: Aria marks 40 years since Metallica bassist Cliff Burton's passing by reissuing his posthumous signature bass - Guitar World
- “A bass rig revolution in headphones”: Fender issues massive free update for the Mustang Micro Plus – and it’s the one bassists have been waiting for - Guitar World
New Music releases
- The best new albums out Feb. 27 - NPR
- New Music Friday release radar for February 27, 2026: top albums, song releases - DraftKings Network
- New Music Friday: 7 new releases to get us from February to March (27 Feb 2026) - Q107 Toronto
- New Music Friday: Bruno Mars, RAYE, BLACKPINK, Gorillaz and more - Official Charts
- Gnarls Barkley Return With “Pictures,” First New Music in 18 Years - The Source Magazine
- Social Distortion releases new album after nearly 15 years – title track 'Born To Kill' out now with music video - Chaoszine
- Bruno Mars and nine more new music releases you must hear this week - Cleveland.com
- Rapper Lil Poppa Dies at 25 After New Music Release - National Today
- Hilary Duff, Baby Keem, Megan Moroney & More: Which Is Your Favorite New Music Release This Week? Vote! - Billboard
- New album releases 2026: Dates for Harry Styles, Gorillaz, Leigh-Anne and more - Official Charts
- Looking Ahead: A Release Calendar of Upcoming Albums in 2026 - Billboard
- New Music Releases and Upcoming Albums in 2026 - Pitchfork
- Bebe Rexha is teasing Her New Music Release of Her Recently Achieved Independent Era - Daily Music Roll
- The Best New Music Releases This Week - Stanisland Magazine
- Harry Styles Revealed the Full Track List of His New Album - ELLE
- Harry Styles to release new single 'Aperture' this week - Yahoo
- New Music Friday: Robbie Williams, A$AP Rocky, Aaron Rowe, Madison Beer and more - Official Charts
- New Music Friday: 8 new releases for the middle of January (16 Jan 2026) - Global News
- Is Harry Styles releasing a new album? All the latest HS4 rumours - Capital UK
- Ariana Grande Sets the Record Straight on Releasing New Music Before Eternal Sunshine Tour - Billboard
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