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  1. Old Dominion guitar player impresses PGA Tour pro with his golf game - Yahoo
  2. Casio Introduces Dimension Shifter Guitar Strap Controller - Premier Guitar
  3. Gregg Bowers to Stoney Creek Bluegrass Band - Bluegrass Today
  4. American Guitarist and Composer Ralph Towner has Died, Aged 85 - The Violin Channel
  5. Jimi Hendrix Once Named the Guitarist Who Inspired Him as One of the Greatest of All Time - Collider
  6. ”I’ll do everything I can to make this guitar sing again.” Ukrainian guitarist completely restores a Les Paul heavily damaged by a Russian drone strike - GuitarPlayer.com
  7. Joanne Shaw Taylor Recruits Connor Selby For UK Tour - antiMusic
  8. “‘Labor of love’ gets thrown around too often, but collaborating with Yamaha to recreate my guitar has been exactly that”: The Yamaha Revstar pulled Chris Buck away from Strat loyalty – and his new signature model boasts some tantalizing personal touches - Guitar World
  9. TRIUMPH's RIK EMMETT Announces Second Book Of Poetry, 'Leaning Into It' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
  10. “He would always show me this really horrible Stratocaster that had nine pickups on it”: The Cribs' Ryan Jarman explains why a guitar swap with Johnny Marr didn't work out - Guitar World
  11. “Dave called me after he got out of rehab. He said, ‘I quit Megadeth.’” David Ellefson on Dave Mustaine and what really happened when the guitarist forced him out of the thrash metal legends - GuitarPlayer.com
  12. “When I’d watch Meg and Jack White on stage... it felt really inspiring. Eventually I thought, what would it be like if we added another drummer?”: How the Velveteers' Demi Demitro learned to speak through baritone fuzz riffs - Guitar World
  13. Weary Ramblers wins at International Blues Challenge - greenecountynewsonline.com
  14. “Whether tilting the neck to swell a delay, raising the body for a filter sweep, or leaning back to unleash distortion, it opens a new world of expressive, intuitive stage performance”: Is Casio’s Dimension Shift a game-changer for your pedalboard? - MusicRadar
  15. Unprocessed’s Manuel Gardner Fernandes names the viral shredders you need to watch in 2026 - Guitar.com
  16. “Furious? That’s putting it mildly. I was counting how many people I was going to have to kill”: Randy Holden’s 1970 album pioneered doom metal. But he was never told it had been released - Guitar World
  17. “This was 1968, right at the height of the Vietnam War.” John Fogerty on the letter that inspired him to write his greatest hit song - GuitarPlayer.com
  18. Cate Le Bon + Frances Chang - The Sinclair (Cambridge, MA) - January 15, 2026 - The Big Takeover
  19. Ralph Towner, influential guitarist and founding member of the group Oregon, dies at 85 - KNKX
  20. Who's No. 1? Let the Debate Begin! - Premier Guitar
  21. Composer and Guitarist Ralph Towner Passes Away at 85 - BroadwayWorld.com
  22. Struggling to nail Metallica’s punishing riffing? Don’t worry, even James Hetfield admits he finds it tricky at times - Guitar.com
  23. NAMM 2026 Live: The latest guitar launches and news from the biggest music gear event on the planet - Guitar.com
  24. “Roger was a bit resentful of the fact that whenever Eric Clapton got up and played a solo, the place would erupt”: Old colleague of Pink Floyd spills the beans on his relationship with band members - MusicRadar
  25. Cassie Wright named as new Executive Director of IBMA Foundation - Bluegrass Today
  26. “Doing overdubs on that song was one of the toughest sessions for me.” Steely Dan’s key guitarist on what happened behind his hit tracks with Walter Becker and Donald Fagen - GuitarPlayer.com
  27. 3 Iconic Country Music Guitarists Who Could Shred With the Best of Them - American Songwriter
  28. “They played a lot of fast drop D, but they also played a lot of harmony power chords. You can hear a lot of that in our early music”: Kevin Jonas on his love for the Dove, and why you’ll almost always find the Jonas Brothers in DADGAD - Guitar World
  29. NOFX Guitarist Eric Melvin Sued Fat Mike for "Financial Malfeasance" - Consequence of Sound
  30. “They are still being killed for years, so that’s the reason we’re missing out on it.” Brian May on the surprising reason Queen refuse to play one of summers’ most celebrated music festivals - GuitarPlayer.com
  31. “Atlantic Records told me, ‘Eric should be the singer. You’re just the bass player.’ So I cried in the corner while they came up with Strange Brew”: Eric Clapton was Cream’s biggest star, but Jack Bruce sang most of the band’s classic tracks - Guitar World
  32. “Giving guitarists an entirely new way to interact with their music”: Casio’s strap-mounted Dimension Shifter lets players control effect parameters with their movements - Guitar World
  33. “My main guitar is a Squier. My first guitar teacher gave me that. It’s a very important guitar for me”: How Thomas Raggi produced his raucous, all-star solo album, with a little help from Tom Morello - Guitar World
  34. “The night he died, I was at Buddy Guy’s club waiting for Buddy, Stevie and Clapton. Then we were told they’d all gone down”: Larry McCray on rubbing shoulders with blues royalty and playing through Joe Bonamassa’s epic rig - Guitar World
  35. “Ed was very much a purist”: Why Eddie Van Halen didn’t re-do technical mistakes on Eruption - Guitar.com
  36. Pushing the Envelope: Blues-guitar great Coco Montoya returns to the Mystic - petalumanews.com
  37. In Memoriam: Ralph Towner, 1940–2026 - DownBeat
  38. Police royalties case reveals Sting has paid Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland more than $800,000 since they filed their lawsuit. They claim more is owed - GuitarPlayer.com
  39. “There would be a tremendous outpouring of applause – that annoyed Roger quite a lot”: Pink Floyd session guitarist says Roger Waters was “resentful” of Eric Clapton - Guitar World
  40. Jazz virtuoso and fusion pioneer Ralph Towner – composer of jazz standard Icarus – dies at 85 - Guitar World
  41. “If Hendrix were alive today and we were friends, how would he write an instrumental song?!” Mateus Asato is stepping out on his own with a debut solo album – and a track that pays homage to his hero - Guitar World
  42. “The only guy there was Tom. He told me he was done.” How Tom Petty broke up his band to form the Heartbreakers — and the musician he left behind - GuitarPlayer.com
  43. “My job is to imagine things worth existing, and then making them real as an artist”: Jacob Collier is championing a new way to play guitar - Guitar.com
  44. “David Bowie had to mix him out of his own song because Tom drove him nuts in the studio”: Richard Lloyd on episodes with Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix, and his bittersweet relationship with Tom Verlaine - Guitar World
  45. “Playing with Vince Neil, opening for Van Halen, it got to be total rock ’n’ roll excess. I had to reassess why I was even playing guitar”: Steve Stevens on resisting shred, how Paco de Lucia made him go nylon, and Billy Idol’s eternal appeal - Guitar World
  46. Want to play traditional Portuguese guitar? How to learn from a master - heraldnews.com
  47. Ralph Towner, Eclectic Guitarist With the Ensemble Oregon, Dies at 85 - The New York Times
  48. Pioneering Guitarist Ralph Towner Has Died - clashmusic.com
  49. Biffy Clyro touring guitarist says he “can't think of anything more boring” than playing acoustic guitar - Guitar.com
  50. Carlos Santana thinks guitarists who play fast are no better than gym bros flexing their muscles: “Big deal, so what?” - Guitar.com
  51. Bob Weir, guitarist and founding member of the Grateful Dead, has died at 78 - Georgia Public Broadcasting
  52. Wolfgang Van Halen says this aspect of his father’s guitar playing is “incredibly underrated”: “Everybody looks at him as Mr. Tap and Mr. Shred, but that’s just a flavour to what he did” - Guitar.com
  53. SYSTEM OF A DOWN's DARON MALAKIAN: How I Ended Up Playing Guitar For METALLICA For A Couple Of Shows In 2000 - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
  54. “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
  55. WOLFGANG VAN HALEN: 'I Think My Dad Is An Incredibly Underrated Rhythm Guitar Player And Songwriter' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
  56. Perry Bamonte, Guitarist and Keyboardist for the Cure, Dies at 65 - The New York Times
  57. “When I’m at home, I don’t like to touch the guitar”: Why playing less guitar helped Marcus King become a better player and songwriter - Guitar World
  58. “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
  59. “It started with a suggestion to come up with something Beatle-ish, like ‘Ticket to Ride.’” The guitarist behind the 1960s pop hitmakers who sold more records than the Beatles and Rolling Stones combined - GuitarPlayer.com
  60. "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
  61. Steve Cropper, Guitarist, Songwriter and Shaper of Memphis Soul Music, Dies at 84 - The New York Times
  62. He Helped Shape Austin’s Music Scene. Now, as He Stares Down ALS, He’s Still Playing. - texasmonthly.com
  63. “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
  64. Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records' Booker T and the M.G.'s, dies - NPR
  65. Guitarist Phil Upchurch, who played with Donny Hathaway and Michael Jackson, dies at 84 - latimes.com
  66. “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
  67. MICHAEL SWEET: 'If People Only Knew How Hard I Work' On Guitar Parts For STRYPER Albums - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
  68. 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
  69. “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
  70. 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
  71. Video: AFI's Jade Puget on His Approach to Guitar-Playing + Production - Reverb
  72. “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
  73. TOM MORELLO: 'Without ACE FREHLEY, I Don't Know Whether I Would've Ever Wanted To Play Guitar' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
  74. EXTREME's NUNO BETTENCOURT: How ACE FREHLEY Influenced Me As A Guitar Player - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
  75. KISS founding guitarist Ace Frehley dies aged 74 - BBC
  76. “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
  77. Ace Frehley 1951-2025: Guitar community mourns the death of Kiss’s trailblazing founding guitarist - Guitar.com
  78. Ace Frehley, Kiss's original lead guitarist and founding member, dead at 74 - CBC
  79. Ace Frehley, founding guitarist for KISS, dead at 74 - ABC News
  80. Kiss Guitarist Ace Frehley Dead at 74 - Rolling Stone
  81. “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
  82. “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
  83. Maggie Baugh: What to know about Keith Urban's guitar player - Fox News
  84. “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
  85. Get more Guitar Player stories in your day with these two easy steps - GuitarPlayer.com
  86. Legendary Steel Guitar Player Robby Turner Dead at 63 - Taste of Country
  87. “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
  88. CE Pro All Star Band Guitar Players Recount Their Favorite Players and Gear - cepro.com
  89. Henley air guitar player gears up for world championships - BBC
  90. 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
  91. “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
  92. “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
  93. "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
  94. Video 10-year-old guitar-playing prodigy rocks on - ABC News
  95. 10-year-old guitar-playing prodigy rocks on - MSN
  96. Mick Ralphs, Guitarist in Bad Company and Mott the Hoople, Dead at 81 - Rolling Stone
  97. ‘Washita Love Child’ remembers Indigenous guitarist Jesse Ed Davis’ prolific music career - mprnews.org
  98. Rick Derringer, Guitar Journeyman Behind ‘Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo,’ Dead at 77 - Rolling Stone
  99. MARTY FRIEDMAN Has Nothing Against 'Flashy' Guitar Playing: 'I Just Wanna Be Excited By What I Hear' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
  100. Winner of Guitar Player Magazine International Competition to perform locally - timesobserver.com

Guitar Amp News

  1. Casio Introduces Dimension Shifter Guitar Strap Controller - Premier Guitar
  2. NAMM 2026 live! The biggest guitar news as it happens - Guitar World
  3. “Our goal has been to define the standard for what an all-in-one digital rig can be”: Neural DSP’s game-changing Quad Cortex amp modeller just got a lot smaller – but it’s got the same sounds, the same power, and a 7” touchscreen too - MusicRadar
  4. “Size shouldn’t dictate what a professional rig is capable of”: Neural DSP debuts the Quad Cortex mini – putting the full QC experience into its smallest format yet - Guitar World
  5. Rig Rundown: Bryan Adams - Premier Guitar
  6. Pro Pedalboards 2026! - Premier Guitar
  7. “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
  8. MESA/BOOGIE Revives a High-Gain Icon with the ’90s Triple Rectifier Reissue - Gear Gods
  9. “A bold evolution of Valvetronix”: VOX pairs new amp modelling technology with the “authentic feel of classic tubes” in the new VT20X and VT40X - Guitar.com
  10. Citadel Electronics' Vector Hybrid Octave Fuzz is a super shapeable killer sounding Fuzz of that genre - Guitar Pedal X
  11. Guild Debuts American-Made F-412 Standard Jumbo12-String - Premier Guitar
  12. D’Addario Introduces the Micro-Fiber Polishing Mitt - Premier Guitar
  13. SYNERGY Amps Releases the All New SYN-20IR 1x12 All-Tube 20 Watt Combo - Premier Guitar
  14. “The straight-up, high-voltage voice of a masterfully designed single-channel amp”: Orange rolls out the OR60 – an all-valve guitar amp head that is the “most versatile it has ever built” - Guitar World
  15. “The straight-up, high-voltage voice of a masterfully… - Inkl
  16. NAMM 2026 Live: The latest guitar launches and news from the biggest music gear event on the planet - Guitar.com
  17. “Making digital modeling a more viable option for those who miss the sound and feel of a real amp”: Line 6 Powercab CL 112 review - Guitar World
  18. VOX Introduces New Valvetronix VT20X and VT40X Amplifiers - Premier Guitar
  19. Esoterica Electrica: On Our Way to the Top - Premier Guitar
  20. Orange Amps OR60 UK-Built All-Valve Guitar Amp - Premier Guitar
  21. VOX Introduces the VTB-1 Treble Booster Pedal - Premier Guitar
  22. Fender American Professional Classic Jaguar and Jazzmaster Review - Premier Guitar
  23. Warm Audio Announces the Fluff Drive Signature Pedal from Ryan “Fluff” Bruce - Premier Guitar
  24. “Simple design is its key: just the straight-up, high-voltage voice of a masterfully designed single-channel amp”: Orange Amps rolls out the OR60, a single-channel 60-watt tube powerhouse officially approved by Down/COC’s Pepper Keenan - MusicRadar
  25. “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
  26. “Designed to go hard”: Orange unveils new vintage-inspired single-channel OR60 amp head - Guitar.com
  27. Vox unveils “re-engineered” treble booster with all the tone and none of the inconsistency of vintage units - Yahoo! Tech
  28. Vox AC15 Hand-Wired review – “all the things you’d hope for from a really good Vox amp” - Guitar.com
  29. Orange OR60: 60 Watts of Legendary British Crunch - Gearnews.com
  30. The Beast Returns: MESA/Boogie Resurrects the Iconic 90s Triple Rectifier - Gearnews.com
  31. 6 Favourite Dumble Overdrive Special Pedal Takes - Guitar Pedal X
  32. VOX Introduces Hand-Wired AC30 Head and V212 Cabinet - Premier Guitar
  33. Ibanez Announces New Mode Series Basses - Premier Guitar
  34. Tech 21 SansAmp Programmable Bass Driver & Geddy Lee Amalgamation Signature Chorus - Premier Guitar
  35. Electro-Harmonix Introduces the Effects Interface Hardware Plugin - Premier Guitar
  36. Martin Guitar Unveils Four All-New Models Ahead of The 2026 NAMM Show - Premier Guitar
  37. Taylor Launches Next Generation Of Its Flagship Acoustics - Premier Guitar
  38. “Increasingly difficult for us to continue operating in the US”: Harley Benton closes its official U.S. Reverb store following tariff uncertainties - Guitar World
  39. REVV Amps makes Joey Landreth Signature DirtDog Overdrive based on his custom modded D25 JL REVV Signature Tube Amp - Guitar Pedal X
  40. “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
  41. NAMM 2026: news, rumors, predictions - Guitar World
  42. “Built to carry its sonic legacy into the future of listening”: Fender becomes the latest guitar and amp firm to enter the home audio space – but can Fender Audio stand up to Marshall? - Guitar World
  43. The Guitar.com staff picks: this is the best new gear of 2025 - Guitar.com
  44. Guitar.com Deals Of The Week: pre-Christmas savings to stuff your stockings with - Guitar.com
  45. Strymon's new Fairfax is a cool Fuzzy Scuzzy Tube Amp style JFETs saturator with gating sag - Guitar Pedal X
  46. “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
  47. Reverb shares its best selling gear of the year – and 2025 was the year of the Strat - Guitar.com
  48. The Lava Studio Amp is the world's best Practice Amp - stuffed with smart features and killer playability - Guitar Pedal X
  49. Peavey’s Legendary Super Festival Bass Amp is Back - Premier Guitar
  50. “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
  51. “Virtually indistinguishable from the all-tube original”: EVH signals the start of a brave new era with its first digital combo – which promises authentic Eddie Van Halen tube amp tones - Guitar World
  52. Electro-Harmonix Introduces ABRAMS100 100-Watt Guitar Amp - Premier Guitar
  53. Cyber Monday guitar deals 2025 LIVE: all of today's biggest savings at Sweetwater, Guitar Center, Fender, Amazon and more - Guitar World
  54. Drunk Beaver's Pedal Drop #34 is a really cool take on the Roland Jazz Chorus Preamp Section - specially as per the JC-120H and JC-77 Editions of Amps - Guitar Pedal X
  55. “The first truly great portable electric guitar amp” is on sale for Black Friday - Guitar.com
  56. Best headphone amps for guitar 2025: silent practice solutions - Guitar World
  57. Vox launches Micro Superbeetle guitar and audio amplifiers - Mixdown Magazine
  58. “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
  59. News - IK Multimedia throws its hat in the ring for Plugin Headphone Amps, with its TONEX PLUG - Guitar Pedal X
  60. 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
  61. AFI guitarist ditched tube amps because they made him feel “constrained” sonically – does he have a point? - Guitar.com
  62. “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
  63. Local Guitar Amp Designers Keep Those Vacuum Tubes Aglow - racketmn.com
  64. Best mini amps for guitar 2025: power up your practice with these tiny towers of tone – these are my top picks - Guitar World
  65. My Surprising Journey with Vintage Fender Amps - Premier Guitar
  66. News - Greer's Mizuki Blue replicates Tube-Amp-like Textures with 2 JFET Gain Stages - Guitar Pedal X
  67. PRS Guitars Announces New SE Models Plus a New Combo Amp Ahead of 2026 Updates - Premier Guitar
  68. “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
  69. “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
  70. “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
  71. “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
  72. Introducing the LYRA: Two Legends. One Amplifier. - Premier Guitar
  73. “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
  74. 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
  75. “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
  76. Sophie Burrell x Boss Katana Tone Crafting Masterclass at the Roland Denmark Street Store - Guitar Pedal X
  77. Man buys John Lennon's old Fender guitar amp on Facebook Marketplace… for barely $4,000 - Guitar.com
  78. “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
  79. Dad who bought guitar amp on Facebook floored by previous rock star owner - manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  80. “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
  81. Mooer’s F15i is a $190 desktop modeling amp with touchscreen - Guitar World
  82. Blackstar Amplification Launches ID:X Series – A Cut Above - Premier Guitar
  83. 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
  84. Best acoustic guitar amp 2025: Amplify your acoustic with a top-rated amp - MusicRadar
  85. Fender to launch new American Vintage, Mustang, and Tone Master amps this year – here’s everything you need to know - Guitar.com
  86. Supro Announces New Airwave Tube Amp - Premier Guitar
  87. Best tube amps 2025: My top tube amps for the ultimate guitar tone - GuitarPlayer.com
  88. Thomann has acquired Hughes & Kettner - Guitar World
  89. Best Combo Amp for Every Budget: Fender, Orange, Marshall & More - Gearnews.com
  90. Best amp modellers 2025: High-tech tone solutions for all guitarists - MusicRadar
  91. 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
  92. Divided by 13 CCC 9/15 Review - Premier Guitar
  93. Save on Positive Grid's Spark 2, Spark MINI Vai, Spark LIVE and BIAS FX 2 for International Guitar Month - Guitar.com
  94. Carr Skylark Special Review - Premier Guitar
  95. “If you’re a young guitar player, that’s money well spent”: The amp pedal John Mayer thinks everyone should own - Guitar.com
  96. News - IK Multimedia ToneX One Joe Satriani Chrome Edition Deep Dive - Guitar Pedal X
  97. “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
  98. News - The Boss Katana : GO - Personal Guitar Amplifier / Headphone Amp is Back! - Guitar Pedal X
  99. Boss Announces KATANA:GO Personal Headphone Amp - Premier Guitar
  100. News - 9 Cool Headphone Amps - Guitar Pedal X
  101. NAMM 2025 rumors, predictions and breaking news - Guitar World

Bass Player News

  1. Ahead of Largo show, Aerosmith’s Tom Hamilton recalls the best gigs he ever saw - cltampa.com
  2. “James Brown always said, ‘I’m the most humble man out there – and Kool, that guy’s number two to me’”: Kool & The Gang’s Robert Bell on how he laid down three top 10s in a single session – and became one of the most sampled artists in history - Guitar World
  3. John Lloyd Quartet, Louis Sclavis and a bounty of bassists shine at Bath Jazz Weekend - Jazzwise
  4. “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
  5. The Artemis Bass Initiative: championing equity for women and non-binary bassists - The Strad
  6. 'I'm just a renegade modern day monk': Blur bassist Alex James is leaving the cheese farm for Britpop Classical - yorkshirepost.co.uk
  7. “Atlantic Records told me, ‘Eric should be the singer. You’re just the bass player.’ So I cried in the corner while they came up with Strange Brew”: Eric Clapton was Cream’s biggest star, but Jack Bruce sang most of the band’s classic tracks - Guitar World
  8. FLESH PARADE bassist Jorge Caicedo dies - Lambgoat
  9. “There would be a tremendous outpouring of applause – that annoyed Roger quite a lot”: Pink Floyd session guitarist says Roger Waters was “resentful” of Eric Clapton - Guitar World
  10. “The only guy there was Tom. He told me he was done.” How Tom Petty broke up his band to form the Heartbreakers — and the musician he left behind - GuitarPlayer.com
  11. “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
  12. “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
  13. Famous faces say final goodbye to Stone Roses bass player - Sky News
  14. “A lot of people got confused. They were like, ‘God, I love that guitar part.’ But actually, it’s a bass”: Fontaines D.C.’s Deego dissects the Joy Division bassline that inspired his bass journey - Guitar World
  15. “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
  16. Biffy Clyro bass player quits tour over addiction and mental health issues - BBC
  17. “My world came crumbling down right in front of me”: Original Arctic Monkeys bassist reveals the moment he was kicked out of the band - Guitar.com
  18. Reports: Tetsu Yamauchi Has Died - clashmusic.com
  19. Flea has announced his debut solo album – but he’s not the only bassist playing on it - Guitar World
  20. BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE's MATT TUCK On Late LIMP BIZKIT Bassist SAM RIVERS: 'He Was The Backbone Of The Foundation Of That Band' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET

Bass Amp News

  1. Tech 21 SansAmp Programmable Bass Driver & Geddy Lee Amalgamation Signature Chorus - Premier Guitar
  2. Best multi-effects pedals 2026: Our pick of the best all-in-one guitar FX modellers - MusicRadar
  3. 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
  4. Peavey’s Legendary Super Festival Bass Amp is Back - Premier Guitar
  5. IK Multimedia Announces TONEX Plug for Guitar and Bass - Premier Guitar
  6. IK Multimedia launches TONEX Signature Bass Collectionand two TONEX Bass pedals - Premier Guitar
  7. GEEZER BUTLER Is Selling The Bass Amp Heads He Used At BLACK SABBATH's Final Show - Metal Injection
  8. Geezer Butler to sell signed amps used at rehearsals for Black Sabbath’s final show - Guitar.com
  9. IK Multimedia ToneX Bass Pedals: Ampeg, Bassmann, And Much More! - Gearnews.com
  10. Mesa/Boogie resurrects the legendary Bass 400+ without the backache - Mixdown Magazine
  11. How the MESA/Boogie Bass-800D channels 50 years of bass amp innovation - Gibson
  12. Best bass amps for practice 2025: top combos for working on your chops at home - Guitar World
  13. “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
  14. Juan Alderete Is Bringing Over 700 Bass Guitars, Pedals, and Amps to Reverb - Reverb
  15. MayFly Audio releases the Sunset Bass Amplifier Simulator - Premier Guitar
  16. Best bass amps 2025: low-end tone machines - GuitarPlayer.com
  17. “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
  18. Bergantino Audio Announces the HP Ultra 2000W Bass Amplifier - Premier Guitar
  19. Esko, Grand Rapids, Northwestern bass anglers head to state - duluthnewstribune.com
  20. “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

  1. Casio Introduces Dimension Shifter Guitar Strap Controller - Premier Guitar
  2. “A more compact form without compromise”: Neural DSP downsizes its flagship Quad Cortex with the smaller but equally powerful Quad Cortex Mini - Guitar.com
  3. LHZ HL-1 HAZard LAMPS Bass Pedal - Bass Gear Magazine
  4. OBNE Parting, a colorful glitchy delay reverb pedal in collaboration with Emily Hopkins - synth anatomy
  5. “Our goal has been to define the standard for what an all-in-one digital rig can be”: Neural DSP’s game-changing Quad Cortex amp modeller just got a lot smaller – but it’s got the same sounds, the same power, and a 7” touchscreen too - MusicRadar
  6. Neural DSP Quad Cortex Mini: new amp modeler and multi-FX - synth anatomy
  7. “Size shouldn’t dictate what a professional rig is capable of”: Neural DSP debuts the Quad Cortex mini – putting the full QC experience into its smallest format yet - Guitar World
  8. Neural DSP takes control of the compact modeler market with the Quad Cortex mini - Yahoo! Tech
  9. Old Blood Noise Endeavors collaborates with Emily Hopkins on the PARTING Glitch Delay / Reverb / Crushing Modulation Device - Guitar Pedal X
  10. Parting: Emily Hopkins and OBNE Debut Creative Chaos - Gearnews.com
  11. Fjord Fuzz beautifully combines authentic Throbbing Uni-Vibe and Swirling Reslytone Rotary style Tones in the singularly vibrant Frøy Resly-Vibe device, perfectly complimented by the new V4 Odin Octave Fuzz - Guitar Pedal X
  12. Pro Pedalboards 2026! - Premier Guitar
  13. Blackstar ID:X Floor: A Compact Evolution for Modern Guitar Players in 3 Models - Gearnews.com
  14. “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
  15. “Whether tilting the neck to swell a delay, raising the body for a filter sweep, or leaning back to unleash distortion, it opens a new world of expressive, intuitive stage performance”: Is Casio’s Dimension Shift a game-changer for your pedalboard? - MusicRadar
  16. Citadel Electronics' Vector Hybrid Octave Fuzz is a super shapeable killer sounding Fuzz of that genre - Guitar Pedal X
  17. Dunlop Crybaby Classic Wah Pedal – Iconic Guitar Wah Effect Pedal, Die-Cast Construction | Powered By 9V Battery Or Adapter - umlconnector.com
  18. Roland adds three more treasured Boss pedals to its Effects Pedals plugin - Guitar.com
  19. NAMM 2026: The Best New Product News & Announcements - Reverb
  20. Roland BOSS Effects Pedals: new update adds three pedals to the multi-FX plugin - synth anatomy

Guitar and Bass News

  1. LHZ HL-1 HAZard LAMPS Bass Pedal - Bass Gear Magazine
  2. “‘Labor of love’ gets thrown around too often, but collaborating with Yamaha to recreate my guitar has been exactly that”: The Yamaha Revstar pulled Chris Buck away from Strat loyalty – and his new signature model boasts some tantalizing personal touches - Guitar World
  3. “He would always show me this really horrible Stratocaster that had nine pickups on it”: The Cribs' Ryan Jarman explains why a guitar swap with Johnny Marr didn't work out - Guitar World
  4. CLIFF BURTON's Posthumous Signature Bass To Be Reissued By ARIA - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
  5. “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
  6. Citadel Electronics' Vector Hybrid Octave Fuzz is a super shapeable killer sounding Fuzz of that genre - Guitar Pedal X
  7. Bass virtuoso Tony Levin to perform in Woodstock - news10.com
  8. NAMM 2026 Live: The latest guitar launches and news from the biggest music gear event on the planet - Guitar.com
  9. Sandberg Guitars Reveals Florence Nova Bass Series - Bass Magazine
  10. Esoterica Electrica: On Our Way to the Top - Premier Guitar
  11. Fender American Professional Classic Jaguar and Jazzmaster Review - Premier Guitar
  12. Cort Space G6TR: New $879 Headless Guitar! - Gearnews.com
  13. “I wanted to fix every issue I’ve ever had dialing in metal tones”: Warm Audio crafts a signature overdrive for Ryan “Fluff” Bruce – and it's being billed as the perfect tube screamer for modern metal - Guitar World
  14. “The right gear really makes a difference”: Isaiah Sharkey is back in the studio – and he’s shared a first look at his potential Ibanez signature guitar - Guitar World
  15. Squier Sonic and Mini models get a 2026 refresh – bringing you new colours, new configurations, at the same beginner-friendly prices - Guitar.com
  16. “The world’s only guitar string upcycling mummy”: Turn your old guitar strings into sculptures with the String Thing - Guitar World
  17. VOX Introduces Hand-Wired AC30 Head and V212 Cabinet - Premier Guitar
  18. Ibanez Announces New Mode Series Basses - Premier Guitar
  19. Tech 21 SansAmp Programmable Bass Driver & Geddy Lee Amalgamation Signature Chorus - Premier Guitar
  20. The Jacob Umansky "Sol" Signature Model is the Latest Gateway to Dingwall's Ready to Play Series - Bass Gear Magazine

New Music releases

  1. January local new music releases - cityweekly.net
  2. Louis Tomlinson fuels Harry Styles rivalry speculation ahead of same day music releases? - hungamaexpress.com
  3. Southern Soul Singer Avail Hollywood Releases New Album “Grown Man Blues” | LISTEN! - TheUrbanMusicScene.com
  4. Arctic Monkeys to release new song this week - Rayo
  5. Arctic Monkeys to release new music and the latest on possible 2026 tour - examinerlive.co.uk
  6. Darryl Alexander to Release New Jazz Album “Morning Calls” on Jan. 30th, 2026 - TheUrbanMusicScene.com
  7. Guitarist Adam Hawley Releases New Single “Call Me” | LISTEN! - TheUrbanMusicScene.com
  8. Arctic Monkeys To Release New Single For Charity To Help Children In Gaza - Billboard Philippines
  9. Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson's same-day music release - what does it MEAN? - Rova app
  10. UADA Release Haunting Acoustic Version of "The Purging Fire," Share New Music Video - MetalSucks
  11. Harry Styles to release new single 'Aperture' this week - Yahoo
  12. Harry Styles Will Offer First Snapshot of New Album With Lead Single ‘Aperture’ - Rolling Stone
  13. Harry Styles Announces First Single From New Album: Here’s When ‘Aperture’ Arrives - Billboard
  14. Harry Styles to release new single ‘Aperture’ this Friday - Rolling Stone UK
  15. New year, new music – here are some recent releases from St. Louis artists you need to hear - STLPR
  16. Dolly Parton celebrates her milestone 80th birthday and releases new music - ABC News
  17. Dolly Parton releases new music to celebrate 80th birthday - wbir.com
  18. Dolly Parton celebrates 80th birthday with new music releases - The Express Tribune
  19. News: Appleton Return As Duo Release First New Music Since 2003 - Renowned For Sound
  20. Dolly Parton turns 80 today and released music to help you celebrate - CTV News

 

 

 

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