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- #SHOWBIZ: Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell dies aged 64 - NST Online
- Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell dies at 64 - FBC News
- Motorhead guitarist Phil Campbell dies aged 64 following ‘major operation’ - 7NEWS
- Mötorhead guitarist Phil Campbell seen beaming with pals in final photo before his death - AOL.com
- Motörhead Guitarist Phil Campbell Has Passed Aged 64 - bluntmag.com.au
- Motorhead Guitarist Phil Campbell Passes Away at 64 - The Brag
- TOM MORELLO On Co-Directing Official JUDAS PRIEST Documentary: 'I Love' The Band 'And I Wanted To Help Tell Their Story' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- Legendary Metal Guitarist Has Died - Men's Journal
- Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell, 64, dies after 'courageous battle' - USA Today
- Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell dead at 64 - Fox News
- Motörhead Guitarist Phil Campbell Passes Away at 64 - MetalSucks
- Phil Campbell, Longtime Motörhead Guitarist, Dies at 64 - billboard.com
- Motorhead guitarist Phil Campbell dead at 64: “His legacy, music and the memories he created with so many will live on forever” - Louder
- Ex-Motörhead Guitarist Phil Campbell Has Passed Away - Theprp.com
- Motorhead guitarist Phil Campbell dies age 64, read family's heartbreaking statement - HELLO! Magazine
- Who was Phil Campbell? Motorhead guitarist dies at 64; what was his net worth? | Hindustan Times - Hindustan Times
- Motörhead Guitarist Phil Campbell Has Died - clashmusic.com
- Phil Campbell, Legendary Motörhead Guitarist, Dies at 64 After Major Surgery - AOL.com
- Phil Campbell, longtime lead guitarist of Motorhead, dies at age 64 - KUSA.com
- Tributes paid after death of Motörhead legend Phil Campbell, age 64: "His legacy, music and the memories he created with so many will live on forever" - NME
- Motorhead guitarist Phil Campbell dies aged 64 after 'complex operation' in hospital - GB News
- Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell has passed away at 64 - Metal Insider
- Motörhead Guitarist Phil Campbell Passes Away at 64 After “Long and Courageous Battle in Intensive Care” - American Songwriter
- “They said we were just girls ripping off riffs.” The band that proved women could rock as hard as AC/DC - Guitar Player
- Phil Campbell Dies At 64: All About Motorhead Guitarist's Cause Of Death, Wife, Kids, And Net Worth - BollywoodShaadis
- Phil Campbell, Motörhead Guitarist, Dies at 64: Cause of Death and Musical Legacy - International Business Times Australia
- Phil Campbell Dies: Motörhead Guitarist Was 64 - Yahoo News Canada
- R.I.P. Motörhead + Phil Campbell and The Bastard Sons guitarist Phil Campbell (1961-2026) - Sleaze Roxx
- Phil Campbell, Motörhead guitarist, dies at 64 - Yahoo News Malaysia
- “A lot of people said it was Ozzy’s worst record ever. By the late ’90s, I thought, ‘I guess it was. I just really sucked on it’”: Jake E. Lee on his battle to make Ozzy Osbourne’s The Ultimate Sin – and how he learned to love it in spite of the critics - Guitar World
- Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell dies - The Music Universe
- Judas Priest News: Richie Faulkner's Elegant Weapons Unveils Sophomore Album Evolution - AD HOC NEWS
- Phil Campbell, Guitarist for Motorhead, Dead at 64 - DRGNews
- MOTÖRHEAD Guitarist PHIL CAMPBELL Dead At 64 - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- Phil Campbell, Guitarist for Motorhead, Dead at 64 - Ultimate Classic Rock
- Motörhead Guitarist and Rock Legend Phil Campbell Dies Ages 64 Following Battle in Intensive Care. - MNPR Magazine
- “My comfort zone is big volume and lots of blues”: Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell has died aged 64 - Guitar World
- Phil Campbell, Longtime Motörhead Guitarist, Dies Aged 64 - Noise11.com
- Former Motorhead Guitarist Phil Campbell Passes Away At The Age Of 64 - Metal Underground.com
- “We thought, ‘He’s a massively successful artist – what could possibly go wrong?’ We really didn’t like the results, so we didn’t give permission for it to be released”: The folk-rock album recorded with an ’80s mega-star that never saw the light of day - Guitar World
- Tenacious D singer/guitar player kicking off tour in Toledo - wtol.com
- '60s Music Legend Ranked 'Greatest Rock Lead Singer' of All Time - AOL.com
- “Prince was like Michael Jordan.” Micki Free says Prince really did school Eddie Murphy on the basketball court - Guitar Player
- EXODUS's GARY HOLT: 'I'm Not Rich, But I Make A Living Playing Guitar, And That's A Gift In Itself' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- From Watertown To The Stage, Paul Stretch’s Musical Journey Unfolds - WJON
- “She told me, ‘That Les Paul’s too heavy for you, honey. You’re not gonna be able to do that.’ So she took me to Norm’s Rare Guitars”: When Bonnie Raitt took Melissa Etheridge guitar shopping – and convinced her to swap her Les Paul for a Strat - Guitar World
- “Instead of firing me and getting somebody who could really play, he would throw me solos every night”: How John Mayer helped Doug Pettibone sharpen his pedal steel skills - Guitar World
- “I’m not a cork sniffer.” Guthrie Trapp pushes back on vintage guitar hype - Guitar Player
- “Joe Walsh and I go on guitar safaris. He’ll say, ‘You only bought one!’ I say, ‘But it cost more than the 10 of yours!’” If the Eagles quit this year, Vince Gill will leave with gratitude and great memories - Guitar World
- “Some might be a surprise. I was surprised, actually.” Lucinda Williams reveals the rock legends who turned out to be fans of her music - Guitar Player
- Kidd Funkadelic Breaks Out on His Own - Premier Guitar
- “I have never been impaled through my whole hand.” Machine Gun Kelly injures hand on a giant thorn while filming video in Dublin - Guitar Player
- EVIL MISTRESS: A Lifelong Affair with Music, Part Eleven - Pagosa Daily Post
- Legendary singer and guitar player dead at 82: ‘There was no one like him’ - lehighvalleylive
- Benefit for radio station KSVY promises to be hot guitar night - Sonoma Index-Tribune
- ’70s Rock Legend Ranked ‘Greatest Guitarist of All Time’ - Parade
- “This is a whole different thing.” He was a punchline on MTV in the ’90s. Now symphony orchestras play his music - Guitar Player
- “I don't know if I want to play this.” Rush’s new drummer had a ‘Yikes!’ moment over one classic song - Guitar Player
- “I kept saying, ‘I’m not the guy. Call Nuno’”: Joe Satriani put Nuno Bettencourt’s name forward for failed EVH tribute tour with Alex Van Halen and David Lee Roth - Guitar World
- Who's the best guitar player you've ever seen live? - Guitar World
- “It’s a really good guitar, especially for the price”: Jake E. Lee has added Yungblud’s signature guitar to his collection - Guitar World
- “I was the only guy playing that guitar. It was their version of a semi-hollow”: How Robben Ford helped Fender design their short-lived answer to the ES-335 - Guitar World
- “I work all day.” Steve Morse spends his days fixing tractors and flying planes — and says it makes him more creative - Guitar Player
- “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
- “It was just unbelievable. I’ve literally never heard anything like it my whole life”: Jacob Collier on what happened when he gave his 5-string acoustic to Julian Lage and Chris Martin - Guitar World
- Pink Floyd guitar sold for record-breaking $14.6m - AOL.com
- “I'll do that in solos. I’m a cheater.” Samantha Fish on the guitar trick behind her most distinctive sound - Guitar Player
- “I know what he means.” Sammy Hagar compares Alex Van Halen to Roger Waters in new swipe at former bandmate - Guitar Player
- Win tickets to see the SatchVai Band and Animals As Leaders perform in Northern California at Guitar Player Presents - Guitar Player
- Johnny Marr reveals “mind-blowing” experience of playing with Paul McCartney – and the unique thing that sets him apart from other bass players - Guitar.com
- Bob Weir, guitarist and founding member of the Grateful Dead, has died at 78 - NPR
- SYSTEM OF A DOWN's DARON MALAKIAN: How I Ended Up Playing Guitar For METALLICA For A Couple Of Shows In 2000 - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- WOLFGANG VAN HALEN: 'I Think My Dad Is An Incredibly Underrated Rhythm Guitar Player And Songwriter' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- The Cure guitarist Perry Bamonte dies aged 65 - BBC
- “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, acclaimed guitarist for Booker T. and the M.G.'s, dies at 84 - CBS News
- 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
- AC/DC, Oasis, Bad Company and many more! Test your guitar news knowledge with Guitar Player's "Week in Music" Quiz for November 14, 2025 - Guitar Player
- “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
- “He said, ‘I can’t tell a thing of what you’re playing. Why don’t you just come in and play it yourself?’” Doyle Bramhall II on Eric Clapton's incredible offer that brought him the gig of a lifetime - Guitar Player
- EXTREME's NUNO BETTENCOURT: How ACE FREHLEY Influenced Me As A Guitar Player - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- KISS founding guitarist Ace Frehley dies aged 74 - BBC
- “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
- “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
- Maggie Baugh: What to know about Keith Urban's guitar player - Fox News
- “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
- “I had to learn to play electric guitar when I formed the Beach Boys with the guys. I had to go electric. It was like Dylan”: These two Beach Boys classics might have been misunderstood, but with Al Jardine’s guitar work, they stand the test of time - Guitar World
- Get more Guitar Player stories in your day with these two easy steps - Guitar Player
- Meet Enoch: A 10-year-old self-taught guitar player from Abilene - KTXS
- “I can tell you how to become a virtuoso very easily”: Steve Vai on how anybody can become an elite guitar player - Guitar World
- “We were mixing ‘Frampton Comes Alive!’ and they just kept on coming in and borrowing all sorts of different stuff!” Peter Frampton says Ace Frehley and Paul Stanley used his guitars on Kiss’s smash 1975 live album - Guitar Player
- 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
- "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
- “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
- “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
Guitar Amp News
- Who Needs Tube Amps in 2026? I Say: No One. - Gearnews.com
- Victory Amplification’s new PowerValve 200 brings “authentic valve response and tone to modern rigs” - Guitar.com
- “Bridging the gap between digital rigs and real valve amps”: Victory says its new PowerValve 200 is a better companion for your amp modeler than any FRFR cab could ever be - Guitar World
- “All I need is insurmountable odds. Give me your worst guitar, an amp made in a garage and a pedal that’s not meant to be there. We’ve got something”: Josh Homme is finally ready to talk tone - Guitar World
- Amazon is the home of dirt-cheap pedals from brands you've never heard of, but their Spring Deal Days sale just brought stomps from Vox, Ibanez, Boss, MXR, and more into budget territory - Guitar World
- Introducing the ‘59 Model Limited Edition 50th Anniversary Custom Shop Set - Premier Guitar
- Frustrated about the sterile feel of your digital guitar rig? Friends and family commenting on how stiff your playing has been since you went all in with modellers? Victory’s PowerValve 200 has the mojo to restore that tube amp “thump” and feel - MusicRadar
- I spent the weekend testing the best guitar gear of the year at The Guitar Show in Birmingham – these are the 9 hottest products you can buy right now - Guitar World
- This Tiny LEGO Fender Guitar Amp Conversion Really Works - Hackster.io
- Best amp modelers 2026: get all your dream guitar tones in one - Guitar Player
- 2026 January Pedal-Chain Update - Episode I - A Flying Start! - Guitar Pedal X
- Best headphone amps for guitar 2026: silent practice solutions - 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
- ID:X Floor – Blackstar’s first “high-performance” digital floor modellers deliver the tone and feel of real amps with hands-on controls - Guitar.com
- “Experience the dynamic sensation of an amp moving air”: Blackstar takes on the Fender Tone Master Pro, unveiling a high-powered floor modeler series with “insane versatility” - Guitar World
- NAMM 2026: The Best New Product News & Announcements - Reverb
- “The straight-up, high-voltage voice of a masterfully designed single-channel amp”: Orange rolls out the OR60 – an all-tube guitar amp head that is the “most versatile it has ever built” - Guitar World
- Flattley unveils its Joker Valve Tone FET Tube Emulator at NAMM - a beautifully dynamic and vibrant amp-like gain stage / saturator / overdrive and distortion with myriad uses - Guitar Pedal X
- “Reimagines the hybrid amp experience for a new generation”: Vox marries old-school amps and modelers by introducing its most advanced iterations of the Valvetronix series yet - Guitar World
- REVV Amps makes Joey Landreth Signature DirtDog Overdrive based on his custom modded D25 JL REVV Signature Tube Amp - Guitar Pedal X
- Best multi-effects pedals: Our pick of the best all-in-one guitar FX modellers - MusicRadar
- “It might just be the coolest offset guitar ever. And it’s finally back”: All the guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including some huge early NAMM releases - Guitar World
- Blind guitarist brought to tears by specially-made Braille amp - Guitar World
- “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
- Fender Tone Master Pro update brings polyphonic synths - Guitar World
- “The first truly great portable electric guitar amp” is on sale for Black Friday - Guitar.com
- “A Line 6 Spider III got me where I am today!”: Smashing Pumpkins guitarist Kiki Wong thinks it’s more important to have an expensive guitar than a pricey amp - Guitar.com
- VOX Introduces the Micro Superbeetle Guitar Amp - Premier Guitar
- News - IK Multimedia throws its hat in the ring for Plugin Headphone Amps, with its TONEX PLUG - Guitar Pedal X
- “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
- AFI guitarist ditched tube amps because they made him feel “constrained” sonically – does he have a point? - Guitar.com
- Why Metallica Stopped Using Amps Live, According to James Hetfield’s Guitar Tech - Loudwire
- 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
- Video: Meet Charlie Barker, a Twin-Style Tube Amp For Working Musicians - Reverb
- “Like fine-tuned ‘sweet spot’ knobs, letting you drive your tubes hard while keeping the volume in check”: Why you need a power attenuator for your tube amp - 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
- 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
- “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 - channelnews.com.au
- 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
- Supro Announces New Airwave Tube Amp - Premier Guitar
- News - Valeton issues a formidable challenger to the ToneX One with its GP-5 - Guitar Pedal X
- 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
- 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
- Carr Skylark Special Review - Premier Guitar
- “If you’re a young guitar player, that’s money well spent”: The amp pedal John Mayer thinks everyone should own - Guitar.com
- “This is going to merge into a very hot topic among guitar players”: Why John Mayer decided against ditching his tube amps for modelers for Dead & Company’s Sphere residency – despite the venue’s shortcomings - Guitar World
- News - 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
- Fender Mustang Micro Plus Review: A Pocket-Sized Powerhouse That Rekindles the Joy of Playing Guitar - Guitar Girl Magazine
- What’s going on with Dumble Amps? The return of an icon - Guitar World
- Game-changers, trends, innovations, revivals and show-stoppers: the key guitars, amps and pedals of NAMM 2025 - MusicRadar
- NAMM 2025 Live: The biggest product launches, plus photos from the show floor… - Guitar.com
- NAMM 2025 rumors, predictions and breaking news - Guitar World
- NAMM 2025: The Best New Product News & Announcements - Reverb
- News - The Origin Effects Deluxe 55 and Tubesteader Eggnog are my Tweed Kings! - Guitar Pedal X
- ‘High off the sound’: Fergus Falls engineer is a guitar amp hero - MPR News
- Guitar Center employees find thousands of dollars in drugs stuffed inside guitar amp - WSB-TV
- “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
- 8 years after its debut, Boss's Katana Amp Series evolves to a 3rd Generation Tube Logic Platform - with even greater sound, feel and response - Guitar Pedal X
- News - A Brief Hobbyist Primer on Key Power Amp Tubes - Guitar Pedal X
- “A groundbreaking electric guitar amplifier that sets a new standard”: Ritter’s new Encore might just be the most luxurious guitar amp ever made – but it’s going to cost you $40,000 - Guitar World
- NAMM 2024: all the latest guitar news, rumors and predictions from the greatest gear show on Earth - Guitar World
- NAMM 2024 Live: Our top moments from the biggest gear show in the world - Guitar.com
- Best guitar amps: Our pick of combos, heads and pedalboard amps for all budgets and abilities - MusicRadar
- News - 16 of the Most Iconic Electric Guitar Amps - Guitar Pedal X
- Tubesteader's 4th Tube-Powered Gain Pedal is its first Compact - the rather smart Eggnog Tweed-voiced Overdrive / Preamp - Guitar Pedal X
- NAMM 2023 news: all the latest guitar news, rumors and predictions - Guitar World
- NAMM 2022: Universal Audio announces UAFX Guitar Amp Emulators - Guitar.com
- News - 25 Favourite All-Time Inspirational Guitar Heroes - Guitar Pedal X
- Reverb announces the best-selling guitar amps of 2021 - Guitar World
- NAMM 2021: the biggest guitar, amp and pedal releases so far - Guitar World
- News - Stone Deaf FX Releases Really Rather Useful QBoost Dual Boost - Guitar Pedal X
- Hear: Our five favourite new guitar amps of NAMM 2020 - MusicRadar
- News - Boss Moves Even Further Ahead with its New and Improved MKII Katana Amp Range - Guitar Pedal X
- News - 9 of the Best Non-Marshall Generic Compact Amp-in-a-Box / Amp-style Pedals - Guitar Pedal X
- News - Keyztone EXchanger vs SIM1 XT-1 vs Alternatives - Guitar Pedal X
- News - What Two Years of Tone-Questing Looks Like - Acquisitions, Passes and Still Probables - Guitar Pedal X
- News - The Perfect Guitar Amp Design / Next Level Boss Katana - Guitar Pedal X
- News - Ultimate Guitar Amps - A Personal Selection - Guitar Pedal X
- Ultimate Guitar Amps - A Personal Selection - Guitar Pedal X
- News - 12 Great Guitar Combo Amps for your Consideration - Guitar Pedal X
Bass Player News
- Not Leaving Sober bassist dies days before Stone Pony headlining show - Asbury Park Press
- Bandmates remember ‘lovable’ N.J. musician who died in freak accident - NJ.com
- NJ Band Mourns Jefferson Bassist Found Pinned Under Car - dailyvoice.com
- Wright & Round: El Bandido Basso (Philip Harper) - 4barsrest.com
- Bluegrass Crosswords – Back to Bass-ics - Bluegrass Today
- “People wanna assume the worst and say he’s some kind of dictator and forced me to do it. It was totally not like that”: Steve Di Giorgio sets the record straight on what it was like to sideman for Dave Mustaine and Megadeth - Guitar World
- “An evocative track reflecting the social and political unrest of Britain”: The Specials’ Ghost Town bass fetches thousands at auction – having been bought for just £200 - Guitar World
- “I feel like I’ve been molded for this gig. Trent has been an influence on me from the beginning”: How new Nine Inch Nails bassist Stu Brooks went from pop royalty to one of rock’s most sonically adventurous gigs - Guitar World
- “I threw my guitar off mid strum, dove into the crowd and began strangling him to the ground”: Billy Corgan on the first time he met future Smashing Pumpkins bassist Melissa Auf der Maur - Guitar World
- “I remember David reaching over to John and saying, ‘No, don’t do it like that’, and John going, ‘Excuse me? I’m the bass player, right? This is how I do it!’”: The tense night David Bowie and Queen spontaneously came up with a classic - MusicRadar
- “I was a good bass player, and I am proud of my Celebrity Skin work, but oh my God, it changed my level of musicianship forever”: Melissa Auf der Maur on what she learned from playing with Billy Corgan and The Smashing Pumpkins - Guitar World
- “I hate bass player albums. It's an ugly instrument, solo-wise. Probably the only person I can tolerate is Marcus Miller”: Grammy-winning bassist Meshell Ndegeocello favors restraint over fretboard theatrics – but Marcus Miller (and Jaco) get a pass - Guitar World
- “In Mötley Crüe I always used a pick, but I’m a better bass player when I use my fingers”: Nikki Sixx names his biggest weakness as a rock bassist - Guitar World
- “We thought it was throwaway and argued against it being released. It's incredible to me that it was a single. I was just trying to do my best Pete Townshend!” How bassist Andy Fraser electrified a Free classic - Guitar World
- Guitar played on Ghost Town up for auction - BBC
- “You could go to school on what Fred created so effortlessly”: Fred Smith, influential Television and former Blondie bassist, dies at 77 - Guitar World
- Fred Smith, Bassist for Television, Dead at 77 - au.rollingstone.com
- Stu “Bassie” Brooks has joined Nine Inch Nails on bass - Guitar World
- “He is the funkiest bass player that ever lived. Every note a mighty oak, a bull elephant, a bomb”: William ‘Billy Bass’ Nelson, Funkadelic bassist who coined the band’s name, dies aged 75 - Guitar World
- “The music meant a lot to me even before I was playing those iconic basslines”: Bassist Simone Marie Butler announces her departure from Primal Scream - Guitar World
Bass Amp News
- Mayor Karen Bass says LA28 head Wasserman should step down - Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles Times
- Electronic Audio Experiments' Traynor Bass Amp derived Greathammer Overdrive delivers 50 decibels of killer low-end tone - Guitar Pedal X
- NAMM 2026: news, rumors, predictions - Guitar World
- Aguilar Introduces the Tone Hammer 210 Combo - Premier Guitar
- 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
- Walrus Audio Mantle Analog Bass Preamp // DI - Premier Guitar
- Peavey’s Legendary Super Festival Bass Amp is Back - Premier Guitar
- IK Multimedia Announces TONEX Plug for Guitar and Bass - Premier Guitar
- “This is your chance to own the sound that defined heavy metal”: Reverb and Ashdown are selling bass amps used by Geezer Butler during rehearsals for Black Sabbath’s final show - Guitar World
- GEEZER BUTLER Is Selling The Bass Amp Heads He Used At BLACK SABBATH's Final Show - Metal Injection
- Geezer Butler to sell signed amps used at rehearsals for Black Sabbath’s final show - Guitar.com
- Mesa/Boogie resurrects the iconic Bass 400+ without the backache - Mixdown Magazine
- Respected Bass Amp Tone In Software - Sonicstate
- “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
- 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
- “Designed to meet the exacting standards of today’s bassists”: Aguilar has overhauled some of its most iconic bass amps with some choice upgrades - Guitar World
Guitar Effects News
- Lese Teuri: a smooth morphable colorful multi-type distortion plugin - synth anatomy
- Electro Harmonix Micro POG – Polyphonic Octave Generator Guitar Pedal – Creates 12-String & Organ Sounds – Made In USA - ruhrkanal.news
- Drunk Beaver releases Pedal Drop #37 - the Bashtanka Muff on Π Pi Day [3.14] - a cool Big Muff 2 OpAmp Fuzz take - Guitar Pedal X
- Line 6 POD GO Portable Guitar Processor - Audio Interface With HX Amps/Effects, Expression Pedal, USB - ruhrkanal.news
- Alnicov 2-Pack Vintage Style Guitar String Trees - Black Metal String Retainers For Strat, Tele Guitars - ruhrkanal.news
- “Would I take this to gigs and use it with confidence, knowing that my pedals are being powered sufficiently and safely? Absolutely”: Harley Benton Spaceship Power 40-B review - MusicRadar
- Best Budget Effects Pedals Under €50: Big Sounds, Small Prices - Gearnews.com
- Malta's Attic Audio Putty Saturation Preamp & Shaper is now available at Northern Stompboxes in the UK - Guitar Pedal X
- My second longest mission is now complete as I have 3 fantastic enhancements and evolutions of the OD-1 circuit and one intriguing adjacent - Guitar Pedal X
- Chase Bliss releases limited run monochromatic editions of its Brothers AM and Lossy Pedals - Guitar Pedal X
- “Every once in a while a pedal comes along that takes you by surprise. It’s a pedal I didn’t even know I needed”: Electro-Harmonix Effects Interface review - Guitar World
- The Other Side of GAS: Decoding Price Points - Premier Guitar
- Puremagnetik unleashes JOTS Dual Track Wanderer : Twin Sample-Repeater-Manipulator - Guitar Pedal X
- “Bridging the gap between digital rigs and real valve amps”: Victory says its new PowerValve 200 is a better companion for your amp modeler than any FRFR cab could ever be - Guitar World
- As a pro guitarist, I think Boss makes the most reliable pedals around, so with 26% off everything from the DD-8 to the Waza Metal Zone in Amazon's Spring Deal Days sale, it's time to stock up - MusicRadar
- I just discovered savings of up to 26% off Boss pedals in the Amazon Spring Deal Days sale – get big money off a Waza Craft Metal Zone, the versatile DD-8 digital delay, and the flagship GT-1000CORE multi-effects pedal - Guitar World
- Amazon is the home of dirt-cheap pedals from brands you've never heard of, but their Spring Deal Days sale just brought stomps from Vox, Ibanez, Boss, MXR, and more into budget territory - Guitar World
- “The type of reverb pedal that will sound incomprehensibly huge and haunting with all the settings maxed out”: EarthQuaker Devices reinvents reverb once more with the Towers Stereo Reverberant Filter - MusicRadar
- 12 of the Best Currently Available RangeMaster / Treble Booster Pedals - Guitar Pedal X
- Meet the Raspberry Pi-Powered Loop Switcher That Rivals Pro Gear - Hackster.io
Guitar and Bass News
- La Bella 760RHBB 'Beatle Bass' Flatwound Strings - .050-.100 Gauges For Hofner Bass - ruhrkanal.news
- Cory Wong Announces Syncopated Summer Camp with Victor Wooten and Joe Dart - Bass Magazine
- Metal Up Your Bass! TransAtlantic duo remaster entire early Metallica catalogue with bass parts restored and made louder - Louder
- HERCULES GSP39WB PLUS Auto-Swivel Guitar Hanger | Wall Mount For Guitars & Basses With AGS Yoke - ruhrkanal.news
- “She told me, ‘That Les Paul’s too heavy for you, honey. You’re not gonna be able to do that.’ So she took me to Norm’s Rare Guitars”: When Bonnie Raitt took Melissa Etheridge guitar shopping – and convinced her to swap her Les Paul for a Strat - Guitar World
- Solo and back to bass - Otago Daily Times
- “An evocative track reflecting the social and political unrest of Britain”: The Specials’ Ghost Town bass fetches thousands at auction – having been bought for just £200 - Guitar World
- “I feel like I’ve been molded for this gig. Trent has been an influence on me from the beginning”: How new Nine Inch Nails bassist Stu Brooks went from pop royalty to one of rock’s most sonically adventurous gigs - Guitar World
- Dusty Hill’s sheepskin bass and an Eddie Van Halen stage-played Charvel: The guitars up for grabs in the second day of the Jim Irsay auction - Guitar.com
- The Other Side of GAS: Decoding Price Points - Premier Guitar
- “It’s a really good guitar, especially for the price”: Jake E. Lee has added Yungblud’s signature guitar to his collection - Guitar World
- “I was the only guy playing that guitar. It was their version of a semi-hollow”: How Robben Ford helped Fender design their short-lived answer to the ES-335 - Guitar World
- “What is this entire piece-of-s**t setup?”: Josh Homme once showed his Peavey/Yamaha bass rig to John Paul Jones – this was his reaction - Guitar.com
- Guitar played on Ghost Town sells for thousands after being bought for £200 - BBC
- “I hate bass player albums. It's an ugly instrument, solo-wise. Probably the only person I can tolerate is Marcus Miller”: Grammy-winning bassist Meshell Ndegeocello favors restraint over fretboard theatrics – but Marcus Miller (and Jaco) get a pass - Guitar World
- “It was like, ‘Congratulations, you just bought Leo Fender’s company. Now you gotta learn how to make guitars’”: The origins of Ernie Ball Music Man – and how it all started with a bass - Guitar World
- Ernie Ball Music Man Celebrates 50 Years Of The Stingray Bass - Premier Guitar
- “A historically significant instrument directly tied to the evolution of modern funk”: The bass Bootsy Collins used to record a James Brown anthem has been listed on eBay - Guitar World
- Guitar played on Coventry's The Specials' Ghost Town up for auction - BBC
- Electro-Harmonix Unearths the Bass Big Muff Pi 2 - Premier Guitar
New Music releases
- Olivia Rodrigo Teasing Her New Music Release with a Mysterious Mural in LA - Daily Music Roll
- Santos Bravos, Tego Calderón & More: Vote for the Best New Latin Music Release This Week - billboard.com
- Kacey Musgraves, Jack Harlow & More: Which Is Your Favorite New Music Release This Week? Vote! - billboard.com
- New Music Friday: 40 Hip-Hop, R&B Releases You Need On Your Playlist - VIBE.com
- The African Music You Need to Hear This Week – Mar 13, 2026 - OkayAfrica
- SABATON Releases Battle-Ready New Music Video 'Yamato' In Partnership With 'World Of Warships' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- New music release day could be dangerous for distracted drivers - Tech Xplore
- "The Vampire Lestat" Debuts on June 7, New Teaser, Music Released - San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog
- BTS Goes Dapper in Tailored Suits on the ‘ARIRANG’ Album Cover—See Every Look - ELLE
- New Music Friday release radar for March 13, 2026: top albums, song releases - DraftKings Network
- New Music Friday: Jack Harlow, The Pussycat Dolls, James Blake and more - Official Charts
- New Music Friday: 9 releases for the last week of winter (13 Mar 2026) - Q107 Toronto
- Looking Ahead: A Release Calendar of Upcoming Albums in 2026 - billboard.com
- Harry Styles, Ayra Starr, aespa & More: Which Is Your Favorite New Music Release This Week? Vote! - billboard.com
- Harry Styles lets his guard down before new music release: ‘What I’m giving?’ - The Times of India
- New Music Releases and Upcoming Albums in 2026 - Pitchfork
- Pittsburgh local music releases for March 2026 - TribLIVE.com
- On the record: The top new music releases in Ireland this month - The Irish Post
- 'U2 - Days of Ash' New EP Out Now - U2 > Home
- Bono lambasts ICE, Putin, Netanyahu and more as U2 release first collection of new songs since 2017 - The Guardian
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