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- 13 Years Ago Today, We Said Goodbye to the Prolific Guitarist Who Rejected Paul McCartney’s Band Invitation - American Songwriter
- “Keith, your guitars only have five strings!” Brian Setzer recalls the day Keith Richards handed him his Les Paul - GuitarPlayer.com
- Have you ever regretted selling a guitar? - Yahoo
- Austin and Alt-Country Songwriter and Guitarist Jon Dee Graham Dies - - Saving Country Music
- Ross “The Boss” Friedman, Founding Manowar Guitarist, Dies at 72 - therockrevival.com
- Headliners | Q&A with Cedar Rapids band Spirit Awake - The Daily Iowan
- “I don't think I've ever played such long solos in my life!”: Paul Gilbert's unplanned 1991 tribute to Jimi Hendrix is being released digitally for the first time - Guitar.com
- 2 American guitarists Pete Townshend is a big fan of - Rock and Roll Garage
- "I believe it will translate to something good and wonderful.” Lindsey Buckingham hints at possible reunion with Stevie Nicks as he gives update on Fleetwood Mac doc - GuitarPlayer.com
- Neil Diamond’s guitarist Richard Bennett with new soundtrack and solo album - Goldmine Magazine
- Living in the Light Tour - bendsource.com
- “I was amazed that my hard work might come back to help me”: Jim Gustafson and Poobah endured decades in the dark, but now their early albums are selling for $1,000 a copy - Guitar World
- “Some people had Farrah Fawcett on their wall. I had the Howard Reed.” Joe Bonamassa says this rare instrument is the most meaningful guitar he owns - GuitarPlayer.com
- “This is a dream”: This guitarist played Les Paul’s Number One guitar at Les Paul’s recording studio – and it still had the same strings on it - Guitar World
- “The window rolls down, and it’s Les Paul.” Randy Bachman was 15 and waiting for a bus when Les Paul pulled up with a proposition - GuitarPlayer.com
- “The only way I could do it is if we had Slash. I thought I gave them an impossible task. They were like, ‘We’ll do it’”: Ryan Gosling insisted Slash was flown in from Thailand to play a guitar solo at the Oscars - Guitar World
- “I look at my hands and say, ‘Well, let’s see what we can do today’“: Keith Richards opens up on how age and arthritis has changed his approach to playing - Guitar World
- “I know there’s purists that aren’t into that, but it made me a better guitar player”: Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready explains why switching to digital modeling improved his guitar playing - Guitar World
- “I’ve potentially lost my income, my career, my life’s passion, my expressive voice”: Jon Gomm reflects on the horror fall that almost ended his career - Guitar World
- “They're getting close, but you can never account for the physics of a room”: Why the Black Crowes' Rich Robinson isn't yet a amp modeller convert - Guitar.com
- “It's no different than a songwriter trying to come up with something Black Sabbath would write”: Why Zakk Wylde feels AI-generated music is “no big deal” - Guitar.com
- “Something very unfortunate happened.” Steve Howe reveals the accident that nearly destroyed the guitar behind Yes’s best-loved songs - GuitarPlayer.com
- “When we did the tribute to my brother, we had B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy. And just to watch B.B. playing close up was amazing”: Jimmie Vaughan was a garbage man listening to B.B. King. Then he wound up touring with his hero - Guitar World
- “I can’t button my pants, let alone play guitar”: Brian Setzer shares autoimmune disease struggles – and how he recovered - Guitar World
- “I don't know if I'm allowed to say that”: Richie Faulkner lets slip update on new Judas Priest album - Guitar.com
- Lisa Kudrow Actually Put A Lot Of Thought Into Why She Wanted Phoebe To Be Bad At Playing Guitar On Friends: ‘She Loves Doing It’ - Yahoo
- Beach Boys’ Al Jardine Reflects: “I Wish I Was a Better Guitar Player” in New Podcast Interview - Music Talkers
- “I've potentially lost my income, my career, my life's passion.” Acoustic virtuoso Jon Gomm on the stage fall that stopped his guitar playing - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I think the only thing was ‘Please, don’t play Eruption.’ He didn't say that, but I wasn't going to do that”: Myles Kennedy and Mark Tremonti on making an Alter Bridge album at Eddie Van Halen’s studio - Guitar World
- Dash Crofts, Singer-Guitarist in Soft-Rock Duo Seals and Crofts, Dies at 85 - Yahoo
- “They advertise it as a safe tonic to give you energy — and it’s not.” Brian Setzer on the “health drink” that sent him to rehab - GuitarPlayer.com
- “It quietly became the working guitarist’s secret weapon”: 10 sleeper guitar amps that deserve legendary status - Guitar World
- “I loved the band with Hillel so much – all I could think about was trying to match that energy”: John Frusciante on the challenge of replacing Hillel Slovak in the Red Hot Chili Peppers – and why he’s still at the core of his guitar style today - Guitar World
- “You might be wrong.” Roger Daltrey said the record business Is “a joke.” Now Pete Townshend is talking about making another Who album - GuitarPlayer.com
- “My instinct was to start filming. I hope your guitars are OK”: Guitarists furious after footage of baggage handler carelessly throwing guitars on the ground goes viral - Guitar World
- “I picked it up in Detroit at 9:30pm in some sketchy neighborhood, scaring my management. I said, ‘Trust me, it's worth it!’” How Travis Barker-championed pop-punk heavyweight KennyHoopla found his dream Tele via a shady Facebook Marketplace deal - Guitar World
- Derek Trucks Talks Playing Jerry Garcia’s “Tiger” Guitar On ‘Stern’ [Watch] - Live For Live Music
- “Three new tumors had appeared in my brain.” New Found Glory‘s Chad Gilbert shares health update following emergency surgery - GuitarPlayer.com
- Dave Davies Fires Back at Moby Over 'Lola' Transphobia Claims in Fresh Clash - AD HOC NEWS
- “He didn’t have the tapping — and he was still unreal.” George Lynch recalls the stunning impact of early Eddie Van Halen - GuitarPlayer.com
- KISS guitarist Ace Frehley’s most used guitar headed for auction - Deltaplex News
- Gojira guitarist’s new Jackson signature is the first-ever Rhoads model to feature an EverTune bridge - Guitar.com
- Joe Bonamassa thinks Eddie Van Halen wouldn't have been as “cool” if he’d used a Quad Cortex instead of vintage analogue gear: “People hear with their eyes” - Guitar.com
- “We’re not transphobic.” Dave Davies hits back at Moby after he calls one of the Kinks’ biggest hits “gross” and “unevolved” - GuitarPlayer.com
- “Brian Jones was the first steel slide player I heard. He was really in front of that game, and that’s what I really admired about him when we first started playing together”: Keith Richards pays tribute to Stones guitarists past and present - MusicRadar
- “I collapsed. I was sobbing. I was inconsolable.” Richard Marx mourned Nathan East for hours — but the bassist wasn’t dead - GuitarPlayer.com
- “You’re hanging out with your hero, then they go, ‘Okay, cool. Now pick up the guitar and show us what you got’”: Virtuoso Luis Kalil recalls the time he met – and played for – Jason Becker, at the shred icon’s house - Guitar World
- “With the solo, my mindset is that we’re at the start of a musical journey, and it’s my mission to tell a story”: Jared James Nichols on his melodic soloing ideas every guitar player can take from Eric Clapton, Joe Bonamassa and SRV - Guitar World
- “I laughed my head off! Like, ‘Oh my God, what have we spawned?’” Keith Richards shares his response to the Sunset Strip shredders of the 1980s - Guitar World
- “The best rock guitar player I have ever played with”: Rock world pays tribute to late Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell - Guitar.com
- Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell dies aged 64 - Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell dies aged 64 after 'courageous battle' - BBC
- “My comfort zone is big volume and lots of blues”: Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell has died aged 64 - Guitar World
- “I have never been impaled through my whole hand.” Machine Gun Kelly injures hand on a giant thorn while filming video in Dublin - GuitarPlayer.com
- Tenacious D singer/guitar player kicking off tour in Toledo - WTOL
- Legendary singer and guitar player dead at 82: ‘There was no one like him’ - Lehighvalleylive.com
- “I thought, ‘Well, it couldn’t hurt…’ It did hurt”: Noodling alone at home is fine. But you’ll never be a great guitar player unless you join a band - Guitar World
- Ex-DEEP PURPLE Guitarist STEVE MORSE On His Battle With Arthritis: 'I've Tried Every Treatment I Can Find' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “His first words were, ‘Ouch!’ and then ‘Good shot!’” Suzi Quatro on the time she almost sent Alice Cooper to the hospital on the Welcome to My Nightmare tour - GuitarPlayer.com
- “The airbag shattered all the bones.” Jack White on the accident that forced a major change in his guitar playing - GuitarPlayer.com
- “You can’t evacuate everything.” Joe Bonamassa rethinks his massive guitar collection a year after L.A. wildfires forced a last-minute rescue - GuitarPlayer.com
- “And he goes, ‘No… I’m Mick Jagger.’” Steve Stevens on the time the Rolling Stones frontman was mistaken for a session bassist - GuitarPlayer.com
- “Gene and Paul came back to the studio with their jaws on the floor. Gene said, ‘No-one has ever turned down Kiss’“: The glam-rock guitarist who accidentally turned down Kiss - Guitar World
- “The radio interference was so significant. There was nothing we could do.” Julian Lage says noise from cellphone towers made recording his guitars impossible. Just by luck, he had a fix - GuitarPlayer.com
- Messy, precise, inherently musical: Cake’s John McCrea remembers guitarist Greg Brown - capradio.org
- Greg Brown, Guitarist Who Wrote Cake’s Biggest Hit, Dies at 56 - nytimes.com
- “The concept is simple. Capture a performance in a single take”: Ichika Nito shares unedited one-take performance – as ‘fake playing’ accusations spread on social media - Guitar World
- Greg Brown, founding Cake guitarist who wrote ‘The Distance,’ dies - KCRA
- “One of your sound guys told me to turn down earlier.” Jack White on the priceless advice Prince gave him - GuitarPlayer.com
- “He said, ‘You S.O.B., you got to me on that Telecaster. You got that so cheap.’” Vince Gill on how he found the instrument he calls “the definitive guitar in my life” - GuitarPlayer.com
- I've spent 20 years as a touring guitarist. The live industry is broken – now it’s breaking musicians too. Here’s what needs to change - Guitar World
- “I have so much more connection with my guitar now than I think I ever had”: John Mayer on playing with Dead & Company - Guitar.com
- “I wanted Eric for a bit of moral support. I think it was the same reason he asked me to play on that session.” George Harrison on the time Eric Clapton asked for a little help from his friend - GuitarPlayer.com
- Ralph Towner, Eclectic Guitarist With the Ensemble Oregon, Dies at 85 - nytimes.com
- Carlos Santana thinks guitarists who play fast are no better than gym bros flexing their muscles: “Big deal, so what?” - Guitar.com
- Biffy Clyro touring guitarist says he “can't think of anything more boring” than playing acoustic guitar - Guitar.com
- “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
- 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
- Bob Weir, Guitarist and Founding Member of The Grateful Dead, Dies at 78 - nytimes.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
- “There is no final curtain here, not really”: Bob Weir, Grateful Dead guitarist, vocalist and founding member, dies aged 78 - Guitar World
- Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir dies at 78 - Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- “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
- Bob Weir, guitarist and founding member of the Grateful Dead, has died at 78 - NPR
- “When they saw my guitar, they all laughed at me.” How Mike Campbell survived his toughest audition — in front of Tom Petty - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I was in Trader Joe’s putting bananas in a shopping cart when Jon Bon Jovi called. He says, ‘Hey, we’re gonna need you in Calgary tonight.’” Phil X on his surprise induction into Bon Jovi - GuitarPlayer.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
- “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
- The Cure: Guitarist and keyboard player Perry Bamonte dies aged 65 - BBC
- “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
- The biggest news stories from the world of guitar in 2025 - Guitar.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 - nytimes.com
- “I was packing up to leave when Dylan asked, ‘Where’s he going?’ and I wound up playing on the whole album.” The guitarist Bob Dylan insisted he had to have for his country music breakthrough - GuitarPlayer.com
- Steve Cropper, Guitarist for Stax Records, Booker T. & the M.G.’s and The Blues Brothers, Dies at 84 - The Hollywood Reporter
- Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records' Booker T and the M.G.'s, dies - NPR
- Steve Cropper, masterful guitarist and member of Stax Records' Booker T and the M.G.'s, has died at age 84 - PBS
- “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
- Kiss Guitarist Ace Frehley Dead at 74 - Rolling Stone
Guitar Amp News
- Victory Amps Unveils The MKX Lunchbox Head - Premier Guitar
- “It’s the same, loud, high headroom amp but with a more open-sounding clean tone that boasts a little extra life”: Fender Hot Rod Deluxe 30th Anniversary review - Guitar World
- “It’s the same, loud, high headroom amp but with a more open-sounding clean tone that boasts a little extra life”: Fender Hot Rod Deluxe 30th Anniversary review: Page 2 - Page 2 - Guitar World
- KMA Machines Launches Stereo Headphone Amp - Premier Guitar
- KMA Machines extracts the Best Stereo Headphone Amp to date from its world-beating flagship Endgame End-of-chain Stereo Enhancer - Guitar Pedal X
- “It quietly became the working guitarist’s secret weapon”: 10 sleeper guitar amps that deserve legendary status - Guitar World
- “The Mega channel has played a major role in heavy guitar tones since the early ’90s”: How the Diezel VH4 conquered metal, won fans in Metallica, Tool and Muse – and impressed John Fogerty too - Guitar World
- “I told him the serial number. His mind was blown – he said it was Prince’s No. 1 amp on the Purple Rain tour”: How an ’80s session guitar icon accidentally ended up with the ultimate Prince amp - Guitar World
- How an ’80s session guitar icon accidentally ended up with the ultimate Prince amp - Yahoo
- “Arguably the most practical single pedal you can put in front of an amp”: Flattley The Outlaw review - Guitar World
- “They’re not just relics of the past. They are benchmarks”: The holy grail of tone – three amps that built the sound of recorded guitar - Guitar World
- “That thing is unbelievable. It’s one of the most impressive new amps I’ve tried”: Misha Mansoor has a ton of amps. But one new design has blown him away - Guitar World
- “It sounds way bigger than it is”: Joe Bonamassa names his go-to studio amp – which he bought from Steven Seagal - Guitar World
- “It was so heavy to lift as an 11-year-old”: Josh Homme’s first guitar amp wasn’t even a guitar amp - Guitar World
- I spent the weekend testing the best guitar gear of the year at The Guitar Show in Birmingham – these are the 9 hottest products you can buy right now - Guitar World
- This Tiny LEGO Fender Guitar Amp Conversion Really Works - Hackster.io
- “Green Day showing the world how to keep it loud!” Billie Joe Armstrong shows off mysterious new Marshall as Green Day rock the Super Bowl – could a signature amp finally be on the cards? - Guitar World
- Ashdown Engineering Announces Major UK Manufacturing Return at NAMM 2026 - Premier Guitar
- Best amp modelers 2026: get all your dream guitar tones in one - GuitarPlayer.com
- Best headphone amps for guitar 2026: silent practice solutions - Guitar World
- NAMM 2026: The latest guitar launches and news from the biggest music gear event on the planet, as it happened - Guitar.com
- The best new guitar gear of NAMM 2026: More effects, more amps, more guitars and more tech than ever - MusicRadar
- Thomas Blug îs unerringly close now to a full release of his new state of the art BluGuitar Amp X Analog Amp & Pedal Modeller - Guitar Pedal X
- NAMM 2026: news, rumors, predictions - Guitar World
- “Our amplifier learns your cabinet’s impedance through controlled sweeps and continues to monitor it in real-time”: Synergy’s Power Amp Machine-Learning tech could be 'revolutionary' - MusicRadar
- The Blackstar BEAM MINI harnesses a tube-driven feel in a digital desktop amp format – with plenty of amp models and even ISF control - Guitar.com
- “It kicks the ass of amps three times its size”: Slash and Magnatone slither into the fray with the Lil’ Viper, a compact but venomous 8-watt combo amp - Guitar World
- BluGuitar Amp X: 100% Analog Amp with Digital Controls - Gearnews.com
- Magnatone Introduces Four New Amps At NAMM - Premier Guitar
- “Uncompromising tone whenever inspiration strikes”: Blackstar unveils the Beam Mini – it’s portable, desktop-friendly, and as the first guitar amp to allow players to load Neural Amp Modeller captures, it's a game-changer too - MusicRadar
- ID:X Floor – Blackstar’s first “high-performance” digital floor modellers deliver the tone and feel of real amps with hands-on controls - Guitar.com
- “Experience the dynamic sensation of an amp moving air”: Blackstar takes on the Fender Tone Master Pro, unveiling a high-powered floor modeler series with “insane versatility” - Guitar World
- Rig Rundown: Bryan Adams - Premier Guitar
- “A no-compromise amplifier solution”: Synergy teams up with Wampler and Friedman to launch its machine-learning power amp – and promises to change the game for tube modeling - Guitar World
- “The straight-up, high-voltage voice of a masterfully designed single-channel amp”: Orange rolls out the OR60 – an all-tube guitar amp head that is the “most versatile it has ever built” - Guitar World
- Flattley unveils its Joker Valve Tone FET Tube Emulator at NAMM - a beautifully dynamic and vibrant amp-like gain stage / saturator / overdrive and distortion with myriad uses - Guitar Pedal X
- “Reimagines the hybrid amp experience for a new generation”: Vox marries old-school amps and modelers by introducing its most advanced iterations of the Valvetronix series yet - Guitar World
- REVV Amps makes Joey Landreth Signature DirtDog Overdrive based on his custom modded D25 JL REVV Signature Tube Amp - Guitar Pedal X
- Best multi-effects pedals: Our pick of the best all-in-one guitar FX modellers - MusicRadar
- “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
- Blind guitarist brought to tears by specially-made Braille amp - Guitar World
- “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
- Tube Amps: Finally Obsolete in 2026? - Gearnews.com
- “It’s clear to see that modelers have won the battle”: Modelers outsold traditional amps and combos in 2025 – but the war between the two might not be over just yet - Guitar World
- Reverb shares its best selling gear of the year – and 2025 was the year of the Strat - Guitar.com
- The Lava Studio Amp is the world's best Practice Amp - stuffed with smart features and killer playability - Guitar Pedal X
- Beyond Emulation: Amp Sims, AI, and the Coming Saturation Point - Premier Guitar
- “A warning shot to the competition and a reminder that Fender is still very much a force in the amp modeler market”: All the guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including a new digital era for EVH - Guitar World
- “This amp has taken me about 10 years to nail down”: A long-lost Beach Boys Dumble that has spent the past 35 years in Hawaii has surfaced – and Jason Momoa is using it on his new album - Guitar World
- “It’s the size of a big foot pedal. I get all kinds of great sounds out of it, no matter what I plug into it”: Joe Perry used a $219 pedal amp to record most of the guitars on Aerosmith’s new EP with Yungblud - 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
- “A Line 6 Spider III got me where I am today!”: Smashing Pumpkins guitarist Kiki Wong thinks it’s more important to have an expensive guitar than a pricey amp - Guitar.com
- The Boss Katana 50 is my favorite practice amp – and it just hit the lowest price of the year thanks to this Amazon Black Friday deal - Guitar World
- VOX Introduces the Micro Superbeetle Guitar Amp - Premier Guitar
- “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
- Why Metallica Stopped Using Amps Live, According to James Hetfield’s Guitar Tech - Loudwire
- “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
- Best mini amps for guitar 2025: power up your practice with these tiny towers of tone – these are my top picks - Guitar World
- My Surprising Journey with Vintage Fender Amps - Premier Guitar
- News - Greer's Mizuki Blue replicates Tube-Amp-like Textures with 2 JFET Gain Stages - Guitar Pedal X
- PRS Guitars Announces New SE Models Plus a New Combo Amp Ahead of 2026 Updates - Premier Guitar
- “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
- 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
- “It’s official. The age of touchscreen guitar amps is here”: This is all the new guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – and we might have a winner for the best new sub-$1k electric guitar of 2025 - Guitar World
- Mooer’s F15i is a $190 desktop modeling amp with touchscreen - Guitar World
- Blackstar Amplification Launches ID:X Series – A Cut Above - Premier Guitar
- My MGAT-5 Sinvertek Real Amp Abstraction of the Soldano SLO-100 has landed - and Mr Wu has once again knocked it out of the park! - Guitar Pedal X
- Best acoustic guitar amp 2025: Amplify your acoustic with a top-rated amp - MusicRadar
- Fender to launch new American Vintage, Mustang, and Tone Master amps this year – here’s everything you need to know - Guitar.com
- News - Valeton issues a formidable challenger to the ToneX One with its GP-5 - Guitar Pedal X
- Best tube amps: my top tube amps for the ultimate guitar tone - GuitarPlayer.com
- Thomann has acquired Hughes & Kettner - Guitar World
- Best amp modellers 2025: High-tech tone solutions for all guitarists - MusicRadar
- Engl unleashes Fireball IR Dual Channel High Gain Distortion Preamp - with Noise Gate and Mid Boost - based on its most formidable amp - Guitar Pedal X
- News - Chug vs Chug Lite - a simple GPX Head-to-Head Comparison - Guitar Pedal X
- “A huge shake-up in the amp modeler market”: These are the gear releases that have caught my eye this week – and the ones you might have missed - Guitar World
- Carr Skylark Special Review - Premier Guitar
- The Boss Katana : GO - Personal Guitar Amplifier / Headphone Amp is Back! - Guitar Pedal X
- News - 9 Cool Headphone Amps - Guitar Pedal X
- 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
- ‘High off the sound’: Fergus Falls engineer is a guitar amp hero - MPR News
- The Battle for the Amp Capture / Profiler Middle-Ground heats up - Neural DSP Nano Cortex vs AmpliTube Tonex - Guitar Pedal X
- News - A Brief Hobbyist Primer on Key Power Amp Tubes - Guitar Pedal X
- News - My 9 favourite Greer Amps Compact Gain Pedals Capsule Collection is complete - Guitar Pedal X
- 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 news: all the latest guitar news, rumors and predictions - Guitar World
- News - What Two Years of Tone-Questing Looks Like - Acquisitions, Passes and Still Probables - 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
- “James asked if I wrote the bassline – he was mad at me for not getting a cowriting credit”: How Allen McGrier brought his Jamerson-approved Detroit swagger to a classic R&B ballad - Guitar World
- Flea, “Honora” - floodmagazine.com
- “I was just throwing stuff at the wall to see what stuck”: Beach Boys hire new bass player from social media – after he made a video on how to sound like the Beach Boys - Guitar World
- LAPD chief backed officers who shot at Weezer bassist’s ex; commission overruled him - Los Angeles Times
- Colter Wall pays tribute to late bassist - swiftcurrentonline.com
- “I collapsed. I was sobbing. I was inconsolable.” Richard Marx mourned Nathan East for hours — but the bassist wasn’t dead - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I never saw myself as a bassist. I haven’t played bass since the last Sonic Youth gig”: Why Kim Gordon has stopped playing the bass – despite being an icon of the instrument - Guitar World
- “I hate bass player albums. It's an ugly instrument, solo-wise. Probably the only person I can tolerate is Marcus Miller”: Grammy-winning bassist Meshell Ndegeocello favors restraint over fretboard theatrics – but Marcus Miller (and Jaco) get a pass - Guitar World
- “Barbra was holding a long note. Our eyes met and it was electricity.” Barbra Streisand recorded over 30 takes of “The Way We Were.” Nothing worked. Then the bassist tried something different - GuitarPlayer.com
- “In Mötley Crüe I always used a pick, but I’m a better bass player when I use my fingers”: Nikki Sixx names his biggest weakness as a rock bassist - Guitar World
- “We thought it was throwaway and argued against it being released. It's incredible to me that it was a single. I was just trying to do my best Pete Townshend!” How bassist Andy Fraser electrified a Free classic - Guitar World
- “My tech said, ‘This bass looks tiny on you.’ I lowered the strap so it would look cooler. You have to throw your whole body into it”: Bought from grunge icons and stolen before Soundgarden reunited – the story of Ben Shepherd’s 1972 Fender Jazz Bass - Guitar World
- Guitar played on Coventry's The Specials' Ghost Town up for auction - BBC
- Specials bass guitar featured on Ghost Town to go under the hammer - Yahoo News UK
- “My main memory is thinking if I stood still for too long, I’d get hit with a beer can”: Thundercat on getting his start with hardcore punk legends Suicidal Tendencies – and how that developed his bass chops - Guitar World
- “David shook my hand and said, ‘Here’s the song I want to do.’ It was Golden Years. I was auditioning during the making of the album”: Bassist George Murray’s six-year stint with David Bowie - Guitar World
- Fred Smith, Bassist for Television, Dead at 77 - Rolling Stone Australia
- Fans heartbroken by news of iconic rock musician’s death: ‘RIP to the great Maestro’ - PennLive.com
- “He is the funkiest bass player that ever lived. Every note a mighty oak, a bull elephant, a bomb”: William ‘Billy Bass’ Nelson, Funkadelic bassist who coined the band’s name, dies aged 75 - Guitar World
- NAMM 2026: The best new things in bass from the biggest music instrument event of the year - Guitar World
Bass Amp News
- CELESTION Pulse 10" Bass Guitar Speaker – 8 Ohm, Kevlar Cone, Tight & Punchy Low End For Bass Amps - ruhrkanal.news
- Genzler Amplification Introduces Magellan 800+ Bass Amp - Bass Magazine
- Genzler® Amplification Launches New Bass Amplifier Magellan 800+ - Bass Gear Magazine
- Best bass amps 2026: low-end tone machines - GuitarPlayer.com
- Best bass amps for practice 2026: top combos for working on your chops at home - Guitar World
- Mayor Karen Bass says LA28 head Wasserman should step down - Los Angeles Times
- Electronic Audio Experiments' Traynor Bass Amp derived Greathammer Overdrive delivers 50 decibels of killer low-end tone - Guitar Pedal X
- NAMM 2026: The best new things in bass from the biggest music instrument event of the year - Guitar World
- NAMM 2026: news, rumors, predictions - Guitar World
- New Products for Bassists: Here are Some New Releases for NAMM 2026! - Gearnews.com
- Best multi-effects pedals: Our pick of the best all-in-one guitar FX modellers - MusicRadar
- Tech 21 SansAmp Programmable Bass Driver & Geddy Lee Amalgamation Signature Chorus - Premier Guitar
- Boss's GX-1B Bass Effects Processor exactly matches the Entry Level GX-1 Guitar one - while it comes with its own suite of dedicated Bass-centric onboard effects - Guitar Pedal X
- Walrus Audio Mantle Analog Bass Preamp // DI - Premier Guitar
- 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
- “This is your chance to own the sound that defined heavy metal”: Reverb and Ashdown are selling bass amps used by Geezer Butler during rehearsals for Black Sabbath’s final show - Guitar World
- GEEZER BUTLER Is Selling The Bass Amp Heads He Used At BLACK SABBATH's Final Show - Metal Injection
- NS Design Unveils New Carbon Fiber Fin Guitar and Bass - Premier Guitar
Guitar Effects News
- 4 Pack Guitar Patch Cables - Ultra Short, Straight Gold Connectors, For Pedalboard Effects - ruhrkanal.news
- Electric Guitar Accessories 9V DC Daisy Chain For Guitar Pedals – 6-Way, 1A Output, Compatible With BOSS, JOYO, Donner, Behringer & More Power Supply - ruhrkanal.news
- Boss Waza Fuzz BOSS FZ-5 Fuzz Pedal — Vintage-Inspired Guitar Effect With COSM Technology, Silver Boss Pedals - umlconnector.com
- “It’s the same, loud, high headroom amp but with a more open-sounding clean tone that boasts a little extra life”: Fender Hot Rod Deluxe 30th Anniversary review: Page 2 - Page 2 - Guitar World
- Mooer Shim Verb Pro D Reverb & Shimmer Guitar Pedal - Room, Hall, Church, Plate, Spring Effects - ruhrkanal.news
- Birmingham's Noise Maker Market at Centrala is this Sunday - March 29th - from 11:00 to 18:00 - See you there! - Guitar Pedal X
- “It’s like a Christopher Nolan movie in a pedal. Don’t think – feel”: EarthQuaker Devices Towers review - Guitar World
- KMA Machines Launches Stereo Headphone Amp - Premier Guitar
- Fairfield Circuitry releases cool and unusual Placeholder Triple Delay-Line Modulated BBD Reverb - Guitar Pedal X
- KMA Machines extracts the Best Stereo Headphone Amp to date from its world-beating flagship Endgame End-of-chain Stereo Enhancer - Guitar Pedal X
- Valeton GP-150 & GP-180: Big-Brand Features at a Fraction of the Price - Premier Guitar
- “The best Big Muff there’s ever been for bass”: Electro-Harmonix Bass Big Muff Pi 2 review - Guitar World
- KMA Machines extracts the Best Stereo Headphone Amp to date from its world-beating flagship Endgame End-of-chain Stereo Enhancer - Guitar Pedal X
- Valeton Introduces GP-150 & GP-180 Multi-Effects Processors - Premier Guitar
- “The Mega channel has played a major role in heavy guitar tones since the early ’90s”: How the Diezel VH4 conquered metal, won fans in Metallica, Tool and Muse – and impressed John Fogerty too - Guitar World
- Danelectro Spring King Junior Reverb Pedal - Real Spring Tank, True Bypass, For Guitar - ruhrkanal.news
- “Human heartbeats can become kick drums, birdsong and whale calls can become melodies”: Exploring the new industry of AI-integrated hardware effects pedals - MusicRadar
- I’ve tracked down 9 professional-grade pedalboard essentials in the Amazon Big Spring Sale that will turn any messy bedroom 'board into a gig-ready rig from just $4.49 - GuitarPlayer.com
- I’m rebuilding my pedalboard for my first gig of 2026 and these 9 essential items in the Amazon Big Spring Sale will ensure I’m gig-ready from just $4.49 - Guitar World
- Mr. Black Introduces Stereo Vintage Ensemble Pro Chorus - Premier Guitar
Guitar and Bass News
- Buffalo Bone Nut For 4-String Bass Guitar – 42mm Slotted Curved Nut For Better Tone & Sustain - ruhrkanal.news
- “James asked if I wrote the bassline – he was mad at me for not getting a cowriting credit”: How Allen McGrier brought his Jamerson-approved Detroit swagger to a classic R&B ballad - Guitar World
- “For any singer-songwriter, busker or open-mic-night trooper it really has everything going for it”: Faith PJE Legacy FG4 Earth review - Guitar World
- Mandolin Strap Rayzm Genuine Leather Guitar/Bass Strap | 5.5cm Wide Padded Shoulder Pad, Adjustable 110-155cm | Suede Back, Brown Guitar Strap - ruhrkanal.news
- “It’s the same, loud, high headroom amp but with a more open-sounding clean tone that boasts a little extra life”: Fender Hot Rod Deluxe 30th Anniversary review: Page 2 - Page 2 - Guitar World
- Custom Waterslide Guitar Headstock Decals – Personalized Vintage Style Logo For Guitar & Bass, Multiple Colors - ruhrkanal.news
- Goohoochy Clear Frosted Guitar Cover – Waterproof & Dustproof PVC Protector For Acoustic, Bass, Electric Guitars - ruhrkanal.news
- “This is a dream”: This guitarist played Les Paul’s Number One guitar at Les Paul’s recording studio – and it still had the same strings on it - Guitar World
- Solo bass, big stories: Virden's William B. Hart on music, humor & AI - NPR Illinois
- 6-Piece Guitar Strap Lock Set - Includes Strap Buttons, Screws & Felt Pads - Secure Strap Locks For Electric, Acoustic Guitar, Bass & Ukulele - ruhrkanal.news
- “I was just throwing stuff at the wall to see what stuck”: Beach Boys hire new bass player from social media – after he made a video on how to sound like the Beach Boys - Guitar World
- 10PCS Guitar Strap Lock Set – Secure Straplocks For Electric, Bass & Acoustic Guitars, No Modification Needed (Silver) - ruhrkanal.news
- S For Guitars Guitar Hook - Metal Stand With Protective Sponge For Electric, Acoustic, Bass & Ukulele Wall Hanger - ruhrkanal.news
- “The best Big Muff there’s ever been for bass”: Electro-Harmonix Bass Big Muff Pi 2 review - Guitar World
- TIGER CT-99 Clip-On Chromatic Tuner For Guitar, Bass, Ukulele, Violin, Banjo - Backlit Display, 360° Rotation - ruhrkanal.news
- “The Mega channel has played a major role in heavy guitar tones since the early ’90s”: How the Diezel VH4 conquered metal, won fans in Metallica, Tool and Muse – and impressed John Fogerty too - Guitar World
- “Some kid begged to get backstage. He had a guitar. He said it was his grandmother’s, and that she'd kept it under the bed…” Sheryl Crow was devastated when her favorite guitar was stolen – a year later, a fan gave her a life-changing gift - Guitar World
- Gibson brings back the Thunderbird – with some upgrades - Guitar World
- EujRcf 2-Pack Guitar Wall Mount Hanger - U-Shaped Hook For Guitar, Bass, Ukulele, Includes Picks & Pick Holder, For Home & Studio Display - ruhrkanal.news
- Best short-scale basses 2026: the ultimate guide to the greatest pint-sized bass guitars at all price points - Guitar World
New Music releases
- Kanye West releases new album 'Bully', Bianca Censori-directed 'Father' music video - The News International
- The BLCK Madonna | “Between The Lines” - TheUrbanMusicScene.com
- New Music Friday: The 50 Hip-Hop, R&B Releases You Need On Your Playlist - VIBE.com
- Frozen Soul release new music video for ‘Invoke War’ - Distorted Sound Magazine -
- Miley Cyrus, RAYE, Conan Gray & More: Which Is Your Favorite New Music Release This Week? Vote! - Billboard
- Bethel Music Releases New Live Single “Cathedral (Live at Church)” Featuring Jonathan David Helser & Melissa Helser - JubileeCast
- Melanie Santiler, Elena Rose, Jasiel Nuñez & More: Vote for the Best New Latin Music Release This Week - Billboard
- Ye drops album 'Bully' in limited release after antisemitism apology - USA Today
- When Is Ye’s ‘Bully’ Dropping? Kanye West’s New Album Release Date & Time - Hollywood Life
- Raye, Charlie Puth lead this week's biggest music releases - upi.com
- Kanye West releases new album Bully in full on livestream after denying AI use - The Independent
- Miley Cyrus, Raye, Charlie Puth & More: New Music Friday Guide - Billboard
- Ye 'Bully' release date. Listen to album and release date details - El Paso Times
- Voice Actor Kaori Ishihara Releases New Music Video "Little Humming Love" - Crunchyroll
- “Paul happened upon a chord that even he didn’t recognize”: Paul McCartney announces new Andrew Watt-produced album inspired by an unfamiliar guitar chord - Guitar World
- Paul McCartney Announces New Album, Drops Single “Days We Left Behind” - The Hollywood Reporter
- Paul McCartney announces first new solo album in over five years - Goldmine Magazine
- Pulp digitally release new EP featuring Johnny Cash cover and two new songs - NME
- New Music Friday: 10 new releases for the last week of March (27 Mar 2026) - Q107 Toronto
- Judas Priest's 'Sad Wings of Destiny' album will get exciting 50th anniversary editions - Goldmine Magazine
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