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- The 1969 song that defined Jimmy Page’s blueprint for Led Zeppelin: “Never been done before” - Far Out Magazine
- “He needed to drink to socialize.” Ritchie Blackmore on his backstage encounters with Eddie Van Halen - GuitarPlayer.com
- Ace Frehley’s Gear: The Greatest Guitarists of All Time - Gearnews.com
- “It’s defined me as a player, and I think I’ve defined it in return:” Jake Kiszka's signature Gibson SG Standard has finally arrived - Guitar.com
- “The chainsaws got locked away in storage.” How Joe Walsh brought friendly competition — and a little hotel-room chaos — to the Eagles - GuitarPlayer.com
- Zach Top’s Beloved Guitar Player, Cheyenne Dalton, Stuns Fans With News She’s No Longer In The Band - Whiskey Riff
- “I’m on the verge of passing out in bed, and I stumble upon this gift.” Nuno Bettencourt says he’s just discovered a generational talent - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I wanted a bicycle for Christmas, and they gave me a guitar. It pissed me off”: Jeff “Skunk” Baxter has played with everyone from Steely Dan to Dolly Parton – but he didn’t even want to be a guitar player - Guitar World
- Tips for Choosing the Right Guitar ala Eross Candra - VOI.id
- “I was trying to find my own pattern”: How Jerry Cantrell was inspired by Eddie Van Halen to mod his guitar - Guitar.com
- “The neck is as thin as Gibson could go without the liability of it snapping”: Jake Kiszka talks us through his new Gibson SG signature, a devilishly thin-necked beast built to galvanize the next generation of rock kids - Guitar World
- “I haven’t spoken to Bernard for… I didn’t even speak to him. He spoke at me. That’ll be 15 years": Peter Hook says he won’t perform or stand with New Order at their RNR Hall Of Fame – unless he receives an apology - MusicRadar
- Internationally renowned acoustic guitarist Tommy Emmanuel plays Fremont Theater - New Times San Luis Obispo
- “I haven’t heard anything this cool in a generation”: Nuno Bettencourt names the up-and-coming guitarist who has blown his mind - Guitar World
- Nuno Bettencourt names the up-and-coming guitarist who has blown his mind - Yahoo
- “Danny Gatton and Jimmy Bryant have the otherworldliness that I saw in Dimebag Darrell and Randy Rhoads”: Baroness shredder Gina Gleason on 75 years of the Fender Telecaster, the magic that binds its players, and why it works for metal - Guitar World
- “I said that if we’re gonna make another Lamb of God record, it’s really gotta be worthy of being in the catalog we’ve created. That sets the bar high”: Willie Adler and Mark Morton take us inside metal’s premier riff machine - Guitar World
- The one guitarist that Lemmy couldn’t stand touring with: “It was just to get at me” - Far Out Magazine
- “If I stopped what I was doing because I was blinded by fame and money, that would be selling my soul”: Why Michael Schenker didn’t join Ozzy Osbourne’s band - Guitar.com
- Singer/Guitarist Cheyenne Dalton Let Go From Zach Top’s Band - - Saving Country Music
- How Jimi Hendrix's 'Purple Haze' Revolutionized Rock Guitar in 1967 - Yahoo
- Wayne Moss, guitarist on ‘Jolene’ and Roy Orbison hits, dies at 88 - Yahoo
- Teen Holds Up a Sign at Yungblud Concert. Moments Later, His 'Jaw Drops' as He's Asked to Play Guitar Onstage - People.com
- Country music family mourns the loss of guitar player Wayne Moss - The Tennessean
- Dave Mason, co-founder of Traffic who had a star-studded solo career, dies aged 79 - The Guardian
- Country music family mourns the loss of guitar player Wayne Moss - Yahoo
- “I sh*t my pants.” Earl Slick on his first gig with David Bowie - GuitarPlayer.com
- Traffic Singer, Songwriter and Guitarist, Dave Mason, Who Asked "Feelin' Alright?," Passes Away at 79 - Relix
- This Jackson x Blizzard guitar is a Diablo player’s wet dream - Guitar.com
- Traffic’s Dave Mason Dies at 79 - Yahoo
- “There were two camps. I came out of the Yardbirds camp – the Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck kind of things”: Why Todd Rundgren chose to play Gibsons over Fenders - Guitar World
- “The problem was that Jim Gordon got Eric into heroin and things just bogged down.” Behind late Dave Mason’s work with Derek and the Dominos and Jimi Hendrix - GuitarPlayer.com
- Dave Mason of Traffic Is Dead at 79. Revisiting My Interview With One of Rock's Great Collaborators. - Alan Paul | Substack
- “It’s such a player’s guitar”: how the Pacifica SC is shifting the perception of Yamaha's most popular instrument - Guitar.com
- “I had a two-neck guitar, then Steve Vai came out with his three-neck guitar. My label wanted me to challenge Steve to a duel”: Michael Angelo Batio on the origin of his four-neck guitar - Guitar World
- “The amp and the guitar — it’s yours.” Steve Lukather tears up remembering how his dad gave up a new car to buy him his first good guitar - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I was very fortunate to have played with so many great artists, even just for a moment”: Dave Mason, Traffic co-founder who played with Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and George Harrison, dies aged 79 - Guitar World
- Dave Mason of Traffic and once Fleetwood Mac dies age 79: "He lived a remarkable life devoted to the music and the people he loved" - NME
- Country music legend dead at 88: ‘Guitarist of dexterous skill and sophisticated taste’ - AL.com
- “Jimi and I sat down facing each other, with Jimi on six-string acoustic and me on 12-string”: The life and times of Dave Mason - Yahoo
- Tributes paid as ‘incredibly talented’ Traffic musician Dave Mason dies at 79 - AOL.com
- Tributes paid as ‘incredibly talented’ Traffic musician Dave Mason dies at 79 - The Independent
- Dave Mason, Traffic Co-Founder and Legendary Rock Guitarist Dies Aged 79 - Kursiv Media
- Dave Mason Dies Aged 79, Traffic Co-Founder And Rock Guitar Icon Behind Feelin’ Alright And We Just Disagree - Noise11.com
- Dave Mason, Songwriter Who Co-Founded Traffic, Dies at 79 - The New York Times
- Dave Mason, Songwriter and a Co-Founder of Traffic, Dies at 79 - The New York Times
- Australian guitar legend brings one man show to Sacramento - capradio.org
- Dave Mason, Legendary Traffic Singer-Guitarist, Dead at 79 - Consequence of Sound
- Watch: TRIXTER Leader STEVE BROWN's BON JOVI Tribute Band Performs Live For First Time - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “I was just a new guy, probably number nine on the list”: Larry Carlton on his nerve-shredding debut session with Quincy Jones – and the time he was called to play guitar on a Michael Jackson smash-hit - MusicRadar
- “The record label hid my name in a very small font size behind the CD. It took a long time to find!” You may not know who played guitar on some of Avril Lavigne’s biggest hits. It was Corky James - Guitar World
- “I thought, ‘My God, who the hell is this?’ This shouldn't be allowed.” Ritchie Blackmore explains how Jeff Beck “cheated” — and set the tone for a generation of players to follow - GuitarPlayer.com
- “A short guy with a big Afro walked by. I didn’t realize until later it was Jimi Hendrix.” Todd Rundgren reflects on Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and the moment he nearly jammed with Hendrix - GuitarPlayer.com
- “A lot of people say he sounds like Hendrix, but to me, he doesn’t really”: Prince’s long-time bassist on teaching guitar to the Purple Rain hitmaker – and why the Jimi Hendrix comparisons are inaccurate - Guitar World
- “It’s not every day you write a song that will have a resurgence 20 years from now.” Linda Perry still feels the power of “What’s Up?” — nearly 35 years later - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I love it and it’s my friend forever. If I had to, I’d f**k it”: Keith Richards on his enduring love affair with the guitar, the effects of arthritis on his playing, and why he’s still learning the instrument at 82 - Guitar World
- “I love this guitar so much – if something happened to it, I’d stop playing”: Fingerstyle phenom Laura Snowden on the guitar she can’t live without, how downtuning makes classical guitar “creepy” and what she learned from the great Julian Bream - Guitar World
- “Every Gretsch from the mid-’90s onwards is a copy of one I had in my collection”: How Randy Bachman saved Gretsch after its factory burned down - Guitar World
- Ritchie Blackmore claims “most guitarists aren’t nice people” - Guitar.com
- “He said, ‘You’ll never get to take that guitar solo again.’” Inside Prince’s band: fines, fear and one incredible guitar lesson - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I couldn’t believe he was a guitar player”: Ritchie Blackmore says most guitarists aren’t nice people – but names one player who bucks the trend - Guitar World
- Beach Boys’ Al Jardine Reflects: “I Wish I Was a Better Guitar Player” in New Podcast Interview - Music Talkers
- Beloved rocker’s death at 74 has fans praying: ‘One of the greatest guitar players ever’ - PennLive.com
- “We were watching this Beatles concert on TV when Keith comes walking down the stairs.” Keith Richards had a priceless response when he caught his band watching the Fab Four - GuitarPlayer.com
- “My comfort zone is big volume and lots of blues”: Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell has died aged 64 - Guitar World
- Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell dies aged 64 after 'courageous battle' - BBC
- Legendary singer and guitar player dead at 82: ‘There was no one like him’ - Lehighvalleylive.com
- Tenacious D singer/guitar player kicking off tour in Toledo - WTOL
- “I thought, ‘Well, it couldn’t hurt…’ It did hurt”: Noodling alone at home is fine. But you’ll never be a great guitar player unless you join a band - Guitar World
- “To him I was like this middle-age housewife from somewhere.” Melissa Etheridge walked into a guitar shop — and nobody knew who she was - GuitarPlayer.com
- “His first words were, ‘Ouch!’ and then ‘Good shot!’” Suzi Quatro on the time she almost sent Alice Cooper to the hospital on the Welcome to My Nightmare tour - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I told Alex, ‘We’re either doing this or we’re not.’” Geddy Lee on forcing Alex Lifeson to restart Rush - GuitarPlayer.com
- “The airbag shattered all the bones.” Jack White on the accident that forced a major change in his guitar playing - GuitarPlayer.com
- Music world rocked by icon’s death at 81: ‘One of the greatest guitar players ever’ - PennLive.com
- Messy, precise, inherently musical: Cake’s John McCrea remembers guitarist Greg Brown - capradio.org
- Greg Brown, Guitarist Who Wrote Cake’s Biggest Hit, Dies at 56 - The New York Times
- “One of your sound guys told me to turn down earlier.” Jack White on the priceless advice Prince gave him - GuitarPlayer.com
- Greg Brown, founding Cake guitarist who wrote ‘The Distance,’ dies - KCRA
- “I have so much more connection with my guitar now than I think I ever had”: John Mayer on playing with Dead & Company - Guitar.com
- “America is a dangerous place at the moment.” Brian May says Queen will not perform in the U.S. “Everyone is thinking twice” - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I’d trade 150 Def Leppards for one R.E.M. It's as simple as that.” Pete Townshend on the music he despises, even though he influenced it with one vital Who album - GuitarPlayer.com
- Carlos Santana thinks guitarists who play fast are no better than gym bros flexing their muscles: “Big deal, so what?” - Guitar.com
- Bob Weir, Guitarist and Founding Member of The Grateful Dead, Dies at 78 - The New York Times
- Johnny Marr reveals “mind-blowing” experience of playing with Paul McCartney – and the unique thing that sets him apart from other bass players - Guitar.com
- Bob Weir, guitarist and founding member of the Grateful Dead, has died at 78 - NPR
- “When they saw my guitar, they all laughed at me.” How Mike Campbell survived his toughest audition — in front of Tom Petty - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I was in Trader Joe’s putting bananas in a shopping cart when Jon Bon Jovi called. He says, ‘Hey, we’re gonna need you in Calgary tonight.’” Phil X on his surprise induction into Bon Jovi - GuitarPlayer.com
- “He was a very moody sort of guy. We’d be traveling in a van, going to the shows, and he would sit in the corner and not talk to anybody.” Jim McCarty recalls Eric Clapton’s “quite unhappy” time with the Yardbirds - GuitarPlayer.com
- SYSTEM OF A DOWN's DARON MALAKIAN: How I Ended Up Playing Guitar For METALLICA For A Couple Of Shows In 2000 - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- WOLFGANG VAN HALEN: 'I Think My Dad Is An Incredibly Underrated Rhythm Guitar Player And Songwriter' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- The Cure guitarist Perry Bamonte dies aged 65 - BBC
- “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 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
- Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records' Booker T and the M.G.'s, dies - NPR
- Guitar Player's Week in Music Quiz for November 14, 2025 - GuitarPlayer.com
- EXTREME's NUNO BETTENCOURT: How ACE FREHLEY Influenced Me As A Guitar Player - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- Kiss Guitarist Ace Frehley Dead at 74 - Rolling Stone
- “It’s the most misunderstood song I ever wrote. But some people said, ‘God! The audacity!’” Tom Petty on the song that defined him as a new kind of guitar-slinging American rocker - GuitarPlayer.com
- “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
Guitar Amp News
- “On tour, the soundman is always on me to turn down. So I wanted to make sure the amp stays full and articulate, even at lower volumes”: The making of the Blackstar Doug Aldrich Signature DA100 Ruby - Guitar World
- This Custom Amp Configurator from Sweetwater and Mesa Boogie lets you design the amp of your wildest dreams - Guitar.com
- No rig? No problem – this website lets guitarists design amps and effects tones by text prompt - MusicRadar
- This browser-based amp and effects generator creates guitar tones based on text prompts – and it’s free to use - Guitar World
- Best acoustic guitar amps 2026: let your acoustic tone shine - Guitar World
- “That thing is unbelievable. It’s one of the most impressive new amps I’ve tried”: Misha Mansoor has a ton of amps. But one new design has blown him away - Guitar World
- “It sounds way bigger than it is”: Joe Bonamassa names his go-to studio amp – which he bought from Steven Seagal - Guitar World
- Winzz Guitars Introduces the Lead Burner 30W IR-Enabled Guitar Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- Who Needs Tube Amps in 2026? I Say: No One. - Gearnews.com
- “It offers the holy grail amp sounds beloved by John Mayer, SRV, and more for just $150. A must-try for Dumble fans”: All the new guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including the angriest fuzz pedal you will ever come across - Guitar World
- Laney Introduces Prism-Mini Guitar Amp & Bluetooth Speaker - Premier Guitar
- “A long-term model to support the future of live music”: Marshall pledges to donate a percentage of gear sales to support grassroots venues - Guitar World
- This Tiny LEGO Fender Guitar Amp Conversion Really Works - Hackster.io
- “You're not going to get any sustain”: Analog Man legend Mike Piera thinks people who use digital amps and in-ear monitors are missing out on a huge part of guitar tone - Guitar.com
- Best amp modelers 2026: get all your dream guitar tones in one - GuitarPlayer.com
- Boutique Amps Distribution's Synergy Amps delivers super smart Machine Learning Power Amp Platform to Friedman and Wampler - Guitar Pedal X
- Synergy Unveils Machine-Learning Power Amp Technology - Premier Guitar
- Best headphone amps for guitar 2026: silent practice solutions - Guitar World
- NAMM 2026: The latest guitar launches and news from the biggest music gear event on the planet, as it happened - Guitar.com
- The best new guitar gear of NAMM 2026: More effects, more amps, more guitars and more tech than ever - MusicRadar
- Best guitar amps 2026: tube, solid-state, and modeling amplifiers for all levels and budgets - Guitar World
- Thomas Blug îs unerringly close now to a full release of his new state of the art BluGuitar Amp X Analog Amp & Pedal Modeller - Guitar Pedal X
- NAMM 2026: news, rumors, predictions - Guitar World
- The Blackstar BEAM MINI harnesses a tube-driven feel in a digital desktop amp format – with plenty of amp models and even ISF control - Guitar.com
- “Our amplifier learns your cabinet’s impedance through controlled sweeps and continues to monitor it in real-time”: Synergy’s Power Amp Machine-Learning tech could be 'revolutionary' - MusicRadar
- BluGuitar Amp X: 100% Analog Amp with Digital Controls - Gearnews.com
- Magnatone Introduces Four New Amps At NAMM - Premier Guitar
- “Uncompromising tone whenever inspiration strikes”: Blackstar unveils the Beam Mini – it’s portable, desktop-friendly, and as the first guitar amp to allow players to load Neural Amp Modeller captures, it's a game-changer too - MusicRadar
- ID:X Floor – Blackstar’s first “high-performance” digital floor modellers deliver the tone and feel of real amps with hands-on controls - Guitar.com
- “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
- “The straight-up, high-voltage voice of a masterfully designed single-channel amp”: Orange rolls out the OR60 – an all-tube guitar amp head that is the “most versatile it has ever built” - Guitar World
- REVV Amps makes Joey Landreth Signature DirtDog Overdrive based on his custom modded D25 JL REVV Signature Tube Amp - Guitar Pedal X
- Boss makes a splash ahead of NAMM with new GX-1 and GX-1B multi-effects units, plus a new busker-friendly Roland Cube Street amp - Guitar.com
- Roland delivers the ultimate live performance compact battery-powered Multi-Instrument Amplifier - the Cube Street Mini - 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
- Reverb shares its best selling gear of the year – and 2025 was the year of the Strat - Guitar.com
- The Lava Studio Amp is the world's best Practice Amp - stuffed with smart features and killer playability - Guitar Pedal X
- Beyond Emulation: Amp Sims, AI, and the Coming Saturation Point - Premier Guitar
- “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
- “The first truly great portable electric guitar amp” is on sale for Black Friday - Guitar.com
- “A Line 6 Spider III got me where I am today!”: Smashing Pumpkins guitarist Kiki Wong thinks it’s more important to have an expensive guitar than a pricey amp - Guitar.com
- VOX Introduces the Micro Superbeetle Guitar Amp - Premier Guitar
- Marshall partners with Spinal Tap on the “loudest amp ever made” – with knobs that go to 11 and a master volume that goes to infinity - Guitar.com
- News - IK Multimedia throws its hat in the ring for Plugin Headphone Amps, with its TONEX PLUG - Guitar Pedal X
- “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
- AFI guitarist ditched tube amps because they made him feel “constrained” sonically – does he have a point? - Guitar.com
- “Not many people want to watch a band stand in front of their amp line”: Metallica guitar tech thinks ditching real amps helped the band improve spectacle of their live shows - Guitar.com
- Local Guitar Amp Designers Keep Those Vacuum Tubes Aglow - Racket MN
- “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
- Best mini amps for guitar 2025: power up your practice with these tiny towers of tone – these are my top picks - 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
- “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
- 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
- “I realized I had something very exciting on my hands. I wasn’t expecting it at all”: Guitarist unwittingly buys John Lennon’s old Fender Deluxe – after the suspected White Album combo turned up on Facebook Marketplace - 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
- Guitar Amp Legend Orange Amps Enters Vinyl Market with $1250 O Turntable - channelnews.com.au
- The Full Barber Electronics Range of 8 Compact Circuits is imminently coming into stock at Andertons! - Guitar Pedal X
- 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
- Fender Studio app takes the best feature from our favourite guitar amps - Trusted Reviews
- Best tube amps: my top tube amps for the ultimate guitar tone - GuitarPlayer.com
- Thomann has acquired Hughes & Kettner - Guitar World
- Best Combo Amp for Every Budget: Fender, Orange, Marshall & More - Gearnews.com
- Best amp modellers 2025: High-tech tone solutions for all guitarists - MusicRadar
- 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
- Carr Skylark Special Review - Premier Guitar
- News - 9 Cool Headphone Amps - Guitar Pedal X
- NAMM 2025 Live: The biggest product launches, plus photos from the show floor… - Guitar.com
- NAMM 2025 rumors, predictions and breaking news - Guitar World
- NAMM 2025 Gallery: The Latest from the NAMM Show - Premier Guitar
- ‘High off the sound’: Fergus Falls engineer is a guitar amp hero - MPR News
- The Battle for the Amp Capture / Profiler Middle-Ground heats up - Neural DSP Nano Cortex vs AmpliTube Tonex - Guitar Pedal X
- “Like taking Madison Square Garden wherever you go – epic and versatile”: With 25 per cent more volume, double the processing power, AI and looper, Positive Grid’s Spark 2 ups the ante for practice-friendly digital guitar amps - MusicRadar
- "I think the speakers in your amplifier have the largest single impact on guitar tone": This guitarist seeks to proves it - MusicRadar
- News - A Brief Hobbyist Primer on Key Power Amp Tubes - Guitar Pedal X
- 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
- NAMM 2024 Live: Our top moments from the biggest gear show in the world - Guitar.com
- Best guitar amps: Our pick of combos, heads and pedalboard amps for all budgets and abilities - MusicRadar
- 16 of the Most Iconic Electric Guitar Amps - Guitar Pedal X
- NAMM 2023 news: all the latest guitar news, rumors and predictions - Guitar World
- NAMM 2023: Biggest guitar, pedal and amp announcements - Guitar.com
- 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
- Orange unveils Marcus King MK Ultra signature head – first Orange guitar amp to be designed and built in the USA - MusicRadar
- Reverb announces the best-selling guitar amps of 2021 - Guitar World
- NAMM 2021: the biggest guitar, amp and pedal releases so far - Guitar World
- The Best-Selling Amps of 2020 - Reverb
- Thermion Engineering Redesigns the Floor-Amp from the Ground-Up - with its new Zero, Dynamic Hybrid Amplifier - Guitar Pedal X
- Mercer student builds boutique tube guitar amplifier for revived Capricorn studios - Mercer University
- 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
- First bass: How Mohini Dey got jamming with Coldplay and AR Rahman | Hindustan Times - Hindustan Times
- The two best American bass players, according to John Paul Jones - Far Out Magazine
- The Conversation: Target letter to Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke; Santana bassist - Hawaii Public Radio
- “Absolutely essential listening for any would-be rock bass player”: How Rainbow bassist Craig Gruber galloped his way through a hard-rock classic alongside Ritchie Blackmore and Ronnie James Dio - Guitar World
- Ex-Metallica Bass Player Jason Newsted Is Touring With The Chophouse Band - 102.9 WMGK
- Ezra Collective: The astonishing rise of London’s most important band - AOL.com
- Mariusz Duda part ways with Riverside - Chaoszine
- Singer/Guitarist Cheyenne Dalton Let Go From Zach Top’s Band - - Saving Country Music
- m25 Founder Series: Leap Into The Abyss with Ben Rosen's 30-year journey from garage band bassist to Hollywood sound guru - Campaign Brief Asia
- Former Metallica bass player Jason Newsted to perform in Albany - NEWS10 ABC
- Fieldy opens up about his departure from Korn and the circumstances that drove it - Chaoszine
- Peter Hook Won’t Rule Out a New Order Truce at Rock Hall: ‘Life’s Full of Surprises’ - Rolling Stone UK
- Get to know... Jim Price - Kingsport Times News
- Jason Newsted (formerly of Metallica) and The Chophouse Band reveal headlining tour - Chaoszine
- Ex-METALLICA Bassist JASON NEWSTED And His THE CHOPHOUSE BAND Announce First-Ever North American Headlining Tour - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- Eden Joel, Son of Former Newsboys Bassist, Releases Music With Explicit Warning - ChurchLeaders
- “A lot of people say he sounds like Hendrix, but to me, he doesn’t really”: Prince’s long-time bassist on teaching guitar to the Purple Rain hitmaker – and why the Jimi Hendrix comparisons are inaccurate - Guitar World
- Oasis bass player, drummer belatedly added to lineup of members being inducted into Rock Hall - 98KUPD
- Colter Wall Bass Player, Revered Musician Jason Simpson Has Died - - Saving Country Music
- Obituary: double bassist Bronwen Naish (1939–2026) - The Strad
Bass Amp News
- VENTION 6.35mm Guitar Cable – 1/4 Inch TS Mono Instrument Cable For Guitar, Bass, Amp & Keyboards - ruhrkanal.news
- Best bass amps 2026: low-end tone machines - GuitarPlayer.com
- Mayor Karen Bass says LA28 head Wasserman should step down - Los Angeles Times
- Electronic Audio Experiments' Traynor Bass Amp derived Greathammer Overdrive delivers 50 decibels of killer low-end tone - Guitar Pedal X
- NAMM 2026: The best new things in bass from the biggest music instrument event of the year - Guitar World
- Bass players, your headphone amp has arrived: Fender's Mustang Micro Plus gets a free bass firmware update - Mixdown Magazine
- Best multi-effects pedals 2026: 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
- Walrus Audio Mantle Analog Bass Preamp // DI - Premier Guitar
- Peavey’s Legendary Super Festival Bass Amp is Back - Music Connection Magazine
- IK Multimedia Announces TONEX Plug for Guitar and Bass - Premier Guitar
- GEEZER BUTLER Is Selling The Bass Amp Heads He Used At BLACK SABBATH's Final Show - 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
- Laney Amplification unveils Digbeth Foundry range – affordable, powerful bass amps from 30W to 200W - Yahoo
- Juan Alderete Is Bringing Over 700 Bass Guitars, Pedals, and Amps to Reverb - Reverb
- MayFly Audio releases the Sunset Bass Amplifier Simulator - Premier Guitar
- Bergantino Audio Announces the HP Ultra 2000W Bass Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- “Designed to meet the exacting standards of today’s bassists”: Aguilar has overhauled some of its most iconic bass amps with some choice upgrades - Guitar World
Guitar Effects News
- Augioth Large Pedalboard With Case & 10-Output Isolated Power Supply - 19.8x11.8x4" Board For Guitar/Bass - ruhrkanal.news
- Ace Frehley’s Gear: The Greatest Guitarists of All Time - Gearnews.com
- Introducing AC MASTER British Style Overdrive and Booster from Tsakalis Audioworks - Premier Guitar
- State of the Stomp: Why Some Pedals Will Never Go Digital - Premier Guitar
- Tsakalis AudioWorks brings you the foundation of Brian May's and Rory Gallagher's tones with its AC Master combination of Treble Booster and AC30 style Preamp - Guitar Pedal X
- “Tight harmonies that can sound like two (or three!) guitars playing together”: Electro-Harmonix Pico Intelligent Harmony Machine review - Guitar World
- Walrus Audio releases the High Point Optical Compressor - essentially a prettier and larger replacement for the Mira with some extra features onboard - Guitar Pedal X
- “I wake up every morning thinking about what’s on my pedalboard” Adam Granduciel on his love of effects and the next The War On Drugs album - Guitar.com
- EarthQuaker Devices Towers Review - Premier Guitar
- “Canoga works brilliantly plugged into an amp with a bit of hair on the tone already”: FAO Jimi Hendrix fans, Strymon expands analogue range with the vintage Fuzz Face-inspired Canoga - MusicRadar
- “On tour, the soundman is always on me to turn down. So I wanted to make sure the amp stays full and articulate, even at lower volumes”: The making of the Blackstar Doug Aldrich Signature DA100 Ruby - Guitar World
- This Pedal Replaces 2 or 3 Pedals in My Rig! - Premier Guitar
- The tone-sweetener your rig has been waiting for? Walrus Audio's Highpoint is one serious compressor pedal - MusicRadar
- Strymon Releases Canoga, A Vintage-Inspired Silicon Fuzz Pedal - Premier Guitar
- Video: How Jeff Buckley Built His Ethereal "Grace" Guitar Sound | Potent Pairings - Reverb
- Introducing The Highpoint Analog Optical Compressor From Walrus Audio - Premier Guitar
- No rig? No problem – this website lets guitarists design amps and effects tones by text prompt - MusicRadar
- Blue FX Devices Fuzz Fields review – your new playground for modulated fuzzy adventures? - Guitar.com
- Keeley Electronics’ Siren Call to Sonic Explorers - Premier Guitar
- “It can easily be seen as a gimmick, but it's much more than that. As a guitar, it’s superb; as a MIDI controller, it’s uncanny”: Strandberg x Jamstik Chameleon review - Guitar World
Guitar and Bass News
- Sir Paul McCartney engineer on hunt for stolen guitar - BBC
- First bass: How Mohini Dey got jamming with Coldplay and AR Rahman | Hindustan Times - Hindustan Times
- The two best American bass players, according to John Paul Jones - Far Out Magazine
- “We have a moral duty to the players”: Fender CEO Bud Cole on leading with responsibility - Guitar.com
- VENTION 6.35mm Guitar Cable – 1/4 Inch TS Mono Instrument Cable For Guitar, Bass, Amp & Keyboards - ruhrkanal.news
- “Absolutely essential listening for any would-be rock bass player”: How Rainbow bassist Craig Gruber galloped his way through a hard-rock classic alongside Ritchie Blackmore and Ronnie James Dio - Guitar World
- 4 Pack Guitar Wall Hangers - Adjustable U-Shaped Holder For Acoustic, Electric & Bass Guitars - ruhrkanal.news
- “I wanted a bicycle for Christmas, and they gave me a guitar. It pissed me off”: Jeff “Skunk” Baxter has played with everyone from Steely Dan to Dolly Parton – but he didn’t even want to be a guitar player - Guitar World
- “A lightning bolt just hit me from above. I really did feel like this was sort of a divine intervention. It was everything that I was looking for”: Gibson unveils signature SG for Greta Van Fleet’s Jake Kiszka - MusicRadar
- Gibson honors Jake Kiszka’s “Beloved” 1961 Les Paul SG Standard with new signature model - Gibson
- Walrus Audio releases the High Point Optical Compressor - essentially a prettier and larger replacement for the Mira with some extra features onboard - Guitar Pedal X
- Fender MIJ Hybrid II 2026: Minimalistic Look, Modern Design - Gearnews.com
- Rock vibes hit high note - Parkes Champion-Post
- “For those who stand at the crossroads of Hell and rock ‘n’ roll”: Jackson’s Diablo crossover Kelly is inspired by the Lord of Hatred – but you’re still going to love it - Guitar World
- “There were two camps. I came out of the Yardbirds camp – the Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck kind of things”: Why Todd Rundgren chose to play Gibsons over Fenders - Guitar World
- “Canoga works brilliantly plugged into an amp with a bit of hair on the tone already”: FAO Jimi Hendrix fans, Strymon expands analogue range with the vintage Fuzz Face-inspired Canoga - MusicRadar
- A Century in the Making: 100 years of Gibson flat-top acoustic guitars - Gibson
- “A lot of people say he sounds like Hendrix, but to me, he doesn’t really”: Prince’s long-time bassist on teaching guitar to the Purple Rain hitmaker – and why the Jimi Hendrix comparisons are inaccurate - Guitar World
- Introducing The Highpoint Analog Optical Compressor From Walrus Audio - Premier Guitar
- “The features on this bad boy are very different”: Budget gear giant Harley Benton goes high-end for BassTheWorld signature bass - MusicRadar
New Music releases
- New Music Friday: Foo Fighters, KNEECAP, Kehlani, Noah Kahan and more - Official Charts
- New Music Friday release radar for April 24, 2026: top albums, song releases - DraftKings Network
- Kenny Chesney Announces New Music, Release Date - Q106.5
- New Music Friday: 8 new releases for your weekend (24 Apr 2026) - Q107 Toronto
- Portland’s Salvo Beta Releases New Music for the First Time in Decades - Willamette Week
- Olivia Rodrigo Talks Vulnerability and Making Music as an Adult - ELLE
- sombr, Olivia Rodrigo & Madonna: Which Is Your Favorite New Music Release This Week? Vote! - Billboard
- The New Rock + Metal Albums Out Today - Loudwire
- On Major Music Release Days, Stay Extra Vigilant While Driving. Car Crash Deaths Seem to Spike When Top Artists Drop New Albums - Smithsonian Magazine
- Which New Music Release Is Your Favorite This Week? Vote! - Billboard
- New Music Releases and Upcoming Albums in 2026 - Pitchfork
- Jack White, Anne Hathaway & More: Which Is Your Favorite New Music Release This Week? Vote! - Billboard
- New Music Friday: Arlo Parks, Dermot Kennedy, Bon Iver and more - Official Charts
- April New Music Releases - Folio 2.0 / EU Jacksonville - Folio Weekly
- Miley Cyrus, RAYE, Conan Gray & More: Which Is Your Favorite New Music Release This Week? Vote! - Billboard
- New Music Friday: BTS, FLO, RAYE, DMA'S and more - Official Charts
- BTS, Niall Horan, Lizzo & More: Which Is Your Favorite New Music Release This Week? Vote! - Billboard
- Eid to be celebrated with a wave of new music releases - The Daily Star
- Kacey Musgraves, Jack Harlow & More: Which Is Your Favorite New Music Release This Week? Vote! - Billboard
- New music release day could be dangerous for distracted drivers - Tech Xplore
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