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- “I just couldn’t believe I was gonna be on a George Harrison record. He’d been listening to what the T-Birds had been doing”: Jimmie Vaughan on longevity, Strats and recording the Porky’s Revenge soundtrack – with a Beatle - Guitar World
- “If you got the Ibanez catalog that year, it was Reb Beach, Steve Vai and Joe Satriani on the first three pages. They said, ‘Whatever shape you want’”: Reb Beach on the story of his ’90s Ibanez signature guitar – and the mystery behind its sequel - Guitar World
- “Give the average guitar player the chance to own my live rig. The tone worth $100,000s”: Billy Corgan has shrunk his Smashing Pumpkins rig into a Laney pedal amp – and he tested it in front of 60,000 My Chemical Romance fans - Guitar World
- Strandberg and Jamstik partner on a headless electric guitar with MIDI functionality - Guitar.com
- Casio Introduces Dimension Shifter Guitar Strap Controller - Premier Guitar
- American Guitarist and Composer Ralph Towner has Died, Aged 85 - The Violin Channel
- Jimi Hendrix Once Named the Guitarist Who Inspired Him as One of the Greatest of All Time - Collider
- ”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
- Chicken-or-Egg Paradox of Guitar Gear: Are Players Driving the Digital Shift, or Is the Industry Creating It? - Ultimate Guitar
- Joanne Shaw Taylor Recruits Connor Selby For UK Tour - antiMusic
- “‘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
- TRIUMPH's RIK EMMETT Announces Second Book Of Poetry, 'Leaning Into It' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “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
- “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
- “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
- Weary Ramblers wins at International Blues Challenge - greenecountynewsonline.com
- “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
- Unprocessed’s Manuel Gardner Fernandes names the viral shredders you need to watch in 2026 - Guitar.com
- Struggling to nail Metallica’s punishing riffing? Don’t worry, even James Hetfield admits he finds it tricky at times - Guitar.com
- “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
- Ralph Towner, influential guitarist and founding member of the group Oregon, dies at 85 - KNKX
- Who's No. 1? Let the Debate Begin! - Premier Guitar
- Composer and Guitarist Ralph Towner Passes Away at 85 - BroadwayWorld.com
- “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
- 3 Iconic Country Music Guitarists Who Could Shred With the Best of Them - American Songwriter
- “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
- NOFX Guitarist Eric Melvin Sued Fat Mike for "Financial Malfeasance" - Consequence of Sound
- “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
- “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
- “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
- “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
- “Ed was very much a purist”: Why Eddie Van Halen didn’t re-do technical mistakes on Eruption - Guitar.com
- In Memoriam: Ralph Towner, 1940–2026 - DownBeat
- 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
- “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
- Jazz virtuoso and fusion pioneer Ralph Towner – composer of jazz standard Icarus – dies at 85 - Guitar World
- 3 Contemporary Guitarists That Make Us Scratch Our Heads Every Time We Hear Them Play - American Songwriter
- Ralph Towner: 01/03/1940 — 18/01/2026 - Jazzwise
- “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
- “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
- “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
- “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
- Ralph Towner, Eclectic Guitarist With the Ensemble Oregon, Dies at 85 - The New York Times
- Pioneering Guitarist Ralph Towner Has Died - clashmusic.com
- “He came ripping into the hotel room and said, ‘Um, do you know this?’ He slapped down a lick that lasted 10 minutes”: When Jimi Hendrix gave Billy Gibbons a guitar lesson unlike any other - Guitar World
- Biffy Clyro touring guitarist says he “can't think of anything more boring” than playing acoustic guitar - Guitar.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
- 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
- Perry Bamonte, Guitarist and Keyboardist for the Cure, Dies at 65 - The New York Times
- “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
- Perry Bamonte, guitarist and keyboardist for the Cure, dies aged 65 - The Guardian
- “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
- “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
- "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, Songwriter and Shaper of Memphis Soul Music, Dies at 84 - The New York Times
- He Helped Shape Austin’s Music Scene. Now, as He Stares Down ALS, He’s Still Playing. - texasmonthly.com
- “I was packing up to leave when Dylan asked, ‘Where’s he going?’ and I wound up playing on the whole album.” The guitarist Bob Dylan insisted he had to have for his country music breakthrough - GuitarPlayer.com
- MÖTLEY CRÜE's TOMMY LEE On JOHN 5: 'He's Such A Talented Guitar Player That It Literally Just Lit All Of Us Up On Fire' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- 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
- 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 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
- “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
- 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
- Justin Hawkins thinks there’s one guitarist who could have rivalled Eddie Van Halen – if only he was born 10 years earlier - Guitar.com
- “We played it over and over — it was just this great hypnotic beast.” Jimmy Page on the Led Zeppelin riff he couldn’t stop playing - 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
- “The most important thing is to be able to hear something and play it”: Tim Henson on the importance of learning guitar by ear - Guitar.com
- Get more Guitar Player stories in your day with these two easy steps - GuitarPlayer.com
- Legendary Steel Guitar Player Robby Turner Dead at 63 - Taste of Country
- “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
- CE Pro All Star Band Guitar Players Recount Their Favorite Players and Gear - cepro.com
- Brent Hinds: Former Mastodon guitarist dies in motorcycle crash - BBC
- “I can tell you how to become a virtuoso very easily”: Steve Vai on how anybody can become an elite guitar player - Guitar World
- Henley air guitar player gears up for world championships - BBC
- John Fogerty says this thing is more important to musical success than being a good guitar player: "Even if your playing is kind of average, you can go far” - Guitar.com
- “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
- “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
- Pete Townshend: How Roger Daltrey pushed me into the spotlight - GuitarPlayer.com
- Rick Derringer, Guitar Journeyman Behind ‘Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo,’ Dead at 77 - Rolling Stone
- MARTY FRIEDMAN Has Nothing Against 'Flashy' Guitar Playing: 'I Just Wanna Be Excited By What I Hear' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- Metallica’s Kirk Hammett thinks he “should be a lot better” at playing the guitar - Guitar.com
- Winner of Guitar Player Magazine International Competition to perform locally - timesobserver.com
- LAMB OF GOD's MARK MORTON: 'I Have Never Completely Defined Myself As Just A Heavy Metal Guitar Player' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
Guitar Amp News
- Introducing the Upgraded Reverend Charger Series - Premier Guitar
- NAMM 2026 live! The biggest guitar news as it happens - Guitar World
- “Experience the dynamic sensation of an amp moving air”: Blackstar takes on the Fender Tone Master Pro, unveiling a high-powered floor modeler series with “insane versatility” - Guitar World
- “Uncompromising tone whenever inspiration strikes”: Blackstar’s portable desktop-friendly Beam Mini amp unveiled at NAMM 2026 - MusicRadar
- The Ultimate Travel Companion? Blackstar Drops the Ultra-Portable BEAM MINI - Gearnews.com
- 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
- “Give the average guitar player the chance to own my live rig. The tone worth $100,000s”: Billy Corgan has shrunk his Smashing Pumpkins rig into a Laney pedal amp – and he tested it in front of 60,000 My Chemical Romance fans - Guitar World
- Casio Introduces Dimension Shifter Guitar Strap Controller - Premier Guitar
- PRS Guitars Announces New Limited Silver Sky Colorway - Premier Guitar
- “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
- “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
- Pro Pedalboards 2026! - Premier Guitar
- “A no-compromise amplifier solution”: Synergy teams up with Wampler and Friedman to launch its machine-learning power amp – and promises to change the game for tube modeling - Guitar World
- MESA/BOOGIE Revives a High-Gain Icon with the ’90s Triple Rectifier Reissue - Gear Gods
- “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
- Citadel Electronics' Vector Hybrid Octave Fuzz is a super shapeable killer sounding Fuzz of that genre - Guitar Pedal X
- Meet Orange Amps’ UK-built all-valve guitar amp head: the OR60 - Mixdown Magazine
- Guild Debuts American-Made F-412 Standard Jumbo12-String - Premier Guitar
- D’Addario Introduces the Micro-Fiber Polishing Mitt - Premier Guitar
- SYNERGY Amps Releases the All New SYN-20IR 1x12 All-Tube 20 Watt Combo - Premier Guitar
- “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
- “The straight-up, high-voltage voice of a masterfully… - inkl
- NAMM 2026 Live: The latest guitar launches and news from the biggest music gear event on the planet - Guitar.com
- “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
- VOX Introduces New Valvetronix VT20X and VT40X Amplifiers - Premier Guitar
- Orange Amps OR60 UK-Built All-Valve Guitar Amp - Premier Guitar
- VOX Introduces the VTB-1 Treble Booster Pedal - Premier Guitar
- Fender American Professional Classic Jaguar and Jazzmaster Review - Premier Guitar
- Warm Audio Announces the Fluff Drive Signature Pedal from Ryan “Fluff” Bruce - Premier Guitar
- “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
- “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
- “Designed to go hard”: Orange unveils new vintage-inspired single-channel OR60 amp head - Guitar.com
- Vox unveils “re-engineered” treble booster with all the tone and none of the inconsistency of vintage units - Yahoo! Tech
- Vox AC15 Hand-Wired review – “all the things you’d hope for from a really good Vox amp” - Guitar.com
- Orange OR60: 60 Watts of Legendary British Crunch - Gearnews.com
- The Beast Returns: MESA/Boogie Resurrects the Iconic 90s Triple Rectifier - Gearnews.com
- 6 Favourite Dumble Overdrive Special Pedal Takes - Guitar Pedal X
- Kepma Guitars Introduces the F2S Lamplight Grand Auditorium Acoustic-Electric Guitar - Premier Guitar
- VOX Introduces Hand-Wired AC30 Head and V212 Cabinet - Premier Guitar
- Ibanez Announces New Mode Series Basses - Premier Guitar
- Tech 21 SansAmp Programmable Bass Driver & Geddy Lee Amalgamation Signature Chorus - Premier Guitar
- Electro-Harmonix Introduces the Effects Interface Hardware Plugin - Premier Guitar
- Martin Guitar Unveils Four All-New Models Ahead of The 2026 NAMM Show - Premier Guitar
- Taylor Launches Next Generation Of Its Flagship Acoustics - Premier Guitar
- We called Positive Grid’s Spark LIVE “a radical leap forward for performers” – now it's on sale with $110 off - Guitar.com
- “Increasingly difficult for us to continue operating in the US”: Harley Benton closes its official U.S. Reverb store following tariff uncertainties - Guitar World
- REVV Amps makes Joey Landreth Signature DirtDog Overdrive based on his custom modded D25 JL REVV Signature Tube Amp - Guitar Pedal X
- NAMM 2026: news, rumors, predictions - Guitar World
- The Guitar.com staff picks: this is the best new gear of 2025 - Guitar.com
- Overloud Adds AIR to THU - Premier Guitar
- Guitar.com Deals Of The Week: pre-Christmas savings to stuff your stockings with - Guitar.com
- Strymon's new Fairfax is a cool Fuzzy Scuzzy Tube Amp style JFETs saturator with gating sag - Guitar Pedal X
- “It’s clear to see that modelers have won the battle”: Modelers outsold traditional amps and combos in 2025 – but the war between the two might not be over just yet - Guitar World
- The Lava Studio Amp is the world's best Practice Amp - stuffed with smart features and killer playability - Guitar Pedal X
- Peavey’s Legendary Super Festival Bass Amp is Back - Premier Guitar
- “Virtually indistinguishable from the all-tube original”: EVH’s first digital amp, the 5150III Hypersonic, delivers Eddie Van Halen’s iconic tube tones without the heft - Guitar.com
- “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
- Electro-Harmonix Introduces ABRAMS100 100-Watt Guitar Amp - Premier Guitar
- Cyber Monday guitar deals 2025 LIVE: all of today's biggest savings at Sweetwater, Guitar Center, Fender, Amazon and more - Guitar World
- “The first truly great portable electric guitar amp” is on sale for Black Friday - Guitar.com
- Best headphone amps for guitar 2025: silent practice solutions - 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
- 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 - racketmn.com
- Best mini amps for guitar 2025: power up your practice with these tiny towers of tone – these are my top picks - 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
- “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
- “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
- “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
- “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
- Sophie Burrell x Boss Katana Tone Crafting Masterclass at the Roland Denmark Street Store - Guitar Pedal X
- 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 - manchestereveningnews.co.uk
- “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
- 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
- Supro Announces New Airwave Tube Amp - Premier Guitar
- Best tube amps 2025: My top tube amps for the ultimate guitar tone - GuitarPlayer.com
- Thomann has acquired Hughes & Kettner - Guitar World
- 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
- Divided by 13 CCC 9/15 Review - Premier Guitar
- Carr Skylark Special Review - Premier Guitar
- “If you’re a young guitar player, that’s money well spent”: The amp pedal John Mayer thinks everyone should own - Guitar.com
- News - IK Multimedia ToneX One Joe Satriani Chrome Edition Deep Dive - Guitar Pedal X
- News - The Boss Katana : GO - Personal Guitar Amplifier / Headphone Amp is Back! - Guitar Pedal X
- News - 9 Cool Headphone Amps - Guitar Pedal X
- NAMM 2025 rumors, predictions and breaking news - Guitar World
Bass Player News
- Fairbanks hosts first-ever Boreal Bass Day - newsminer.com
- "Guns in the house means it becomes a hostage situation." This is what happened when a Los Angeles SWAT team swooped on ex-Queens of the Stone Age bassist Nick Oliveri - and the stand-off that followed - Louder
- KISS' Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons to receive top songwriting award - Rayo
- Ahead of Largo show, Aerosmith’s Tom Hamilton recalls the best gigs he ever saw - cltampa.com
- “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
- “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
- The Artemis Bass Initiative: championing equity for women and non-binary bassists - The Strad
- 'I'm just a renegade modern day monk': Blur bassist Alex James is leaving the cheese farm for Britpop Classical - yorkshirepost.co.uk
- “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
- FLESH PARADE bassist Jorge Caicedo dies - Lambgoat
- “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
- “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
- “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
- Famous faces say final goodbye to Stone Roses bass player - Sky News
- “The time has come to properly address my illnesses and deal with them”: Biffy Clyro bassist James Johnston steps back from band to address mental health and addiction issues - Guitar World
- Biffy Clyro bass player quits tour over addiction and mental health issues - BBC
- “To think that Jamerson could compose this entire bassline spontaneously and still be locked into the groove is astounding. That's his genius”: How Motown hit-maker James Jamerson funked up a Christmas classic on this 1968 holiday gem - Guitar World
- “Rickenbacker had a doubleneck guitar and bass, so I bought one. Then Fender came to me and said, ‘Why are you playing that?’” How Moody Blues bassist John Lodge found another gear with a Fender double-neck that was half P-Bass/half Telecaster - Guitar World
- Reports: Tetsu Yamauchi Has Died - clashmusic.com
- Flea has announced his debut solo album – but he’s not the only bassist playing on it - Guitar World
Bass Amp News
- Tech 21 SansAmp Programmable Bass Driver & Geddy Lee Amalgamation Signature Chorus - Premier Guitar
- Boss's GX-1B Bass Effects Processor exactly matches the Entry Level GX-1 Guitar one - while it comes with its own suite of dedicated Bass-centric onboard effects - Guitar Pedal X
- Peavey’s Legendary Super Festival Bass Amp is Back - Premier Guitar
- IK Multimedia Announces TONEX Plug for Guitar and Bass - Premier Guitar
- IK Multimedia launches TONEX Signature Bass Collectionand two TONEX Bass pedals - 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 legendary Bass 400+ without the backache - Mixdown Magazine
- How the MESA/Boogie Bass-800D channels 50 years of bass amp innovation - Gibson
- Best bass amps for practice 2025: top combos for working on your chops at home - Guitar World
- “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
- 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
- “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
- Bergantino Audio Announces the HP Ultra 2000W Bass Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- Esko, Grand Rapids, Northwestern bass anglers head to state - duluthnewstribune.com
- “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
Guitar Effects News
- NAMM 2026 live! The biggest guitar news as it happens - Guitar World
- Ryan 'Fluff' Bruce collaborates with Warm Audio for Signature Fluff Drive Amp-Driving modded Screamer style Overdrive - Guitar Pedal X
- “Experience what happens when 50 years of pickup expertise meets modern active technology”: Seymour Duncan goes toe-to-toe with Fishman with its triple-voiced MortalCoil active pickups - Guitar World
- Roland BOSS Effects Pedals: new update adds three pedals to the multi-FX plugin - synth anatomy
- “Experience the dynamic sensation of an amp moving air”: Blackstar takes on the Fender Tone Master Pro, unveiling a high-powered floor modeler series with “insane versatility” - Guitar World
- Beetronics follows up its Analog Bee Bee Dee Delay with a smart 8 Mode Pollinator Hazee Modulated Digital Delay - Guitar Pedal X
- “Whether it’s mounted on your pedalboard or standing at the heart of your shrine, this pedal is a torch held high for rock ’n’ roll”: Jim Dunlop drops an Iron Maiden Killers edition of its Cry Baby wah - Guitar World
- NAMM 26: New Models For The BOSS Effects Pedals Plug-In - Sonicstate
- “Give the average guitar player the chance to own my live rig. The tone worth $100,000s”: Billy Corgan has shrunk his Smashing Pumpkins rig into a Laney pedal amp – and he tested it in front of 60,000 My Chemical Romance fans - Guitar World
- “A more compact form without compromise”: Neural DSP downsizes its flagship Quad Cortex with the smaller but equally powerful Quad Cortex Mini - Guitar.com
- Neural DSP finally shoehorns the Full Quad Cortex Experience into a significantly smaller less costly Mini Unit - Guitar Pedal X
- Jim Dunlop Highgain Volume Pedal - Guitar Volume/Expression Pedal, Made In USA - umlconnector.com
- Casio Introduces Dimension Shifter Guitar Strap Controller - Premier Guitar
- LHZ HL-1 HAZard LAMPS Bass Pedal - Bass Gear Magazine
- “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
- Neural DSP Quad Cortex Mini: new amp modeler and multi-FX - synth anatomy
- “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
- Old Blood Noise Endeavors collaborates with Emily Hopkins on the PARTING Glitch Delay / Reverb / Crushing Modulation Device - Guitar Pedal X
- 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
- Pro Pedalboards 2026! - Premier Guitar
Guitar and Bass News
- “Experience the dynamic sensation of an amp moving air”: Blackstar takes on the Fender Tone Master Pro, unveiling a high-powered floor modeler series with “insane versatility” - Guitar World
- “Uncompromising tone whenever inspiration strikes”: Blackstar’s portable desktop-friendly Beam Mini amp unveiled at NAMM 2026 - MusicRadar
- “Whether it’s mounted on your pedalboard or standing at the heart of your shrine, this pedal is a torch held high for rock ’n’ roll”: Jim Dunlop drops an Iron Maiden Killers edition of its Cry Baby wah - Guitar World
- 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
- "Rethinking motion, balance, and response": Strandberg’s new Arc TILT tremolo has been designed from the ground up for a more natural, expressive and inspiring playing experience - MusicRadar
- Aria reveals Cliff Burton’s signature bass to be reissued - Chaoszine
- Francois Gehin “… the bass makes me want to dance.” - keysnews.com
- “Blends classic style with modern sensibility”: The Yamaha Pacifica single-cut is back for the masses – and the new-for-2026 version is loaded with cutting-edge kit - Guitar World
- LHZ HL-1 HAZard LAMPS Bass Pedal - Bass Gear Magazine
- “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
- CLIFF BURTON's Posthumous Signature Bass To Be Reissued By ARIA - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- Rig Rundown: Bryan Adams - Premier Guitar
- “Honors Cliff Burton’s groundbreaking tone and legacy”: Aria marks 40 years since Metallica bassist Cliff Burton's passing by reissuing his posthumous signature bass - Guitar World
- Citadel Electronics' Vector Hybrid Octave Fuzz is a super shapeable killer sounding Fuzz of that genre - Guitar Pedal X
- Bass virtuoso Tony Levin to perform in Woodstock - news10.com
- NAMM 2026 Live: The latest guitar launches and news from the biggest music gear event on the planet - Guitar.com
- Sandberg Guitars Reveals Florence Nova Bass Series - Bass Magazine
- Esoterica Electrica: On Our Way to the Top - Premier Guitar
- “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
- “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
New Music releases
- February 2026 New Music Releases - Ultimate Classic Rock
- Liza Minnelli uses AI to release first new music in 13 years - The Guardian
- Monstrosity To Release New Album In March - Metal Underground.com
- Architects release new music video for “Broken Mirror” - Chaoszine
- January local new music releases - cityweekly.net
- Louis Tomlinson fuels Harry Styles rivalry speculation ahead of same day music releases? - hungamaexpress.com
- Southern Soul Singer Avail Hollywood Releases New Album “Grown Man Blues” | LISTEN! - TheUrbanMusicScene.com
- Arctic Monkeys Are Set To Release Their First New Music In Almost Four Years With A New Single For War Child – Here’s When The Track Will Be Released - secretldn.com
- Darryl Alexander to Release New Jazz Album “Morning Calls” on Jan. 30th, 2026 - TheUrbanMusicScene.com
- Guitarist Adam Hawley Releases New Single “Call Me” | LISTEN! - TheUrbanMusicScene.com
- Arctic Monkeys To Release New Single For Charity To Help Children In Gaza - Billboard Philippines
- Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson's same-day music release - what does it MEAN? - Rova.nz
- UADA Release Haunting Acoustic Version of "The Purging Fire," Share New Music Video - MetalSucks
- Harry Styles to release new single 'Aperture' this week - Yahoo
- Harry Styles Will Offer First Snapshot of New Album With Lead Single ‘Aperture’ - Rolling Stone
- Harry Styles Announces First Single From New Album: Here’s When ‘Aperture’ Arrives - Billboard
- New year, new music – here are some recent releases from St. Louis artists you need to hear - STLPR
- Dolly Parton celebrates her milestone 80th birthday and releases new music - ABC News
- Dolly Parton releases new music to celebrate 80th birthday - wbir.com
- Dolly Parton celebrates 80th birthday with new music releases - The Express Tribune
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