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- The only guitarist Randy Rhoads regretted copying - Far Out Magazine
- Jethro Tull's Original Guitarist Mick Abrahams Dies at 82: 'The Mutual Respect We Enjoyed Was a Lasting Link' - Yahoo News UK
- Tributes paid to Brit rockstar Mick Abrahams after his death aged 82 - lbc.co.uk
- Mick Abrahams dead: Jethro Tull star dies aged 82 as band shares heartbreaking tribute - inkl
- “I went, ‘Jack Nicholson? You know who I am?’ He says, ‘Yeah, Georgie, I always follow the rough boys.’” George Thorogood on his Live Aid performances with Bo Diddley and Albert Collins — and the two actors who made his day - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I guess like John Lennon and Brian Jones, we’re not up front, but we keep it all sticking together”: Chris Dreja turned down Led Zeppelin, but he will be remembered as the Yardbirds’ unsung bass hero in a band of guitar superstars - Guitar World
- “That’s the foundation all of us guitar players learned from.” Joe Walsh names the “12 best all-time-forever” guitar solos by Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix and nine other six-string icons - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I feel like we all still have a lot of great ideas and a desire to keep creating.” Tommy Thayer teases future Kiss activity and says the band “has a lot in the works” - GuitarPlayer.com
- “It has already been publicly exhibited in an academic setting as genuine”: Footage emerges of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Allen Collins learning to play guitar again after the 1977 plane crash that killed three of his bandmates - Guitar World
- “Having Tommy Bolin play on my songs was a compliment, but artistically it ruined it for me. It led to a lot of conflict”: Moxy’s Earl Johnson lost control of his band as they tracked their debut album. After decades away, he might have got it back - Guitar World
- I've been playing guitar for 24 years, and this care package is what every new guitarist needs for 2026 - Guitar World
- “It was a spiritual download that just flowed through me.” John Lennon played it on repeat. Frank Sinatra called it the best song of the 1970s. How a simple C9 chord inspired a timeless top-10 hit - GuitarPlayer.com
- Classic rock band mourns death of ‘vitally important’ original guitarist - MassLive.com
- “I didn’t start until I was 21. Most people I know were 13 when they had their first guitar”: Chris Rea, Driving Home For Christmas singer and slide guitar maestro, dies aged 74 - Guitar World
- Original Jethro Tull guitarist Mick Abrahams dead at 82 - Far Out Magazine
- Tell Me There’s a Heaven: Chris Rea has died, aged 74 - MusicRadar
- “It’s tragic the way he died. He made the blues accessible to a lot of guys like me.” Bob Dylan and Jorma Kaukonen on the 1960s guitar icon who led an electric blues revolution and died alone and unknown - GuitarPlayer.com
- “There's only one time Frank commented on my future — and I'm reluctant to mention it.” Steve Vai on Frank Zappa's prophetic words about his career - GuitarPlayer.com
- Alien-shred, Brit-rock royalty, one blues icon and a hardcore superstar: here are Guitar World's Guitarists of the Year 2025 - Guitar World
- JETHRO TULL Guitarist MICK ABRAHAMS Dead At 82 - BraveWords
- Michael Abrahams, Founding Guitarist of Jethro Tull and Leader of Blodwyn Pig, Dies at 82 - Noise11.com
- "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
- 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 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
- Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records' Booker T and the M.G.'s, dies - NPR
- “Suddenly, all these football players were picking up guitars. It’s not my thing anymore”: Justin Hawkins recalls being “furious” about how Nirvana shook the guitar scene overnight - Guitar.com
- “He’s a bit overpowering at times.” John Lennon, Paul McCartney or Ringo Starr? George Harrison said he would have formed a new group with just one Beatle - GuitarPlayer.com
- “After getting minor surgery, we hired our good friend to give us a hand”: Gojira name stand-in guitarist after Joe Duplantier undergoes hand surgery - Guitar World
- “I’ll show you what got me in the Beatles.” Paul McCartney reveals the song he performed when he met John Lennon. But it wasn’t his guitar playing that earned him his respect - GuitarPlayer.com
- 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
- “These are the tracks people dream of being able to pick up and play”: New study names the most inspiring bands for aspiring guitarists – and The Beatles have been beaten to top spot - Guitar World
- 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
- “He was beyond belief. Nobody could play like that in those days.” Queen’s Brian May on the “fireball” guitarist who affected him like no other - GuitarPlayer.com
- Video: AFI's Jade Puget on His Approach to Guitar-Playing + Production - Reverb
- "I walked up behind him: ‘Hi Brian Johnson, I’m a guitar player. Do you want to go onstage and jam some songs?’ He went, 'Yeah mate!'" How an AC/DC legend and a heavyweight guitarist covered Led Zeppelin at a famous baseball player's wedding - Louder
- “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
- “How did I not notice that before?” Rick Beato shares the secrets he's learned sitting next to David Gilmour, Neal Schon and other guitar greats - GuitarPlayer.com
- ACE FREHLEY's Collaborator STEVE BROWN On KISS Legend's Death: 'It Was A Tragic Ending' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “This was about showing respect to a man that I don’t believe thinks I respect him”: Dave Mustaine on James Hetfield and why he’s re-recorded Ride The Lightning - Guitar.com
- “I discovered that you need to be anxious – it keeps you motivated. I try to feed off the anxiety and play guitar”: The life and times of Brent Hinds, the visionary guitarist with a maverick style who made Mastodon a big beast of metal - Guitar World
- “I owe not just an artistic debt to him, but a life debt to him”: Tom Morello on the genius of Ace Frehley - Guitar.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 founding guitarist Ace Frehley dies aged 74 - BBC
- “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
- “I didn’t realize how short he was!” The late Ace Frehley always spoke his mind. And when it came to his Kiss replacements Bruce Kulick, Vinnie Vincent and Tommy Thayer, the Space Ace had plenty to say - GuitarPlayer.com
- Ace Frehley, Kiss Lead Guitarist and Solo Artist, Dies at 74 - Variety
- Ace Frehley, legendary Kiss guitarist, dies at 74 - NBC News
- “I got my guitar and smashed it to smithereens. I said, ‘Now will you get out of my effing life!?’” Pete Townshend on the first guitar he ever broke — at age 13 — and John Entwistle's hilarious response - GuitarPlayer.com
- 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 said, ‘How do you record an 11-minute song in one take? It's perfect!’” As Rush prepare for their 2026 tour, Alex Lifeson recalls the group’s most complicated song — and the bizarre dreams that inspired their music - GuitarPlayer.com
- “He just blows everybody away”: Samantha Fish on who she thinks are the best modern blues guitar players right now - Guitar World
- Keith Urban’s guitarist Maggie Baugh sparks romance rumors as new details about her love life emerge - Fox News
- “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
- Keith Urban’s guitarist Maggie Baugh misses concert as he shows Nicole Kidman photo during emotional slideshow - Fox News
- “Death’s been knocking at my door for the last six years. At some point I’m gonna have to let him in.” Ozzy Osbourne reflected on his imminent demise weeks before his passing - GuitarPlayer.com
- Blues guitar player to perform at Palindrome - Peninsula Daily News
- Dad of Keith Urban’s guitar player addresses romance rumors after Nicole Kidman divorce - New York Post
- Ace Frehley cancels show following fall in his home studio - Guitar.com
- “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
- Nuno Bettencourt recalls his final conversation with Ozzy Osbourne – as “the only guitar player who said no” to playing for him - 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
- Legendary Steel Guitar Player Robby Turner Dead at 63 - Taste of Country
- FORBIDDEN's CRAIG LOCICERO: 'If You Can't Write Heavy S*** In' The Standard Guitar Tuning, 'Then I Don't Know What To Tell You' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “I couldn't get up to the top frets, but the SG suited me perfectly”: Why Tony Iommi never became a Les Paul player - Guitar.com
- “Eric's not playing on it. That’s me”: The time John Mayer received the ultimate guitar playing compliment from Paul McCartney’s session guitarist - Guitar.com
- CE Pro All Star Band Guitar Players Recount Their Favorite Players and Gear - cepro.com
- “I hate heavy metal, and I don't want to be in a heavy metal band!” Brent Hinds’ 2015 viral outburst revealed his love for Mastodon and the no-BS attitude that made him a true guitar hero - GuitarPlayer.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
- “We were mixing ‘Frampton Comes Alive!’ and they just kept on coming in and borrowing all sorts of different stuff!” Peter Frampton says Ace Frehley and Paul Stanley used his guitars on Kiss’s smash 1975 live album - GuitarPlayer.com
- John Fogerty says this thing is more important to musical success than being a good guitar player: "Even if your playing is kind of average, you can go far” - Guitar.com
- “As soon as I heard the news, I turned to my roommate and said, ‘That's my gig.’ The next day, Dave rings”: Steve Vai on how he joined David Lee Roth’s band – and Roth’s desire to “beat Van Halen” - Guitar World
- “One of the greatest to ever do it”: Terry “Superlungs” Reid, the guitarist, singer, and songwriter who forged his own path after turning down Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, has died aged 75 - Guitar World
- Zakk Wylde and Gus G. on Ozzy Osbourne - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I don't think Jimi Hendrix was a guitarist. Eric Clapton is excessively tedious.” Robert Fripp on his 1960s contemporaries — and the one guitarist he thought was fun - GuitarPlayer.com
- “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
- Video 10-year-old guitar-playing prodigy rocks on - ABC News
- 10-year-old guitar-playing prodigy rocks on - MSN
- “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
- Mick Ralphs, Guitarist in Bad Company and Mott the Hoople, Dead at 81 - Rolling Stone
- “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, Guitar Journeyman Behind ‘Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo,’ Dead at 77 - Rolling Stone
- Rick Derringer, famous for "Hang on Sloopy" and "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo," has died. Read our exclusive 2024 interview where he recalled inspiring Eddie Van Halen and performing with Johnny Winter - GuitarPlayer.com
- “There's no chance to ever play together again.” Dave Navarro unloads about Jane's Addiction and the shocking night when Perry Farrell attacked him onstage - GuitarPlayer.com
- MARTY FRIEDMAN Has Nothing Against 'Flashy' Guitar Playing: 'I Just Wanna Be Excited By What I Hear' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “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’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
- The ‘luckiest guitar player on Earth’ lives in Dallas, and he plays with the Eagles - Dallas News
- LAMB OF GOD's MARK MORTON: 'I Have Never Completely Defined Myself As Just A Heavy Metal Guitar Player' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
Guitar Amp News
- I've been playing guitar for 24 years, and this care package is what every new guitarist needs for 2026 - Guitar World
- Overloud Adds AIR to THU - Premier Guitar
- The 9 Best Tremolo Pedals for Any Budget: Vintage Pulses and Modern Vibes - Gearnews.com
- "I doubt Orange could have made this unit any simpler or more reliable": Orange Valve Tester MKII review - Guitar World
- “We were kind of forced to come up with a solution for playing a show in Antarctica where we couldn’t have speakers”: Why did the world’s biggest metal band switch to amp modelers? - Guitar World
- “This amp has taken me about 10 years to nail down”: A long-lost Beach Boys Dumble that has spent the past 35 years in Hawaii has surfaced – and Jason Momoa is using it on his new album - Guitar World
- Electro-Harmonix Introduces ABRAMS100 100-Watt Guitar Amp - Premier Guitar
- “The ABRAMS100 packs a whallop and it’s perfect for pedals!”: Electro-Harmonix presents 100-watts of serious solid-state power in a compact guitar amp head weighing just 2.5lbs - MusicRadar
- Black Friday guitar deals 2025 LIVE: all the biggest savings at Sweetwater, Guitar Center, Fender, Amazon and more that are still live - Guitar World
- “The first truly great portable electric guitar amp” is on sale for Black Friday - Guitar.com
- The Boss Katana 50 is my favorite practice amp – and it just hit the lowest price of the year thanks to this Amazon Black Friday deal - Guitar World
- Vox launches Micro Superbeetle guitar and audio amplifiers - Mixdown Magazine
- News - IK Multimedia throws its hat in the ring for Plugin Headphone Amps, with its TONEX PLUG - Guitar Pedal X
- “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
- “I was saying, ‘It’s going to explode.’ I was terrified the place was going to burn down”: When Eddie Van Halen crash-tested one of EVH’s most iconic guitar amps – and risked 5150 Studios in the process - Guitar World
- Local Guitar Amp Designers Keep Those Vacuum Tubes Aglow - Racket MN
- “You have to be prepared to spend hours and hours and hours programming”: Joe Bonamassa on why you’ll never catch him playing an amp modeler - Guitar World
- My Surprising Journey with Vintage Fender Amps - Premier Guitar
- 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
- “The American tube amp that powered generations of rock, surf, and pop music”: Universal Audio reimagines a classic Fender amp used by Keith Richards, The Beach Boys and beyond as a plugin – and it’s currently free to download - Guitar World
- “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
- “Making history as the first-ever amp authenticated on the blockchain”: Synyster Gates has launched what’s called a Universal Pedal Platform – and it’s nothing like your usual amp head - Guitar World
- Video: Meet Charlie Barker, a Twin-Style Tube Amp For Working Musicians - Reverb
- “He wanted all that at an undoable selling price”: Mesa/Boogie founder Randall Smith confirms rumours that it built James Hetfield a signature model – and it combined three iconic amps in one - MusicRadar
- Bad Cat Introduces the Ocelot — Small Amp. Big Attitude. Total Control. - Premier Guitar
- “It seems the age of touchscreen guitar amps is advancing faster than I ever imagined”: All the new guitar gear that caught my eye this week – including the return of my favorite Fender offset - Guitar World
- With guitar amps starting from just £44, Thomann’s massive Hughes & Kettner sale just made modernizing your rig a lot cheaper - MusicRadar
- With up to 40% off guitar amps Thomann's huge Hughes & Kettner sale just made upgrading your backline a lot more affordable - Guitar World
- We gave the Spark 2 9/10 in our review – and it's on sale now in Positive Grid's Back to School promo - Guitar.com
- If you're as excited about the Line 6 Helix Stadium as we are, you'll be pleased to know you can now hear it in action - Guitar.com
- “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
- Guitar Journal: JHS Closing, John Lennon Amp, & Fernandes Bankrupt - Gearnews.com
- Man buys John Lennon's old Fender guitar amp on Facebook Marketplace… for barely $4,000 - Guitar.com
- “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
- 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
- Blackstar Amplification Launches ID:X Series – A Cut Above - Premier Guitar
- “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
- 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
- “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
- News - Valeton issues a formidable challenger to the ToneX One with its GP-5 - Guitar Pedal X
- News - 4 of a Kind One Knob Noise Gates - Guitar Pedal X
- Best tube amps 2025: 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
- 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
- Divided by 13 CCC 9/15 Review - Premier Guitar
- Best amp modelers 2025: Get your dream guitar tone with my top picks - GuitarPlayer.com
- Save on Positive Grid's Spark 2, Spark MINI Vai, Spark LIVE and BIAS FX 2 for International Guitar Month - Guitar.com
- Carr Skylark Special Review - Premier Guitar
- “If you’re a young guitar player, that’s money well spent”: The amp pedal John Mayer thinks everyone should own - Guitar.com
- “This is going to merge into a very hot topic among guitar players”: Why John Mayer decided against ditching his tube amps for modelers for Dead & Company’s Sphere residency – despite the venue’s shortcomings - Guitar World
- “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
- “‘Cheap guitar’ doesn't mean bad guitar”: Why Yvette Young would rather have an expensive amp than an expensive guitar - Guitar.com
- “His expertise and vision have always set the standard for what a great amplifier should be”: Matchless Amplifiers and Bad Cat Amps luminary Mark Sampson – one of the leading minds of the boutique amp movement – has passed away - Guitar World
- News - The Boss Katana : GO - Personal Guitar Amplifier / Headphone Amp is Back! - Guitar Pedal X
- Boss Announces KATANA:GO Personal Headphone Amp - Premier Guitar
- “Retaining the tones that made it a game-changer from the start”: The Boss Katana:GO headphone amp is back after it was discontinued – but not as you remember it - Guitar World
- Positive Grid Launches the Spark NEO - Premier Guitar
- News - 9 Cool Headphone Amps - Guitar Pedal X
- “They said if I told anyone, they would deny it.” Ritchie Blackmore got the loudest amp Marshall ever made. All he had to do was keep two secrets - GuitarPlayer.com
- Best pedal amps 2025: Get the sound, feel and response of an amp, all on your pedalboard - MusicRadar
- News - 2025 January Pedal-Chain Update - Episode I - Peak Pedal Mania - Guitar Pedal X
- What’s going on with Dumble Amps? The return of an icon - Guitar World
- Game-changers, trends, innovations, revivals and show-stoppers: the key guitars, amps and pedals of NAMM 2025 - MusicRadar
- Best mini amps 2025: tiny amps for powerful tones - GuitarPlayer.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
- NAMM 2025 Gallery: The Latest from the NAMM Show - Premier Guitar
- Marshall Announces New Products at NAMM 2025 - Premier Guitar
- NAMM 2025: The Best New Product News & Announcements - Reverb
- “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
- Orange Announces Three New Portable Amps and the O Tone Combo Amp - Premier Guitar
- “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
- “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
- Boss launches WAZA Tube Amp Expander Core with “powerful enhancements focused on direct recording applications” - Guitar.com
- Boss shrinks and enhances its Waza Tube Amp Expander - now in more compact W-TAE Core edition - Guitar Pedal X
- Mark Tremonti: “I collect amps like most people collect guitars. My biggest affliction is buying Dumble amplifiers” - Guitar.com
- “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
- “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
- ‘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
- News - My 9 favourite Greer Amps Compact Gain Pedals Capsule Collection is complete - Guitar Pedal X
- NAMM 2024: all the latest guitar news, rumors and predictions from the greatest gear show on Earth - Guitar World
- 16 of the Most Iconic Electric Guitar Amps - Guitar Pedal X
- Tubesteader's 4th Tube-Powered Gain Pedal is its first Compact - the rather smart Eggnog Tweed-voiced Overdrive / Preamp - 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
Bass Player News
- Interview with Ready To Strike band members Cevon Ladd, Joe Nowhitney and Brandon Champ - Sleaze Roxx
- Sir David Beckham attends funeral of Stone Roses music legend - Oxford Mail
- Mani funeral: What Stone Roses singer Ian Brown said about bandmate Gary “Mani” Mounfield at star-filled service - NationalWorld
- Manchester Says Goodbye As Music Royalty Gathers For Mani’s Funeral - Blunt Magazine
- Ian Brown pays tribute to “brother” Mani at Stone Roses legend’s funeral in Manchester - Rolling Stone UK
- Monday Microsofty 58: Is a Famous Bassist His Own Grandfather? - mindmatters.ai
- The Boxing Night gig will benefit two charities - NorthernIrelandWorld
- Surviving Stone Roses act as pallbearers at funeral for bassist Mani - Yahoo News UK
- ‘Always a beautiful soul’ – star pays tribute to Stone Roses’ Mani - The Independent
- Mani’s Funeral: Ian Brown, Bobby Gillespie Lead The Eulogies - clashmusic.com
- In Pictures: He was adored – Star-studded send-off for Stone Roses’ Mani - The Independent
- Hundreds attend Stone Roses' Mani's star-studded Manchester send-off - BBC
- Liam Gallagher and David Beckham attend Stone Roses bassist Mani’s funeral - AOL.com
- Gary 'Mani' Mounfield: Stone Roses bassist funeral taking place in Manchester - Sky News
- 'Life and soul of any room he was in': Stone Roses' Ian Brown pays tribute to Mani at funeral - BBC
- Ian Brown pays tribute to Mani as funeral held for ‘beautiful’ Stone Roses bassist - Warrington Guardian
- Watch live as mourners leave Gary 'Mani' Mounfield's funeral service - Sky News
- Famous faces say final goodbye to Stone Roses bass player - Sky News
- “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
- “I had letters threatening me with death for getting Bert Jansch to play through an amp”: The life and wild times of Danny Thompson, the legend of upright bass who “brought greatness to everything he played” - Guitar World
Bass Amp News
- 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
- How the MESA/Boogie Bass-800D channels 50 years of bass amp innovation - Gibson
- Blackstar Debut Bass: 2 New Bass Practice Amps - Gearnews.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 bass amps 2025: low-end tone machines - GuitarPlayer.com
- Bergantino Audio Announces the HP Ultra 2000W Bass Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- Striped bass restrictions head to Supreme Court - MyEasternShoreMD
- Winter NAMM 2025 – Day 1 - Bass Gear Magazine
- Fender drops game-changing Tone Master Pro update - Guitar World
- Ashen Amps APG700.4 Bass Amplifier - Bass Gear Magazine
- Esko, Grand Rapids, Northwestern bass anglers head to state - Duluth News Tribune
- “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
- BOSS Announces Katana-500 Bass Head and Katana Cabinet 112 Bass - Bass Gear Magazine
- Boss unleashes a Bass Edition of its Killer ME-90 Multi-FX pedal alongside a potent new Katana 500 Watt Bass Head with matching C112B Cab - Guitar Pedal X
- “Raises professional bass amplification to the next level”: Boss has unveiled its first-ever Katana bass head – and it might have just changed the game for bass players - Guitar World
Guitar Effects News
- Universal Audio Paradise Guitar Studio review – all the classic tones you need for home recording? - Guitar.com
- Slash Blueprints Giveaway! - Premier Guitar
- EarthQuaker Barrows Review - Premier Guitar
- Guitar Journal: John Mayer’s Virtual Rig & More - Gearnews.com
- Reverb has unveiled the bestselling pedals of 2025 – and ’80s tone nostalgia rules supreme - Guitar World
- Silktone Expander Overdrive Pedal - Guitar.com
- The 9 Best Tremolo Pedals for Any Budget: Vintage Pulses and Modern Vibes - Gearnews.com
- Höfner blames effects of US tariffs for bankruptcy, but “business operations will continue” throughout administration - Guitar.com
- Silktone Expander review – a refined and versatile drive pedal that does things a little differently - Guitar.com
- “In my experience, it's the easiest modeler to use live”: Line 6 Helix Stadium XL Floor review - Guitar World
- The Line 6 Helix Stadium has already been updated – and it finally rolls out one of the next-gen modeler’s most anticipated new features - Guitar World
- “I was really concerned. I didn’t want to be like Nokia when the iPhone came out”: How Line 6 and Kemper’s early releases inadvertently inspired the creation of their biggest rival - Guitar World
- H90 Harmonizer & H9000 Update: Eventide Introduces New Granular Effects - Gearnews.com
- Neural DSP models John Mayer’s entire amp and effects rig—and it sounds great - Ars Technica
- Summer School Electronics and Supercool Pedals Collaborate on Distortion Pedal - Premier Guitar
- Polarising Boss pedals, brilliant Martins and a relic Fender: these are my favourite new guitar products of 2025 - Guitar.com
- Tech 21 Announces SansAmp Classic Limited Run for Early 2026 - Premier Guitar
- “A near-perfect TS808-style pedal from the designer of the Tube Screamer that could arguably be the new gold standard”: TWA Source Code review - Guitar World
- Steinberg Cubasis 3.8 Update: New Guitar Effects and Workflow Features - Gearnews.com
- J. Rockett Audio Designs Releases New Aqueous Chorus - Premier Guitar
Guitar and Bass News
- Rig Rundown: Marc Ford and Doug Pettibone (The Lucinda Williams Band) - Premier Guitar
- “I guess like John Lennon and Brian Jones, we’re not up front, but we keep it all sticking together”: Chris Dreja turned down Led Zeppelin, but he will be remembered as the Yardbirds’ unsung bass hero in a band of guitar superstars - Guitar World
- 138-year-old instrument maker famed for Paul McCartney’s bass files for bankruptcy and maps out three-month plan - The US Sun
- I've been playing guitar for 24 years, and this care package is what every new guitarist needs for 2026 - Guitar World
- Höfner blames effects of US tariffs for bankruptcy, but “business operations will continue” throughout administration - Guitar.com
- “We would like to clarify a few things”: Höfner, maker of Paul McCartney’s legendary Violin Bass, shares statement following bankruptcy filing - Guitar World
- Alien-shred, Brit-rock royalty, one blues icon and a hardcore superstar: here are Guitar World's Guitarists of the Year 2025 - 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
- “I bought my first Höfner bass in the ’60s. I have loved it ever since”: Paul McCartney pays tribute to Höfner as the legendary German brand’s future hangs in the balance - Guitar World
- Höfner – maker of Paul McCartney’s iconic violin bass – files for bankruptcy - Guitar.com
- “James Brown told me, ‘Son, you can’t come on my stage with that funny-looking thing!’” When a young Bootsy Collins joined James Brown’s band, the Godfather of Funk bought him a Fender Jazz Bass. Now it’s up for auction - Guitar World
- “Thank goodness it wasn’t painted”: John Entwistle’s Warwick bass triples in value after analysis reveals links to another rock great - Guitar World
- It’s a kind of magic: Wood grain analysis reveals bass guitar’s link to Queen - Oxford Mail
- Beloved rocker dead at 63: ‘One of the best to ever pick up a bass guitar’ - PennLive.com
- “I looked at the bass, Billie looked at me, and I picked it up. I thought, ‘Did I just become a bass player?’” Green Day’s Mike Dirnt looks back on his early bass days – as Epiphone launches signature version of his cult classic Grabber G-3 - Guitar World
- IK Multimedia Announces TONEX Plug for Guitar and Bass - Premier Guitar
- Anthony Jackson, Master of the Electric Bass, Is Dead at 73 - The New York Times
- “My only regret is that I don’t get to play them all as often as I would like”: U2’s Adam Clayton is auctioning off a score of bass guitars that have shaped the band’s sound over the years - Guitar World
- Fender Partners With Turnstile for New Line of Guitars & Bass Guitars - Billboard
- Adam Clayton Opens First-Ever Exhibition Of His Iconic Bass Guitars In Ireland - Noise11.com
New Music releases
- Voice Actor Shiina Natsukawa Releases New Music Video "SCORE CRACKER" - Crunchyroll
- “We were joking that we have to make this record absolutely shred and that we needed to put a lot of solos in it. I think we accomplished that”: Megadeth shares new single ahead of farewell record – and it’s a shred guitar celebration - Guitar World
- New album releases 2026: Dates for Gorillaz, Robbie Williams, Leigh-Anne and more - Official Charts
- Which New Music Release of the Week Is Your Favorite? Vote! - Billboard
- Drake new album ‘Iceman’: Album cover, release date, features and all the clues - Capital XTRA
- GUNS N' ROSES Release Two New Singles, 'Nothin'' And 'Atlas' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- The best new holiday music releases for 2025 - Mainline Media News
- 6 Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now - Pitchfork
- Which New Music Release Is Your Favorite This Week? Vote! - Billboard
- New Music Friday: YUNGBLUD & Aerosmith, The Beatles, Olly Murs and more - Official Charts
- BAD OMENS Release New Single 'Left For Good' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- Kelsea Ballerini Opens Up About Surprising Favorite Part of New Music Release - Parade
- Massive Attack Promise New Music for 2026 - Pitchfork
- News: Anti-Corp Music Releases Two New Albums - New Noise Magazine
- Pink Floyd, Kiss and Bruce Springsteen: December's Hottest New Music - Ultimate Classic Rock
- New Music Friday: Kylie Minogue, Katy Perry, Robbie Williams, The Lottery Winners and more - Official Charts
- Which Is Your Favorite New Music Release of the Week? Vote! - Billboard
- Apple Music Releases Exclusive Digital Recordings of Herbert von Karajan - The Violin Channel
- New Music Friday: Florence + The Machine, Cat Burns, Dirty Blonde and more - Official Charts
- Florence + the Machine, Offset & More: Which New Music Release Is Your Favorite This Week? Vote! - Billboard
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