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- Chasing Tone: Your Favorite Guitarist’s Favorite North Texas Guitarist - Dallas Observer
- Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin, founding guitarist of black midi, has died - Northern Transmissions
- Ritchie Blackmore’s opinion on Van Halen - Rock and Roll Garage
- “It was the call to arms. It told the audience, ‘The show is starting, and you're part of it now.’” How Alice Cooper turned a folk song into his own rock and roll anthem — with a little help from a beat-up pedal-steel guitar - GuitarPlayer.com
- “A unique, genuine, and fierce guitar player”: Black Midi guitarist Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin dies at 26 - Guitar World
- Black Midi Guitarist Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin Dies at 26 - Yahoo News UK
- Black Midi founding member and guitarist Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin dies, aged 26 - Radio X
- R.I.P. Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin, founding guitarist of Black Midi - treblezine.com
- 10 Questions: Devon Thompson - Gibson
- Will McFarlane: Muscle Shoals’ Living Guitar Legend - Premier Guitar
- “Syd Barrett was doing psychedelic drugs and completely off his tree.” Friend and guitarist to David Gilmour and Roger Waters, Tim Renwick recalls Pink Floyd‘s wild rise from high school rockers to prog-rock gurus - GuitarPlayer.com
- “He’s played with everybody, so he really saved us and rescued us tonight”: Dave Grohl thanks Jason Falkner for “rescuing” the Foo Fighters as they play their first show since Pat Smear’s bizarre injury - Guitar World
- “It sat in my closet until Guitar Hero III came out. I slapped the stickers for the controller onto the fretboard, and everything connected from there”: Stray Kids guitarist Garrett Jones on his journey from suburban Detroit to K-pop session pro - Guitar World
- John Mayer Breaks Silence on Death of Grateful Dead's Bob Weir - AOL.com
- 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
- Grateful Dead Co-Founder and Guitarist Bob Weir Succumbs to Lung Issues at 78 Following Valiant Cancer Battle - Digital Music News
- Renowned St. Louis guitarist Rick Haydon has died - Audacy
- Grateful Dead Archivist Remembers Bob Weir: ‘A Guitar Player Unlike Any Other’ - Rolling Stone
- Bob Weir obituary - The Guardian
- Rockers + Fans Pay Tribute to Grateful Dead Co-Founder Bob Weir - Loudwire
- Ronnie Radke says Falling In Reverse fired guitarist Max Georgiev over allegations in 2024, Georgiev denies claims - NME
- Ex-WARLOCK Guitarist TOMMY BOLAN Steps Out On His Own In NYC: 'Lead, Follow Or Get The F*** Out Of My Way' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “There is no final curtain here, not really”: Bob Weir, Grateful Dead guitarist, vocalist and founding member, dies aged 78 - Guitar World
- "There is no final curtain here, not really": Bob Weir, Grateful Dead co-founder, dies aged 78 - Yahoo
- Bob Weir, guitarist and founding member of the Grateful Dead, has died at 78 - NPR
- Bob Weir, Grateful Dead co-founder and rhythm guitarist, dead at 78 - Honolulu Star-Advertiser
- Bob Weir, Grateful Dead founder and guitarist, dies at 78 - Chicago Sun-Times
- Bob Weir, Grateful Dead Co-Founder and Rhythm Guitar Icon, Dies at 78 - Premier Guitar
- Bob Weir, founding member of the Grateful Dead, dies at 78 - AOL.com
- Bob Weir, singer-guitarist and founding member of the Grateful Dead, dies at 78 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Bob Weir, Grateful Dead guitarist, dies at 78 - CNN
- “Our initial sense was that it was very big-headed. We all looked at Fred and said, ‘Really?’” Brian May on Freddie Mercury and the mega-hit that changed Queen’s relationship with their audience - GuitarPlayer.com
- “Back then people would come with some great old Gibson that had been under the bed”: Lenny Kravitz used to buy guitars from fans in parking lots at his shows – here’s why he’s stopped - Guitar World
- “There was an advert saying, ‘Ozzy Zig requires gig.’ I said to Bill, ‘I know an Ozzy but it can't be him. He can't sing’”: Tony Iommi looks back at the birth of Black Sabbath – and their “horrible” first jam - Guitar World
- “I had to find out how they were getting that sound.” How George Harrison, banjo and a studio accident inspired Roger McGuinn’s invention of folk rock - GuitarPlayer.com
- Yeemz plays her cello like a guitar with A Far Cry this weekend - WBUR
- “I could never play a Strat – with Stevie Ray Vaughan being my first influence, every time I play one it’s like I’m 13 again, hacking through Pride And Joy”: Joanne Shaw Taylor on how the blues helped her find her voice, and why she'll always choose Teles - Guitar World
- “When he showed up and did it all for real, it burst my bubble. I was pissed for a little while.” How Eric Clapton survived rock guitar‘s most transformative era and found his way to the blues - GuitarPlayer.com
- The Sterling Kaizen was my favourite guitar of 2025 – but it looks like the new Ibanez Alpha Series is coming for the crown - Guitar.com
- LITA FORD Hopes To Release Her Long-Awaited New LP By May 2026: 'The Whole Album Is A Theme', She Says - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “When they saw my guitar, they all laughed at me.” How Mike Campbell survived his toughest audition — in front of Tom Petty - GuitarPlayer.com
- “The Stratocaster hasn’t really changed since 1954”: Outgoing Fender CEO Andy Mooney says electric guitarists have “generally been reluctant to really accept innovation” - Guitar.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
- Perry Bamonte, Guitarist and Keyboardist for the Cure, Dies at 65 - The New York Times
- “I said, ‘You have no idea how many things I’ve stolen from you.’ And he said, ‘Yes, I have.’” Randy Bachman on his jaw-dropping introduction to Stephen Stills at Neil Young’s 70th birthday party - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I cried for two years. I blamed myself.” Don McLean on the “unspeakable” death that haunted the writing of his iconic acoustic hit “American Pie” - GuitarPlayer.com
- “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’s insane. He died aged 25, only guitar players remember him, and yet he was the sound of the Pretenders”: Chrissie Hynde pays tribute to the underrated guitar hero who defined the Pretenders - Guitar World
- “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. - Texas Monthly
- “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, acclaimed guitarist for Booker T. and the M.G.'s, dies at 84 - CBS News
- Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records' Booker T and the M.G.'s, dies - NPR
- “After getting minor surgery, we hired our good friend to give us a hand”: Gojira name stand-in guitarist after Joe Duplantier undergoes hand surgery - Guitar World
- “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
- Video: AFI's Jade Puget on His Approach to Guitar-Playing + Production - Reverb
- “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
- “The last thing he told me during that last interview was, ‘I’m probably gonna go until the wheels come off!’” I spoke to Ace Frehley a dozen times in the last two years of his life – oft-misunderstood, he was the true embodiment of rock ’n’ roll spirit - Guitar World
- Ace Frehley 1951-2025: Guitar community mourns the death of Kiss’s trailblazing founding guitarist - Guitar.com
- Kiss Guitarist Ace Frehley Dead at 74 - Rolling Stone
- “I didn’t realize how short he was!” The late Ace Frehley always spoke his mind. And when it came to his Kiss replacements Bruce Kulick, Vinnie Vincent and Tommy Thayer, the Space Ace had plenty to say - GuitarPlayer.com
- “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
- Blues guitar player to perform at Palindrome - Peninsula Daily News
- Nuno Bettencourt recalls his final conversation with Ozzy Osbourne – as “the only guitar player who said no” to playing for him - Guitar.com
- Get more Guitar Player stories in your day with these two easy steps - GuitarPlayer.com
- Legendary Steel Guitar Player Robby Turner Dead at 63 - Taste of Country
- CE Pro All Star Band Guitar Players Recount Their Favorite Players and Gear - cepro.com
- BRENT HINDS, MASTODON co-founding singer and guitarist, dead at 51 - Revolver Magazine
- 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
- “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
- Video 10-year-old guitar-playing prodigy rocks on - ABC News
- 10-year-old guitar-playing prodigy rocks on - MSN
- Mick Ralphs, Guitarist in Bad Company and Mott the Hoople, Dead at 81 - Rolling Stone
- “He decided he didn't want to be the lead guitar player anymore.” Pete Townshend on Roger Daltrey’s career-changing move that made the Who guitarist an axe-wielding icon - GuitarPlayer.com
- Rick Derringer, Guitar Journeyman Behind ‘Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo,’ Dead at 77 - Rolling Stone
- MARTY FRIEDMAN Has Nothing Against 'Flashy' Guitar Playing: 'I Just Wanna Be Excited By What I Hear' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “I’m like, ‘What the f***? My guitar, it’s completely out of tune!’ ” Samantha Fish names the one thing that can ruin every gig - GuitarPlayer.com
- Winner of Guitar Player Magazine International Competition to perform locally - timesobserver.com
Guitar Amp News
- DSM & Humboldt delivers smart ultimate Full Range Analog Stereo Dumblifier Overdrive Special Pedal with Analog Cab Sim, Boost, and Stereo Reverb - Guitar Pedal X
- A simple overview of the Valeton GP-50 Multi-Effects Processor SnapTone and IR Loader - Guitar Pedal X
- All the guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including an alternate reality Ibanez that’s set to shake up the prog rock guitar market - Yahoo
- Building My First Pedal Board: Gear, Signals & Surprises - Gearnews.com
- NAMM 2026: rumors, predictions and breaking news from the world's biggest guitar gear show - Guitar World
- “This offers the quality of tones I’d expect from a high-end plug”: IK Multimedia Tonex Plug review - Guitar World
- DSM & Humboldt Dumblifier: Overdrive Special in a Pedal! - Gearnews.com
- Victory sends blind guitarist custom braille amp in the most wholesome moment of 2026 so far - Guitar.com
- “It bothers me that there is a generation that has never plugged into a tube amp because they have a free one on their laptop”: EarthQuaker Devices and Dr. Z launch a tube-loaded preamp pedal – and it could be the missing piece of your digital rig puzzle - Guitar World
- EarthQuaker Devices & Dr. Z Amplification Announce the ZEQD-Pre Tube Pre Amp - Premier Guitar
- “Built to carry its sonic legacy into the future of listening”: Fender becomes the latest guitar and amp firm to enter the home audio space – but can Fender Audio stand up to Marshall? - Guitar World
- The Guitar.com staff picks: this is the best new gear of 2025 - Guitar.com
- 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
- 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
- “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
- 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
- “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
- News - IK Multimedia throws its hat in the ring for Plugin Headphone Amps, with its TONEX PLUG - Guitar Pedal X
- 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
- Local Guitar Amp Designers Keep Those Vacuum Tubes Aglow - Racket MN
- 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
- Video: Meet Charlie Barker, a Twin-Style Tube Amp For Working Musicians - Reverb
- Bad Cat Ocelot: Compact Tube Amp with a Studio-Ready Roar - Gearnews.com
- “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
- Guitar Journal: JHS Closing, John Lennon Amp, & Fernandes Bankrupt - Gearnews.com
- Man buys John Lennon's old Fender guitar amp on Facebook Marketplace… for barely $4,000 - Guitar.com
- Sophie Burrell x Boss Katana Tone Crafting Masterclass at the Roland Denmark Street Store - Guitar Pedal X
- “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
- EarthQuaker's latest utility is the super handy Easy Listening '65 Deluxe Voiced Analog Amp Simulator / Headphone Amp - 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
- “It’s official. The age of touchscreen guitar amps is here”: This is all the new guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – and we might have a winner for the best new sub-$1k electric guitar of 2025 - Guitar World
- Mooer’s F15i is a $190 desktop modeling amp with touchscreen - Guitar World
- Blackstar Amplification Launches ID:X Series – A Cut Above - Premier Guitar
- “A bold step forward in modern amp design”: Blackstar goes up against Boss and Positive Grid with the ID:X – a next-gen modeling amp with newly developed tech that isn’t afraid of the competition - Guitar World
- 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
- “Phenomenal tone at any volume”: Fender’s American Vintage ’62 Super revives a “hidden treasure” tube amp that bridged the gap between two legendary combo designs - Guitar World
- Supro Announces New Airwave Tube Amp - Premier Guitar
- GPX Blog - Valeton issues a formidable challenger to the ToneX One with its GP-5 - Guitar Pedal X
- Best tube amps 2025: My top tube amps for the ultimate guitar tone - GuitarPlayer.com
- Thomann has acquired Hughes & Kettner – and is promising a bright future for the German amp giant championed by Alex Lifeson and Tommy Thayer - 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
- News - Chug vs Chug Lite - a simple GPX Head-to-Head Comparison - Guitar Pedal X
- Universal Audio transforms another of its amp modelling pedals into a plugin – this time the Woodrow '55 - MusicTech
- Best amp modelers 2025: Get your dream guitar tone with my top picks - GuitarPlayer.com
- Carr Skylark Special Review - Premier Guitar
- “If you’re a young guitar player, that’s money well spent”: The amp pedal John Mayer thinks everyone should own - Guitar.com
- “This is going to merge into a very hot topic among guitar players”: Why John Mayer decided against ditching his tube amps for modelers for Dead & Company’s Sphere residency – despite the venue’s shortcomings - Guitar World
- “The real cost of Trump’s tariff tax”: Morgan Amps says new tariffs will add up to $1,000 to the price of its amp heads - Guitar World
- “His expertise and vision have always set the standard for what a great amplifier should be”: Matchless Amplifiers and Bad Cat Amps luminary Mark Sampson – one of the leading minds of the boutique amp movement – has passed away - Guitar World
- News - The Boss Katana : GO - Personal Guitar Amplifier / Headphone Amp is Back! - Guitar Pedal X
- “Retaining the tones that made it a game-changer from the start”: The Boss Katana:GO headphone amp is back after it was discontinued – but not as you remember it - Guitar World
- Positive Grid Launches the Spark NEO - Premier Guitar
- News - 9 Cool Headphone Amps - Guitar Pedal X
- Best combo amps 2026: the best all-in-one amps for every budget - Guitar World
- News - 2025 January Pedal-Chain Update - Episode I - Peak Pedal Mania - Guitar Pedal X
- Best pedal amps 2026: Get the sound, feel and response of an amp, all on your pedalboard - MusicRadar
- Game-changers, trends, innovations, revivals and show-stoppers: the key guitars, amps and pedals of NAMM 2025 - MusicRadar
- “We promised him that we would keep his legacy alive”: What’s going on with Dumble Amps – and why was the company at NAMM 2025? We discovered the story behind the re-emergence – and future – of the guitar world’s most mythical amp brand - Guitar World
- NAMM 2025 live! The biggest guitar news as it happened - Guitar World
- NAMM 2025 as it happened: rolling news from the world's biggest music-making gear show - MusicRadar
- NAMM 2025 Live: The biggest product launches, plus photos from the show floor… - Guitar.com
- NAMM 2025 rumors, predictions and breaking news - Guitar World
- NAMM 2025 Gallery: The Latest from the NAMM Show - Premier Guitar
- Marshall Announces New Products at NAMM 2025 - Premier Guitar
- NAMM 2025: The Best New Product News & Announcements - Reverb
- Fender Reveals New Releases for 2025: NAMM Special - Premier Guitar
- Orange Announces Three New Portable Amps and the O Tone Combo Amp - Premier Guitar
- “Lightweight, portable, and incredibly powerful”: Orange launches “studio-grade and gig-ready” Baby Range – three affordable, compact heads that downsize classic Orange tones (and introduce some new ones, too) - Guitar World
- Boss Unveils New Gear for NAMM 2025 - Premier Guitar
- News - The Origin Effects Deluxe 55 and Tubesteader Eggnog are my Tweed Kings! - Guitar Pedal X
- ‘High off the sound’: Fergus Falls engineer is a guitar amp hero - MPR News
- “This is why we want to show up at NAMM”: Marshall is returning to NAMM for the first time in 5 years – and has teased some blockbuster launches - Guitar World
- The Battle for the Amp Capture / Profiler Middle-Ground heats up - Neural DSP Nano Cortex vs AmpliTube Tonex - Guitar Pedal X
- Kirk Hammett thinks Marshall amps sound “30 per cent better” when you plug them in in the UK than they do in America – is he right? - Guitar.com
- NAMM 2024: all the latest guitar news, rumors and predictions from the greatest gear show on Earth - Guitar World
- 16 of the Most Iconic Electric Guitar Amps - Guitar Pedal X
- Mike Soldano finally delivers his legendary SLO-100 Amp in pedal format - as the Super Lead Overdrive / Preamp - Guitar Pedal X
- The Best-Selling Pedals and Amps of 2021 - Reverb
- Four best guitar amps of NAMM 2020 - Guitar.com
- News - The Perfect Guitar Amp Design / Next Level Boss Katana - Guitar Pedal X
- News - Ultimate Guitar Amps - A Personal Selection - Guitar Pedal X
Bass Player News
- US double bassist Amanda Rice-Johnston dies aged 42 - The Strad
- 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
- David Bowie's bandmates pay tribute on 10th anniversary of his death: "His spirit lives on in the music” - NME
- “Finally, they both ran out of steam. Silence. Then Keith said, ‘Are you sure you want to be the meat in this sandwich?’” The making of Don Was, the über-producer trusted by the Stones, Bob Dylan and John Mayer (and who’s a pretty good bassist too) - Guitar World
- “A friend of ours talked to my brother and said, ‘Have you ever listened to Bob Marley?' My brother said, ‘Well, no…’” Robert ‘Kool' Bell on how one of Kool & The Gang's most enduring hits came about - Guitar World
- NAMM 2026: rumors, predictions and breaking news from the world's biggest guitar gear show - Guitar World
- “Someone borrowed it and when it was returned the speakers were blown”: Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones is auctioning off his gear – including his Them Crooked Vultures amp that he left at Dave Grohl’s house - Guitar World
- DS News: Devin Clark Jorgenson, bassist and singer of Minnesota punk band Color TV has passed away at the age of 41 - Dying Scene
- Wisconsin bassist Mark Hembree reflects on career with bluegrass legend - WPR
- NIKKI SIXX On Why He's Not A Shreddy Bassist: "My Job Is To Support The Song And Be Super Tight With My Drummer" - Metal Injection
- EXODUS Bassist JACK GIBSON: "There's No Music Business Anymore" - Metal Injection
- Famous faces say final goodbye to Stone Roses bass player - Sky News
- “He will go down as one of the greatest rock drummers of all time. I can bring him a bass riff in seven-and-a-half and he’ll be right on it”: Justin Chancellor explains how bass fits into Tool’s challenging brand of prog - Guitar World
- 'We play with sound' - U2 > Home
- Biffy Clyro bass player quits tour over addiction and mental health issues - BBC
- Flea has announced his debut solo album – but he’s not the only bassist playing on it - Guitar World
- Limp Bizkit Reveal Their New Bass Player One Month After the Death of Founding Bassist Sam Rivers - VICE
- Discover the identity of Limp Bizkit’s new live bass player - Chaoszine
- “You always get some guitar player stealing everyone’s thunder. Bass is mega-important – anyone who’s got an ounce of groove in them realises that”: How a hypnotic ‘Mani’ bassline propelled one of the Stone Roses’ finest moments - Guitar World
- Ian Lees, Bass Player for Moving Pictures, Has Died - Noise11.com
Bass Amp News
- ORIGIN EFFECTS Shows Off Their All-Analogue Amp Modeling BASSRIG Pedal Line - Gear Gods
- NAMM 2026: rumors, predictions and breaking news from the world's biggest guitar gear show - Guitar World
- Peavey’s® Legendary Super Festival Bass Amp is Back - Bass Gear Magazine
- Peavey’s Legendary Super Festival Bass Amp is Back - Premier Guitar
- IK Multimedia Announces TONEX Plug for Guitar and Bass - Premier Guitar
- 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
- Video: Do You Really Need a Bass Amp? - Reverb
- 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
- Juan Alderete Is Bringing Over 700 Bass Guitars, Pedals, and Amps to Reverb - Reverb
- MayFly Audio releases the Sunset Bass Amplifier Simulator - Premier Guitar
- Best bass amps 2025: low-end tone machines - GuitarPlayer.com
- Bergantino Audio Announces the HP Ultra 2000W Bass Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- Fender drops game-changing Tone Master Pro update - Guitar World
- Esko, Grand Rapids, Northwestern bass anglers head to state - Duluth News Tribune
- “Designed to meet the exacting standards of today’s bassists”: Aguilar has overhauled some of its most iconic bass amps with some choice upgrades - Guitar World
- Genzler Amplification Launches Kinetix 800 Bass Amp - Premier Guitar
- Best bass amps 2026: killer low-end amplification options for bassists - Guitar World
Guitar Effects News
- DSM & Humboldt delivers smart ultimate Full Range Analog Stereo Dumblifier Overdrive Special Pedal with Analog Cab Sim, Boost, and Stereo Reverb - Guitar Pedal X
- EarthQuaker Devices and Dr. Z have joined forces to create a bite-sized tube amp - - Happy Mag
- Use Pedals As Plugins In Your DAW - Sonicstate
- Ibanez LD303 Layer Delayer: a Shoegaze stereo delay pedal with MIDI support - synth anatomy
- RhPf Electronics Introduces Shodhana Overdrive - Premier Guitar
- "There really isn't anything else on the market quite like this": Strymon PCH Stereo Active DI Box With Headphone Amp review - Guitar World
- Best Desktop Effects for Synths - Gearnews.com
- “A one-stop shop for almost everything a guitarist might need”: Universal Audio Paradise Guitar Studio review - MusicRadar
- A simple overview of the Valeton GP-50 Multi-Effects Processor SnapTone and IR Loader - Guitar Pedal X
- The forthcoming Sinvertek MGAT-1 EVO Marshall Real Amp Abstraction Preamp comes in 2 limited-run Great Era and Abstractionism Editions and is one month away from landing now - Guitar Pedal X
- Horrothia further upgrades its 2 flagship Discrete Overdrive Pedals - now the Teeth MKII X and Triage Deluxe - with additional shaping controls - Guitar Pedal X
- News - Electro-Harmonix rolls out Pico edition of its Intelligent Harmony Machine - Guitar Pedal X
- Source Audio Encounter review: “one of the most sonically adventurous pedals I’ve ever played” - Guitar.com
- Linux Founder's "I Was So Wrong" Moment: Mocked AI Programming as Garbage, Now Dives into AI - Assisted Programming - 36Kr
- EarthQuaker Devices unleashes ZEQD-Pre EF86 Tube Preamp with 3-Band EQ and Boost - Guitar Pedal X
- Linus Torvalds' Latest Open-Source Project Is AudioNoise - Made With The Help Of Vibe Coding - Phoronix
- “The brief I gave the team was simple, but extraordinarily difficult: make an acoustic guitar the way that Leo would have made it”: Ex-Fender CEO Andy Mooney on the birth of the Acoustasonic – and the happy accident that made it a reality - Guitar World
- “I thought I was fully content with my ampless rig, but this pedal has me thinking otherwise”: All the guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including an alternate reality Ibanez that’s set to shake up the prog rock guitar market - Guitar World
- Building My First Pedal Board: Gear, Signals & Surprises - Gearnews.com
- Save up to 60% on Mooer, EHX, BPC, and Audeze – Deals of the Week! - Gearnews.com
Guitar and Bass News
- Gibson Custom announces Keith Richards 1960 ES-355 Collector’s Edition guitars - Gibson
- “A unique, genuine, and fierce guitar player”: Black Midi guitarist Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin dies at 26 - Guitar World
- A simple overview of the Valeton GP-50 Multi-Effects Processor SnapTone and IR Loader - Guitar Pedal X
- 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
- Khruangbin: KCRW Live From HQ - KCRW
- Jana Horn – Jana Horn (No Quarter) (13th Floor Album Review) - 13thfloor.co.nz
- Music for Guitars, Bass Clarinets & Contrabasses on Aural Terrains - Sequenza21
- Esoterica Electrica: Will AI Make Guitarists Irrelevant? - Premier Guitar
- “Back then people would come with some great old Gibson that had been under the bed”: Lenny Kravitz used to buy guitars from fans in parking lots at his shows – here’s why he’s stopped - Guitar World
- "A well-chosen feature set that really elevates it above similarly-priced short-scales”: Cort GB-Short Scale Bass review - Guitar World
- NAMM 2026: rumors, predictions and breaking news from the world's biggest guitar gear show - Guitar World
- Höfner blames effects of US tariffs for bankruptcy, but “business operations will continue” throughout administration - Guitar.com
- “We would like to clarify a few things”: Höfner, maker of Paul McCartney’s legendary Violin Bass, shares statement following bankruptcy filing - Guitar World
- Paul McCartney calls Höfner’s bankruptcy “very sad” as the legendary violin bass maker faces uncertain future - Guitar.com
- “He will go down as one of the greatest rock drummers of all time. I can bring him a bass riff in seven-and-a-half and he’ll be right on it”: Justin Chancellor explains how bass fits into Tool’s challenging brand of prog - Guitar World
- “I bought my first Höfner bass in the ’60s. I have loved it ever since”: Paul McCartney pays tribute to Höfner as the legendary German brand’s future hangs in the balance - Guitar World
- Paul McCartney says he’s “very sad to see Höfner go out of business” and pays tribute to creators of his iconic bass - rollingstone.co.uk
- Paul McCartney ‘very sad’ to see bass guitar maker go bust - Yahoo
- Höfner, the famed instrument maker behind Paul McCartney’s iconic Violin Bass, reportedly files for bankruptcy - Guitar World
- Höfner – maker of Paul McCartney’s iconic violin bass – files for bankruptcy - Guitar.com
New Music releases
- New Music Monday: Trackmeet releases first indie-powerhouse single ‘Johanna’ - Victoria Buzz
- MØL share new music video for latest single, "Crush", prior to new album release - Lambgoat
- ‘HARRY STYLES IS ACTUALLY BACK’: Here’s Why Fans Think the Star Is About to Release New Music - Billboard
- Finnish Metal Band Blood Red Delusion Releases New Music Video for “Devastating & Profound” from Upcoming Third Studio Album Arriving in March - Metal-Rules.com
- Circuit Rider Music Releases Powerful New Worship Single "God Of The Impossible" : News - JubileeCast
- Best and New Electronic Dance Music Releases This January 2026 - edmnomad
- New music on our radar this week: Slim Soledad, Farsight, Robyn - Mixmag
- Gracie Abrams Shares Update on Her Next Album: ‘I’m Beyond Ready’ - Billboard
- Ariana Grande jokes she "would need an extra brain" to release new music - NME
- From Status Quo to Willlie Nelson to Nina Simone - the pick of new music releases - Eastern Daily Press
- Quebec ex-pro tennis star turns attention to making music, releases two new singles - CityNews Montreal
- Which New Music Release of the Week Is Your Favorite? Vote! - Billboard
- News: Morrissey Threatens to Release New Music - New Noise Magazine
- Looking Ahead: A Release Calendar of Upcoming Albums in 2026 - Billboard
- Vermont Music News: Rough Francis Keep Their Name - Seven Days Vermont
- BTS Announces the Exact Date of Their Comeback This March - ELLE
- The Best New Music Releases of 2025, According to Game Informer Editors - Game Informer
- New Music On The Horizon: First Half Of 2026 Album Releases Define A Diverse Year In Sound - Noise11.com
- Elton John Reveals Exciting News About Plans to Release New Music in 2026; “Step Into Christmas” Reaches New Peak on UK Singles Chart - American Songwriter
- Harry Styles breaks music hiatus with surprise YouTube release - ABC News
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