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- 'Masterful' 90s rock band guitarist dies after 'brief illness' as fans pay tribute - NationalWorld
- Ickes and Hensley perform to large crowd at First Thursdays and Bluegrass and Beyond - San Diego Union-Tribune
- JEFF PILSON Says TRACY G Was 'Very Underrated' As DIO's Guitarist: 'He Was A Brilliant Player' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- Greg Brown, founding guitarist of Cake and writer of ‘The Distance,' dies - Yahoo
- “Maybe I didn’t expand on it to the extent that I should have”: Chris Buck responds to the backlash against his “Strat baggage” comments - Guitar World
- “I heard that Dylan came to hear us in London. I went, ‘Oh, no. Not now – you’re seeing me at my absolute worst’”: The overlooked blues-boogie icon who hung out with Bonnie Raitt, played with the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan and appeared at Live Aid - Louder
- "Immense" Cake guitarist Greg Brown dies - Newsweek
- Greg Brown, Lead Guitarist of 90's Rock Band 'CAKE', Dies Of Illness, What We Know About His Demise - BollywoodShaadis
- Greg Brown, Founding Guitarist of Cake, Has Died - Consequence of Sound
- Popular ’90s rock band’s founding member dead after brief illness - PennLive
- Evil Twin’s Debut Album ‘Upside Down We’re Flying’ Courts Classic Indie Rock - Wildfire Music + News
- Local artist profile: Aaron Pearce - Times News Group
- “I kicked him in the wrist as hard as I could. I know I broke it, because I used to wear these great big platform shoes onstage.” Lita Ford on the Runaways, rock and roll — and what happens to hecklers who get in her face - Guitar Player
- Remembering Gary Moore: 15 Years Later - Blues Rock Review
- “B.B. asked to try a few licks on my guitar. He smiled and asked, ‘Why you working so hard?’” How B.B. King changed Billy Gibbons’ approach to guitar strings - Guitar World
- Microwave Dave, Huntsville music legend, has died: ‘My heart is broken’ - al.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” - Guitar Player
- Marshall Tucker Band drummer details The Toy Factory project's all-star input to salute guitarist Toy Caldwell - Goldmine Magazine
- Fred Smith, Bassist for Television, Dies at 77 - Variety
- Stu “Bassie” Brooks has joined Nine Inch Nails on bass - Guitar World
- Jorma Kaukonen: Time Marches On - Relix
- “The critics hate my records. They’ll review cats like Santana and Eric Clapton and give them more credit and recognition.” George Benson on fame, freedom — and why jazz only forgives you when you’re broke - Guitar Player
- “There’s nothing they did for me that other amps hadn’t done before”: Eric Gales says he doesn’t understand all the fuss about Dumble amps - Guitar World
- “I was too young to get in. Then T-Bone Walker walked by and said, ‘Let me talk to ’em, son’”: When a 13-year-old Jimmie Vaughan was stopped from watching B.B. King play, another blues great came to his aid - Guitar World
- “Are you effing kidding me? He's one of the only guitarists that you can identify with one note.” As he releases ‘B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100,’ Joe Bonamassa relects on the most overlooked aspect of the King’s guitar genius - Guitar Player
- “Words fail me in describing his impact. He was on the session when history was made. He came up with the parts we all studied. He produced the records we all worshipped”: Why Steve Cropper was one of guitar’s most humble heroes - Guitar World
- “The jazz people were laughing when they saw me at the audition with my Telecaster”: Steve Morse says the music school jazz snobs were not impressed by his choice of guitar - Guitar World
- “We store our amps and gear in our mom’s basement – that’s where we go to practice and write”: Joyer combine sweet pop hooks with tension, weirdness and gritty guitar solos – and their mom can't get enough of it - Guitar World
- “I went, ‘Oh no! If my dad sees this, he's gonna kill me!’” Geezer Butler on the Black Sabbath album cover that made him to leave home in fear for his life - Guitar Player
- “Dylan loved it. It didn’t get better than that.” Alice Cooper on his teen-rebellion anthem that won Bob Dylan’s stamp of approval - Guitar Player
- “He said, ‘I know Eddie Van Halen. I have enough money that if I wanted to have him play on this, I could. I want you to play on it’”: Pete Evick has played with Bret Michaels for 21 years. Here’s what he learned - Guitar World
- “I kept it as quiet as I could”: Eric Gales tried to keep his guitar playing a secret – but Carlos Santana spoiled the surprise - Guitar World
- “I was nervous playing in front of my mom and dad. I would avoid playing live at all costs”: How Sophie Lloyd got over her performance anxiety – thanks to an arena show with mgk - Guitar World
- “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 - Guitar Player
- 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
- “Our first two albums were dismal failures. So we doubled our efforts.” Scott Gorham on the power of harmony guitars and Thin Lizzy’s ‘Jailbreak’ success - Guitar Player
- Biffy Clyro touring guitarist says he “can't think of anything more boring” than playing acoustic guitar - Guitar.com
- Carlos Santana thinks guitarists who play fast are no better than gym bros flexing their muscles: “Big deal, so what?” - Guitar.com
- Bob Weir, Guitarist and Founding Member of The Grateful Dead, Dies at 78 - The New York Times
- “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
- Bob Weir, guitarist and founding member of the Grateful Dead, has died at 78 - NPR
- Beverly Guitar Watkins Obituary (2019) - Harrisburg, PA - PennLive.com
- WOLFGANG VAN HALEN: 'I Think My Dad Is An Incredibly Underrated Rhythm Guitar Player And Songwriter' - 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 - Guitar Player
- The Cure: Guitarist and keyboard player Perry Bamonte dies aged 65 - BBC
- “The fact that I played rhythm guitar on Cold Gin on stage alongside Ace will always seem surreal”: My time with the Spaceman – why Ace Frehley was one hero you had to meet - Guitar World
- “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
- “There’s a couple guys in the band that were really glad for me to be gone”: Steve Morse opens up on his departure from Deep Purple – and why it was time for him to go - Guitar World
- “I was recording with Jerry Garcia, but I still had to ride my bike to school and keep my grades up, or else my parents would throw my guitar in the trash”: Starship trooper Craig Chaquico on “corporate rock”, and life as a teenage guitar whiz - Guitar World
- “It’s insane. He died aged 25, only guitar players remember him, and yet he was the sound of the Pretenders”: Chrissie Hynde pays tribute to the underrated guitar hero who defined the Pretenders - Guitar World
- "I thought to myself, ‘This guy’s not gonna be here very long’”: When Dave Mustaine first saw James Hetfield play guitar, it was bad news for Metallica's fifth member Brad Parker - Guitar.com
- Steve Cropper, Guitarist, Songwriter and Shaper of Memphis Soul Music, Dies at 84 - The New York Times
- “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 - Guitar Player
- Steve Cropper, masterful guitarist and member of Stax Records' Booker T and the M.G.'s, has died at age 84 - PBS
- Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records' Booker T and the M.G.'s, dies - NPR
- MICHAEL SWEET: 'If People Only Knew How Hard I Work' On Guitar Parts For STRYPER Albums - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- Good Charlotte's Benji Madden: “If you're a guitar player, your skills go completely to waste if you're not working with a f**king great songwriter” - Guitar.com
- “I’ve had many people hand me their guitars, and I’m like, ‘No, thank you’”: Rick Beato was offered the chance to play guitars from Peter Frampton, Larry Carlton and more – here’s why he turned them down - Guitar World
- Ex-DOGMA Guitarist Further Accuses Band Management Of Misogyny & Callousness - Metal Injection
- “He’s gonna be on the new record, for sure. He’s writing like crazy”: Mastodon have seemingly confirmed their new guitar player – revealing Nick Johnston is writing and recording for their next albums - Guitar World
- TOM MORELLO: 'Without ACE FREHLEY, I Don't Know Whether I Would've Ever Wanted To Play Guitar' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- EXTREME's NUNO BETTENCOURT: How ACE FREHLEY Influenced Me As A Guitar Player - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- Ace Frehley, Kiss lead guitarist and band’s co-founder, dies aged 74 - The Guardian
- “The last thing he told me during that last interview was, ‘I’m probably gonna go until the wheels come off!’” I spoke to Ace Frehley a dozen times in the last two years of his life – oft-misunderstood, he was the true embodiment of rock ’n’ roll spirit - Guitar World
- KISS founding guitarist Ace Frehley dies aged 74 - BBC
- Kiss Guitarist Ace Frehley Dead at 74 - Rolling Stone
- “I didn’t realize how short he was!” The late Ace Frehley always spoke his mind. And when it came to his Kiss replacements Bruce Kulick, Vinnie Vincent and Tommy Thayer, the Space Ace had plenty to say - Guitar Player
- “He was my favorite guitarist I played with, besides Slash, and was the one I felt most unified with”: Richard Fortus on how he’s held down the Guns N’ Roses gig – and his other favorite GNR guitarist - Guitar World
- “He’s one of the greatest there is, not just in blues but anything. He’s an alien.” Samantha Fish names the five guitar players she says will keep the blues alive - Guitar Player
- “He just blows everybody away”: Samantha Fish on who she thinks are the best modern blues guitar players right now - Guitar World
- “I hadn’t seen him in a while, and I wish I had.” Jimmy Page remembers original Yardbirds guitarist Chris Dreja, who has died at age 79 - Guitar Player
- “I had this ridiculous fantasy of being like Slash with the top hat, no shirt, on stage shredding a Les Paul, but that wasn’t supposed to be me”: Mark Ronson says that he had to come to terms with the fact that he would never be a great guitar player - MusicRadar
- “I had no idea how good of a guitar player he was when we started recording. Most of the guitar on the records is him”: Foo Fighters super-producer Nick Raskulinecz on the most surprising thing about Dave Grohl's guitar playing - Guitar World
- Get more Guitar Player stories in your day with these two easy steps - Guitar Player
- Legendary Steel Guitar Player Robby Turner Dead at 63 - Taste of Country
- Brent Hinds: Former Mastodon guitarist dies in motorcycle crash - BBC
- John Fogerty says this thing is more important to musical success than being a good guitar player: "Even if your playing is kind of average, you can go far” - Guitar.com
- “If I were anywhere else in America, I might not be here”: Three Days Grace guitarist opens up after he suffered a heart attack mid-show – and kept going - Guitar World
- The time Robert Fripp claimed Jimi Hendrix “wasn’t a guitarist” and that Eric Clapton was “mostly quite banal” - Guitar.com
- “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 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
- Tower of Power Bass-Guitar Player Shares His Story - independentnews.com
- "He was rock and roll to the roots." Dave Davies names the guitarist who defined rock in the 1970s, and picks the song that proves it - Guitar Player
- The '70s rock guitarist The Kinks' Dave Davies calls the “great and underrated guitar player of the time” - Guitar.com
- Video 10-year-old guitar-playing prodigy rocks on - ABC News
- Pete Townshend: How Roger Daltrey pushed me into the spotlight - Guitar Player
- “There's a great picture of Eddie, Pat Thrall, and myself backstage. Oh man, we look awesome. Three guitar players, just 24 years old”: Pat Travers recalls the best show he ever played – with Aerosmith, AC/DC, and Van Halen all on the same bill - Guitar World
- “I’d met Leslie West, and like a lot of guitar players, you couldn’t meet Leslie West and come out unscathed”: Martin Barre explains how the Mountain man influenced his most iconic solo on Jethro Tull’s Aqualung - Guitar World
- Rick Derringer, Guitar Journeyman Behind ‘Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo,’ Dead at 77 - Rolling Stone
- “It all came to a screeching halt and forever destroyed the band’s life”: Dave Navarro says there’s “no chance” that Jane’s Addiction will ever play again - Guitar World
- MARTY FRIEDMAN Has Nothing Against 'Flashy' Guitar Playing: 'I Just Wanna Be Excited By What I Hear' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “I’m like, ‘What the f***? My guitar, it’s completely out of tune!’ ” Samantha Fish names the one thing that can ruin every gig - Guitar Player
- Winner of Guitar Player Magazine International Competition to perform locally - timesobserver.com
- RUSH's ALEX LIFESON: 'I'm Just A Guy Who Loves Playing Guitar' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- LAMB OF GOD's MARK MORTON: 'I Have Never Completely Defined Myself As Just A Heavy Metal Guitar Player' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “It’s a special kind of moment when you hit that first note of a solo and you literally get nothing.” He’s played with David Bowie and the Cure, but Reeves Gabrels says things don’t always go right, even for the pros - Guitar Player
- “If you’re youngish, cute-ish and can play that axe, you’re for me”: Chaka Khan is holding open auditions to find a new guitar player – but she’s got some very specific requirements - Guitar World
- “Being a guitar player is a way of life. Everything comes down to commitment": Tommy Emmanuel explains the difference between being a guitarist and a guitar player - Guitar World
- “I’m as serious as a heart attack”: Mastodon are looking for their next guitar player – and they have a very specific list of requirements - Louder
- “There’ve been so many times we thought, 'Oh God, that's it. How can we go on?’” Steve Howe reflects on the future of Yes — and reveals that he once refused to let his techs tune his guitars - Guitar Player
Guitar Amp News
- LeadOff Jr, Ripper, Nice Stomps: Free Plugins of the Week - Gearnews.com
- “There’s nothing they did for me that other amps hadn’t done before”: Eric Gales says he doesn’t understand all the fuss about Dumble amps - Guitar World
- John Bohlinger's Favorites from NAMM 2026! - Premier Guitar
- “At long last, a DAW puts the guitar at the very heart of its operations”: Fender Studio Pro 8 review - Guitar World
- Silver and Black: Last-Minute Fender Saves - Premier Guitar
- Best amp modelers 2026: get all your dream guitar tones in one - Guitar Player
- Best headphone amps for guitar 2026: silent practice solutions - Guitar World
- NAMM 2026 live! The biggest guitar news as it happened - Guitar World
- NAMM 2026: news, rumors, predictions - Guitar World
- NAMM 2026 live: the hottest news from the world's biggest music-making gear show - MusicRadar
- Friedman Phil X PX20, IR-Load, and VX30 I NAMM 2026 - Premier Guitar
- “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
- NAMM 2026: The Best New Product News & Announcements - Reverb
- Magnatone Introduces Four New Amps At NAMM - Premier Guitar
- “With this breakthrough, it’s easier than ever to practice, improve, and enjoy playing music”: JBL unveils the BandBox, an amp and speaker with AI vocal and instrument separation technology – and it could change the way guitarists practice - 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
- NAMM 2026: The latest guitar launches and news from the biggest music gear event on the planet, as it happened - Guitar.com
- 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
- “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
- “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
- 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
- Highlights of the Year: 2025 A Year of Guitar Gear! - 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
- The Lava Studio Amp is the world's best Practice Amp - stuffed with smart features and killer playability - Guitar Pedal X
- Peavey’s Legendary Super Festival Bass Amp is Back - Premier Guitar
- Beyond Emulation: Amp Sims, AI, and the Coming Saturation Point - Premier Guitar
- “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
- Fender Tone Master Pro update brings polyphonic synths - Guitar World
- “Gives you the keys to a studio full of classic tube amps, speaker cabs, stompboxes, and effects”: Universal Audio’s amp-emulating pedals have been a huge success – now they’ve arrived in plugin form via the all-inclusive Paradise Guitar Studio - Guitar World
- Black Friday guitar deals 2025: Don't miss out on the greatest savings for guitar players - Guitar World
- “The first truly great portable electric guitar amp” is on sale for Black Friday - 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
- 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
- News - IK Multimedia throws its hat in the ring for Plugin Headphone Amps, with its TONEX PLUG - Guitar Pedal X
- “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 - 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
- “The American tube amp that powered generations of rock, surf, and pop music”: Universal Audio reimagines a classic Fender amp used by Keith Richards, The Beach Boys and beyond as a plugin – and it’s currently free to download - Guitar World
- “Making history as the first-ever amp authenticated on the blockchain”: Synyster Gates has launched what’s called a Universal Pedal Platform – and it’s nothing like your usual amp head - Guitar World
- Video: Meet Charlie Barker, a Twin-Style Tube Amp For Working Musicians - Reverb
- REVV G3 and G4 High Gain Distortion Anniversary Updates added to the reference collection - Guitar Pedal X
- “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
- Man buys John Lennon's old Fender guitar amp on Facebook Marketplace… for barely $4,000 - Guitar.com
- Sophie Burrell x Boss Katana Tone Crafting Masterclass at the Roland Denmark Street Store - Guitar Pedal X
- “Whenever we weren’t playing, Neil would call up and say, ‘Are you guys playing a gig next weekend? Can we borrow the amplifier?’” When Randy Bachman and Neil Young used to share guitar amps - Guitar World
- “One of the rarest and most coveted vintage amplifiers ever”: Mesa/Boogie’s hallowed Mark IIC++ was used by Metallica to shape the sound of 1980s metal – and now it’s been given a production release for the first time ever - Guitar World
- Dad who bought guitar amp on Facebook floored by previous rock star owner - Manchester Evening News
- “It’s official. The age of touchscreen guitar amps is here”: This is all the new guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – and we might have a winner for the best new sub-$1k electric guitar of 2025 - Guitar World
- Mooer’s F15i is a $190 desktop modeling amp with touchscreen - Guitar World
- “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
- 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 - 4 of a Kind One Knob Noise Gates - Guitar Pedal X
- “World-class recording, editing, and production capabilities”: Fender Studio is a free recording app that comes loaded with official Fender amp and effects models - Guitar World
- Fender Studio app takes the best feature from our favourite guitar amps - Trusted Reviews
- Best tube amps: my top tube amps for the ultimate guitar tone - Guitar Player
- 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
- News - Wampler Pedals Capsule Collection - Guitar Pedal X
- Carr Skylark Special Review - Premier Guitar
- “If you’re a young guitar player, that’s money well spent”: The amp pedal John Mayer thinks everyone should own - Guitar.com
- “This is going to merge into a very hot topic among guitar players”: Why John Mayer decided against ditching his tube amps for modelers for Dead & Company’s Sphere residency – despite the venue’s shortcomings - Guitar World
- “The real cost of Trump’s tariff tax”: Morgan Amps says new tariffs will add up to $1,000 to the price of its amp heads - Guitar World
- “‘Cheap guitar’ doesn't mean bad guitar”: Why Yvette Young would rather have an expensive amp than an expensive guitar - Guitar.com
- “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
- "None of these other big bands are using these new fangled things” James Hetfield's guitar tech explains how he got the Metallica riff king to switch to modelling amps - Guitar.com
- News - The Boss Katana : GO - Personal Guitar Amplifier / Headphone Amp is Back! - Guitar Pedal X
- The Boss Katana : GO - Personal Guitar Amplifier / Headphone Amp is Back! - Guitar Pedal X
- Positive Grid Launches the Spark NEO - Premier Guitar
- News - 9 Cool Headphone Amps - Guitar Pedal X
- NAMM 2025 live! The biggest guitar news as it happened - Guitar World
- 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
- NAMM 2025: The Best New Product News & Announcements - Reverb
- Marshall Announces New Products at NAMM 2025 - Premier Guitar
- “A new take on a classic”: Marshall teases the release of a modded JCM, as a new era for the legendary amp brand beckons - Guitar World
- ‘High off the sound’: Fergus Falls engineer is a guitar amp hero - MPR News
- “This is why we want to show up at NAMM”: Marshall is returning to NAMM for the first time in 5 years – and has teased some blockbuster launches - Guitar World
- Slash thinks recording a live guitar amp is a “dying art”: “A lot of producers don't even know how to do it properly” - Guitar.com
- “Like taking Madison Square Garden wherever you go – epic and versatile”: With 25 per cent more volume, double the processing power, AI and looper, Positive Grid’s Spark 2 ups the ante for practice-friendly digital guitar amps - MusicRadar
- 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
- Reverb announces the best-selling guitar amps of 2021 - Guitar World
- Hear: Our five favourite new guitar amps of NAMM 2020 - MusicRadar
- News - What Two Years of Tone-Questing Looks Like - Acquisitions, Passes and Still Probables - Guitar Pedal X
- GPX Blog - 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
- Television Bassist Fred Smith Dies Aged 77 - Noise11.com
- Fred Smith, Bassist for Television, Dead at 77 - Rolling Stone Australia
- JEFF PILSON Says TRACY G Was 'Very Underrated' As DIO's Guitarist: 'He Was A Brilliant Player' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- Music award adds another string to bassist's bow - The Illawarra Flame
- Fred Smith, Blondie Co-Founder And Bassist For Punk Band Television Passes Away At 77 - Yardbarker
- Fred Smith, legendary bassist for Television, Blondie dies at 77 - Jang
- Legendary Rocker Dead at 77, “Leaving So Many Who Loved Him Wanting So Much More…of Him” - Wide Open Country
- Fred Smith: Television bass player dies at age 77 - MSN
- Blondie bassist Fred Smith dies aged 77 after long illness as heartbroken bandmate pays tribute to 'true friend' - dailymail.co.uk
- Fred Smith Dies: Television Bassist Was 77 - Remind Magazine
- “With the Crowes, you’d better step up to the plate and swing your bat – or prepare to get completely ripped apart”: Bassist Johnny Colt reveals the inside stories behind the Black Crowes’ controversial Amorica album - Guitar World
- The musician who changed the bass forever, according to Sting - Far Out Magazine
- Legendary rock bassist dead at 77: ‘He fought his illness long and hard’ - PennLive
- Tributes paid as Television and original Blondie bassist Fred Smith dies, age 77: "He was a natural – never flashy, always essential" - nme.com
- Fred Smith, Bassist for Television, Dead at 77 - Rolling Stone
- '70s Rock Band Announces Death of Legendary New York Bassist - Yahoo
- Legendary Rock Bassist Dead at 77 - Men's Journal
- Fred Smith, Bassist for Television, Dies at 77 - Variety
- Stu “Bassie” Brooks has joined Nine Inch Nails on bass - Guitar World
- Discover the identity of Nine Inch Nails’ new bass player - Chaoszine
Bass Amp News
- Blackstar and Marco Mendoza team up for signature bass practice amp - Mixdown Magazine
- 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 Product News & Announcements - Reverb
- Best multi-effects pedals: Our pick of the best all-in-one guitar FX modellers - MusicRadar
- 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
- 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 to sell signed amps used at rehearsals for Black Sabbath’s final show - Guitar.com
- GEEZER BUTLER Is Selling The Bass Amp Heads He Used At BLACK SABBATH's Final Show - Metal Injection
- “This is your chance to own the sound that defined heavy metal. Don’t wait, once they’re gone, they’re gone”: Ashdown and Reverb are selling Geezer Butler’s Head Of Doom bass amps, signed by the man himself - MusicRadar
- IK Multimedia ToneX Bass Pedals: Ampeg, Bassmann, And Much More! - Gearnews.com
- How the MESA/Boogie Bass-800D channels 50 years of bass amp innovation - Gibson
- “So much bass response for something so small and budget friendly”: Laney Amplification debuts the Digbeth Foundry range – affordable, powerful bass amps in combo and head formats - MusicRadar
- LANEY Launches Versatile DBF Series Bass Amps With Boutique Tone And Modern Features - Gear Gods
- MayFly Audio releases the Sunset Bass Amplifier Simulator - Premier Guitar
- Best bass amps: low-end tone machines - Guitar Player
- “It’s a game-changer for me”: Laney and Nathan East team up for a versatile signature bass head that ends a 40-year wait for the session legend - Guitar World
- “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
- Warm Audio Tube Squealer Review - Premier Guitar
- State of the Stomp: Find Your Pedal Knob’s “Sweep” Spot - Premier Guitar
- “Especially with what’s going on in this world, it just doesn’t seem worth it anymore”: The maker of the cult classic King of Tone pedal is thinking of hanging up his soldering iron - Guitar World
- “Always ready to ribbit”: The Frog Pedal is a surprisingly versatile octaver that makes your guitar sound like, erm, a frog - Guitar World
- Laney Introduces DB-EAST-PRE Nathan East Signature Bas Preamp Pedal - Premier Guitar
- “At long last, a DAW puts the guitar at the very heart of its operations”: Fender Studio Pro 8 review - Guitar World
- Dophix Magnifico Dual Boost Pedal Collaboration with Artur Menezes - Premier Guitar
- Pedal Roundup: New Stuff From JHS, SUHR, BOSS And More - Gear Gods
- “An incredibly powerful, immensely versatile pedal that crams gold-standard modeler experiences and sounds into the smallest form factor possible”: Neural DSP Quad Cortex mini review - Guitar World
- Horrothia delivers a killer zingy and vibrant textured Germanium Diodes Edition of its already exceptional Triage Deluxe High-Headroom Transistor Preamp - Guitar Pedal X
- Hungry Robot reissues the Moby Dick Multihead Stereo Tape style Delay, now in expanded V3 edition - Guitar Pedal X
- Walrus Audio Qi Etherealizer review with synths: a hands-on granular multi-FX pedal - synth anatomy
- Seymour Duncan Announces The 50th Anniversary Limited Edition JB / Jazz Humbucker Set - Premier Guitar
- This free, super-glitchy multi-effects plugin is designed for happy accidents - MusicRadar
- “Runs the gamut from boost through to fuzz-flavoured distortion”: Dinosaural Hypoid Drive review - Guitar World
- Best cheap guitar pedals 2026: killer budget stompboxes you need to try - Guitar World
- Strymon Olivera review – a notoriously lo-fi delay effect gets the hi-fi treatment - Guitar.com
- “40W of stereo sound with studio-grade tone – packed into a travel-ready design”: Mooer Audio’s flagship Intelligent Amp lets you find guitar tones using AI prompts - MusicRadar
- Bassic Review – BOSS GX-1B - Bass Gear Magazine
- Guitar Journal: Fallout- Belltone vs. Phillip McKnight - Gearnews.com
Guitar and Bass News
- RIP: Fred Smith of Television Dead at 77 - mxdwn Music
- Mike Dirnt And Epiphone Revive The Classic Grabber G-3 Bass Guitar - That Eric Alper
- “Rick said, ‘I think we need to put a bass on it’. One of the kids said, ‘My apartment ain’t too far, I got a bass there’”: How the Beastie Boys saved the day on Aerosmith and Run D.M.C.’s Walk This Way - Guitar World
- Spector Announces Doug Wimbish Euro 4 Aged White Signature Bass - Premier Guitar
- Blondie bassist dies at 77 after illness as heartbroken bandmate pays tribute - The Sun
- “With the Crowes, you’d better step up to the plate and swing your bat – or prepare to get completely ripped apart”: Bassist Johnny Colt reveals the inside stories behind the Black Crowes’ controversial Amorica album - Guitar World
- The musician who changed the bass forever, according to Sting - Far Out Magazine
- Fred Smith, Bassist for Television, Dies at 77 - Variety
- “I think it helps to bring it in a little quicker”: Jason Isbell elaborates on his unorthodox method of breaking guitars in by playing Outkast for hours straight - Guitar.com
- Stu “Bassie” Brooks has joined Nine Inch Nails on bass - Guitar World
- Signal Chain Audio Labs Launches Tie-Dyed Guitar Cables Honoring Bob Weir - Premier Guitar
- “Always ready to ribbit”: The Frog Pedal is a surprisingly versatile octaver that makes your guitar sound like, erm, a frog - Guitar World
- “I was the most vocal about being unhappy. That's when George grabbed Bootsy Collins and his band to replace us”: He was schooled by James Jamerson and freaked Larry Graham out – how William ‘Billy Bass’ Nelson founded the Funkadelic sound - Guitar World
- “Words fail me in describing his impact. He was on the session when history was made. He came up with the parts we all studied. He produced the records we all worshipped”: Why Steve Cropper was one of guitar’s most humble heroes - Guitar World
- Laney Introduces DB-EAST-PRE Nathan East Signature Bas Preamp Pedal - Premier Guitar
- NAMM 2026: The best new things in bass from the biggest music instrument event of the year - Guitar World
- Best guitar tuners 2026: From tuning pedals and clip-ons, to guitar tuning apps - MusicRadar
- Bass guitarists to step into the spotlight for new concert series - The Columbus Dispatch
- “Honors Cliff Burton’s groundbreaking tone and legacy”: Aria marks 40 years since Metallica bassist Cliff Burton's passing by reissuing his posthumous signature bass - Guitar World
- Cort Guitars Introduces the GB Short Scale Bass Series - Premier Guitar
New Music releases
- Fans Slam Taylor Swift As ‘Greedy’ After She Releases ‘Opalite’ Music Video On Paid Subscription Sites Only: ‘All Because She Wants The #1 Song’ - SHEfinds
- 50 Cent Hasn’t Released New Music For One Specific Reason, He Says - HOT 97
- Fresh Finds Fridays: SOME OF THE HOTTEST NEW R&B MUSIC RELEASES - ThisisRnB.com
- Taylor Swift releases new music video with Graham Norton guests - Stuff
- New Music Friday: 25 Hip-Hop, R&B Releases You Need On Your Playlist - VIBE.com
- Tito El Bambino, Dale Pututi, Nesty & More: Vote for the Best New Latin Music Release This Week - Billboard
- Which New Music Release Is Your Favorite This Week? Vote! - Billboard
- Taylor Swift releases new music video for "Opalite" - cbsnews.com
- Zayn, J Cole, Tame Impala, Jennie and EJAE lead new music releases this weekend - The Express Tribune
- Friday Music Guide: Latest Releases Songs From ZAYN to J. Cole, Tame Impala, JENNIE, Nick Jonas & More - The Sunday Guardian
- A$AP Rocky, ENHYPEN, & More: New Music Releases You Need To Hear Right Now - hype.my
- Looking Ahead: A Release Calendar of Upcoming Albums in 2026 - Billboard
- FLATWOUNDS to release new EP, share music for "Emulator" - Lambgoat
- New Music Friday: 12 releases to help you get through the worst of February (06 Feb 2026) - Q107 Toronto
- New album releases 2026: Dates for Harry Styles, Gorillaz, Leigh-Anne and more - Official Charts
- Bebe Rexha is teasing Her New Music Release of Her Recently Achieved Independent Era - Daily Music Roll
- The Best New Music Releases This Week - Stanisland Magazine
- Harry Styles Revealed the Full Track List of His New Album - ELLE
- Harry Styles to release new single 'Aperture' this week - Yahoo
- Harry Styles Announces First Single From New Album: Here’s When ‘Aperture’ Arrives - Billboard
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