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- MACHINE HEAD Recruits Ex-MASTODON Touring Guitarist BEN ELLER For June 2026 Shows With KILLSWITCH ENGAGE - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson names his 13 favourite songs ever - Far Out Magazine
- “I said, ‘I don’t know, Dad. They think I’m weird.” Lzzy Hale reveals how Alice Cooper helped her find herself - GuitarPlayer.com
- The 20 greatest guitarists ever, ranked - AOL.com
- Josh Klinghoffer on the 'slight disrespect' of Red Hot Chili Peppers not playing music he made with them - Hometown News
- “I think I want you to play with the Who now.” Peter Frampton on Pete Townshend’s career-saving invitation — and the silence that followed - GuitarPlayer.com
- The 1970s guitarist The Edge said influenced everyone: “He left us too soon” - Far Out Magazine
- “You should be doing rap like Limp Bizkit.” Zakk Wylde recalls the career advice that backfired - GuitarPlayer.com
- Weekend music notes - thereader.com
- CJ Wildheart is building bridges with Ginger Wildheart and would 'love' reunion - Rayo
- “He would go, ‘What riff?’” Geddy Lee says he had to record all of Rush’s songwriting sessions because Alex Lifeson would forget “great” riffs just minutes after playing them - Guitar.com
- “Without the guitar, I’d probably be a professional dog-walker or in jail”: The life and times of Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell - Guitar World
- 3 Guitarists That AC/DC’s Angus Young Adores (And You Should Too) - American Songwriter
- Eddie Van Halen ‘ruined rock guitar,’ according to The Jesus and Mary Chain - Everett Post
- On This Day in 1975, John Denver Was at No. 1 With a Song Penned by a Bar Band Guitarist - American Songwriter
- KISS guitarist Ace Frehley’s most-used guitar sells for over $500,000 at auction - Deltaplex News
- “I can’t stand Eddie Van Halen’s guitar playing. He ruined rock guitar.” Jesus and Mary Chain’s William Reid takes aim at Van Halen’s influence - GuitarPlayer.com
- Discover the thrash metal influences of Soundgarden, according to Kim Thayil - Chaoszine
- Guitarist Nita Strauss Celebrates Birth Of Baby Boy, Shares Photos - Loudwire
- “Eddie Van Halen ruined rock guitar”: The Jesus and Mary Chain’s Jim and William Reid think “guitar players should never learn scales” because it gets in the way of making music - Guitar.com
- Keith Andrew Band: Sips & Sounds with Guitarist Keith Andrew - Lodinews.com
- “If Jesus Christ walked into a room, everyone would pull out their phone.” Chrissie Hynde rips fans who film concerts - GuitarPlayer.com
- “Stone Gossard is the reason I picked up guitar in the first place. Having a front row seat to his playing has been amazing”: Josh Klinghoffer on Chili Peppers vs. Pearl Jam and playing in Andrew Watt's new wrecking crew - Guitar World
- Eddie Van Halen was 'one of the worst guitar players in the world', claims William Reid - Rayo
- “I have the dubious distinction.” Steve Farris sang “Honky Tonk Women” with Kiss — and was fired almost immediately - GuitarPlayer.com
- Ace Frehley’s 1975 Gibson Les Paul guitar fetches half a million dollars at auction - Guitar.com
- “I can't stand Eddie Van Halen's guitar playing. I think he ruined rock guitar all through the '80s and '90s 'cause so many people copied him”: Fighting talk from the Jesus And Mary Chain - MusicRadar
- Blues legend Eric Bibb on why you should learn classical guitar first: “It told me that the guitar really can be an orchestra” - Guitar.com
- “I’ve got a little story about a chord you might like”: Paul McCartney is challenging fans to work out the mystery guitar chord that inspired his new album – and we’ve figured it out - Guitar World
- “Even though it’s a budget guitar, it’s great. Paul Stanley used to smash one up at the end of KISS shows”: The amps that defined punk, the custom electric that was “painted in a shed” – Bruce Watson on the gear behind Big Country’s sound - Guitar World
- “You don't even need a label. You have so many amazing tools like YouTube and TikTok”: Former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Gus G explains how the landscape has changed for aspiring guitar players - Guitar.com
- Spinal Tap guitar played at Wembley up for auction - BBC
- “I would dress up as cool as I could and try to learn his stuff.” How a tossed-out Jimi Hendrix album inspired Stevie Ray Vaughan’s guitar journey - GuitarPlayer.com
- The Jesus and Mary Chain’s William Reid Says Eddie Van Halen ‘Ruined Rock Guitar’ - AOL.com
- Blindfold Test: Anthony Wilson - DownBeat
- Jesus and Mary Chain’s William Reid: Eddie Van Halen “Ruined Rock Guitar” - Consequence of Sound
- “He only ever said one thing to me about sounding like anyone he’d played with before”: Rowan Robertson on the key piece of advice he received from Ronnie James Dio on how to faithfully play Tony Iommi’s riffs - Guitar World
- “We’ve got a table full of junk. John says, ‘What’s all this then?’” How John Lennon created one of the Beatles’ strangest sounds in just five minutes - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I was a child – he’d choose which records I would get royalties on and which I didn’t. He was stealing my money, and I didn’t realize it”: The untold story of “The Lost Beach Boy” David Marks - Guitar World
- “Damon got very good, so it was pretty hard to write with him around – especially when he was rejecting your songs”: How Graham Coxon came out from his Blur bandmate’s shadow - Guitar World
- Former SNOT And SEVENDUST Guitarist SONNY MAYO Undergoes Emergency Triple Bypass Surgery After A Heart Attack - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “It felt too good to believe, so I bought it.” How a $175 Rickenbacker made Peter Buck a lifelong Rick devotee - GuitarPlayer.com
- “Get a good amp or you're always going to sound s**tty!”: Billy Duffy on why it's more important to have a good amp than a good guitar - Guitar.com
- “If you think this is a bunch of throwaway crap to suck the dollar out of poor, unsuspecting Van Halen fans, it’s not”: Eddie Van Halen’s soon-to-be-released recordings are going to blow you away, according to Steve Lukather - Guitar World
- “I did four or five songs, then Ozzy said, ‘Welcome aboard’. I would have loved to have spent more time with him”: Randy Rhoads was his guitar teacher. Then he ended up in Ozzy Osbourne’s band - Guitar World
- “He said, ‘Yeah, what are you gonna do about it? You’re a girl. You don’t have the money to fight this.’” Rita Coolidge says Eric Clapton owes her a writing credit for one of the most celebrated songs in rock - GuitarPlayer.com
- AI helped a musician with Parkinson’s finish his new album when he could no longer play guitar - ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- “He was shaking the last time I saw him. He had the same thing that killed Lowell George.” Roger McGuinn and Keith Richards remember Gram Parsons, who laid a path for the ’70s California sound and died at 26 - GuitarPlayer.com
- “The only reason I picked them is so I can look at their behinds.” P.J. Harvey on why she stopped playing guitar onstage — and the real reason she chose her first pair of tour guitarists - GuitarPlayer.com
- “If we have disagreements, I'm able to send him to his room”: Tom Morello on working with his son, Roman - Guitar.com
- CHRIS HOLMES Once Again Rules Out Return To W.A.S.P.: 'I'd Be An Idiot To Go Back' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- Who's the most exciting up-and-coming guitar player? - Guitar World
- Zach Top’s Beloved Guitar Player, Cheyenne Dalton, Stuns Fans With News She’s No Longer In The Band - Whiskey Riff
- Dave Mason of Traffic Is Dead at 79. Revisiting My Interview With One of Rock's Great Collaborators. - Alan Paul | Substack
- Dave Mason, Traffic Co-Founder Who Penned ‘Feelin’ Alright?,’ Dead at 79 - Rolling Stone
- Ritchie Blackmore claims “most guitarists aren’t nice people” - Guitar.com
- Wayne Perkins, Guitarist to the Stars, Dies at 74 - The New York Times
- The Art of Teaching and Learning the Guitar - Stetson University
- “It hit me more than I thought it would.” Ritchie Blackmore on the one musician he was closest to — and what drove a wedge between them - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I try to avoid rehearsals at all costs now. It’s the only way I can survive”: I’m a drummer. You guitarists have made me hate being in bands - Guitar World
- Wayne Perkins, Guitarist Who Nearly Joined the Rolling Stones and Lynyrd Skynyrd, Dead at 74 - Rolling Stone
- Wayne Perkins, guitarist who went from Alabama to backing some of music’s greatest artists, dies - CBS 42
- Legendary The Cure guitarist will perform in Boston Ballet's new "The Leisurely Installation of a New Window" - CBS News
- Motörhead Guitarist Phil Campbell Dies at 64 - Pitchfork
- Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell dead at 64 - Fox News
- Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell dies aged 64 after 'courageous battle' - BBC
- “My comfort zone is big volume and lots of blues”: Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell has died aged 64 - Guitar World
- Phil Campbell, Longtime Motorhead Guitarist, Dead at 64 - Rolling Stone
- “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
- Ex-DEEP PURPLE Guitarist STEVE MORSE On His Battle With Arthritis: 'I've Tried Every Treatment I Can Find' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- Legendary rock guitarist dead at 81: ‘He had that rare gift’ - Lehighvalleylive.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, founding Cake guitarist who wrote ‘The Distance,’ dies - KCRA
- Greg Brown, Cake Co-Founder and Guitarist, Dies at 55 - Pitchfork
- Greg Brown, Founding Guitarist of Cake & ‘The Distance’ Songwriter, Dies After ‘Brief Illness’ - Billboard
- Cake Founding Guitarist Greg Brown Dead At 56 - Stereogum
- I've spent 20 years as a touring guitarist. The live industry is broken – now it’s breaking musicians too. Here’s what needs to change - Guitar World
- “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
- Carlos Santana thinks guitarists who play fast are no better than gym bros flexing their muscles: “Big deal, so what?” - Guitar.com
- Bob Weir, Grateful Dead Singer, Guitarist and Co-Founder, Dies at 78 - Variety
- Bob Weir, guitarist and founding member of the Grateful Dead, has died at 78 - NPR
- Bob Weir, Grateful Dead Co-Founder and Guitarist, Dead at 78 - Rolling Stone
- 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
- The Cure guitarist Perry Bamonte dies aged 65 - BBC
- The biggest news stories from the world of guitar in 2025 - Guitar.com
- Steve Cropper, Guitarist, Songwriter and Shaper of Memphis Soul Music, Dies at 84 - The New York Times
- “I was packing up to leave when Dylan asked, ‘Where’s he going?’ and I wound up playing on the whole album.” The guitarist Bob Dylan insisted he had to have for his country music breakthrough - GuitarPlayer.com
- Steve Cropper, guitarist of Booker T and the MGs, dies aged 84 - BBC
- Steve Cropper, acclaimed guitarist for Booker T. and the M.G.'s, dies at 84 - CBS News
- Steve Cropper, Legendary Guitarist for Booker T. & the MG’s, Otis Redding and the Blues Brothers, Dies at 84 - Variety
- Steve Cropper, Guitarist for Stax Records, Booker T. & the M.G.’s and The Blues Brothers, Dies at 84 - The Hollywood Reporter
- Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records' Booker T and the M.G.'s, dies - NPR
- Steve Cropper, Booker T. & the M.G.’s and Stax Records Guitarist, Dead at 84 - Rolling Stone
- Steve Cropper, Blues Brothers guitarist and Stax Records legend, dies at 84 - Fox News
- Guitar Player's Week in Music Quiz for November 14, 2025 - GuitarPlayer.com
- KISS founding guitarist Ace Frehley dies aged 74 - BBC
- Kiss Guitarist Ace Frehley Dead at 74 - Rolling Stone
Guitar Amp News
- Fender Launches New Firmware Update for the Tone Master Pro - Premier Guitar
- “It’s honestly really amazing”: Tube amp aficionado Joe Bonamassa has been “beta testing” a Fender Tone Master on tour – and he’s impressed - Guitar.com
- Fender gives the Tone Master Pro a serious firmware update - MusicRadar
- Meet the musician building guitar amplifiers near York - from locally sourced wood - The York Press
- “I wanted to dislike it!” Is Joe Bonamassa warming to modeling amps? He’s taken a Fender Tone Master on tour - Guitar World
- Positive Grid’s Reactor amp series can build tones from text, photos and recordings - Guitar.com
- Positive Grid Introduces REACTOR Intelligent Guitar Amplifier — a New Approach to Amplification - Premier Guitar
- Positive Grid REACTOR Is the First Smart Amp That Builds Your Guitar Tone From Scratch - Techaeris
- "The app is where things get both wild and a little weird:" Positive Grid Reactor 50 Intelligent Guitar Combo Amp review - MusicRadar
- Positive Grid Reactor 100 Intelligent Guitar Combo Amp review - Guitar World
- Positive Grid REACTOR Intelligent Guitar Amplifier review: Perfect for practice, set for the stage - Popular Science
- “A turning point for the industry”: TONE3000’s new A2 NAM modeling tech beat some huge hitters in a blind listening test – and it’s completely free to use - Guitar World
- Fender Mustang LTX Guitar Amp Combos - How Do They Measure Up? Bape Crocs (86UNGEiR8j) - Mshale
- Positive Grid branches out from the Spark with the Reactor – an AI-powered combo that can generate tones from images and adapts to your playing - Guitar World
- Positive Grid's new AI-enabled combo lets you design "any tone imaginable" by text or image – and can even create an amp sound that has never existed before - MusicRadar
- Positive Grid Reactor Amps: Amp Intelligence with AI Tone Creation! - Gearnews.com
- Patching guitar amp firmware - Adafruit
- “Get a good amp or you're always going to sound s**tty!”: Billy Duffy on why it's more important to have a good amp than a good guitar - Guitar.com
- Mesa/Boogie launches new video series exploring the history of the legendary amp brand - Guitar.com
- “You’ll see the return of some of our most iconic products from the past”: The metal amp brand beloved by Dimebag Darrell, Kirk Hammett and Scott Ian is on the cusp of making a comeback - Guitar World
- Best mini amps for guitar 2026: power up your practice with these tiny towers of tone - Guitar World
- Orange beer? Legendary guitar amp brand launches its own IPA with Special Brew - Guitar.com
- “Over the past 24 hours, I’ve received hundreds of messages about my current situation. So yes, it’s official: I’ve made the move”: Jared James Nichols switches to Marshall amps - MusicRadar
- “When I played, it was almost like I made every note count even more. It was rejuvenating”: Why Jared James Nichols has switched to Marshall amps after playing Blackstar for 15 years - Guitar World
- Blackstar Launches the Beam Mini Compact Desk Amp - Premier Guitar
- 200,000 models, AI stem separation, impossibly big sound: Blackstar just dropped a mini amp that could change the market forever - Guitar World
- “He let me into the basement with all his secret stuff and he had 10 Dumbles down there. It was the biggest collection I’ve ever seen in person!” Jake Kiszka on the time he went shopping for the world’s most expensive guitar amp in Japan - MusicRadar
- Winzz Guitars Introduces the SilverTide Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- Marshall and Synergy Introduce JCM 800 Dual Channel Three-Tube Module - Premier Guitar
- Best acoustic guitar amps 2026: let your acoustic tone shine - Guitar World
- This Sex Pistols 50th Anniversary Marshall stack might be the most punk guitar amp ever - Guitar.com
- “I like to keep things simple, as the saying goes: It’s only rock ’n’ roll”: Never mind the modelers, here’s a Sex Pistols Marshall amp - Guitar World
- Lyndon Laney, founder of Laney Amplification, has died - Guitar.com
- Mooer takes on JBL with its own AI stem separation tech – and it could change the way you practice your favorite songs - Guitar World
- Revv Doubles Down on Portable Tube Amps With the G25 - Premier Guitar
- Revv G25: Next Gen Tube Amp Tones - Gearnews.com
- 10 sleeper guitar amps that deserve legendary status - Yahoo
- “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 was so heavy to lift as an 11-year-old”: Josh Homme’s first guitar amp wasn’t even a guitar amp - 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
- “I literally cried tears of joy”: After years of searching, YouTuber finally uncovers the identity of Kurt Cobain’s mystery In Utero amp - Guitar World
- Who Needs Tube Amps in 2026? I Say: No One. - Gearnews.com
- Laney Introduces Prism-Mini Guitar Amp & Bluetooth Speaker - Premier Guitar
- Kemper Introduces Next Level of Profiling Technology 2.0 - 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
- Best amp modelers 2026: rack-mounted and floorboard options for every budget - Guitar World
- “Green Day showing the world how to keep it loud!” Billie Joe Armstrong shows off mysterious new Marshall as Green Day rock the Super Bowl – could a signature amp finally be on the cards? - Guitar World
- Best amp modelers 2026: get all your dream guitar tones in one - GuitarPlayer.com
- Synergy Unveils Machine-Learning Power Amp Technology - Premier Guitar
- 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
- Blackstar Introduces BEAM MINI - Premier Guitar
- 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
- Fryette Launches Pittbull Ultra-Lead II Amp And Valvulator Mini Buffer - Premier Guitar
- 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
- “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
- “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
- Orange Amps OR60 UK-Built All-Valve Guitar Amp - Premier Guitar
- “Designed to go hard”: Orange unveils new vintage-inspired single-channel OR60 amp head - Guitar.com
- 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
- “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
- MESA/Boogie revives its influential 90s Triple Rectifier Solo Head with a blackout aesthetic - Gibson
- 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 Announces CUBE Street Mini Multi-Instrument Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- Bad Cat Amplifiers Introduces Hot Cat 50 Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- Blackstar Introduces Artist FR Standard and Artist FR Special Full Range Amp Cabs - Premier Guitar
- Victory Amplification reveals world-first braille guitar amp - Mixdown Magazine
- Blind guitarist brought to tears by specially-made Braille amp - Guitar World
- Victory sends blind guitarist custom braille amp in the most wholesome moment of 2026 so far - Guitar.com
- Tube Amps: Finally Obsolete in 2026? - Gearnews.com
- “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
- Peavey’s Legendary Super Festival Bass Amp is Back - 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
- The Boss Katana 50 is my favorite practice amp – and it just hit the lowest price of the year thanks to this Amazon Black Friday deal - Guitar World
- VOX 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
- Local Guitar Amp Designers Keep Those Vacuum Tubes Aglow - Racket MN
- Revv Launches a MK2 Update of their Groundbreaking D20 Amplifier 6 Years in the Making - Premier Guitar
- PRS Guitars Announces New SE Models Plus a New Combo Amp Ahead of 2026 Updates - Premier Guitar
- “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
- Positive Grid and PosterLad Collaborate on Limited Edition “See the Sound” Grille for Spark EDGE - Premier Guitar
- What’s more important, your guitar or amp? Phil X reckons he has the answer - Guitar.com
- Bad Cat Introduces the Ocelot — Small Amp. Big Attitude. Total Control. - Premier Guitar
- “It seems the age of touchscreen guitar amps is advancing faster than I ever imagined”: All the new guitar gear that caught my eye this week – including the return of my favorite Fender offset - Guitar World
- 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
- 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
Bass Player News
- KANSAS Recall The Time AEROSMITH Tried To Sabotage Their Performance – “Our Bass Player Went After STEVEN TYLER And There Was A Confrontation”; Video - BraveWords
- The Lucky 13: Gene Simmons, Vocalist/Bassist of KISS and the Gene Simmons Band, at Fantasy Springs on Saturday, June 13 - Coachella Valley Independent
- TD Winnipeg International Jazz Festival welcomes acclaimed bassist and vocalist Kristin Korb - Classic107
- Korn bassist gets stolen instruments back thanks to Nevada police department - 105.7 The Point
- “I was broke, so I said yes to everything. I just knew I could never have a normal job”: How Henrik Linder went from struggling music student to overnight success with Dirty Loops - Guitar World
- Limp Bizkit Share Video Tribute To Late Bassist - Metal Underground.com
- SKID ROW’s RACHEL BOLAN – “All Bass Players Are Gargoyles” - BraveWords
- Former 'Tonight Show' Bassist John B. Williams on Hospice, Has Dementia - TMZ
- Best octave pedals for bass 2026: Pitch-shift your playing with my pick of essential pedalboard additions - Guitar World
- The drama surrounding Parkway Drive goes on – this time including their bass player - Chaoszine
- “Sam Rivers Forever” – watch Limp Bizkit’s video tribute to their late bass player - Chaoszine
- Limp Bizkit Have Newly Shared Their Heartfelt Video Tribute To Their Late Bassist Sam Rivers - Theprp.com
- Bassist Ronald LaPread, Commodores co-founder, dies at 75 - 95.5 WSB
- “It’s a one-string instrument with a handle on it, and I hit it with a stick”: Les Claypool’s bonkers one-string leads the biggest (and strangest) bass releases of the month - Guitar World
- Best overdrive pedals for bass 2026: The ultimate in bass saturation at all price points - Guitar World
- Commodores co-founder and former bassist Ronald LaPread dead at 75 - Fox News
- Ronald LaPread, former Commodores bass player, dies in Auckland aged 75 - RNZ
- “Paul played a lot of terrific bass with Wings that’s still under-appreciated. I don't think he even recognizes it himself”: Paul McCartney’s greatest post-Beatles bassline - Guitar World
- Black Sabbath bass player, Debbie Gibson praise effort to find new homes for beagles - AP News
- ’70s Bass Legend Named the ‘Most Underrated Bass Player of All Time’ - Men's Journal
Bass Amp News
- Best multi-effects pedals 2026: Our pick of the best all-in-one guitar FX modellers - MusicRadar
- Genzler Amplification Introduces Magellan 800+ Bass Amp - Premier Guitar
- Best bass amps 2026: low-end tone machines - GuitarPlayer.com
- Mayor Karen Bass says LA28 head Wasserman should step down - Los Angeles Times
- LA Mayor Bass joins calls for 2028 Olympics head Wasserman to leave over Epstein ties - AP News
- Electronic Audio Experiments' Traynor Bass Amp derived Greathammer Overdrive delivers 50 decibels of killer low-end tone - Guitar Pedal X
- New Products for Bassists: Here are Some New Releases for NAMM 2026! - Gearnews.com
- 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 - 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
- “This is your chance to own the sound that defined heavy metal. Don’t wait, once they’re gone, they’re gone”: Ashdown and Reverb are selling Geezer Butler’s Head Of Doom bass amps, signed by the man himself - MusicRadar
- Geezer Butler to sell signed amps used at rehearsals for Black Sabbath’s final show - Guitar.com
- IK Multimedia ToneX Bass Pedals: Ampeg, Bassmann, And Much More! - Gearnews.com
- Mesa/Boogie resurrects the iconic Bass 400+ without the backache - Mixdown Magazine
- Respected Bass Amp Tone In Software - Sonicstate
- 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
- Genzler Amplification Launches Kinetix 800 Bass Amp - Premier Guitar
Guitar Effects News
- Eventide H9 Harmonizer Gen 2 multi-FX with one H90 core and more controls - synth anatomy
- Fender issues firmware update for Tone Master Pro – introducing tonnes of new amp and effects models - Guitar.com
- Fender firmware update: 15 new reasons to try the Tone Master Pro - Guitar World
- “It took me back to the days of riding my BMX to pick out a VHS”: Meris unveils the Ottobit X, a high-end purveyor of lo-fi guitar sounds inspired by the ‘80s - MusicRadar
- News - Gigahearts' MK2 Small Cheese Fuzz delivers a most potent Taste Explosion! - Guitar Pedal X
- Mooer GE100 Pro: Affordable Multi-Effects Processor with AI Integration - Gearnews.com
- Mooer Releases GE100 Pro with AI Multi-Effects - Let's Data Science
- Meris Evolves and Super-Sizes its Bitcrusher / Sequencer / Texturizer - now the Ottobit X Modular Degradation and Texture Engine / Workstation - Guitar Pedal X
- Electro Harmonix Bender Royale - Pedal Month 2026 - - Happy Mag
- Eventide Expands Its Flagship Multi-FX Platform with New H9 Harmonizer - Gear Gods
- Eventide Audio Introduces H9 Harmonizer® Gen 2 The Next Generation of Harmonizer - Premier Guitar
- Fender Launches New Firmware Update for the Tone Master Pro - Premier Guitar
- Fender gives the Tone Master Pro a serious firmware update - MusicRadar
- “It was the biggest mistake of my career”: JHS Pedals once mistakenly put an ultra-rare Dumble boost circuit into one of its DIY pedals – now it’s been launched as an $89 standalone stompbox - Guitar World
- Console Pedals turns N64 carts into swappable guitar effects. - The Verge
- Supposedly by popular demand - JHS extracts the BBC-1 Boost from its NOTADÜMBLË Drive - now in standalone Fumble Mini Boost Edition - Guitar Pedal X
- Meris Ottobit X: Shoegaze, Lo-Fi, Game Music, ’80s Vibes in One Pedal - Gearnews.com
- Meris Ottobit X: a modular stereo ‘80s degradation and texture FX pedal - synth anatomy
- “I had confused the two similar circuits and made a horrible mistake. I made a video. I told everyone”: JHS Pedals unveils the Fumble – an $89 boost pedal with a seriously complicated back story involving John Mayer, Dumble amps and a ‘70s acoustic pream - MusicRadar
- Best octave pedals for bass 2026: Pitch-shift your playing with my pick of essential pedalboard additions - Guitar World
Guitar and Bass News
- “I was broke, so I said yes to everything. I just knew I could never have a normal job”: How Henrik Linder went from struggling music student to overnight success with Dirty Loops - Guitar World
- “This might be the last time the Hydra comes out on tour”: Steve Vai might be retiring his monstrous triple-neck Ibanez - Guitar World
- CJ Wildheart is building bridges with Ginger Wildheart and would 'love' reunion - Rayo
- “I got wrecked, paranoid, the whole thing... and then they hit this riff that I still remember. I just wept”: Paul McCartney on the life-changing moment he saw Fela Kuti live while smoking with Ginger Baker - Guitar World
- Ace Frehley's main Kiss guitar, the 1975 “Budokan” Gibson Les Paul, sells for over half a million dollars at auction - Guitar World
- Fender Launches New Firmware Update for the Tone Master Pro - Premier Guitar
- "The price might be chunky, but the playing experience, build and sonic delivery are tough to argue with": Ibanez Alpha A528 review - Guitar World
- Fender gives the Tone Master Pro a serious firmware update - MusicRadar
- Victor Wooten’s Basses and Road-Tested Rarities Are Coming to Reverb - Reverb
- “I was like, ‘Let’s freshen up the electric guitar.’ 60 years later, you’re still putting out tributes to the station wagon”: The story of John Mayer’s Fender fallout – and how it gave birth to the Stratocaster’s biggest rival - Guitar World
- 1991 Hit Ranked Among the Top Bass Lines of All Time — And It Still Rocks - Men's Journal
- Best octave pedals for bass 2026: Pitch-shift your playing with my pick of essential pedalboard additions - Guitar World
- “A turning point for the industry”: TONE3000’s new A2 NAM modeling tech beat some huge hitters in a blind listening test – and it’s completely free to use - Guitar World
- “It’s a one-string instrument with a handle on it, and I hit it with a stick”: Les Claypool’s bonkers one-string leads the biggest (and strangest) bass releases of the month - Guitar World
- Fender celebrates 75 years of the P-Bass with the 75th Anniversary Precision Bass Collection - Guitar.com
- Fender Commemorates 75 Years Of The Precision Bass - Premier Guitar
- “If you had a big carrier bag, you could put the body in the bag and have the neck go up your arm”: How a prolific guitar thief stole 50 headless bass guitars in the ’90s - Guitar.com
- “He actually signed it for me on the back of the headstock. That’s the most magical bass”: How Victor Wooten got his hands on his biggest hero’s bass guitar - Guitar World
- Eastwood Guitars unveils an Angine de Poitrine-inspired double neck guitar/bass – polka-dots not included - Guitar.com
- “He had a flat full of headless basses. He’d figured out a way he could nick them”: The crazy method a thief used to steal 50 bass guitars – including one belonging to Guy Pratt - Guitar World
New Music releases
- New Music Friday release radar for June 5, 2026: top albums, song releases - DraftKings Network
- Prince Estate to Release Posthumous Album ‘Timeless’ Featuring Unreleased Songs - Billboard
- New Music Friday: 10 new releases for the weekend (05 June 2026) - Q107 Toronto
- New Music Friday: Taylor Swift, Niall Horan, Ellie Goulding, Sam Tompkins and more - Official Charts
- ‘It All Comes to Roost at The Same Time’: Peter Frampton Talks New Doc, Album and Future Releases - Billboard
- Amy Lee, Evanescence star finds joy in family amid new music release - The News International
- Charli xcx Confirms "Music, Fashion, Film" Album Release Date - dscene magazine
- Kehlani Releases New Music Video for “Back And Forth” Featuring Missy Elliott - mxdwn Music
- Lainey Wilson Releases ‘Phone, Keys, Wallet’ Featuring John Mayer - Noise11.com
- Amber Lawrence Releases Suburban Cowgirl Album And Debut Children’s Book - Noise11.com
- “I kept seeing him out the corner of my eye, where he’d be with his guitar”: Mastodon’s first single with their new guitarist is a powerful tribute to Brent Hinds - Guitar World
- Wyatt Flores To Release New Music In July. - Country Insider
- Susan Boyle spotted visiting Chiswick prompting speculation about new music release - The Chiswick Calendar
- 20 best new Milwaukee music releases to check out for May 2026 - AOL.com
- Charli XCX Gears Up for Her Upcoming Album ‘Music, Fashion, Film’ - Daily Music Roll
- 15 best new Milwaukee music releases to check out for June 2026 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- New Music Releases and Upcoming Albums in 2026 - Pitchfork
- Pittsburgh local music releases for June 2026 - TribLIVE.com
- The best new music releases from Colorado artists in May - Westword
- From Ariana Grande to Labrinth, aespa & More, Which New Music Release Is Your Favorite This Week? Vote! - Billboard
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