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- “He played better than he did when he was sober.” Tim Renwick on his highs and lows with Eric Clapton, David Bowie and Al Stewart - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I sent them a love note.” How Dolly Parton met the Beatles twice — and stole the show both times - GuitarPlayer.com
- 'That Annoyed Roger Quite a Lot': Pink Floyd Session Guitarist Says Roger Waters Was 'Resentful' of Eric Clapton - Ultimate Guitar
- Converge Share New Single “We Were Never The Same” - Premier Guitar
- Bob Weir and the Grateful Dead Legacy - Frontline Magazine
- Born on This Day in 1929, “Nashville’s Greatest Guitarist” Who Played With Roy Orbison, Marty Robbins, and Hank Williams - American Songwriter
- JOHN SYKES – Golden Robot Records To Release Posthumous EP In 2026 - BraveWords
- Popular '90s Phil Collins Song Actually Featured This Legendary '60s Guitarist - AOL.com
- “Eric was struggling at the time. He was still drinking a bit, and that was sort of taking its toll.” Tim Renwick on his highs and lows with Eric Clapton, David Bowie and Al Stewart - GuitarPlayer.com
- Duane Allman’s opinion on Eric Clapton - Rock and Roll Garage
- Philadelphia guitarist Emily Robb enters sci-fi cinema with surreal soundtrack - WHYY
- EXHORDER's Next Album Will Include Songwriting Contributions From Former CANNIBAL CORPSE Guitarist PAT O'BRIEN - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- 'Playin' in the Band': How Bob Weir changed rock & roll - WBUR
- “I know myself better musically thanks to this album”: Steve Vai features on the new Matteo Mancuso album – and he had one piece of advice for the young virtuoso - Guitar World
- “Here’s a diary entry from July 24, 1974: ‘Argument with Bill Bruford. Bill says, ‘They might as well get a session guitarist’”: The making of Red, the album that pushed King Crimson to the brink - Guitar World
- From jamming with Jimi, hanging with Bowie to helping out The Beatles… - Stratford Herald
- Music of the Mountains: Joey Palermino - The Mountain-Ear
- “I was pretty concerned about the show. A few minutes later, we hear a knock… We answer the door to see Adam standing there”: Mike Sullivan of Russian Circles on the time Tool's Adam Jones saved him from rental amp hell with a random act of kindness - Guitar World
- The incredible story of The Cribs' Ryan Jarman and his stolen guitar - Official Charts
- “He pulled out this D-28 and it sounded magical. It felt like this is the path I needed to be on. I committed to it completely”: How acoustic wizard John Smith went back to the future in search of acoustic transcendence - Guitar World
- “I busted out this chicken-pickin’ solo, and they looked at me like, What the eff are you doing!?” Keith Urban on the virtuoso who got him fired from a heavy metal band - GuitarPlayer.com
- Rebecca Kilgore, devoted Portland singer of swing standards, dies at 76 - Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB
- “The one thing that’s making it very hard in the industry – at whatever level – is that there’s just too much choice”: Lee Anderton on guitarists' changing tastes, and why it’s not all doom and gloom for guitar stores - Guitar World
- “He told me, ‘You got too close — you hit it on the head!’” How a classic hard rock track was written on Chris Cornell's couch with an acoustic guitar - GuitarPlayer.com
- Drummer Bill Kreutzmann, the Last Surviving Original Grateful Dead Member, Pens Emotional Tribute to the Late Bob Weir - American Songwriter
- “All I can tell you is what my father said to me: ‘Someone stole my guitar off the stage.’ Those were his exact words... he couldn’t find another guitar just like it”: T-Bone Walker and the guitar that gave birth to electric blues - Guitar World
- “Randy thought, ‘It’s not going to be good.’ He was so worried about it”: Why Randy Rhoads had reservations about Ozzy’s Diary of a Madman - Guitar World
- “They were asking, ‘Can we go home now?’ We said, ‘No. Have a cup of tea.‘” George Harrison on the night the Beatles got George Martin and his crew high - GuitarPlayer.com
- “The guitar wasn't always user-friendly, and the old-school lights often became red hot, leading to burns”: The Smoker, the Rocket-Shooting Les Paul… The one with, like, a million lights – here are Ace Frehley’s 5 most iconic Kiss guitars - Guitar World
- “The day Sammy and I got hitched, she gave me a present.” How Zach Bryan got Bob Weir‘s Fender Telecaster just days before the Grateful Dead legend’s passing - GuitarPlayer.com
- Biffy Clyro touring guitarist says he “can't think of anything more boring” than playing acoustic guitar - Guitar.com
- “Believe it or not, Joe Walsh was an early influence, as well as Eric Clapton.” Vince Gill recalls his shocking debut performance — and the surprising style of music that shaped his early years - GuitarPlayer.com
- Carlos Santana thinks guitarists who play fast are no better than gym bros flexing their muscles: “Big deal, so what?” - Guitar.com
- “I'm playing the same thing over and over for an hour, sweating and exhausted”: When Keith Urban and Dann Huff got heated over a guitar solo - Guitar World
- “You think of him as a songwriter and a singer really, but as a bass guitar player, it’s next-level”: Johnny Marr’s “mind-blowing” jam with Paul McCartney – and why he thinks Macca reinvented the bass - Guitar World
- 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
- “Eddie told me, ‘Roth is driving me nuts. I can't take it. I gotta leave. I know you're looking for a lead guitar player. Do you want me in the band?’”: When Eddie Van Halen asked to join Kiss – and they turned him down! - MusicRadar
- “When I’m at home, I don’t like to touch the guitar”: Why playing less guitar helped Marcus King become a better player and songwriter - Guitar World
- Perry Bamonte, guitarist and keyboardist for the Cure, dies aged 65 - The Guardian
- “I’m just standing there strumming a chord. And the audience looks at me and goes, ‘How does he produce that noise?’” Pete Townshend on the Who's real lead guitar player - GuitarPlayer.com
- “It started with a suggestion to come up with something Beatle-ish, like ‘Ticket to Ride.’” The guitarist behind the 1960s pop hitmakers who sold more records than the Beatles and Rolling Stones combined - GuitarPlayer.com
- "I thought to myself, ‘This guy’s not gonna be here very long’”: When Dave Mustaine first saw James Hetfield play guitar, it was bad news for Metallica's fifth member Brad Parker - Guitar.com
- Steve Cropper, Guitarist, Songwriter and Shaper of Memphis Soul Music, Dies at 84 - The New York Times
- He Helped Shape Austin’s Music Scene. Now, as He Stares Down ALS, He’s Still Playing. - 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, guitarist and member of Stax Records' Booker T and the M.G.'s, dies - NPR
- Guitarist Phil Upchurch, who played with Donny Hathaway and Michael Jackson, dies at 84 - Los Angeles Times
- “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
- “He said, ‘I can’t tell a thing of what you’re playing. Why don’t you just come in and play it yourself?’” Doyle Bramhall II on Eric Clapton's incredible offer that brought him the gig of a lifetime - GuitarPlayer.com
- “This was about showing respect to a man that I don’t believe thinks I respect him”: Dave Mustaine on James Hetfield and why he’s re-recorded Ride The Lightning - Guitar.com
- TOM MORELLO: 'Without ACE FREHLEY, I Don't Know Whether I Would've Ever Wanted To Play Guitar' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- EXTREME's NUNO BETTENCOURT: How ACE FREHLEY Influenced Me As A Guitar Player - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- Ace Frehley, Kiss lead guitarist and band’s co-founder, dies aged 74 - The Guardian
- KISS founding guitarist Ace Frehley dies aged 74 - BBC
- Ace Frehley 1951-2025: Guitar community mourns the death of Kiss’s trailblazing founding guitarist - Guitar.com
- “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, Kiss's original lead guitarist and founding member, dead at 74 - CBC
- Kiss Guitarist Ace Frehley Dead at 74 - Rolling Stone
- Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley Pay Tribute to Kiss Guitarist Ace Frehley: “Irreplaceable Rock Soldier” - The Hollywood Reporter
- “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, a Founding Member of Kiss, Is Dead at 74 - The New York Times
- Justin Hawkins thinks there’s one guitarist who could have rivalled Eddie Van Halen – if only he was born 10 years earlier - Guitar.com
- “He said, ‘How do you record an 11-minute song in one take? It's perfect!’” As Rush prepare for their 2026 tour, Alex Lifeson recalls the group’s most complicated song — and the bizarre dreams that inspired their music - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I hadn’t seen him in a while, and I wish I had.” Jimmy Page remembers original Yardbirds guitarist Chris Dreja, who has died at age 79 - GuitarPlayer.com
- Maggie Baugh: What to know about Keith Urban's guitar player - Fox News
- “The most important thing is to be able to hear something and play it”: Tim Henson on the importance of learning guitar by ear - Guitar.com
- 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
- Meet Enoch: A 10-year-old self-taught guitar player from Abilene - KTXS
- Legendary Steel Guitar Player Robby Turner Dead at 63 - Taste of Country
- FORBIDDEN's CRAIG LOCICERO: 'If You Can't Write Heavy S*** In' The Standard Guitar Tuning, 'Then I Don't Know What To Tell You' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “I couldn't get up to the top frets, but the SG suited me perfectly”: Why Tony Iommi never became a Les Paul player - Guitar.com
- CE Pro All Star Band Guitar Players Recount Their Favorite Players and Gear - cepro.com
- “I can tell you how to become a virtuoso very easily”: Steve Vai on how anybody can become an elite guitar player - Guitar World
- “I hate heavy metal, and I don't want to be in a heavy metal band!” Brent Hinds’ 2015 viral outburst revealed his love for Mastodon and the no-BS attitude that made him a true guitar hero - GuitarPlayer.com
- Henley air guitar player gears up for world championships - BBC
- John Fogerty says this thing is more important to musical success than being a good guitar player: "Even if your playing is kind of average, you can go far” - Guitar.com
- “As soon as I heard the news, I turned to my roommate and said, ‘That's my gig.’ The next day, Dave rings”: Steve Vai on how he joined David Lee Roth’s band – and Roth’s desire to “beat Van Halen” - Guitar World
- “I don't think Jimi Hendrix was a guitarist. Eric Clapton is excessively tedious.” Robert Fripp on his 1960s contemporaries — and the one guitarist he thought was fun - GuitarPlayer.com
- “You couldn’t be in a rock band unless you looked a certain way”: Why Tim Pierce didn't join Bon Jovi – despite playing guitar on their first hit - Guitar.com
- “I got away with murder!”: Is Mark Knopfler a ‘guitar hero’? He certainly doesn’t think so - Guitar.com
- "He was rock and roll to the roots." Dave Davies names the guitarist who defined rock in the 1970s, and picks the song that proves it - GuitarPlayer.com
- The '70s rock guitarist The Kinks' Dave Davies calls the “great and underrated guitar player of the time” - Guitar.com
- Video 10-year-old guitar-playing prodigy rocks on - ABC News
- 10-year-old guitar-playing prodigy rocks on - MSN
- Mick Ralphs, Guitarist in Bad Company and Mott the Hoople, Dead at 81 - Rolling Stone
- 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’ve got no control over the music I make.” David Gilmour tells how he turned his biggest weakness into his greatest asset — with a little help from the Shadows' Hank Marvin - GuitarPlayer.com
- Metallica’s Kirk Hammett thinks he “should be a lot better” at playing the guitar - Guitar.com
- Winner of Guitar Player Magazine International Competition to perform locally - timesobserver.com
- LAMB OF GOD's MARK MORTON: 'I Have Never Completely Defined Myself As Just A Heavy Metal Guitar Player' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
Guitar Amp News
- “It might just be the coolest offset guitar ever. And it’s finally back”: All the guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including some huge early NAMM releases - Guitar World
- 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
- Gear Radar: 7 Fresh Finds for Your Rig - Premier Guitar
- VOX releases Classic Blue Valvetronix amps and British Racing Green Pathfinder 10 - Mixdown Magazine
- Roland Announces CUBE Street Mini Multi-Instrument Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- 3rd Power's All-New Highline Series: Behind The Curtain With Builder Dylana Nova Scott! - Premier Guitar
- "The build quality is outstanding, and the number of features gives younger and new players plenty to grow into": Boss GX-1 review - Guitar World
- PRS Guitars Announces New Models, Colors, and Spec Updates for 2026 - Premier Guitar
- VOX Introduces Hand-Wired AC15 and AC30 Greenback Combos - Premier Guitar
- Vox 2026: More Handwired Amps and New Vintage Pedals! - Gearnews.com
- Bad Cat Amplifiers Introduces Hot Cat 50 Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- Fender Introduces Fender Studio: A Unified Music Creation Ecosystem - Major HiFi
- DSM & Humboldt delivers smart ultimate Full Range Analog Stereo Dumblifier Overdrive Special Pedal with Analog Cab Sim, Boost, and Stereo Reverb - Guitar Pedal X
- Victory Amplification reveals world-first braille guitar amp - Mixdown Magazine
- DSM/Humboldt Introduces Dumblifier Overdrive Special - Premier Guitar
- Blind guitarist brought to tears by specially-made Braille amp - Guitar World
- NAMM 2026: news, rumors, predictions - 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 signals the start of a brave new era with its first digital combo – which promises authentic Eddie Van Halen tube amp tones - Guitar World
- Cyber Monday guitar deals 2025 LIVE: all of today's biggest savings at Sweetwater, Guitar Center, Fender, Amazon and more - Guitar World
- I'm sorry, my beloved AC30, but with hundreds slashed off digital modelers and multi-effects, I've found your replacement this Black Friday - here are 7 units that are turning my head - 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
- “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
- 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
- “It seems the age of touchscreen guitar amps is advancing faster than I ever imagined”: All the new guitar gear that caught my eye this week – including the return of my favorite Fender offset - Guitar World
- We gave the Spark 2 9/10 in our review – and it's on sale now in Positive Grid's Back to School promo - Guitar.com
- “A new benchmark for authentic sound”: Line 6 has finally shared what the Helix Stadium’s potentially game-changing tones actually sound like - Guitar World
- Sophie Burrell x Boss Katana Tone Crafting Masterclass at the Roland Denmark Street Store - Guitar Pedal X
- Man buys John Lennon's old Fender guitar amp on Facebook Marketplace… for barely $4,000 - Guitar.com
- “Whenever we weren’t playing, Neil would call up and say, ‘Are you guys playing a gig next weekend? Can we borrow the amplifier?’” When Randy Bachman and Neil Young used to share guitar amps - Guitar World
- “One of the rarest and most coveted vintage amplifiers ever”: Mesa/Boogie’s hallowed Mark IIC++ was used by Metallica to shape the sound of 1980s metal – and now it’s been given a production release for the first time ever - Guitar World
- Dad who bought guitar amp on Facebook floored by previous rock star owner - 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
- Best tube amps 2025: My top tube amps for the ultimate guitar tone - GuitarPlayer.com
- 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
- GAK sells its stock and website to Gear4music for £2.4 million after entering insolvency - Guitar.com
- 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
- News - IK Multimedia ToneX One Joe Satriani Chrome Edition Deep Dive - Guitar Pedal X
- “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
- “We are convinced that Marshall will strengthen its position as the go-to brand for guitarists”: Chinese firm HSG acquires majority stake of Marshall Group in $1.1 billion deal - 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
- Marshall sells majority stake to China’s HSG for €1.1 billion - Guitar.com
- 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
- “A new take on a classic”: Marshall teases the release of a modded JCM, as a new era for the legendary amp brand beckons - Guitar World
- 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
- 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
- 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
- “A bass rig revolution in headphones”: Fender issues massive free update for the Mustang Micro Plus – and it’s the one bassists have been waiting for - Guitar World
- Book review: Ray Brown: His Life and Music - The Strad
- We Catch up With Longtime Dave Matthews Band Bassist, What’s-His-Name - The Hard Times
- “Jimmy had his own viewpoint when he started working with Robert again. It meant having to dive much deeper into the Led Zeppelin catalog”: How Charlie Jones became the ‘other bassist’ to work with Robert Plant and Jimmy Page - Guitar World
- The bassist who quit showbiz for life on the farm and a travelling carnival - Louder
- Flea Returns To Jazz Roots With Debut Solo Album Honora - Noise11.com
- “It’s a pretty unique instrument. There’s only two of these on the planet”: Myles Kennedy bassist Tim Tournier on the EVH prototype that Wolfgang Van Halen gave him - MusicRadar
- “I thought it was a prank, so I didn’t answer!” She put a video of herself playing bass on YouTube. Then Prince called - Guitar World
- “Don’t get the gig and then complain about it. If you can’t find something good in the music, that’s your fault”: What it takes to get to the top of the bass world, according to Victor Wooten - Guitar World
- “You think of him as a songwriter and a singer really, but as a bass guitar player, it’s next-level”: Johnny Marr’s “mind-blowing” jam with Paul McCartney – and why he thinks Macca reinvented the bass - Guitar World
- “We weren’t allowed to play on our record... the Wrecking Crew guys all played. I’m looking through the window, going, ‘Wow, these are the cats’”: How Leland Sklar went from being banned from the studio to a session legend - Guitar World
- 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
- “I’ve worked with Lee Sklar. I got to see Anthony Jackson play. I had Pino Palladino on my first album. I’ve been able to absorb that bass-playing mojo”: How the bass guitar became a crucial part of Sheryl Crow’s songwriting process - Guitar World
- Famous faces say final goodbye to Stone Roses bass player - Sky News
- “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
- Höfner – maker of Paul McCartney’s iconic violin bass – files for bankruptcy - Guitar.com
- 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
- Reports: Tetsu Yamauchi Has Died - clashmusic.com
- Discover the identity of Limp Bizkit’s new live bass player - Chaoszine
Bass Amp News
- “Boss has packed some serious muscle into a small box... For its price, it’s going to be very tough to beat”: Boss GX-1B review - Guitar World
- Laney Amplification unveils Digbeth Foundry range – affordable, powerful bass amps from 30W to 200W - MSN
- Boss's GX-1B Bass Effects Processor exactly matches the Entry Level GX-1 Guitar one - while it comes with its own suite of dedicated Bass-centric onboard effects - Guitar Pedal X
- Walrus Audio Mantle Analog Bass Preamp // DI - Premier Guitar
- Fender Unveils Unified Music Ecosystem - Premier Guitar
- Peavey’s Legendary Super Festival Bass Amp is Back - Premier Guitar
- IK Multimedia Announces TONEX Plug for Guitar and Bass - Premier Guitar
- GEEZER BUTLER Is Selling The Bass Amp Heads He Used At BLACK SABBATH's Final Show - Metal Injection
- Geezer Butler to sell signed amps used at rehearsals for Black Sabbath’s final show - Guitar.com
- IK Multimedia ToneX Bass Pedals: Ampeg, Bassmann, And Much More! - Gearnews.com
- Mesa/Boogie resurrects the legendary Bass 400+ without the backache - Mixdown Magazine
- How the MESA/Boogie Bass-800D channels 50 years of bass amp innovation - Gibson
- Best bass amps for practice 2025: top combos for working on your chops at home - Guitar World
- Juan Alderete Is Bringing Over 700 Bass Guitars, Pedals, and Amps to Reverb - Reverb
- MayFly Audio releases the Sunset Bass Amplifier Simulator - Premier Guitar
- Best bass amps 2025: low-end tone machines - GuitarPlayer.com
- “It’s a game-changer for me”: Laney and Nathan East team up for a versatile signature bass head that ends a 40-year wait for the session legend - Guitar World
- Bergantino Audio Announces the HP Ultra 2000W Bass Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- Striped bass restrictions head to Supreme Court - MyEasternShoreMD
- Video shows Mayor Karen Bass refusing to answer L.A. fire questions as she returns from trip abroad - NBC News
Guitar Effects News
- Fuzz Distortion Guitar Pedal - RAT Style Circuit With Volume, Filter, Distortion Controls - umlconnector.com
- “It might just be the coolest offset guitar ever. And it’s finally back”: All the guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including some huge early NAMM releases - Guitar World
- Deals of the Week: Discounted Effects for Your Board - Gearnews.com
- Audiostorm Volume Control Pedal Box - 100k Log Pot For Guitar/Bass Amps & Effects Loops - umlconnector.com
- 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
- Drunk Beaver's Pedal Drop #35 - The Mykolaiv Broadcast Attack - is a unique original circuit whose output is defined by Magnetic Saturation - Guitar Pedal X
- VOX Introduces the VFZ-1 Fuzz Pedal - Premier Guitar
- Missing Link Audio's excellent Silky Textured Dual Voiced Peace Fuzz is now available at Northern Stompboxes - Guitar Pedal X
- Superlunar's extraordinary SR-01 Multi-Gain Transistor-based Analog Saturation Device is now available at Northern Stompboxes in the UK - Guitar Pedal X
- “A variety of tonal options for not much outlay”: Vintage Distortion, Chorus, Delay and Reverb pedals review - Guitar World
- Drunk Beaver delivers Dual-Voice Vatra Signature High Gain Amp Booster & Overdrive for Vlad Yarun, guitarist for Ukrainian 'Hutsul Metal' band Karna - Guitar Pedal X
- KORG KAOSS PAD V: The Pad Is Back With New Effects, Dual-Touch Control, and Guitar Input - Gearnews.com
- BOSS Announces GX-1 and GX-1B Multi-Effects Processors and FSC-10 Footswitch Cap - Premier Guitar
- Roland Announces CUBE Street Mini Multi-Instrument Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- 3rd Power's All-New Highline Series: Behind The Curtain With Builder Dylana Nova Scott! - Premier Guitar
- “Boss has packed some serious muscle into a small box... For its price, it’s going to be very tough to beat”: Boss GX-1B review - Guitar World
- BOSS Announces GX-1B Multi-Effects Processors and FSC-10 Footswitch Cap - Bass Magazine
- VOX Introduces the VFZ-1 Fuzz Pedal - Bass Magazine
- "The build quality is outstanding, and the number of features gives younger and new players plenty to grow into": Boss GX-1 review - Guitar World
- PRS Guitars Announces New Models, Colors, and Spec Updates for 2026 - Premier Guitar
Guitar and Bass News
- Cort Guitars Introduces the GB Short Scale Bass Series - Premier Guitar
- BASS: Quiet, confident, unmistakable music excellence - The Guardian Nigeria News
- George Kahumoku Jr. explains the history and healing power of Hawaiian slack-key guitar - KJZZ
- “A bass rig revolution in headphones”: Fender issues massive free update for the Mustang Micro Plus – and it’s the one bassists have been waiting for - Guitar World
- Drunk Beaver's Pedal Drop #35 - The Mykolaiv Broadcast Attack - is a unique original circuit whose output is defined by Magnetic Saturation - Guitar Pedal X
- Gear Radar: 7 Fresh Finds for Your Rig - Premier Guitar
- “I was pretty concerned about the show. A few minutes later, we hear a knock… We answer the door to see Adam standing there”: Mike Sullivan of Russian Circles on the time Tool's Adam Jones saved him from rental amp hell with a random act of kindness - Guitar World
- Vincen Garcia: Sophomore Funk - Bass Magazine
- Roland Announces CUBE Street Mini Multi-Instrument Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- “Boss has packed some serious muscle into a small box... For its price, it’s going to be very tough to beat”: Boss GX-1B review - Guitar World
- “The one thing that’s making it very hard in the industry – at whatever level – is that there’s just too much choice”: Lee Anderton on guitarists' changing tastes, and why it’s not all doom and gloom for guitar stores - Guitar World
- "The build quality is outstanding, and the number of features gives younger and new players plenty to grow into": Boss GX-1 review - Guitar World
- PRS Guitars Announces New Models, Colors, and Spec Updates for 2026 - Premier Guitar
- Fender 2026: New Squier Sonics, more Mini-Strats, and a Hot Rod Deluxe! - Gearnews.com
- Samsung And Fender Launch Guitar Lessons For 2025 TVs - Dataconomy
- “Pro-grade sound in ultra-portable platforms for practice, recording, and performance”: Boss tackles budget rivals head-on with feature-packed entry-level GX series multi-effects pedals for guitar and bass - MusicRadar
- “Jimmy had his own viewpoint when he started working with Robert again. It meant having to dive much deeper into the Led Zeppelin catalog”: How Charlie Jones became the ‘other bassist’ to work with Robert Plant and Jimmy Page - Guitar World
- 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
- Davie504 Shockwave: How YouTube’s Bass Meme King Turned Music Into a Content Machine - AD HOC NEWS
- “It’s a pretty unique instrument. There’s only two of these on the planet”: Myles Kennedy bassist Tim Tournier on the EVH prototype that Wolfgang Van Halen gave him - MusicRadar
New Music releases
- Best and New Electronic Dance Music Releases This January 2026 - edmnomad
- Hilary Duff Releases Bold New Single ‘Roommates - dvdreview.co.uk
- Kenia Os, Manuel Turizo & More: Vote for the Best New Latin Music Release This Week - Billboard
- Static Dress release new music video for ‘human props’ - Distorted Sound Magazine -
- Apple Music and Bad Bunny release new trailer for Super Bowl LX halftime show - Campaign US
- New Music Friday: 35 Hip-Hop, R&B Releases You Need On Your Playlist - VIBE.com
- Upcoming Music Releases in 2026 - Beyond The Stage Magazine
- New Music Friday: 8 new releases for the middle of January (16 Jan 2026) - Global News
- New Music Friday: Robbie Williams, A$AP Rocky, Aaron Rowe, Madison Beer and more - Official Charts
- All about the 5th BTS album ‘ARIRANG’: Release date, how to pre-order and more - Lifestyle Asia Hong Kong
- Robbie Williams surprise releases long-awaited new album ‘BRITPOP’ - NME
- BTS Shares the Name of Their Next Album and Its Meaning - ELLE
- Voice Actor Nako Misaki Releases New Music Video "Brand New Days!" - Crunchyroll
- Harry Styles announces fourth solo album, Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally - The Guardian
- Hilary Duff releases new song 'Roommates' about 'when life is life-ing, babe' - ABC News
- Robbie Williams Surprise Releases New Album ‘Britpop’ - Billboard
- Harry Styles 'Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally.': Release date, tracklist, collabs and news - capitalfm.com
- J. Cole announces new album and fans are ready. See release date. - USA Today
- Is Harry Styles releasing a new album? All the latest HS4 rumours - capitalfm.com
- Harry Styles Announces New Album ‘Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally’: Here’s When It Arrives - Billboard
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