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- “I never thought I would ever see anything like this”: Steve Vai considers this solo to be his “ultimate achievement” – and one fan’s cover has left him in awe - Guitar World
- The one song Slash called the holy grail of guitar playing: “Living at the furthest limits of his mind” - Far Out Magazine
- "He caught a ball and some guy gave him a touch right into a curb.” Richie Sambora is recovering from a “gruesome” injury that required surgery to the former Bon Jovi guitarist's hand - Guitar Player
- Recording Old-School Music the Old-School Way - Premier Guitar
- “Getting excited about the possibility of a new album is somewhat premature.” Robert Fripp and King Crimson are in the studio, but who knows what they're doing — and if we'll ever hear it - Guitar Player
- “By the time he finished, Memphis knew they were witnessing the birth of a legend”: That time a 14-year-old Eric Gales won a battle of the bands competition that got him signed – and kickstarted his career - Guitar World
- “I’m just like, ‘Oh my God. This is a compliment and a diss at the same time from Kirk Hammett!’” Tim Henson addresses Kirk Hammett’s mixed response to his ‘boomer bends’ comments - Guitar World
- “He goes, ‘You know, Joe, you’d be my favorite guitar player if you’d just divide by two’”: The playing advice Joe Bonamassa got from Leslie West – and why it’s finally paying off - Guitar World
- 21 of this year’s best Prime Day deals for guitar players are still live – including a sweet EHX octave fuzz for under $40 - Guitar Player
- “One of Eric Clapton’s guitars went for half a million dollars. I was, as I often am, in trouble with the IRS. I thought, ‘This is probably the time’”: Todd Rundgren’s love affair with Clapton’s Fool SG, and how he moved on after selling it - Guitar World
- “I had just done 9 months with Joni Mitchell… But that whole Dark Horse tour was a really weird thing. George was uncomfortable being a band leader”: Robben Ford on the highs and lows of touring with George Harrison - Guitar World
- Tim Henson Reacts To Kirk Hammett's Comments On His Playing, Says Hammett Got His Polyphia Bandmate 'Sad': 'I Was Like, 'Oh, What's This?'' - Ultimate Guitar
- British Fingerstyle Guitarist Richard Smith Brings World-Class Guitar to Songbird Live - dallasobserver.com
- The guitar Eddie Van Halen was forbidden from playing: “Little punk kid” - Far Out Magazine
- Jimmy Page-played guitar donated to The Met was allegedly stolen from Mick Taylor - Led Zeppelin News
- Dweezil Zappa Speaks Up on Guitar Players Copying Eddie Van Halen, Names Guitarist Who 'Always Sounded Good' - Ultimate Guitar
- Guitarist Steve Stevens Is More Than Pop, Rock and Punk - Ultimate Classic Rock
- “I went, ‘Jack Nicholson? You know who I am?’ He says, ‘Yeah, Georgie, I always follow the rough boys.’” George Thorogood on his Live Aid performances with Bo Diddley and Albert Collins — and the two actors who made his day - Guitar Player
- The only artist Eddie Van Halen refused to play with: “He felt threatened” - Far Out Magazine
- “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 - Guitar Player
- “The director said, ‘Fine, why don’t you just mime in that case?’ So we did – and air guitar was born”: Have the origins of air guitar finally been found? Unearthed footage contests the Joe Cocker at Woodstock ’69 theory - Guitar World
- "I was angry. All the work we'd put in and he just stepped out the back door?” Scott Gorham on Gary Moore's third and final run that left Thin Lizzy rudderless in the middle of a tour - Guitar Player
- The guitarist Ritchie Blackmore preferred to Jimi Hendrix: “He wasn’t a great player” - Far Out Magazine
- Greta Van Fleet guitarist Jake Kiszka says his bandmates are "very critical of guitar things" and have rejected some of his best riffs for the band - Guitar.com
- “He is mystified as to how his property found its way into the Met’s collection.” Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page played this stolen 1959 Les Paul. Now it’s turned up in the collection of a famous museum - Guitar Player
- “Maybe that was part of the reason I had overlooked it before. It was so perfect and almost doesn’t stand out”: Alice Cooper’s new guitarist on why Glen Buxton is a seriously underrated guitar hero - Guitar World
- “With him doing his own set – which I didn't think he should do – I didn't want him to get burnt out”: Tony Iommi reflects on Black Sabbath’s final performance, his concerns over Ozzy's solo set – and reveals the songs they rehearsed but didn’t play - Guitar World
- Evolution: Joe Bonamassa and His New Album, Breakthrough - Premier Guitar
- “I just had a feeling. I didn't even play it properly. It had one dodgy jack lead, and I squeaked out two chords on it and I thought, ‘This is the guitar for this project’”: How Chris Turpin found the perfect foil for Jake Kiszka’s Number One Gibson SG - Guitar World
- “Jon and I became friends. He came to L.A. when he was looking for musicians to join his band, but a couple of things happened...”: Why session legend Tim Pierce never joined Bon Jovi – despite recording their earliest hit - Guitar World
- “I’m more interested in putting in stuff that I’m unfamiliar with and trying to be more than just the power chord. But I still end up back there, that’s the problem”: Stephen Carpenter shares his power chord addiction as Deftones announce new album - Guitar World
- “Something that really blows my mind is that before Wet Leg, Rhian didn’t know how to play guitar”: Wet Leg are one of the hottest indie bands on the planet – but leader Rhian Teasdale couldn’t play guitar until she started the band - Guitar World
- “I try not to be Alex Lifeson from Rush… my days of shredding and playing like a crazy maniac are over. There are a million people on Instagram that do that now”: Alex Lifeson on throwing sonic curveballs with Envy of None – and why he’s all in on plugins - Guitar World
- You only have until the end of the day to save big on Boss gear at Amazon this Prime Day – plus 4 famous guitarists who would advise you to snap up the Boss DS-1 distortion pedal right away - Guitar Player
- 'If You Wrote the Songs, You're Kind Of Allowed To Be Crap': Mark Knopfler Shares Opinion On His Own Playing, Explains 'What Counts' For Him - Ultimate Guitar
- Legendary Rock Guitarist, 59, Names This Power Ballad His Most Challenging Song to Play - Yahoo
- “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 - Guitar Player
- “I had this reverence for Duane Allman’s playing — but I wanted to make it my own as well.” Warren Haynes on the advice Dickey Betts and Gregg Allman gave him when he joined the Allman Brothers Band - Guitar Player
- This Was Actually Yngwie Malmsteen's Favorite Guitar Player, His Ex-Bandmate Reveals: 'Who Knew?' - Ultimate Guitar
- “Bey wanted a solo. She’s like, ‘We can have a 16-bar solo on this record.’ So that was a little bit of pressure”: Eric Gales nearly recorded a guitar solo for Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter - Guitar World
- “Everyone in Olivia’s band and Olivia herself is a huge fan. I was watching them, thinking, ‘This is so cool. They’re playing Jacksons’”: How Turnstile ramped up the shred in Olivia Rodrigo’s live show - Guitar World
- “I missed out on being in one of the biggest rock bands in the world!” He played all the guitars on Jon Bon Jovi’s first hit but got passed over for Richie Sambora - Guitar Player
- “You’re a walking encyclopedia of Stevie knowledge”: This 16-year-old has been called the next Stevie Ray Vaughan – and he’s finally been given the keys to “the real SRV tone” after years of experimenting - Guitar World
- “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
- “There were a lot of things I wish I had done with Greta that if I could go back in time and do differently, I would”: Jake Kiszka’s Greta Van Fleet journey so far has been an astounding success – but there are some things he’d change about it - Guitar World
- “You can play these riffs on one string, that's how iconic they are.” Zakk Wylde on Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Jimmy Page and the five greatest riffs in rock history - Guitar Player
- “We were doing ‘War Pigs’ and Ozzy forgot the words. He started singing ‘Old MacDonald Had a Farm.’” Jake E. Lee shares his craziest Ozzy Osbourne story and reflects on the guitar genius of Tony Iommi - Guitar Player
- “I gave up trying to be a great guitar player. I have enough to get by in the studio – I got away with murder”: Mark Knopfler on why he doesn’t consider himself a “guitar god” – and the ones in the industry who deserve that title - Guitar World
- "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 - Guitar Player
- The '70s rock guitarist The Kinks' Dave Davies calls the “great and underrated guitar player of the time” - Guitar.com
- Sophie Lloyd Names Most Challenging Guitar Solo She Learned as a Young Musician: 'When I Can Play That, That's When I'll Finally Admit I'm a Good Guitarist' - Ultimate Guitar
- 'It's Been A Recurring Subject Nightmare': Joe Satriani Reveals His 'Problem' With Playing Live, Explains Why Originality Isn't 'All It's Cracked Up To Be' - Ultimate Guitar
- “I said, 'If you don’t like what we do, I’ll just destroy it in front of you.'" Eddie Van Halen shot down a film soundtrack near the end of his life, saying he hadn't been playing much - Guitar Player
- Video 10-year-old guitar-playing prodigy rocks on - ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- 10-year-old guitar-playing prodigy rocks on - MSN
- “It was much harder to get a Rolling Stones sound with him.” Brian Jones, Mick Taylor or Ronnie Wood? Keith Richards says one guitarist was the wrong fit - Guitar Player
- 'I Felt Responsible': His Death Was Tragic, But This (Overlooked) Guitarist Inspired One of the Most Enduring Songs - Ultimate Guitar
- “He decided he didn't want to be the lead guitar player anymore.” Pete Townshend on Roger Daltrey’s career-changing move that made the Who guitarist an axe-wielding icon - Guitar Player
- Michael Anthony Recalls How Guitarists Really Reacted to Eddie Van Halen's Tapping Early On: 'You Don't Want Everybody to See It' - Ultimate Guitar
- 'That's the Only Way I Could Say, 'That's Good', or 'That's Bad'': Yngwie Malmsteen Reveals One Thing You Really Need To Do To Get Better At Playing Guitar - Ultimate Guitar
- “Axl called me up and he was like, 'Zakk, you wanna get together and jam?” Zakk Wylde on Guns N’ Roses, Ozzy Osbourne and the fumble that sidelined his career - Guitar Player
- Rick Derringer, Guitar Journeyman Behind ‘Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo,’ Dead at 77 - Rolling Stone
- Myles Kennedy Names 'Biggest Misconception' About His Guitar Playing, Compares Playing With Slash and Mark Tremonti - Ultimate Guitar
- “There's no chance to ever play together again.” Dave Navarro unloads about Jane's Addiction and the shocking night when Perry Farrell attacked him onstage - Guitar Player
- Marty Friedman Shares Opinion on Polyphia, Explains Why 'Flashy' Playing Alone Doesn't Excite Him: 'I Got Over People Being Good Guitar Players' - Ultimate Guitar
- This Massively Underrated Musician Declined to Sing for a Big Rock Band: He Just Wanted to Play Guitar - Ultimate Guitar
- “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 - Guitar Player
- 'You've Got to Keep Playing': Kerry King Explains How to Make Your Playing More Precise - Ultimate Guitar
- 'People Get Weirdly Bent Out of Shape When I Talk About My Guitar Playing': Billy Corgan Talks About His Guitar Playing - Ultimate Guitar
- The ‘luckiest guitar player on Earth’ lives in Dallas, and he plays with the Eagles - Dallas News
- 'A Lot of People Say They Can Play Megadeth's Music, and They Can't': What Dave Mustaine Looks for in a Guitar Player - Ultimate Guitar
- “As a guitar player, you’re only as good as your influences”: Dave Mustaine names one key lesson he took from Jimmy Page’s playing - Guitar.com
- Guitar World Discussion: Who is the most underrated guitar player of all time? - Guitar World
- “He goes, ‘Play, boy,’ in that very southern way. I start taking my solo, sweating: ‘He’s going to hit me! I know it’s coming.’” How Jerry Lee Lewis terrorized Rory Gallagher, Dave Davies and Ritchie Blackmore - Guitar Player
- Guitar Influencer Stole Solos Note-for-Note and Sold the Tabs: 'There Was No Tag, Credit or Mention of Me' - Ultimate Guitar
- “I could barely play his guitar. He had 12s on the top. It was like a G string. I was like, ‘How do you do that?’”: Huey Lewis and the News' Chris Hayes looks back on his friendship with Stevie Ray Vaughan – and the blues great's notorious guitar setup - Guitar World
- “Old-school players have beautiful technique – but they're not so innovative with the actual sound”: Steven Wilson explains why guitarists should regularly change their tone - Guitar.com
- “If you’re coming up against an ambush, you want her in your battalion”: Jack White has gifted his signature Fender Triplecaster to his new favorite guitar player - Guitar World
- "I think there is a huge misunderstanding." Steve Lukather clarifies his role in the new project to rescue unheard Eddie Van Halen recordings from the vault - Guitar Player
- Al Di Meola Reveals Key Thing to Keeping a Steady Rhythm: 'for Most Guitar Players, It's Not Achievable' - Ultimate Guitar
- Forget Expensive Guitars: These 3 Legendary Guitar Players Swear by Budget Instruments - Ultimate Guitar
- 'He Wasn't That Impressed With Randy': Eddie Van Halen Thought That Randy Rhoads Was Copying His Playing Style, Author Explains - Ultimate Guitar
- “I cannot play guitar… it feels like I'm wearing a pair of gloves when I try to play”: Rockabilly legend Brian Setzer reveals he's unable to play after shocking health news - Guitar.com
- "I cannot play guitar." Rockabilly legend Brian Setzer reveals he has an auto-immune disease that prevents him from playing guitar - Guitar Player
- “I always felt like I needed a rhythm guitar”: Brian May wanted Queen to have a second guitar player in their early days - Guitar.com
- Joe Satriani Names One Issue With Modern Guitarists That Jimi Hendrix Never Had: 'It's Not Their Fault' - Ultimate Guitar
- 'It's Getting More Difficult': Peter Frampton Reveals How His Health Affects His Guitar Playing, Names the 'Worst Thing' About His State - Ultimate Guitar
- “I need people to stop looking at me as the guitar player”: Slash reveals his Hollywood ambitions - Guitar.com
- "I got used to the idea that Steve Vai was gonna walk in my door and blow my mind." Joe Satriani explains what will keep guitar alive. The good news? It's already happening - Guitar Player
- "That’s why he sounds like Eddie." John 5 shares what he learned about Eddie Van Halen after playing through the guitarist's rig - Guitar Player
- "I thought it was about the lamest song I ever wrote in my life.” Eddie Van Halen on guitar solos, the music teacher who slapped his face, and his all-time worst song - Guitar Player
- “I thought maybe England didn't want me anymore. I really thought I was completely through.” Jimi Hendrix predicted the rock guitar act that would lead "mind-blowing" music into the future. He wasn't wrong - Guitar Player
- “I had to audition with this horrible black, Japanese Les Paul, and it started to fall apart, right in front of everybody's eyes." Scott Gorham on his worst guitar moment with Thin Lizzy and the mod he's made to every Les Paul ever since - Guitar Player
- “It's just a shame that I never really had a chance to talk with him or hear him. It would’ve been a thrill to see how he worked.” Jimmy Page on the player he admired most and the word he hates when it comes to describing rock guitarists - Guitar Player
- "I placed the DeArmond pickup near the bridge. I put a crushed cigarette packet underneath it. That helped to get that round sound.” Vic Flick, guitarist behind the iconic James Bond theme, has died. Read our historic interview with him - Guitar Player
- Guitar Player Magazine Halts Publication, Puts Out One Last Print Edition After 58-Year Run - Variety
- "You have witnessed a revolution.” The closure of Guitar Player magazine marks the end of an era — and the start of a new one - Guitar Player
- Jake Kiszka pulls his car off the road to listen every time this song comes on the radio - Guitar Player
- “It’s impossible to go back there without Rick Wright, and I wouldn’t want to – it’s all done”: David Gilmour dismisses talk of future Pink Floyd shows - Guitar Player
- “We shared the experience of becoming famous, and spent more hours in the studio than anything else in this life”: Alex Van Halen teases a snippet of Unfinished – the last song he worked on with his brother, Eddie - Guitar Player
Guitar Amp 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
- 3 Positive Grid Spark amps have big Prime Day discounts until the end of today – and they all scored 4.5 stars in our reviews - Guitar World
- All three of Positive Grid's 5-star rated Spark amps are on sale for Prime Day – but prices are going back up tonight - Guitar Player
- “Designed for guitarists who need an all-in-one amp for practicing at home, in the studio, or on the go”: Mooer’s F15i Intelligent Amp is a desktop doozie equipped with 55 amp models, 69 effects – and it’s got a touchscreen - MusicRadar
- A guitar amp with a touchscreen? Mooer’s $190 F15i looks to set a new benchmark for desktop modeling amps – and promises to “redefine portable guitar practice” - Guitar World
- Mooer F15i Li: New Intelligent Amp for Guitar - Gearnews.com
- MOOER’s F15i Li Intelligent Amp Redefines Portable Guitar Practice - 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
- Guitar Amp Legend Orange Amps Enters Vinyl Market with $1250 O Turntable - Channel News Australia
- Clean Tube Amps Are Becoming Trendy Again: Is This the Reason for the Rise in Popularity of This New Gear? - Ultimate Guitar
- 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
- “Swan song folks, it's been a great ride”: Joe Bonamassa adds a ninth Dumble to his collection – and promises it will be his last - Guitar World
- Fender Studio app takes the best feature from our favourite guitar amps - Trusted Reviews
- Best Combo Amp for Every Budget: Fender, Orange, Marshall & More - Gearnews.com
- Best amp modellers 2025: High-tech tone solutions for all guitarists - MusicRadar
- Video: Recreating Oasis' Guitar Sound With Amps & Effects | Potent Pairings - Reverb
- GAK sells its stock and website to Gear4music for £2.4 million after entering insolvency - Guitar.com
- Divided by 13 CCC 9/15 Review - Premier Guitar
- Best Fender amps 2025: The finest Fender amplifiers you can get your hands on - Guitar Player
- Save on Positive Grid's Spark 2, Spark MINI Vai, Spark LIVE and BIAS FX 2 for International Guitar Month - Guitar.com
- “If you’re a young guitar player, that’s money well spent”: The amp pedal John Mayer thinks everyone should own - Guitar.com
- Revv Announces the D25 Joey Landreth Edition 1x12 Combo Amp - Premier Guitar
- Guitar, amp stolen in Mount Forest break-in - cknxnewstoday.ca
- “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
- Boss Announces KATANA:GO Personal Headphone Amp - Premier Guitar
- Positive Grid Launches the Spark NEO - Premier Guitar
- Session Legend Names One Aspect of Amp Modelers That Shouldn't Be Underestimated, Though He Prefers Tube Amps '99% of the Time' - Ultimate Guitar
- “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
- “They said if I told anyone, they would deny it.” Ritchie Blackmore got the loudest amp Marshall ever made. All he had to do was keep two secrets - Guitar Player
- Best pedal amps 2025: Get the sound, feel and response of an amp, all on your pedalboard - MusicRadar
- Game-changers, trends, innovations, revivals and show-stoppers: the key guitars, amps and pedals of NAMM 2025 - MusicRadar
- “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 Has Been Acquired by China's HongShan in $1 Billion+ Deal - Ultimate Guitar
- Marshall sells majority stake to China’s HSG for €1.1 billion - Guitar.com
- Guitar amp maker Marshall acquired by China’s HongShan in $1bn+ deal - Music Business Worldwide
- NAMM 2025 rumors, predictions and breaking news - Guitar World
- NAMM 2025: The Best New Product News & Announcements - Reverb
- Marshall Announces New Products at NAMM 2025 - Premier Guitar
- Fender Reveals New Releases for 2025: NAMM Special - Premier Guitar
- Marshall launches two amp lines offering modern tweaks on the 1959, JCM800 and JCM900 - Guitar.com
- “Modeling is just not fun. It doesn’t give you any sort of feeling. You gotta shake the pant legs and feel that air”: Dave Friedman, who’s built amps for Jerry Cantrell, Steve Stevens, and Chris Shiflett, is not ready to hop off the tube train - Guitar World
- Fender’s Tone Master FR-212 amp is loaded with two 12-inch “special design speakers” - Guitar.com
- “Modified connects us with a long-standing tradition of modifying Marshall amps that dates back to the 1970s”: Marshall unveils factory modded takes on the 1959 Plexi and JCM800 – tipping its cap to the amp wizards of rock’s golden era - Guitar World
- Orange launches “legend in the making” O Tone 40 amplifier plus series of portable Baby amps - Guitar.com
- Mooer Seeks to Dominate Amp Modeller Market With New (Affordable) Flagship Model | NAMM 2025 - Ultimate Guitar
- “Lightweight, portable, and incredibly powerful”: Orange launches “studio-grade and gig-ready” Baby Range – three affordable, compact heads that downsize classic Orange tones (and introduce some new ones, too) - Guitar World
- “The King of Clean. Now in your DAW”: Roland launches plugin version of its classic JC-120 Jazz Chorus amplifier - Guitar.com
- “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
- Boss launches WAZA Tube Amp Expander Core with “powerful enhancements focused on direct recording applications” - Guitar.com
- NAMM NEWS: BOSS ANNOUNCES WAZA TUBE AMP EXPANDER CORE - Australian Musician Magazine
- Bad Cat Announces the Mark Sampson Era 30 Amp - Premier Guitar
- “We’re going to release an end-all-be-all amplifier with his name on it”: Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai and Metallica are among the rock royalty who used José Arredondo’s legendary amps. Now Dave Friedman is honoring his legacy with a definitive model - Guitar World
- “An original icon built by the same artisans who built them 30 years ago”: Mesa/Boogie is reviving the Dual Rectifier – the hallowed amp head that defined the sound of 1990s high gain music - Guitar World
- Don't Fall for It: Top 3 Overhyped Guitar Gear Trends That Are Pure Snake Oil - Ultimate Guitar
- How Guitar Gear Will Evolve in 2025: Inflation, Digital Amps, and the Shifts That Will Define the Year - Ultimate Guitar
- “I said, ‘Hey, Carlos, would you plug into this?’ ‘That’s a Fender. I don’t want to plug into that.’ I said, ‘But I boosted it’”: How did Mesa get its iconic Boogie name? Founder Randall Smith explains - Guitar World
- Fergus Falls engineer is a guitar amp hero - InForum
- The Most Watched Music Gear of 2024 - Reverb
- These are the best new amplifiers of 2024, according to the Guitar.com team - Guitar.com
- I'm Done! 2 Important Reasons I Won't Buy Another Tube Amplifier - Ultimate Guitar
- The world's best desktop guitar amp just got its first-ever discount in the Positive Grid Black Friday sale - Guitar Player
- “The tube amp brought into the 21st century”: Blackstar’s St. James 100 looks to set a new benchmark with its most powerful and lightest 100-watt amp yet - Guitar World
- Blackstar Introduces St. James 100 Head and Combo - Premier Guitar
- “This is why we want to show up at NAMM”: Marshall is returning to NAMM for the first time in 5 years – and has teased some blockbuster launches - Guitar World
- Orange Announces the Orianthi Crush 20RT - Premier Guitar
- Top 5 Reasons I Switched From Tube Amps to Amp and Cab Sims - Ultimate Guitar
- “New and exciting product lines and services are in the works”: Dumble is under new ownership – and it will begin making amps again using the elusive amp builder’s “trade secrets” - Guitar World
- Jimmy Page Opens Up on His No. 1 Amp: 'It Was Just the Best Amp I Had in My Collection' - Ultimate Guitar
- “It did all those Led Zeppelin tours and all the recordings. It did flippin’ everything, y’know?” Jimmy Page reveals “the best amp that I’d ever had in my collection” - Guitar Player
- Is This The Best Alternative to a Dumble Amplifier? - Ultimate Guitar
- “It was the first-ever Vox amp he used as part of The Fab Four”: Vox amp John Lennon used to record Please Please Me at Abbey Road studios going up for auction - Guitar.com
- Positive Grid’s Spark Go just dropped back to its insane pre-order price for Prime Day - Guitar World
- Marshall may be up for sale again for the second time in 18 months – but this time for €800m - Guitar.com
- Fuchs Audio Introduces the ODH Tube-Hybrid Guitar Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- “Sets a new benchmark for guitar amp plugin performance”: Blackstar and Jared James Nichols blur boundary between physical and digital amp releases with ground-breaking signature amp and plugin launch - Guitar World
- “We’re not even going to try to dabble in digital modeling. Everyone else can do it better”: Orange explains why it's not joining the amp modeling race - Guitar World
- “Pays homage to vintage legends while infusing innovative features”: Ashdown’s mid-priced SX range looks to put a modern spin on classic tube amp tones - Guitar World
- “If you talk about rare unicorns, that's the amp. To have something that John Mayer himself couldn't distinguish from the real thing, that’s something we would love to do”: The Neural DSP team reveal the vintage amp they dream of one day modeling - Guitar World
- You May Not Like It but Tube Amps Are Changing Forever: Here's Why - Ultimate Guitar
- “It’s like having a little piece of Dime with you everywhere”: Nail Dimebag Darrell’s fearsome metal tone with the resurrected and reimagined Warhead amp – a 40W high-gain powerhouse, road-tested during Pantera rehearsals - MusicRadar
- Marshall CEO Reacts to Guitarists' Worries About the Company Neglecting Amps: 'We're Aware of Things We Can Do Better' - Ultimate Guitar
- “The essence of my tone in a portable, versatile amp”: Engl unveils Steve Morse signature tube amp – a compact 20-watt head that’s packed with modern features - MusicRadar
- Kirk Hammett thinks Marshall amps sound “30 per cent better” when you plug them in in the UK than they do in America – is he right? - Guitar.com
- “To me, this is the highest level of craftsmanship, like Swiss watches or high-end leather goods. These people are just the best at what they do”: Behind the scenes at Marshall Amps with new CEO Jeremy de Maillard – and how he plans to win back guitarists - Guitar World
- “I am so in love with it, they asked, ‘You wanna sprinkle a little Vai fairy dust on it?’” Steve Vai and Positive Grid have launched a signature Spark Mini inspired by his five-neck Hydra guitar – and it’s got four Vai-designed presets - Guitar World
- This Unconventional Guitar Amp Was Used on Several Famous Albums (and It's Possibly the First Modeler Ever Made) - Ultimate Guitar
- John 5 Reveals Why He Prefers a Very Simple Rig, Explains Decision to Swap Marshall for EVH Amps | On the Record - Ultimate Guitar
- Best guitar amp headphones 2025: Our top choices, from wearable tech to pro in-ear monitors - MusicRadar
- “Randy, and his original design ideas, will continue to inspire us”: Gibson confirms exit of Mesa/Boogie founder and legendary ‘boutique’ guitar amp designer Randall Smith - MusicRadar
- Randall Smith has left Gibson and Mesa/Boogie - Guitar.com
- “Marshall crunch, Vox chime, and Fender warmth. Supercharge your rig with a whole studio in your pedalboard”: Quilter’s latest pedal amp crams classic tones into a single stompbox – could it be your ’board’s new best friend? - Guitar World
- “No-one will ever have an amp on stage at the Sphere. They might have dummies, but they’re not on”: Trey Anastasio reveals why it’s impossible to play with onstage amps at the most advanced music venue in the world - Guitar World
- Guitar Center employees find stash of drugs inside an amplifier shipped to Georgia store - Guitar.com
- “Faster, smarter and more accurate than any human”: Neural DSP unveils TINA – a robot that promises to revolutionize the digital amp modeling world forever - Guitar World
- Guitar Center employees discover piles of drugs stuffed inside amp - MusicTech
- Georgia Guitar Center employees find thousands of dollars in drugs stuffed inside guitar amp - Action News Jax
- Guitar Center employees find thousands of dollars in drugs stuffed inside guitar amp - WSB-TV
- NAMM 2024: all the latest guitar news, rumors and predictions from the greatest gear show on Earth - Guitar World
Bass Player News
- Former Comeback Kid Bassist Matt Keil Has Died - vice.com
- In conversation: Paula Gardiner, jazz musician, composer and Deputy Chair of the Jazz+ Council - The Ivors Academy
- 'You Want a Job?' How Close Did David Ellefson Come to Becoming Metallica's Bassist (and How Dave Mustaine Reacted to It)? - Ultimate Guitar
- Ex-COMEBACK KID bassist Matt Keil dies - Lambgoat
- “Cliff played guitar as well as bass – I picked up a few things from him that ended up on Master of Puppets”: Before Robert Trujillo and Jason Newsted, Cliff Burton set the musical bar for Metallica and established an indelible legacy - Guitar World
- The truly "remarkable" bassline that proves Paul McCartney's genius - Far Out Magazine
- Moody Blues Singer-Bassist John Lodge Brings His Singer in a Rock and Roll Band Tour to Agora - Cleveland Scene
- Moody Blues Bassist Lodge Takes Singer In A Rock And Roll Band Show On The Road For 17-City Tour - Patch
- Iconic Heavy Metal Bassist Dead at 68 After Private Health Battle - parade.com
- HATEBREED's Matt Byrne speaks on former-bassist Chris Beattie's departure - Lambgoat
- Founding Angel Witch bassist Kevin Riddles dead at 68 - Louder
- Brendan Berg, bassist of indie rock band Royal Canoe, killed in car crash - Far Out Magazine
- 'I Get Infuriated By People Who Insist I Should Play a 5-String': Slipknot Bassist Explains Why He Sticks To 4-String Basses, Reveals Why He Has To Play With A Pick - Ultimate Guitar
- Star bassist Carol Kaye rejects Rock & Roll Hall of Fame honor - NPR
- Bassist Carol Kaye says she’s declining Rock Hall of Fame induction — permanently - NBC News
- ARIA Charts: Calum Hood Reigns With ‘ORDER Chaos ORDER’ - Rolling Stone Australia
- “People tell me that I invented that rhythmic gallop – but I just brought it to the fore”: Iron Maiden remain one of most domineering forces in heavy metal – and bassist Steve Harris has led the charge - Guitar World
- “He played upright but wanted to play the P-Bass. Motown said, ‘Nah, you ain't making no money playing that.’ But he said, ‘If you want me, I'm playing the P-Bass’”: Bootsy Collins on the musician that totally “changed his mind” about bass playing - Guitar World
- “You were part of a team. There were always 350-400 studio musicians working in the busy 1960s”: Carol Kaye has declined her Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction invitation - Guitar World
- Ex-Ozzy Bassist Reveals How Randy Rhoads Made Black Sabbath Songs 'More Interesting to Him,' Explains What People Don't Get About Randy - Ultimate Guitar
Bass Amp News
- Juan Alderete Is Bringing Over 700 Bass Guitars, Pedals, and Amps to Reverb - Reverb
- Warwick Unleashes The Gnome i Pro 600 V2: Improved, Light-Weight Bass Amp - Gearnews.com
- MayFly Audio releases the Sunset Bass Amplifier Simulator - Premier Guitar
- Darkglass Anagram Is The Ultimate, NAM-Loading Bass Multi-Effect Pedal - Gearnews.com
- Matthew Bass named Alvin's new head football coach - The Alvin Sun-Advertiser
- Striped bass restrictions head to Supreme Court - MyEasternShoreMD
- Bergantino Audio Announces the New HP Ultra 2000W Bass Amplifier! - Bass Gear Magazine
- Winter NAMM 2025 – Day 1 - Bass Gear Magazine
- Best multi-effects pedals 2025: Our pick of the best all-in-one guitar FX modellers - MusicRadar
- Fender drops game-changing Tone Master Pro update - Guitar World
- Line 6 Helix Firmware Update 3.80: Fender Amps and HX One Features - Gearnews.com
- Ashen Amps APG700.4 Bass Amplifier - Bass Gear Magazine
- Marshall may be up for sale again for the second time in 18 months – but this time for €800m - Guitar.com
- Best bass strings 2025: Electric and acoustic bass strings encompassing every tone and budget - MusicRadar
- “New features and enhancements that let you dial in exceptional tones in seconds”: Boss adds new amps, effects, and enhanced features to its affordable GX-100 floor modeler with brand new firmware update - Guitar Player
- Esko, Grand Rapids, Northwestern bass anglers head to state - Duluth News Tribune
- The Orange AD200B bass amp comes back redesigned, revamped and reimagined - Yahoo
- “Raises professional bass amplification to the next level”: Boss has unveiled its first-ever Katana bass head – and it might have just changed the game for bass players - Guitar World
- “Next-generation sound experience backed by decades of R&D”: Boss has big news for bassists, unveiling feature-packed ME-90B multi-fx, plus high-powered Katana-500 head and matching 1x12 cab - MusicRadar
- BOSS Drops New Katana-500 Bass Head - Gear Gods
Guitar Effects News
- "The 2.0 firmware update has expanded its multi-effects versatility significantly": Neural DSP Nano Cortex review - MusicRadar
- Ifundom Pedal Bag For Electric Guitar Effect Pedalboard Storage Case Compact Pedalboard Zipper Pouch Comfortable Handle And High-toughness - roarmag.org
- 29 Prime Day guitar gear deals still live right now – including 15 patch cables for just $45 - Guitar World
- 21 of this year’s best Prime Day deals for guitar players are still live – including a sweet EHX octave fuzz for under $40 - Guitar Player
- “There’s something here for all drive lovers. Bit of a game-changer, this one”: Crazy Tube Circuits Venus review - Guitar World
- Fractal Audio VP4 Virtual Pedalboard review: “you could sell your pedal collection and replace it with this” - Guitar.com
- Walrus Audio Mako Series MkII D1 review – the do-it-all high-fidelity delay pedal gets glitchy - Guitar.com
- The 25 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time - That Eric Alper
- Walrus Audio Mako Series MkII D1 Delay Pedal - Guitar.com
- These Boss favorites are still on sale for Prime Day, including the beloved Boss DS-1W – but hurry, the deals end tonight! - Guitar World
- Amazon still has dirt-cheap guitar pedals starting from only $20.79, but the Prime Day deals end today – give your 'board a budget boost while you can - Guitar World
- When they're gone, they're gone. These dirt-cheap Prime Day pedal deals end today – build a killer budget pedalboard with stomps starting from just $20.79! - Guitar Player
- The HX Stomp was my gateway to pro-level tone and right now you can get up to $200 off Line 6 gear in this Prime Day-beating sale at Sweetwater – but time is running out to save - Guitar Player
- You only have until the end of the day to save big on Boss gear at Amazon this Prime Day – plus 4 famous guitarists who would advise you to snap up the Boss DS-1 distortion pedal right away - Guitar Player
- This ambitious pedal uses AI to recreate the guitar tones from any song you feed it - MSN
- “Designed for guitarists who need an all-in-one amp for practicing at home, in the studio, or on the go”: Mooer’s F15i Intelligent Amp is a desktop doozie equipped with 55 amp models, 69 effects – and it’s got a touchscreen - MusicRadar
- Juan Alderete Is Bringing Over 700 Bass Guitars, Pedals, and Amps to Reverb - Reverb
- “Sound like your favorite song with a single click”: This ambitious pedal uses AI to recreate the guitar tones from any song you feed it - Guitar World
- “Rule number one: When you’re not using a pedal, your guitar must sound like your original guitar sound”: Steve Stevens on the pedalboard the guru Dave Friedman made him, his favorite Klon klone and why he can't use chorus anymore - Guitar World
- I bought the HX Stomp years ago and it's still one of my smartest gear purchases - get up to $200 off Line 6 in the Sweetwater sale - Guitar World
Guitar and Bass News
- New Danelectro in Metal Flake and Glitter Finishes! - Premier Guitar
- Introducing the Les Paul Music City Special - Premier Guitar
- 29 Prime Day guitar gear deals still live right now – including 15 patch cables for just $45 - Guitar World
- Flea and the Silverlake Conservatory Of Music Release Tribute to Neil Young - Bass Magazine
- The 5 Best Value Bass Guitars: Low End, Low Price, High Quality! - Gearnews.com
- “Cliff played guitar as well as bass – I picked up a few things from him that ended up on Master of Puppets”: Before Robert Trujillo and Jason Newsted, Cliff Burton set the musical bar for Metallica and established an indelible legacy - Guitar World
- “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
- This Is the Bass Rig Geezer Butler Used at Black Sabbath's Final Concert - Ultimate Guitar
- You only have until the end of the day to save big on Boss gear at Amazon this Prime Day – plus 4 famous guitarists who would advise you to snap up the Boss DS-1 distortion pedal right away - Guitar Player
- “I said to my tour manager, ‘I need 350 bucks,’ which he wasn’t happy about. That bass changed my career”: In 1981, Pino Palladino bought a fretless StingRay that altered the course of his musical life – now it’s been recreated as a signature model - Guitar World
- DUNABLE Launches Their Own Bass VI In The Form Of The Asteroid VI - Gear Gods
- Wolfgang Van Halen’s MAMMOTH Announces Third Album The End - Premier Guitar
- Fender Laura Lee Jazz Bass Review - Premier Guitar
- Juan Alderete Is Bringing Over 700 Bass Guitars, Pedals, and Amps to Reverb - Reverb
- Blackstar Amplification Launches ID:X Series – A Cut Above - Premier Guitar
- Bass guitarist, keyboardist on army recruitment drive list - Stuff
- The '70s rock guitarist The Kinks' Dave Davies calls the “great and underrated guitar player of the time” - Guitar.com
- | Westmeath Examiner - Westmeath Examiner
- Peavey Debuts New Cirrus Bass Models - Premier Guitar
- Steve Di Giorgio Reveals How David Ellefson Reacted to Replacing His Bass Tracks on Megadeth Album, Shares Honest Opinion on Ellefson - Ultimate Guitar
New Music releases
- Bad Bunny Releases New Song “ALAMBRE PúA” After Live Debut at Puerto Rico Residency: Stream - Consequence of Sound
- Looking Ahead: A Release Calendar of Upcoming Albums in 2025 - Billboard
- Bad Bunny Surprise-Releases New Single, ‘Alambre Púa’ - Variety
- Fresh Finds Fridays: SOME OF THE HOTTEST NEW R&B MUSIC RELEASES - ThisisRnB.com
- Ryman Inks With Mom+Pop Music, Releases Debut Single - MusicRow.com
- New music on our radar this week: Jim Legxacy, Katy B, Skepta - Mixmag
- A.L. Mathis Music Releases Uplifting New Single "So Weird" — A Celebration of Uniqueness Rooted in Psalm 139:14 - PR.com
- Marfa signs with Ascend Music, releases ‘Little Miss Two Time’ - themusicuniverse.com
- Post Malone's New Country Album - ‘F-1Trillion’: Lyrics, Release Date and Tracklist - Holler Country Music
- New Releases - officialcharts.com
- New Music Releases and Upcoming Albums in 2025 - Pitchfork
- New Music Friday: Listen To Releases By Cardi B, Bruno Mars, Megan Moroney & More - GRAMMY.com
- New Music Friday: Benson Boone, YUNGBLUD, JADE, HAIM and more - officialcharts.com
- New Music Friday: 10 new releases for your weekend (20 June 2025) - Q107 Toronto
- YouTube Music releases lyrics sharing feature on Android, iOS: How it works - Business Standard
- '80s Pop Princess, 66, Releases New Music and Fans Are Going Wild: 'Sounds Incredible' - parade.com
- New Music Friday: Listen To Releases By Twenty One Pilots, j-hope & GloRilla, ATEEZ And More - GRAMMY.com
- New Music Friday: James Marriott, Queens of the Stone Age, Calum Hood and more - officialcharts.com
- New Music Friday: Listen To Releases By Sabrina Carpenter, Ed Sheeran, Teddy Swims & More - GRAMMY.com
- Out This Week / on 6 June 2025 - SuperDeluxeEdition
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