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- 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
- RICHIE FAULKNER Explains Why When Learning To Play Guitar Your Ears Still Matter More Than Tabs - Metal Injection
- The moment it all clicked for the Replacements — before it fell apart - The Washington Post
- As affordable workhorse guitars go, you can't miss with a Fender Player II Strat or Tele – and these limited edition models just hit an all time low for Black Friday - GuitarPlayer.com
- With up to 70% off a mountain of gear, Thomann's full Black Friday sale has finally dropped with some monster deals for guitarists - Guitar World
- Best of guitarist Orianthi in photos - Yahoo
- “People think you can just drop it a few times and drag it down the street… but it’s actually a really intensive process”: The art of relic’ing a Fender guitar – and why it’s harder than you think - Guitar World
- TAZ: Ebullient Organized Chaos - Relix
- “I saw the harmonica player, and he asked me, ‘Do you have any reefer?’ He also said, ‘Oh, Muddy just fired somebody last night...’” Bob Margolin had long admired Muddy Waters – then came a chance backstage encounter, and the gig of a lifetime - Guitar World
- “It’s got one bit where I’m tapping on the frets. I got that idea from Eddie Van Halen”: The Last Dinner Party’s Emily Roberts reveals how she took a page from Van Halen’s book to craft the band's most popular track - Guitar World
- With $100 off more than 60 acoustic guitars at Taylor, here's the 5 that should be at the top of your shopping list this Black Friday - GuitarPlayer.com
- “He felt bad, we felt terrible.” Mickey Dolenz on the worst tour match-up in rock history: the time Jimi Hendrix opened for the Monkees - GuitarPlayer.com
- “You want to get through the tour for selfish reasons. In the meantime, your brother is ruining their life”: Gene Simmons on how he wished he’d handled his relationship with Ace Frehley differently - Guitar World
- “Watching him and the musicians rehearsing their songs while I was standing there waiting my turn, I started to get really nervous”: Jake E. Lee names the guitar virtuoso who had him sweating backstage at Back to the Beginning - Guitar World
- “When I finished, I sent Kirk Hammett a picture and said, ‘Do you want to use it?’ He replied in all caps, ‘YES!’” Gibson CEO Cesar Gueikian has spent 4 years learning how to build guitars – and his prized SG was played at metal’s most historic concert - Guitar World
- “I’m pretty confident I’m the only one that’s never smoked any weed.” Vince Gill offers thanks and jokes as he wins the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award at last night’s CMAs - GuitarPlayer.com
- “Country Nirvana, I’m here for it”: The nylon-string guitar riff that has taken TikTok by storm – and been covered by John Mayer - Guitar World
- “He plays that amazing lead, and I'm like two feet from him. Can you get a better private concert with Van Halen, anywhere, ever?”: Charlie Sheen reveals the real story behind Eddie Van Halen’s legendary Two and a Half Men cameo - Guitar World
- “All of us are guilty of it — and so am I.” Gene Simmons says he has one regret about how he treated the late Ace Frehley - GuitarPlayer.com
- How a Bottle of Vitamins Helped Save a Tom Petty Hit - AOL.com
- “I’m not a music theory brother at all. He ripped my solo apart”: From soloing next to Misha Mansoor and Marty Friedman to meeting the demands of Josh Middleton, Heriot are next-gen metal guitar heroes-in-the-making - Guitar World
- James Hetfield’s Guitar Technique Evolution Through Metallica’s Career - 95.9 The RAT
- “We are sorry for any inconvenience”: Ritchie Blackmore’s band cancels all remaining tour dates, citing medical reasons - Guitar World
- “There probably couldn't be two to three musicians like him in the world.” Derek Trucks on the musician and instrument that made him a better slide player - GuitarPlayer.com
- Why Peter Frampton Left Humble Pie Before ‘Performance: Rockin’ the Fillmore’ Was Released - AOL.com
- “He was excited about doing shows. He was in such a good place, and he literally had an accident”: John 5 discusses the tragic loss of his friend Ace Frehley – and confirms he was set to feature on the Kiss icon’s next album - Guitar World
- “We wanted to allow every fan to say, ‘I helped put this statue here’”: The first images of a Gary Moore tribute statue have been released – but the campaign needs support to finish the project - Guitar World
- “I asked Eric, ‘Can I play them?’ And he said, ‘Yeah, of course.’ So he went home and I had full licence to play his guitars”: Stephen Dale Petit on break-ups, cancer, Eric Clapton and why the original “blues hooligan” is no gun-for-hire - Guitar World
- “I found this Junior on Reverb and it turned out to be Billie Joe Armstrong’s signature. It doesn’t look like other Juniors – it looks like a Fender”: Anglo-French blues-rocker Laura Cox on Les Pauls vs SGs, and getting huge tone from a Junior guitar - Guitar World
- Legendary rock guitarist cancels tour for ‘medical reasons’ - Syracuse.com
- Creation of the Gary Moore statue for Belfast is underway – but your help is needed to complete it - Guitar.com
- “Timeless songs that translate beautifully to guitar”: Ed Sheeran is the king of the guitar tabs - MusicRadar
- What’s The Story Behind Stephen Wilson Jr.’s Guitar? - whiskeyriff.com
- “I hear a lot of music, and there’s a lot of great guitar players and bands out there – but Yungblud really had the stuff. So, we thought we’d throw our lot in”: Joe Perry on how Aerosmith ended up collaborating with Yungblud - Guitar World
- “Check out that gorgeous flame maple top!” Actor Michael J. Fox jams with Jackson Browne for a charity gala — but what’s that wild custom guitar he’s toting? - GuitarPlayer.com
- Who's the greatest guitar hero to emerge in the 21st century so far? - Guitar World
- FORBIDDEN and guitarist Daniel "Chewy" Mongrain part ways, Jeremy Von Epp to step in - Lambgoat
- Joe Bonamassa once called Eric Clapton his favorite guitar player of all time. Now, the two blues greats are set to collaborate on a B.B. King classic - Yahoo
- “You only get one shot to do this correctly. And I think we nailed it”: Joe Bonamassa once called Eric Clapton his favorite guitar player of all time. Now, the two blues greats are set to collaborate on a B.B. King classic - Guitar World
- “All Blackmore’s Night shows postponed at this point.” Ritchie Blackmore cancels Blackmore’s Night tour as new health concerns arise - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I’d heard about these fellows in England. There was quite a mystique...” John Fogerty walks Stephen Colbert through his iconic Acme Rickenbacker mods – which took inspiration from three British guitar greats - Guitar World
- “He said, ‘God, when I asked for a song, I didn’t expect this!’” Tom Petty and Mike Campbell on the song they couldn’t give Stevie Nicks — and the one they did that became a hit - GuitarPlayer.com
- FORBIDDEN Splits With Guitarist DANIEL "CHEWY" MONGRAIN - Metal Injection
- Paul McCartney Reveals He Was Supposed to Be The Beatles Guitarist, but Hired George Harrison Instead: 'I Couldn't Do It' - Ultimate Guitar
- The 2 guitarists Neil Young said were the best he ever heard - Rock and Roll Garage
- “Turn it off, hit the note, and turn it on.” Steve Morse reveals the secret to his wah-like tone knob technique. Now try it yourself - GuitarPlayer.com
- Taylor Partners with Trey Hensley on First Gold Label Artist Model - Premier Guitar
- “I had to keep Dad in check whenever he made a mistake”: Wolfgang Van Halen on his early gigs with Van Halen – and keeping Eddie in line - Guitar World
- “They plug me into Zakk Wylde’s amp. Next thing I’m going crazy. Ozzy goes, ‘Let’s get him on tonight!’” In 1988, a shred prodigy opened for Ozzy Osbourne. He was eight years old - Guitar World
- “There might be some hits.” Pete Townshend may borrow an idea from the Beatles as he looks for help polishing rough gems from the Who’s archive - GuitarPlayer.com
- Michael J. Fox jams with Jackson Browne at charity event – but what is that mystery guitar he’s playing? - Guitar World
- “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
- “Somebody would tell me how they loved a song, and I’d kind of feel a little bit like a fool.” Creedence Clearwater Revival's John Fogerty on the victory that he says was “an instant esteem booster" - GuitarPlayer.com
- 'It's My Instinct': The Unconventional Way Eddie Van Halen Introduced His Son to Music, and Why Wolfgang Thinks It Paid Off for Him as a Guitar Player - Ultimate Guitar
- “That’s what’s keeping me going. That’s what's keeping me alive.” Queen guitarist Brian May gives an update on his health as he calls his stroke “a wake-up call” - GuitarPlayer.com
- With a massive 89% discount, $99 for a year's worth of Guitar Tricks online lessons is the best way to upgrade your guitar playing this Black Friday - MusicRadar
- “It’s where my parents were both born and are buried, and where I will always feel a deep connection.” Rock guitarist Joe Walsh and Jimmy Webb on their surprise tribute to one of pop music’s most celebrated cities - GuitarPlayer.com
- 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
- This Is What's Really 'Going to Separate You From Every Other Guitar Player', According to Nuno Bettencourt: 'The Reason Nobody Did It After Van Halen Is Because It's Not That Easy' - Ultimate Guitar
- “How did I not notice that before?” Rick Beato shares the secrets he's learned sitting next to David Gilmour, Neal Schon and other guitar greats - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I discovered that you need to be anxious – it keeps you motivated. I try to feed off the anxiety and play guitar”: The life and times of Brent Hinds, the visionary guitarist with a maverick style who made Mastodon a big beast of metal - Guitar World
- “The stuff he did on Bowie’s ‘Heroes’ — he got that tone for us.” Blondie’s “secret weapon” on Robert Fripp’s contributions to their breakthrough album, and playing with Joan Jett and Iggy Pop - GuitarPlayer.com
- 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
- KISS founding guitarist Ace Frehley dies aged 74 - BBC
- Ace Frehley 1951-2025: Guitar community mourns the death of Kiss’s trailblazing founding guitarist - Guitar.com
- Ace Frehley, Kiss Lead Guitarist and Solo Artist, Dies at 74 - Variety
- Ace Frehley, lead guitarist in Kiss, dies at 74 - NPR
- “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
- Ace Frehley, legendary Kiss guitarist, dies at 74 - NBC News
- “I never liked all those Les Paul guitars screaming and distorting.” George Harrison on the guitarist who changed music's landscape in the 1960s — and why he wasn't a fan of what followed - GuitarPlayer.com
- Robin Trower Looks Back on Seeing Jimi Hendrix and Albert King Perform Live for the First Time: 'I Wanted to Give Up Playing Guitar For About a Year' - Ultimate Guitar
- Want to Start Playing Guitar? This Is the Best — and Easiest — Way to Do It, Tim Henson Says - Ultimate Guitar
- “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
- 'I'm a Sh_t Player': Bryan Adams on Being 'Technically Not Very Good' on Guitar, and the Key Thing He Learned From a Legendary Producer - Ultimate Guitar
- Who is Keith Urban’s guitarist Maggie Baugh? 10 things to know about musician roped into Nicole Kidman divorce news - Page Six
- 'I Had No Idea': What Shocked the Foo Fighters Producer About Dave Grohl's Guitar Playing - Ultimate Guitar
- 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 Kind of Put My Foot in' It: Paul McCartney's Guitar Player Shares Opinion on John Mayer's Playing, Recalls Mistaking Him for Another Guitarist - Ultimate Guitar
- “I can tell you how to become a virtuoso very easily”: Steve Vai on how anybody can become an elite guitar player - Guitar World
- 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 Hadn't Heard a Guitar Player Like That Before': Jake Kiszka's Mirador Bandmate Explains What's Special About Greta Van Fleet Guitarist's Playing - Ultimate Guitar
- 'I Don't Care if You Are Al Di Meola or Not': Santana Reveals One Thing All Guitar Players Need to Practice More - Ultimate Guitar
- Dweezil Zappa Speaks Up on Guitar Players Copying Eddie Van Halen, Names Guitarist Who 'Always Sounded Good' - Ultimate Guitar
- “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
- Video 10-year-old guitar-playing prodigy rocks on - ABC News
- Billy Corgan Names Band That Inspired His 'Two Guitars at Once' Approach (And No, It's Not a Metal Band) - Ultimate Guitar
- 'I Was Like, 'This Is So Amazing!'': Yngwie Malmsteen Says This Was His 'First Favorite Guitar Player' — Even Though He Didn't Know Who It Actually Was - Ultimate Guitar
- 'I Felt Responsible': His Death Was Tragic, But This (Overlooked) Guitarist Inspired One of the Most Enduring Songs - Ultimate Guitar
- 'That's the Only Way I Could Say, 'That's Good', or 'That's Bad'': Yngwie Malmsteen Reveals One Thing You Really Need To Do To Get Better At Playing Guitar - Ultimate Guitar
- Rick Derringer, Guitar Journeyman Behind ‘Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo,’ Dead at 77 - Rolling Stone
- Myles Kennedy Names 'Biggest Misconception' About His Guitar Playing, Compares Playing With Slash and Mark Tremonti - Ultimate Guitar
- 'People Get Weirdly Bent Out of Shape When I Talk About My Guitar Playing': Billy Corgan Talks About His Guitar Playing - Ultimate Guitar
- Winner of Guitar Player Magazine International Competition to perform locally - timesobserver.com
- 'A Lot of People Say They Can Play Megadeth's Music, and They Can't': What Dave Mustaine Looks for in a Guitar Player - Ultimate Guitar
- 'Very Incestuous': One Issue Yngwie Malmsteen Has With Classic Rock Guitarists - Ultimate Guitar
- Al Di Meola Reveals Key Thing to Keeping a Steady Rhythm: 'for Most Guitar Players, It's Not Achievable' - Ultimate Guitar
- Alex Skolnick Says Frank Zappa Was 'Not the Most Polished Guitar Player,' Explains What Really Made Him Special - Ultimate Guitar
Guitar Amp News
- Peavey Expands Legacy Series with New VTM Preamp Pedal - Premier Guitar
- Anygig Guitar Releases A Beast Of A Travel Guitar - Premier Guitar
- “A new type of product”: Players have waited months for Line 6’s next-gen Helix Stadium Floor XL to be released – now, the next-gen amp modeler is finally shipping - Guitar World
- One of our highest-rated delay pedals just fell to its lowest ever price in the Reverb Black Friday sale – get this Line 6 classic for 40% off - Guitar World
- VOX Introduces the Micro Superbeetle Guitar Amp - Premier Guitar
- 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
- Best guitar amps 2025: tube, solid-state and modeling amplifiers for all levels and budgets - Guitar World
- “I was saying, ‘It’s going to explode.’ I was terrified the place was going to burn down”: When Eddie Van Halen crash-tested one of EVH’s most iconic guitar amps – and risked 5150 Studios in the process - Guitar World
- Local Guitar Amp Designers Keep Those Vacuum Tubes Aglow - Racket MN
- “It sounded like an ice pick. I thought he was gonna laugh. He looks up and goes, ‘It’s pretty awesome.’ I thought, ‘Is it?! It sounds terrible to me’”: Why Joe Walsh’s distinct taste in amps took Tom Bukovac by surprise - 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
- “This is the amp that defined the sound of surf and early rock ’n’ roll”: Universal Audio is giving away its new UAD Showtime '64 Tube Amp plugin worth $149 for free - MusicRadar
- “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
- Who Really Owns a Sound: Are These Guitar Amp and Pedal Plug-Ins Any Different From New Bands Ripping Off Famous Acts? - Ultimate Guitar
- “It now goes to Infinity. Just think about that for a moment… Oh, my God, that’s literally infinity”: For Spinal Tap’s reunion, Nigel Tufnel asked Marshall to make him an an amp that went beyond 11 - Guitar World
- Marshall's first party speaker unsurprisingly looks like a guitar amp - Yahoo News Australia
- “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
- “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
- 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
- 'I Started To Get Disillusioned With The Consistency Of My Sound With Marshall': Slash Opens Up On How He Switched From Marshall To Magnatone Amps - Ultimate Guitar
- 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
- Guitar Amp Legend Orange Amps Enters Vinyl Market with $1250 O Turntable - channelnews.com.au
- Clean Tube Amps Are Becoming Trendy Again: Is This the Reason for the Rise in Popularity of This New Gear? - Ultimate Guitar
- Best guitar VSTs 2025: Get the best simulated guitar tones for your next production - MusicRadar
- 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
- “Swan song folks, it's been a great ride”: Joe Bonamassa adds a ninth Dumble to his collection – and promises it will be his last - Guitar World
- News - Valeton issues a formidable challenger to the ToneX One with its GP-5 - Guitar Pedal X
- INTRODUCING FENDER STUDIO: RECORD, JAM AND CREATE WITH THE AUTHENTIC SOUND OF FENDER AMPS AND EFFECTS - PR Newswire
- 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
- John Mayer Names One Thing 'That Can Only Come from the Ignition Inside a Tube,' Speaks on His Unusual Live Amp Setup - Ultimate Guitar
- Is He Ditching Axe-Fx? John Mayer Used a New Guitar Amp Modeler at Coachella 2025 Performance - Ultimate Guitar
- Best Fender amps 2025: The finest Fender amplifiers you can get your hands on - GuitarPlayer.com
- Best amp modelers 2025: Get your dream guitar tone with my top picks - GuitarPlayer.com
- Save on Positive Grid's Spark 2, Spark MINI Vai, Spark LIVE and BIAS FX 2 for International Guitar Month - Guitar.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
- 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
- Airis Effects' latest 'Nasty' High Gain Preamp - the 51-Filthy is a wonderful mix of Block Peavey 5150 and Diezel Hagen - Guitar Pedal X
- Positive Grid Launches the Spark NEO - Premier Guitar
- Peavey Is Cashing in on Nostalgia Now: These Are 3 Reasons Why That's a Good Move - Ultimate Guitar
- News - 9 Cool Headphone Amps - Guitar Pedal X
- Session Legend Names One Aspect of Amp Modelers That Shouldn't Be Underestimated, Though He Prefers Tube Amps '99% of the Time' - Ultimate Guitar
- Best pedal amps 2025: 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
- What’s going on with Dumble Amps? The return of an icon - Guitar World
- Best mini amps 2025: tiny amps for powerful tones - GuitarPlayer.com
- 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
- Marshall Announces New Products at NAMM 2025 - Premier Guitar
- NAMM 2025 Gallery: The Latest from the NAMM Show - Premier Guitar
- NAMM 2025: The Best New Product News & Announcements - Reverb
- Fender Reveals New Releases for 2025: NAMM Special - Premier Guitar
- “Modeling is just not fun. It doesn’t give you any sort of feeling. You gotta shake the pant legs and feel that air”: Dave Friedman, who’s built amps for Jerry Cantrell, Steve Stevens, and Chris Shiflett, is not ready to hop off the tube train - Guitar World
- “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
- Boss launches WAZA Tube Amp Expander Core with “powerful enhancements focused on direct recording applications” - Guitar.com
- Boss shrinks and enhances its Waza Tube Amp Expander - now in more compact W-TAE Core edition - Guitar Pedal X
- Mark Tremonti: “I collect amps like most people collect guitars. My biggest affliction is buying Dumble amplifiers” - Guitar.com
- 'He Was the High-gain Pioneer': Friedman Revives Legendary Mods and Eddie Van Halen's Secret Weapon With New Amp - Ultimate Guitar
- Chapman Guitars announces restructuring, teases its first-ever amp - Guitar.com
- “We’re going to release an end-all-be-all amplifier with his name on it”: Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai and Metallica are among the rock royalty who used José Arredondo’s legendary amps. Now Dave Friedman is honoring his legacy with a definitive model - Guitar World
- News - The Origin Effects Deluxe 55 and Tubesteader Eggnog are my Tweed Kings! - Guitar Pedal X
- “An original icon built by the same artisans who built them 30 years ago”: Mesa/Boogie is reviving the Dual Rectifier – the hallowed amp head that defined the sound of 1990s high gain music - Guitar World
- How Guitar Gear Will Evolve in 2025: Inflation, Digital Amps, and the Shifts That Will Define the Year - Ultimate Guitar
- “I don’t care if all guitar internet hates me. I cannot wait for this pendulum to swing back. Mark my words, it will”: Why Rhett Shull thinks amp modelers will fall out of favor in the future - Guitar World
- The Most Watched Music Gear of 2024 - Reverb
- Mastodon's Bill Kelliher Names 'Number One' Thing for Rhythm Guitar Tone, Reveals Why He Isn't Into Mesa Boogie Amps - Ultimate Guitar
- ‘High off the sound’: Fergus Falls engineer is a guitar amp hero - MPR News
- These are the best new amplifiers of 2024, according to the Guitar.com team - Guitar.com
- Boss Announces Katana-Mini X Amp - Premier Guitar
- I'm Done! 2 Important Reasons I Won't Buy Another Tube Amplifier - Ultimate Guitar
- “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
- Top 5 Reasons I Switched From Tube Amps to Amp and Cab Sims - Ultimate Guitar
- Video: Tube amp buying advice for beginners - Gibson
- Why Marshall Should Embrace Modified Amp Circuits This Year - Ultimate Guitar
- 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
- NAMM 2023: Biggest guitar, pedal and amp announcements - 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
- “I found it more rewarding playing bass than playing rhythm. I've always been into Northern Soul and funk grooves and it was like, ‘This is it’”: Anchoring Primal Scream and the Stone Roses, Mani proudly defied trends, and re-defined rock bass in the 90s - Guitar World
- Gary Mounfield, former Stone Roses bassist, has died at 63 - The Detroit News
- Gary Mounfield, former Stone Roses bassist, has died at 63 - The Sun Chronicle
- Gary Mounfield, former Stone Roses bassist, has died at 63 - Temple Daily Telegram
- Gary Mounfield, former Stone Roses bassist, has died at 63 - The Tribune-Democrat
- Tribute to Stone Roses Mani - a humble lad who delivered iconic bass lines - St Helens Star
- Sadness as legendary musician dies just days after town hall show announced - Kidderminster Shuttle
- Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield obituary: Stone Roses bass player - The Times
- “Absolutely devastated”: Liam Gallagher, Shaun Ryder and more pay tribute to fellow Madchester hero Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield – who has died aged 63 - Guitar.com
- Stone Roses icon Gary 'Mani' Mounfield dies after announcing 'intimate' Ringwood gig - Bournemouth Echo
- Stars pay tribute as Stone Roses bassist Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield dies - London Evening Standard
- Stone Roses Bassist Gary 'Mani' Mounfield Dies Aged 63 - Nova.ie
- Tributes paid to Stone Roses bass player Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield - Live4ever Media
- Gary 'Mani' Mounfield: Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist dies aged 63 - BBC
- How Birmingham Musicians Rescued a Grammy Award–Winning Bassist with Last-Minute Find - The Birmingham Times
- Gary Mounfield, former Stone Roses bassist, has died at 63 - Texarkana Gazette
- Mani from Stone Roses dead: Updates as icon's passing leaves twin boys orphaned - The Mirror
- Stone Roses and ex-Primal Scream bass player Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield dies aged 63 - The Independent
- Ian Brown leads tributes for late Stone Roses bassist Mani - Music-News.com
- Stone Roses and ex-Primal Scream bass player Gary 'Mani' Mounfield dies aged 63 - Yahoo News UK
Bass Amp News
- Origin Effects BassRig Fifteen: Ampeg B-15 in a Pedal - Gearnews.com
- GEEZER BUTLER Is Selling The Bass Amp Heads He Used At BLACK SABBATH's Final Show - Metal Injection
- Longtime LAFD leader selected to head a department recuperating after LA firestorm - LAist
- Geezer Butler to sell signed amps used at rehearsals for Black Sabbath’s final show - Guitar.com
- How the MESA/Boogie Bass-800D channels 50 years of bass amp innovation - Gibson
- Juan Alderete Is Bringing Over 700 Bass Guitars, Pedals, and Amps to Reverb - Reverb
- MayFly Audio releases the Sunset Bass Amplifier Simulator - Premier Guitar
- Bergantino Audio Announces the HP Ultra 2000W Bass Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- Winter NAMM 2025 – Day 1 - Bass Gear Magazine
- Fender Reveals New Releases for 2025: NAMM Special - Premier Guitar
- Meet the JAMster series, the $42 desktop guitar/bass amp from Harley Benton you can take anywhere - Yahoo
- “It did all those Led Zeppelin tours and all the recordings. It did flippin’ everything, y’know?” Jimmy Page reveals “the best amp that I’d ever had in my collection” - GuitarPlayer.com
- Esko, Grand Rapids, Northwestern bass anglers head to state - Duluth News Tribune
- Genzler Amplification Launches Kinetix 800 Bass Amp - Premier Guitar
- Boss Announces Katana-500 Bass Head and Cabinet 112 Bass - Premier Guitar
- Boss unleashes a Bass Edition of its Killer ME-90 Multi-FX pedal alongside a potent new Katana 500 Watt Bass Head with matching C112B Cab - Guitar Pedal X
- “Raises professional bass amplification to the next level”: Boss has unveiled its first-ever Katana bass head – and it might have just changed the game for bass players - Guitar World
- Line 6’s new POD Express Guitar and Bass offer a wealth of effects in ultra-portable units - Guitar.com
- Line 6 New POD Express and POD Express Bass - Premier Guitar
- NAMM 2024: "Not just powerful, they are portable" – Darkglass announces four new combo digital and analog 500-watt bass amps - MusicRadar
Guitar Effects News
- GPX Blog - 13 of the Best Extended Range Marshall Pedals with Plexi + JCM800 Coverage - Guitar Pedal X
- Black Friday 2025: We gave this delay pedal 10/10, and right now you can save $200 on it - Guitar.com
- Intensive Care Audio's Death Muff it its own unique Fierce and Aggressively Textured variant- in a league of its own - Guitar Pedal X
- The Moose Electronics Electric Elk is a beautifully textured Muff Fuzz - inspired by the Ram's Head and Black Bubble Font variants - Guitar Pedal X
- “A rare chance to own a piece of rock history”: Dave Grohl’s DG-335 is one of Gibson’s most in-demand signature models – and now it’s back in an elusive new finish - Guitar World
- Warm Audio Throne of Tone review: “this pedal can be as simple or complex as you need it to be” - Guitar.com
- “I found this Junior on Reverb and it turned out to be Billie Joe Armstrong’s signature. It doesn’t look like other Juniors – it looks like a Fender”: Anglo-French blues-rocker Laura Cox on Les Pauls vs SGs, and getting huge tone from a Junior guitar - Guitar World
- Also Engineered by Thorpy! - Guitar Pedal X
- Rig Rundown: Jeff Tweedy - Premier Guitar
- “I’ve always loved this kind of hard-clipping circuit as it’s really responsive to playing dynamics”: Great Eastern FX finds stash of super-rare NOS germanium diodes and makes a distortion inspired by MXR and DOD classics with a cocked-wah twist - MusicRadar
- “A new type of product”: Players have waited months for Line 6’s next-gen Helix Stadium Floor XL to be released – now, the next-gen amp modeler is finally shipping - Guitar World
- Great Eastern FX's second Obsolete Devices pedal - is the beautifully textured and expansive Distortion Filter - which features 3 rare Soviet D312A Germanium Diodes - Guitar Pedal X
- One of our highest-rated delay pedals just fell to its lowest ever price in the Reverb Black Friday sale – get this Line 6 classic for 40% off - Guitar World
- Mr. Black's excellent Analog Tremolo comes with a really unique 4th 'Robot' formant waveform - Guitar Pedal X
- “It vacuum-packs superb tones and incredible utility into a compact space”: IK Multimedia TONEX One Bass Edition review - Guitar World
- Best looper pedals 2025: options for practice, songwriting, and live performance – tried and tested by an expert - Guitar World
- The Tube Screamer's original inventor teams up with TWA for the next evolution of his iconic drive pedal - Guitar.com
- “Just another Tube Screamer clone, or something more?”: Warm Audio Tube Squealer review - MusicRadar
- Black Friday has started early at Reverb… save hundreds on Charvel Superstrats, signature drive pedals and more! - Guitar.com
- Gamechanger Audio Auto Chorus review – do you need dynamic modulation in your life? - Guitar.com
Guitar and Bass News
- Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts Announce Tour with Corey McCormick on Bass - Bass Magazine
- “People think you can just drop it a few times and drag it down the street… but it’s actually a really intensive process”: The art of relic’ing a Fender guitar – and why it’s harder than you think - Guitar World
- GPX Blog - 13 of the Best Extended Range Marshall Pedals with Plexi + JCM800 Coverage - Guitar Pedal X
- Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield of Stone Roses and Primal Scream dead at 63 - New York Post
- From first strum to The Voice and AGT: Meet the performance academy shaping talent, strengthening McKinney’s music community - Community Impact | News
- “Absolutely devastated”: Liam Gallagher, Shaun Ryder and more pay tribute to fellow Madchester hero Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield – who has died aged 63 - Guitar.com
- “When I finished, I sent Kirk Hammett a picture and said, ‘Do you want to use it?’ He replied in all caps, ‘YES!’” Gibson CEO Cesar Gueikian has spent 4 years learning how to build guitars – and his prized SG was played at metal’s most historic concert - Guitar World
- Beloved rocker dead at 63: ‘One of the best to ever pick up a bass guitar’ - PennLive.com
- Mani’s writhing, relentless bass was the Stone Roses’ secret sauce – it taught indie kids how to dance | Alexis Petridis - The Guardian
- Winzz Guitars Unveils the WGS150 Gravity PRO Electric Guitar - Premier Guitar
- “A true giant of this city and a massive influence on anyone who’s ever picked up a guitar”: Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, legendary British rock bassist of The Stone Roses and Primal Scream, dies aged 63 - Guitar World
- Gary 'Mani' Mounfield from The Stone Roses dies aged 63 - LADbible
- Mani: A Life In Six Bass Lines - clashmusic.com
- “We wanted to allow every fan to say, ‘I helped put this statue here’”: The first images of a Gary Moore tribute statue have been released – but the campaign needs support to finish the project - Guitar World
- “I asked Eric, ‘Can I play them?’ And he said, ‘Yeah, of course.’ So he went home and I had full licence to play his guitars”: Stephen Dale Petit on break-ups, cancer, Eric Clapton and why the original “blues hooligan” is no gun-for-hire - Guitar World
- “I found this Junior on Reverb and it turned out to be Billie Joe Armstrong’s signature. It doesn’t look like other Juniors – it looks like a Fender”: Anglo-French blues-rocker Laura Cox on Les Pauls vs SGs, and getting huge tone from a Junior guitar - Guitar World
- Rig Rundown: Jeff Tweedy - Premier Guitar
- Anygig Guitar Releases A Beast Of A Travel Guitar - Premier Guitar
- One of our highest-rated delay pedals just fell to its lowest ever price in the Reverb Black Friday sale – get this Line 6 classic for 40% off - Guitar World
- Fender Knocks 30% Off Select Guitars and Basses for Black Friday Deal - Consequence of Sound
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