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- The only songs Eddie Van Halen truly hated playing on - Far Out Magazine
- “That energy popped back like we had been playing all the time. Nobody was rusty, man. Everybody was on – like we'd just got off the J.B.’s bus!” How Bootsy Collins and his James Brown alumni brought the J.B.’s back to life for the Superbad soundtrack - Guitar World
- “There’s the Stanley Brothers, Flatt and Scruggs, and Bill Monroe, the father of bluegrass. But there’s no mother of bluegrass”: How Lindsay Lou, Molly Tuttle and an all-star cast united to uncover the women behind bluegrass’ biggest songs - Guitar World
- “When I’ve played the guitars of people I’ve looked up to, it always feels like there’s DNA on them – like you’re getting a visit from your heroes”: Marcus King on his new signature Epiphone acoustic, playing Tiger, and his brotherhood with Brent Hinds - Guitar World
- Our readers’ all-time favorite guitar solos, part two! Jimi Hendrix and Carlos Santana are favorites. - San Diego Union-Tribune
- “We tell our guitar techs we’re sorry profusely. I feel horrible for making their lives miserable”: Mark Holcomb on how Periphery harnesses super-heavy guitars for a super-heavy album that takes djent to a dark place - Guitar World
- “I walked into the studio, and she was playing the song that we were going to cut that day. It’s hard when you’re in a room with greatness like that”: Steve Lukather recalls his first studio session with Joni Mitchell - Guitar World
- 'I never saw what the big fuss was about': the legendary guitarist AC/DC's Angus Young had no time for - Classical-Music.com
- When Tom Morello Called in a Favor From Jimmy Page - Ultimate Classic Rock
- “The first thing he said to me was, ‘You’re in the band, but you gotta get a new guitar. You can’t play that SG’”: Neil Giraldo on how a push from Rick Derringer led him to the B.C. Rich Eagle - Guitar World
- Ou Brazho: Namibia’s Left-Handed Guitar Legend - The Namibian -
- “I’m not trying to toot horns, but Joe Bonamassa said there are only a few guitar players that can do the Albert King bends correctly, and he said my name”: From teenage rigs to stage disasters – the life and times of Eddie 9V - Guitar World
- “We played every show we could get, from dive bars to opening for Red Hot Chili Peppers. One out of three people in the crowd liked us, and the other two thought we sucked”: Primus’ original guitarist, Todd Huth, recalls the band’s early pre-fame days - Guitar World
- “The peso coin is a rarity, but we’ve still got a few filed down for the ready”: Why Billy Gibbons started using a peso as a guitar pick - Guitar World
- “A lot of guitarists never use the middle pickup, but I’m all for it. I never used the others”: Why Lenny Kaye only needs one under-appreciated pickup position - Guitar World
- Rick Springfield: I played for the troops in Vietnam and ended up killing a man - GuitarPlayer.com
- Mastodon are being sued by Brent Hinds’ estate - Guitar World
- “It was the early Jimi Hendrix days. I was persuading George to do something feedback-y and crazy. I was showing him what I wanted and he said, ‘Well, you do it’”: On the trail of Paul McCartney, the Beatles’ not-so-secret guitarist - Guitar World
- “He said some hurtful things, but I know he didn't mean it”: Brann Dailor reflects on Mastodon's public fallout with late guitarist Brent Hinds - Guitar.com
- “Don Felder played, and I sat in. It was weird looking out and seeing Harrison Ford, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas looking back at us”: The continuing guitar adventures of Peter Frampton – from Skywalker Ranch to his new all-star solo album - Guitar World
- “Our guitarist saw an online ad where Bon Jovi was looking for a local band to open for them. She didn’t even tell us she’d applied!” How Violet Lea went from self-taught bassist to opening for Bon Jovi - Guitar World
- The Metallica Song That Guitarist Kirk Hammett Still Struggles To Get Right During Live Performances: “I’m Liable To Mess It Up” - American Songwriter
- No looking down for Docker rocker as he shreds from the top - ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- "That Echoplex sound Eddie did at the end of Eruption was such an old trick. I thought it was cheesy. But Eddie was from the NEXT generation…" Joe Perry looks back over a lifetime of guitar playing - GuitarPlayer.com
- Guitar Center is inviting players to test its new in-house guitar brand – but you’ll need to sign an NDA - Guitar World
- Steve Lukather on Eddie Van Halen, Michael Jackson and other music giants - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I ran over to the student center, unenrolled from all my classes and hit the road”: Noah Kahan was an unknown when his guitarist got the gig. Now he’s playing Fenway Park with his own signature guitar - Guitar World
- I played Stage Tour and am now convinced guitar controllers are coming back in force – get ready to rock (band) again! - t3.com
- Manipur's Chongtham Vikram Singh: The rock guitarist whose killing shocked India's north-east - bbc.com
- “Metal players embraced it, but so did players like David Gilmour”: 20 gear innovations that changed guitar playing - Guitar World
- Noel Gallagher was forced into becoming Oasis’ lead guitar player – and he didn’t want the role - Yahoo
- Ry Cooder lost an eye at four. A guitar helped him find his way back: “It gave me a place to go” - GuitarPlayer.com
- Why I spent 15 years playing guitar to killer whales - Guitar World
- Jeff Beck’s guitar was stolen before the Wired sessions — Jan Hammer remembers what happened next. “When he opened the guitar case, it was empty.” - GuitarPlayer.com
- “That song is literally about my band breaking up.” John Fogerty on the Creedence Clearwater Revival single that predicted their downfall — and ultimately became their biggest hit - GuitarPlayer.com
- Ritchie Blackmore on His Deep Purple Reunion: 'It Could Be the Last Time We See Each Other' - rollingstone.com
- Ritchie Blackmore on his emotional Deep Purple reunion - GuitarPlayer.com
- Second line parade to honor life of beloved Birmingham guitar player - AL.com
- Ritchie Blackmore plays “Smoke on the Water” as he reunites with Deep Purple for the first time in 33 years - GuitarPlayer.com
- Ritchie Blackmore to reunite with Deep Purple for first time in 33 years. “It’ll be good to see the old guys again” - GuitarPlayer.com
- “You can call the police or do whatever you’re going to do to me, but I’m taking it.” How Bob Weir stole one of his favorite guitars from George Benson - GuitarPlayer.com
- Four criminally underrated guitarists from the 1980s that are guaranteed to melt your face off - Fox News
- “And in comes this thin, 98-pound, translucent dude.” The guitar legend who launched David Bowie and John Lennon to the top of the charts, got high with Paul McCartney and talked back to Chuck Berry - GuitarPlayer.com
- “It’s insane. He died aged 25, only guitar players remember him, and yet he was the sound of the Pretenders”: Chrissie Hynde on the underrated guitar hero who defined the Pretenders - Guitar World
- Todd Rundgren on the Jimi Hendrix album that changed everything: “This was the first real Jimi Hendrix album” - GuitarPlayer.com
- Chrissie Hynde on James Honeyman-Scott’s tragic loss. “I am guilty” - GuitarPlayer.com
- Eddie Van Halen on the guitarist better than him - GuitarPlayer.com
- Tony Iommi reveals Ozzy Osbourne’s final text to him. “It was a hell of a shock, really” - GuitarPlayer.com
- Richie Sambora on how the Bon Jovi partnership fell apart: “If anybody told Jon the truth, it was me” - GuitarPlayer.com
- Japanese man arrested for 7 years of loud guitar playing, has 40 guitars seized - Guitar World
- “We were watching this Beatles concert on TV when Keith comes walking down the stairs.” Keith Richards had a priceless response when he caught his band watching the Fab Four - GuitarPlayer.com
- Japanese man arrested for years of guitar noise - The Japan Times
- “Bob turned around like, ‘What the eff are you doing back there? I'm trying to talk up here!’” Mike Campbell on the time he broke his guitar in two onstage with Bob Dylan with just one wrong move - GuitarPlayer.com
- “From the bottom of my heart, I’m sorry. I hope you’re well. I hope there’s not a physical problem.” David Lee Roth cancels U.S. tour and gets words of support from Sammy Hagar - GuitarPlayer.com
- “He plays those little Taylors. I’m always like, ‘Come on, play a proper guitar’”: Graham Coxon’s thoughts on Damon Albarn as a guitar player - Guitar World
- Was David Bowie a good guitar player? Adrian Belew, Peter Frampton and more weigh in - Yahoo
- “I just don’t think he is a good guitarist.” Ronnie Montrose offered a brutal assessment of Sammy Hagar two years before he joined Van Halen. But Sammy had the last laugh - GuitarPlayer.com
- “There are a lot of guys who can play that. But I don’t.” David Gilmour says he never learned to play one of his most iconic Pink Floyd guitar solos - GuitarPlayer.com
- "He's playing guitar like me!": Dave Mustaine recalls the time he first saw James Hetfield play guitar in Metallica - Guitar.com
- “I’d join a band with him any day.” George Harrison had no interest in a Beatles reunion — but there was one former bandmate he said he’d happily start a new group with - GuitarPlayer.com
- “When Bob sensed I might refuse to appear, he took the gloves off." For Pete Townshend, Jimmy Page and Bob Dylan, Live Aid was a case of bad vibes for a good cause - GuitarPlayer.com
- A tribute to local guitar legend 'Caffeine' Carl Wagoner - keysnews.com
- Theologizing with Larkin Poe, 10 years after Reskinned - Baptist News Global
- “All the people around him said, ‘Whatever you do, don't ask him to play guitar’!” How Paul Rodgers made Jimmy Page play guitar again after John Bonham’s death - GuitarPlayer.com
- Music world rocked by devastating loss: 10 legendary guitar players have died in 2026 - AL.com
- Who is Dave Mustaine’s favorite guitar player of all times? - Chaoszine
- “Freddie said, 'No, no, no, no — it's a piano song!’” Freddie Mercury didn’t want a guitar solo. Brian May fought for it — and created one of Queen’s most celebrated moments on record - GuitarPlayer.com
- Bob Dylan Hired a New Guitar Player, but Big Questions Linger - rollingstone.com
- Jared James Nichols Was Told He'd 'Never Be a Great Guitar Player' Without a Pick: 'I Just Said I Don't Care' - Ultimate Guitar
- Bob Dylan Loses Yet Another Guitarist After Bob Britt Abruptly Quits Band - rollingstone.com
- ANTHRAX Guitarist JONATHAN DONAIS Names DIMEBAG DARRELL As His "MVP" Guitar Player - Metal Injection
- Bob Dylan has just recruited one of the world's greatest jazz guitarists – and no one quite knows what's going on - Guitar World
- “There aren’t many American guitar players that are well known for restraint”: Joe Satriani on Sammy Hagar’s underrated guitar skills - Guitar.com
- “Paul said that in the more than 300 songs he and John wrote, he could remember only one time when they got stuck.” Paul McCartney guitarist Brian Ray talks the Beatles’ creative process - GuitarPlayer.com
- “You got a lot of nerve.” Billy Gibbons played “Purple Haze” onstage while opening for Jimi Hendrix. The guitar legend’s response changed everything for the future ZZ Top leader - GuitarPlayer.com
- “People like Yngwie Malmsteen should be forgotten as soon as possible.” Johnny Marr on shredders, guitar heroes — and why he’s selling nearly 100 of his guitars dating back to the Smiths - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I have to confess to a certain sort of jealousy.” David Gilmour reveals the guitarist whose career he envies most - GuitarPlayer.com
- “That’s why he sounded like that — and that’s why we couldn’t crack the code!” Joe Walsh on Jimi Hendrix and the simple reason his sound and style were a mystery to his guitar-playing contemporaries - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I can’t imagine where guitar players would be without Eddie. We’d be listening to electronic music”: Sammy Hagar says Eddie Van Halen “saved” guitar players - Guitar.com
- Joe Negri, Guitar Player and Handyman on ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,’ Dies at 99 - Variety
- Alex Lifeson on Rush's Keyboard Era: 'I'm the Guitar Player in This Band. What Happened?' - Ultimate Guitar
- “I can’t stand Eddie Van Halen’s guitar playing”: The Jesus and Mary Chain call Eddie Van Halen one of the “worst guitar players in the world” - Guitar World
- “I said, ‘How come you didn't use these!?’” Steve Lukather says Eddie Van Halen’s unreleased recordings left him stunned - GuitarPlayer.com
- “He was shaking the last time I saw him. He had the same thing that killed Lowell George.” Roger McGuinn and Keith Richards remember Gram Parsons, who laid a path for the ’70s California sound and died at 26 - GuitarPlayer.com
- “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 was such great stuff.” Steve Vai says he’s heard Eddie Van Halen’s unreleased recordings - GuitarPlayer.com
- 'I Don't Really Want to Play 'Eric Clapton Guitar'': Thurston Moore on What Sonic Youth Were After Instead - Ultimate Guitar
- “Bye, YouTube. I’m deeply uncomfortable with the amount of old men here.” Teenage guitarist Grace Bowers pulls videos from YouTube due to “too many old-ass creeps” - GuitarPlayer.com
- Zach Top’s Beloved Guitar Player, Cheyenne Dalton, Stuns Fans With News She’s No Longer In The Band - whiskeyriff.com
- “He was such a nice guy, I couldn't believe he was a guitarist!” Ritchie Blackmore claims “most guitar players aren't nice people” and names the one exception - GuitarPlayer.com
- "The good news is I can still play music. I can still play guitar. I’ve been doing really well.” - facebook.com
- “The pressure was on.” On this day 50 years ago, Peter Frampton hit number one with ‘Frampton Comes Alive!’ — then came to regret its success - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I try to avoid rehearsals at all costs now. It’s the only way I can survive”: I’m a drummer. You guitarists have made me hate being in bands - Guitar World
- Legendary The Cure guitarist will perform in Boston Ballet's new "The Leisurely Installation of a New Window" - CBS News
- “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
- Who's the best guitar player you've ever seen live? - Guitar World
- “I got my fingers rapped with a ruler. They said, ‘Why would you want to compose music?’” Joni Mitchell on why she invented her own guitar language from more than 50 tunings - GuitarPlayer.com
- Music world rocked by icon’s death at 81: ‘One of the greatest guitar players ever’ - PennLive.com
- Messy, precise, inherently musical: Cake’s John McCrea remembers guitarist Greg Brown - capradio.org
- “People don’t realize how important they are and how they just changed the world.” Jack White on the difference between blues and rock guitarists - GuitarPlayer.com
Guitar Amp News
- Avantone Pro introduces GTR-100 Amp For Guitar Modelers - Premier Guitar
- Carl Martin Introduces the CM Acoustic 300-Watt Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- “A tiny tone machine that proves solid-state can sound great”: Orange Baby Terror review - Guitar World
- Spark PEDAL: Positive Grid crams an entire guitar rig – with amps, effects, a looper and Bluetooth – into a compact pedal format - Guitar.com
- “Technology is supposed to make things easier, not get in the way”: Are apps ruining guitar gear? We argue for and against the trend that has taken over practice amps - Guitar World
- Positive Grid brings its smart amp experience to your ‘board with the Spark Pedal: “Bring the tone and power of Spark amps to live performances, rehearsals, home practice and recording sessions” - MusicRadar
- We review the Positive Grid Spark Pedal Amp and Effects Modeler: “There’s a lot to love here — the fact that it costs under $200 makes it all the more impressive” - GuitarPlayer.com
- “Visitors saw stacks of amps with names like Yngwie Malmsteen, George Lynch, Jake E. Lee and Adrian Vandenberg on the service tags”: The story of Eddie Van Halen’s elusive amp tech, José Arredondo – and the new amp that honors his legacy - Guitar World
- “I think they’ve been forgotten about in our generation”: Why Greta Van Fleet’s Jake Kiszka thinks more guitarists should be using combo amps - Guitar World
- Phil X explains the things that "scream fake" when he hears someone using a digital guitar amp: "Violence is hard to replicate with the modeller" - Guitar.com
- HeadRush Introduces FRFR CAB Series of Amps - Premier Guitar
- Hotone’s do-it-all Pulze Jr. is set to be the most fully-featured practice amp for under $300 – and offers serious competition for Positive Grid and JBL - Guitar World
- How Positive Grid reinvented the digital guitar amp - Guitar World
- Positive Grid Spark GO Review: A Tiny Guitar Amp That Doubles as a Surprisingly Good Bluetooth Speaker - Audiophile ON
- “One of the secrets that they will deny to this day was that they could not come up with the sound that I wanted”: Why Ritchie Blackmore’s iconic Marshall stacks were actually Vox amps in disguise - Guitar World
- "No amp can fix a guitar that feels like a plank of wood with strings, or even worse, won’t stay in tune": Are you prioritizing the wrong end of your signal chain? Two pro gear reviewers debate whether you should spend more on your guitar or amp - Guitar World
- What if I tried to use my guitar amp as the speaker for my hi-fi system? I tried really hard to make it sound anywhere near listenable and even broke a guitar pedal — here’s what I learned - TechRadar
- “Small does not have to mean less”: Orange puts a Terror twist on one of its most popular modern amp series with new Baby lunchbox head - Guitar World
- “Billie plugs in, puts the guitar on, and plays When I Come Around. He’s like, ‘That's the sound’”: The story of the Marshall Billie Joe Armstrong amp – its first artist signature in 14 years - Guitar World
- Supposedly much requested - Greer Amps delivers its own Mori Drive formulation of Screamer, with a healthy injection of Klon DNA too - Guitar Pedal X
- “Those Dookie mods pay dividends – this is the sound in every Green Day fan's head”: Marshall Billie Joe Armstrong Signature 1959BJA review - Guitar World
- "There’s something about the pure honesty of a tube amp that can’t be topped”: 5 reasons I think digital modelers still can’t win the gear war - Guitar World
- The pedal that made me ditch my tube amp – and why I'll never go back - Guitar World
- “People began to see it as a companion”: Positive Grid reveals its bestselling product – and why it’s been so successful - Guitar.com
- Dusky Electronics Announces Proxima A - Premier Guitar
- Marshall Just Reimagined One of Its Legendary Guitar Amps from the 1960s - Gear Patrol
- Marshall Launches Billie Joe Armstrong’s 1959BJA Signature Amp - Premier Guitar
- Billie Joe Armstrong Partners With Marshall on Handwired Amp Inspired by Green Day’s ‘Dookie’ Era - Variety
- “A sh**ty amp is useless”: Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy on why he’d always pick a good amp over a good guitar - Guitar.com
- Blackstar Introduces Fly High Gain Mini Amp - Premier Guitar
- Blackstar Amplification and TONE3000 Bring NAM to the Headphone Amp for the First Time - Premier Guitar
- 'I've Gotta Admit I Was Wrong': Joe Bonamassa Concedes Defeat Over Digital Amps, Explains Why Fender Tone Master Won His Heart - Ultimate Guitar
- “When I first plugged into it, I realised this s***’s good. I really wanted to dislike it! But I couldn’t”: Joe Bonamassa on digital amps winning him over - Guitar.com
- Orange Amps and Ed Sheeran Launch New ES Series Amplifiers - Premier Guitar
- Guitar Center Serves as Exclusive Launch Partner for the Orange Amps Outlowd ES Series, Designed in Collaboration with Ed Sheeran - businesswire.com
- The Boss Katana 50 and 100 Modelling Amps finally have a serious challenger courtesy of the brand new Positive Grid Reactor 50 and 100 Amps - Guitar Pedal X
- Best tube amps 2026: my top valve amplifiers for home, studio, and stage - GuitarPlayer.com
- Sarasota Guitar and Amp Show draws musical buyers and sellers to Robarts Arena - ABC7 WWSB
- Ed Sheeran debuts his signature Orange guitar amp: and it's designed for busking - Guitar.com
- “It’s honestly really amazing”: Tube amp aficionado Joe Bonamassa has been “beta testing” a Fender Tone Master on tour – and he’s impressed - Guitar.com
- Positive Grid Introduces REACTOR Intelligent Guitar Amplifier — a New Approach to Amplification - Premier Guitar
- Positive Grid launches new AI-powered Reactor combo - Guitar World
- Positive Grid’s Reactor amp series can build tones from text, photos and recordings - Guitar.com
- “A turning point for the industry”: TONE3000’s new A2 NAM modeling tech beat some huge hitters in a blind listening test – and it’s completely free to use - Guitar World
- “I was starting to get tired – as much as I hate to say it – of the very predictable Marshall sound”: Slash took his new favorite amp brand on the Guns N’ Roses tour without telling anyone - Guitar World
- Mesa/Boogie launches new video series exploring the history of the legendary amp brand - Guitar.com
- Vox AC15 Gets There at Bedroom Volume and Fender Twin Might Never Get There. That's How Amp 'Breakup' Works - Ultimate Guitar
- Marshall honour Jimi Hendrix with 60th anniversary "cosmic-inspired" amps and speakers - nme.com
- “You’ll see the return of some of our most iconic products from the past”: The metal amp brand beloved by Dimebag Darrell, Kirk Hammett and Scott Ian is on the cusp of making a comeback - Guitar World
- Best mini amps for guitar 2026: power up your practice with these tiny towers of tone - Guitar World
- Orange beer? Legendary guitar amp brand launches its own IPA with Special Brew - Guitar.com
- “Over the past 24 hours, I’ve received hundreds of messages about my current situation. So yes, it’s official: I’ve made the move”: Jared James Nichols switches to Marshall amps - MusicRadar
- Blackstar Launches the Beam Mini Compact Desk Amp - Premier Guitar
- Blackstar's BEAM Mini amp could change the market forever - Guitar World
- “The guitar is so much more personal”: Former Black Crowes guitarist Marc Ford on why he'd always pick a good guitar over a good amp - Guitar.com
- Digital amps have a new convert in Paul Gilbert… - Guitar.com
- “If you would have told me 15 years ago that Paul Gilbert’s main amp in the future would be a solid state Fender Twin, I’d have said you were off your rocker”: Paul Gilbert is the latest big name to switch to Fender Tone Master digital amps - Guitar World
- Winzz Guitars Introduces the SilverTide Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- This Browser-Based Guitar Amp Makes Any Sound You Can Think Of (For Free) - geargods.net
- “I like to keep things simple, as the saying goes: It’s only rock ’n’ roll”: Never mind the modelers, here’s a Sex Pistols Marshall amp - Guitar World
- Mooer takes on JBL with its own AI stem separation tech – and it could change the way you practice your favorite songs - 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 was so heavy to lift as an 11-year-old”: Josh Homme’s first guitar amp wasn’t even a guitar amp - Guitar World
- Winzz Guitars Introduces the Lead Burner 30W IR-Enabled Guitar Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- Who Needs Tube Amps in 2026? I Say: No One. - Gearnews.com
- Joe Bonamassa Explains Why Most Guitarists Mic Their Amps Wrong: 'Whoever Said the Best Sound Is Dead Center?' - Ultimate Guitar
- Laney Introduces Prism-Mini Guitar Amp & Bluetooth Speaker - Premier Guitar
- This Tiny LEGO Fender Guitar Amp Conversion Really Works - Hackster.io
- Best amp modelers 2026: rack-mounted and floorboard options for every budget - Guitar World
- Best amp modelers 2026: get all your dream guitar tones in one - GuitarPlayer.com
- Synergy Unveils Machine-Learning Power Amp Technology - Premier Guitar
- Blackstar Unveils High Powered Digital Floorboard with Insane Versatility - Premier Guitar
- Best guitar amps 2026: tube, solid-state, and modeling amplifiers for all levels and budgets - Guitar World
- Thomas Blug îs unerringly close now to a full release of his new state of the art BluGuitar Amp X Analog Amp & Pedal Modeller - Guitar Pedal X
- NAMM 2026: news, rumors, predictions - Guitar World
- Blackstar Introduces BEAM MINI - Premier Guitar
- Magnatone Introduces Four New Amps At NAMM - Premier Guitar
- “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
- “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
- Orange Amps OR60 UK-Built All-Valve Guitar Amp - Premier Guitar
- “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
- Boss makes a splash ahead of NAMM with new GX-1 and GX-1B multi-effects units, plus a new busker-friendly Roland Cube Street amp - Guitar.com
- Roland Announces CUBE Street Mini Multi-Instrument Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- Victory Amplification reveals world-first braille guitar amp - Mixdown Magazine
- Blind guitarist brought to tears by specially-made Braille amp - Guitar World
- Victory sends blind guitarist custom braille amp in the most wholesome moment of 2026 so far - Guitar.com
- Tube Amps: Finally Obsolete in 2026? - Gearnews.com
- Can a $149 Plug-in Beat Physical Amps? Our 2025 Gear Awards Reveal a Very Strange Year for Guitar Gear - Ultimate Guitar
- “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
- “Virtually indistinguishable from the all-tube original”: EVH’s first digital amp, the 5150III Hypersonic, delivers Eddie Van Halen’s iconic tube tones without the heft - Guitar.com
- “The first truly great portable electric guitar amp” is on sale for Black Friday - Guitar.com
- VOX Introduces the Micro Superbeetle Guitar Amp - Premier Guitar
- Marshall partners with Spinal Tap on the “loudest amp ever made” – with knobs that go to 11 and a master volume that goes to infinity - Guitar.com
- “Not many people want to watch a band stand in front of their amp line”: Metallica guitar tech thinks ditching real amps helped the band improve spectacle of their live shows - Guitar.com
- Local Guitar Amp Designers Keep Those Vacuum Tubes Aglow - racketmn.com
- True Marshall Tone With No Amp? I Tried Using This Digital Modeler to Make My Cheap Punk Rig Sound (Kind of) Pro - Ultimate Guitar
Bass Player News
- Dave Mustaine Opens Up About Firing David Ellefson - The Mosh Network
- “That energy popped back like we had been playing all the time. Nobody was rusty, man. Everybody was on – like we'd just got off the J.B.’s bus!” How Bootsy Collins and his James Brown alumni brought the J.B.’s back to life for the Superbad soundtrack - Guitar World
- “Plug in, pick up the bass and experience the gear that created Motörhead’s unmistakable sound”: Las Vegas Motörhead exhibition will let play through Lemmy’s bass rig - Guitar World
- “Our guitarist saw an online ad where Bon Jovi was looking for a local band to open for them. She didn’t even tell us she’d applied!” How Violet Lea went from self-taught bassist to opening for Bon Jovi - Guitar World
- “I was called to play on an album with Peter Gabriel, whom I didn't know of. I hadn’t even heard of Genesis”: Tony Levin on how a Peter Gabriel session changed his life – and led him to King Crimson - Guitar World
- “I remember trying to sound like Chris Squire. Ozzy’s reaction was, ‘What the hell is that?’” How Geezer Butler helped define the sound of heavy metal on this eight-minute Black Sabbath opus - Guitar World
- Barbra Streisand recorded over 30 takes of “The Way We Were.” Nothing worked. Then the bassist tried something different - GuitarPlayer.com
- Sorry, Bassists: Prince's 'Kiss' Has No Bass, but a Reversed Kick Drum Does That Job Instead - Ultimate Guitar
- “I was infatuated with slide guitar. I’d use a comparable motion on my fretless by sliding up to the note”: Manning the world’s first production fretless bass, Rick Danko had to be laser-sharp in the Band - Guitar World
- Bass Player Barry Mitchell, Part of Queen's Earliest Lineup, Has Died - Ultimate Classic Rock
- Former Queen Bassist Barry Mitchell Dies, the Band’s Official Archivist Confirms: ‘He Will Be Greatly Missed’ - People.com
- Former Queen Bassist Passes Away, Played Alongside Freddie Mercury, Brian May, and Roger Taylor - American Songwriter
- Legendary rock band’s bassist dead at 76: ‘Will be greatly missed’ - PennLive.com
- Rockers mourn the loss of beloved bassist Linda Pardee - WBUR
- Former Queen bassist Barry Mitchell dies: ‘Terribly sad news’ - The Independent
- Former Queen bassist Barry Mitchell dies as fans pay tribute: "Terribly sad news” - nme.com
- 1970 Rock Pioneer, Ex Queen Bassist Who Played with Freddie Mercury Dies at 76 - uk.news.yahoo.com
- Ex-Queen bassist dies as fans pay tribute to 'incredible' guitarist who influenced legendary band - The Sun
- The former bass guitarist of the band Kukriniksy was found dead in St. Petersburg - UA.NEWS
- Open Thread: Video of David Robinson playing bass goes viral - Yahoo Sports
Bass Amp News
- Best bass amps 2026: Top choice bass rigs for any budget - MusicRadar
- Green Day's Mike Dirnt Is Selling a Career-Spanning Collection of Gear on Reverb - Reverb
- Marshall’s amp-inspired speakers updated for the home - pickr.com.au
- “How are we going to get this home?!” Geddy Lee recalls the winter night he and Alex Lifeson bought his first bass amp - GuitarPlayer.com
- Blackstar Launches the Beam Mini Compact Desk Amp - Premier Guitar
- Genzler Amplification Introduces Magellan 800+ Bass Amp - Premier Guitar
- 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
- Electronic Audio Experiments' Traynor Bass Amp derived Greathammer Overdrive delivers 50 decibels of killer low-end tone - Guitar Pedal X
- 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
- Bass players, your headphone amp has arrived: Fender's Mustang Micro Plus gets a free bass firmware update - Mixdown Magazine
- Peavey’s Legendary Super Festival Bass Amp is Back - 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
- Mesa/Boogie resurrects the iconic Bass 400+ without the backache - Mixdown Magazine
- MESA/Boogie Releases the Bass-800D Amp - Bass Magazine
- MayFly Audio releases the Sunset Bass Amplifier Simulator - Premier Guitar
- “A culmination of years of work”: Seymour Duncan pushes the boundaries of its PowerStage series with a dedicated bass unit – and it's so much more than just a companion for your modeler - Guitar World
- Bergantino Audio Announces the HP Ultra 2000W Bass Amplifier - Premier Guitar
Guitar Effects News
- Great Eastern FX Releases 'Transformer Boost,' a Vintage Germanium Transistor Boost Pedal - 월간 믹싱
- Supercool Pedals Spritz! Saturator Review - Premier Guitar
- “Gibbons has used his frequently on ZZ Top albums – he often plays through two at once”: Meet the world’s first ‘pedal’ – a steampunk wonderland you need Windex to use - Guitar World
- GIVEAWAY: Win Golden DSP Silkbrush Reverb (5 copies) - Bedroom Producers Blog
- This Peterborough pedal maker draws a line at the border, leaving U.S. buyers out as tariffs surge - The Peterborough Examiner
- “A tiny tone machine that proves solid-state can sound great”: Orange Baby Terror review - Guitar World
- Spark PEDAL: Positive Grid crams an entire guitar rig – with amps, effects, a looper and Bluetooth – into a compact pedal format - Guitar.com
- Why pedal artwork matters – and how it impacts your sound without you even realizing: “They're tools for making music, but they're also statements about who we are as players and what we value as artists” - Guitar World
- “Technology is supposed to make things easier, not get in the way”: Are apps ruining guitar gear? We argue for and against the trend that has taken over practice amps - Guitar World
- Positive Grid Announces Spark PEDAL - Sonicstate
- "It’s hard to deny it’s impressive what Positive Grid has packed into this tiny floor unit, but it can feel a little overstuffed at times": Positive Grid Spark Pedal review - MusicRadar
- Positive Grid Announces Spark PEDAL - Premier Guitar
- “Metal players embraced it, but so did players like David Gilmour”: 20 gear innovations that changed guitar playing - Guitar World
- Positive Grid brings its smart amp experience to your ‘board with the Spark Pedal: “Bring the tone and power of Spark amps to live performances, rehearsals, home practice and recording sessions” - MusicRadar
- Positive Grid brings its smart amp experience to your ‘board with the Spark Pedal - tech.yahoo.com
- We review the Positive Grid Spark Pedal Amp and Effects Modeler: “There’s a lot to love here — the fact that it costs under $200 makes it all the more impressive” - GuitarPlayer.com
- I admit it: I’m a wah-wah addict. It’s the greatest sound a guitar can make. And I have proof - Guitar World
- “Nigh on impossible to craft a bad tone”: Positive Grid Spark Pedal review - Guitar World
- “For metal, Solar’s big talk isn’t hyperbole”: Solar Chug Capo review - Guitar World
- This year's huge Labor Day guitar deals include up to 60% off at Musician's Friend, a crazy Guitar Tricks saving and super cheap Positive Grid gear – here’s 5 essential sales to shop today - Guitar World
Guitar and Bass News
- Scott LaFaro: The tragic 1961 death of a jazz bass wunderkind - Far Out Magazine
- “That energy popped back like we had been playing all the time. Nobody was rusty, man. Everybody was on – like we'd just got off the J.B.’s bus!” How Bootsy Collins and his James Brown alumni brought the J.B.’s back to life for the Superbad soundtrack - Guitar World
- “When I’ve played the guitars of people I’ve looked up to, it always feels like there’s DNA on them – like you’re getting a visit from your heroes”: Marcus King on his new signature Epiphone acoustic, playing Tiger, and his brotherhood with Brent Hinds - Guitar World
- Pink Floyd has a Dark Side of the Moon guitar pick made from gold – and it’s one of the most expensive guitar picks ever made - Guitar World
- “It was not about making a copy of somebody else’s guitar. It was about improving the guitar in general”: Petr Furch on 45 years of acoustic guitar innovation – and the challenge to make his guitars better - Guitar World
- My pick of the best guitar gear launched this week: a new era of Gibson beckons, Joe Bonamassa's pawn shop SG eternalized, and Squier makes history with a 12-string - Guitar World
- “The peso coin is a rarity, but we’ve still got a few filed down for the ready”: Why Billy Gibbons started using a peso as a guitar pick - Guitar World
- “Plug in, pick up the bass and experience the gear that created Motörhead’s unmistakable sound”: Las Vegas Motörhead exhibition will let play through Lemmy’s bass rig - Guitar World
- 'What Would Geezer Butler Do?' Why Tony Iommi Banned Guide Tracks for Becky Baldwin's Sessions on New Album - Ultimate Guitar
- What do you want from the future of guitars? - Guitar World
- “The next generation of the Gibson humbucker”: Gibson ushers in a new era of its humbuckers with the ELEV8 - Guitar World
- “Our guitarist saw an online ad where Bon Jovi was looking for a local band to open for them. She didn’t even tell us she’d applied!” How Violet Lea went from self-taught bassist to opening for Bon Jovi - Guitar World
- “People don’t know that I wrote that part”: Dave Mustaine on creating one of Megadeth’s most well-known bass riffs - Guitar.com
- “Plug in, pick up the bass and experience the gear that created Motörheads unmistakable sound”: Punk Rock Museum to host a special Motörhead exhibition with interactive element - MusicRadar
- The 5 Best Value Bass Guitars 2026: Budget Basses That Punch Above Their Price - Gearnews.com
- Sorry, Bassists: Prince's 'Kiss' Has No Bass, but a Reversed Kick Drum Does That Job Instead - Ultimate Guitar
- DEALER share guitar and bass play-through for "DEAD DOGS DON'T BARK" - Lambgoat
- “I was infatuated with slide guitar. I’d use a comparable motion on my fretless by sliding up to the note”: Manning the world’s first production fretless bass, Rick Danko had to be laser-sharp in the Band - Guitar World
- Sleep Token’s III and IV Unmask Signature Charvel and Jackson Models - wallofsoundau.com
- JACKSON AND CHARVEL DEBUT SLEEP TOKEN SIGNATURE GUITAR AND BASS - PR Newswire
New Music releases
- Forbidden release new music video for ‘Burning the Lungs of Earth’ - Distorted Sound Magazine -
- John Coffey release new music video for ‘Not Alone’ - Distorted Sound Magazine -
- RXPTRS release new music video for ‘In Another Life’ - Distorted Sound Magazine -
- Ando San releases new music video for ‘Hype Man’ & ‘Triggas’ - Distorted Sound Magazine -
- Miss May I release new music video for ‘Highbrow Thieves’ - Distorted Sound Magazine -
- From Jhené Aiko to Slayyyter, Dove Cameron & More, Which New Music Release Is Your Favorite? Vote! - Billboard
- Jhené Aiko with Kendrick Lamar, Bleachers, Dove Cameron & More: New Music Friday Guide - Billboard
- The New Rock + Metal Albums Out Today - Loudwire
- Cage The Elephant Release Dying In Reverse - noise11.com
- Ariana Grande Surprise Drops 'Petal' Live Album—Here’s How to Listen - ELLE
- New music on our radar this week: Saoirse, UNIIQU3, Folamour - mixmag.net
- New Music Friday: Miley, ADÉLA, Kasabian, Sam Tompkins and more - Official Charts
- From BLACKPINK’s LISA & JISOO to Miley, Beyoncé & More, Which New Music Release Is Your Favorite? Vote! - Billboard
- George FitzGerald releases first new music since 2024 - Domino Recording Company
- Miley Cyrus Teases Name Change Ahead of Releasing New Music - E! News
- Fans Choose JENNIE’s ‘Fallen Angel’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music - Billboard
- From Olivia Rodrigo to Alex Warren & JENNIE, Which New Music Release Is Your Favorite This Week? Vote! - Billboard
- Carly Pearce Embraces Her Most Unapologetic Self On Honest Woman - noise11.com
- New Music Friday: Post Malone, Prince, Perrie, Pulp and more - Official Charts
- Polyphia announce new album Be Not Afraid, delay North American tour dates: “There are moments on the record that legitimately scare me” - Guitar World
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