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- Joe Perry’s opinion on AC/DC and Angus Young - Rock and Roll Garage
- “The airbag shattered all the bones.” Jack White on the devastating crash that changed his guitar playing forever - GuitarPlayer.com
- LISTEN: Charlie Kendall’s METALSHOP Featuring ROD MORGENSTEIN And VOICES OF EXTREME - BraveWords
- ACCEPT Guitarist PHILIP SHOUSE On Debut EP 'Side 1': 'I Really Didn't Know What It Was Gonna Sound Like' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- CROSSBONE SKULLY, Featuring ALICE COOPER Guitarist TOMMY HENRIKSEN, Releases New Single 'We're L.O.S.T.' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- Alabama music legend who played on rock, R&B and country hits, has died - AL.com
- 'Fastest guitar player in the South,' Travis Wammack, passes away - timesdaily.com
- Steve Vai recalls Steve Stevens saving his ‘sonic bacon’ for David Lee Roth’s album ‘Eat ‘Em and Smile’ - Sleaze Roxx
- “Scott Gorham and Phil Lynott were taken aback that I wouldn’t party with them. I stayed in my room at the hotel. I got to the studio on time. I was trying to make a point”: Brian Robertson knows what Thin Lizzy lost when he left - Guitar World
- “David Gilmour says, ‘I will never play with Roger Waters again’, and I know what he means. I feel that way about Alex Van Halen. They’re negative people”: The two iconic musicians who left Sammy Hagar starstruck – and the guitarist he calls “an asshole” - Louder
- “If you play blues right all the time, you’re wrong”: Buddy Guy and his Sinners co-star play Tiny Desk concert - Guitar World
- “The guitar is like this magic wand. It’ll take you to these places that you never imagined.” Bill Frisell opens up about imagination, collaboration and the heavily modified Telecaster guiding his new album - GuitarPlayer.com
- 'The more aggressive we got, the more we found ourselves': The Rumours reflect on their rise ahead of a hometown show at Octopus College Hill - Little Village Magazine
- 5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Colin Blunstone of the Zombies - AOL.com
- “The Beatles had broken up and I was thinking, ‘What do I do now?’” What to watch for in Paul McCartney’s ‘Man on the Run’ documentary, out now - GuitarPlayer.com
- “My introduction to guitar was AC/DC and Led Zeppelin. I was way more fascinated with the electric world.” Matteo Mancuso on why he plays fingerstyle on electric — and how he got Steve Vai to work with him - GuitarPlayer.com
- “People got stuck on an image of axe-wielding maniacs on drugs or if they would even speak to each other”: What really happened with Cream behind the scenes? Ginger Baker’s daughter reveals all - Guitar World
- “It was the most coveted guitar chair in rock. I adored Edward’s playing, so I understood that people would be skeptical”: How Steve Vai lived his ultimate guitar rockstar fantasy on David Lee Roth’s Eat ’Em and Smile - Guitar World
- Masterful Marin guitarist gets his own night at Sweetwater Music Hall - Marin Independent Journal
- “They say time heals all wounds, but not completely. Even 40 years later, I often find myself thinking about him”: The electrifying life and dark times of iconic Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott, by one of the people who knew him best - Louder
- “The rest is history. That’s how close it got.” Alex Van Halen on how he and Eddie nearly made an album with Ozzy Osbourne - GuitarPlayer.com
- “It didn’t sound like a big guitar song, so I wound up playing keyboards. Eddie Van Halen played keyboards on Jump, so I figured I could too”: How Billy Idol seized upon the success of Rebel Yell – and Linn Drums – to take his sound to new frontiers - Guitar World
- “Everyone was kinda f***ed up.” Steve Stevens on smashed guitars, being pushed offstage — and what he discovered watching Billy Idol’s new documentary - GuitarPlayer.com
- “In music videos, we all know it’s just miming. But social media videos? That is extreme dishonesty”: We asked what constitutes “fake” guitar playing – here’s what you had to say - Guitar World
- “He didn’t like being a solo guy.” Jeff Lynne reveals the truth about George Harrison after the Beatles - GuitarPlayer.com
- “Was this an attempt to challenge Metallica’s success with the Black Album?” A guide to every Megadeth album – and guitarist - Guitar World
- “12 seconds into the opening night with U2, I thought, ‘We have to do this’”: Metallica announces Sphere residency – and they’ll be spared from the issues all other guitar bands have faced so far - Guitar World
- Showcasing the guitar - palatinate.org.uk
- “An intimate look at their uncompromising vision and unwavering connection with their global army of fans”: A career spanning Iron Maiden doc is coming to cinemas this May - MusicRadar
- Florida honors Allman Brothers guitarist Dickey Betts with memorial highway - Sarasota Herald-Tribune
- “I decidedly hated anything to do with Stratocasters and Les Pauls.” Jack White’s surprising reason why he avoided the guitars everyone else was playing - GuitarPlayer.com
- “He puts a huge ding in it. And the serial number was 000001! He said, ‘I got this from Steve Marriott.’” Dweezil Zappa says Jeff Beck damaged a priceless vintage Strat right before his eyes — and didn’t even care - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I syncopate a lot. I like to have that ‘hiccup’ in the playing.” Learn five essential fingerstyle patterns and timeless techniques in Eric Bibb’s blues masterclass - GuitarPlayer.com
- "I'm totally uninvolved. I'm like the dad that wants to be there and know everything and she's just totally doing her own thing”: Dave Grohl says he had nothing to do with daughter Violet’s record deal - MusicRadar
- “Lars and I saw him headbanging at the Whiskey. ‘Let’s get that guitar player… oh, he’s playing bass!’ This skinny dude with bell bottoms, playing a wah solo. ‘Wow, we need him!’”: James Hetfield on the life and death of Metallica legend Cliff Burton - MusicRadar
- Sue Foley Loves the Blues, Flamenco and Houston - Houston Press
- “Tony said, ‘Hey, you’re singing flat.’ And my dad got really pissed off.” Jack Osbourne reveals the moment at Ozzy’s final gig that defined his partnership with Tony Iommi - GuitarPlayer.com
- “Peter opened his eyes, saw me and started to cry.” Tommy Emmanuel on the guitar he received from a dying superfan — and how it ended his year’s-long search to honor his own heroes - GuitarPlayer.com
- Guitar played on Coventry's The Specials' Ghost Town up for auction - BBC
- Carlos Santana thinks guitarists who play fast are no better than gym bros flexing their muscles: “Big deal, so what?” - Guitar.com
- Biffy Clyro touring guitarist says he “can't think of anything more boring” than playing acoustic guitar - Guitar.com
- 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
- 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
- “The last text I got from Oz said, ‘Zakky, sorry, it was like a madhouse back there. I didn’t see you. Thanks for everything’”: Zakk Wylde looks back on his closer-than-close relationship with Ozzy Osbourne, and their final moments together onstage - Guitar World
- “I don't think Jimi Hendrix was a guitarist. Eric Clapton is excessively tedious.” Robert Fripp on his 1960s contemporaries — and the guitarist whose playing he thought was “good fun” - GuitarPlayer.com
- “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
- “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
- 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 - GuitarPlayer.com
- MÖTLEY CRÜE's TOMMY LEE On JOHN 5: 'He's Such A Talented Guitar Player That It Literally Just Lit All Of Us Up On Fire' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- Phil Upchurch, Legendary Guitarist Who Worked With Michael Jackson & Donny Hathaway, Dies at 84 - Billboard
- “I never practice. From time to time, I just open my case and throw in a piece of raw meat.” A rare interview with the guitar ace who spurned the jazz world, climbed the pop charts and lived in terror of taking a solo - GuitarPlayer.com
- “There isn’t a cure.” Great White guitarist Mark Kendall says he has Stage 4 cancer - GuitarPlayer.com
- 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 - GuitarPlayer.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
- “He said, ‘I can’t tell a thing of what you’re playing. Why don’t you just come in and play it yourself?’” Doyle Bramhall II on Eric Clapton's incredible offer that brought him the gig of a lifetime - GuitarPlayer.com
- GEORGE LYNCH Says ACE FREHLEY Wasn't An Influence On His Guitar Playing: 'And I Feel Bad Saying That' After 'He Just Died' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- 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
- “I had to sell my phone to buy my first guitar because my parents wouldn’t let me get one! It was a very, very bad acoustic – a knock-off Gibson called Givson”: How Bloodywood went from dodgy guitars and YouTube covers to India's biggest metal band - Guitar World
- 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 - GuitarPlayer.com
- “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 - GuitarPlayer.com
- Maggie Baugh: What to know about Keith Urban's guitar player - Fox News
- “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
- “Probably the only good thing that ever came from my drinking.” Marcus King didn't realize he bought a gem of a vintage guitar until this happened - GuitarPlayer.com
- Get more Guitar Player stories in your day with these two easy steps - GuitarPlayer.com
- Meet Enoch: A 10-year-old self-taught guitar player from Abilene - KTXS
- “I can’t feel it. It’s bone on bone. I’ve had to adjust my style. In a way, it’s like learning to play guitar again”: Jake E. Lee on how he has changed his playing – and gear – due to arthritis struggles - Guitar World
- “I can tell you how to become a virtuoso very easily”: Steve Vai on how anybody can become an elite guitar player - Guitar World
- “I had a really famous guitar player tell me, ‘Don’t do it!’ The next day he phoned me and said, ‘What did you find?’”: Paul Reed Smith admits he takes razor blades to pickups to find out how they work - Guitar.com
- 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
- Carlos Santana: “I like being squirted in the face by music because it makes me feel alive” - Guitar.com
- “The same when I first saw Prince, it was like, ‘We’re safe’”: Mk.gee was named Eric Clapton’s favorite new guitarist – now he’s making waves with a guest spot on Justin Bieber’s new album - Guitar World
- Tower of Power Bass-Guitar Player Shares His Story - independentnews.com
- “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
- "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 - GuitarPlayer.com
- The '70s rock guitarist The Kinks' Dave Davies calls the “great and underrated guitar player of the time” - Guitar.com
- 10-year-old guitar-playing prodigy rocks on - Good Morning America
- “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 - GuitarPlayer.com
- “Dude, come on!”: Tetrarch’s Diamond Rowe claims Slipknot’s Jim Root once asked her for guitar lessons - Guitar.com
- MARTY FRIEDMAN Has Nothing Against 'Flashy' Guitar Playing: 'I Just Wanna Be Excited By What I Hear' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- The players who joined Prince onstage and in the studio - Guitar World
- “The sounds of pretty much nine out of ten guitar players are very similar”: Adrian Vandenberg on how to make your guitar tone stand out - Guitar.com
- “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 - GuitarPlayer.com
- 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 - GuitarPlayer.com
- “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
- “My wife heard Locomotive Breath on the radio. She said, ‘I wish you played like that now.’ I was a bit upset”: Martin Barre on revisiting Jethro Tull, Leslie West – and the bootleg Les Paul that bent like a banana - Guitar World
- “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
Guitar Amp News
- "A successful first foray into amp and effects modeler floorboards for the firm, which has a really bright future in the space": Blackstar ID:X Floor One review - Guitar World
- “In a world where streaming is king and few people own the music they listen to, the BandBox Solo’s ability to conduct stem separation from a Bluetooth source is incredibly useful”: JBL BandBox Solo review - Guitar World
- “It feels like you’re plugged straight into an amp, rather than a pedal”: ThorpyFX x Lazy J The J review - Guitar World
- Wampler Pedals Introduces the Golden Jubilee High-Gain Pedal - Premier Guitar
- 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
- “Uncompromising tone whenever inspiration strikes”: Blackstar unveils the Beam Mini – it’s portable, desktop-friendly, and as the first guitar amp to allow players to load Neural Amp Modeller captures, it's a game-changer too - MusicRadar
- ID:X Floor – Blackstar’s first “high-performance” digital floor modellers deliver the tone and feel of real amps with hands-on controls - Guitar.com
- Magnatone Introduces Four New Amps At NAMM - Premier Guitar
- “A no-compromise amplifier solution”: Synergy teams up with Wampler and Friedman to launch its machine-learning power amp – and promises to change the game for tube modeling - Guitar World
- Meet Orange Amps’ UK-built all-valve guitar amp head: the OR60 - Mixdown Magazine
- Orange Amps OR60 UK-Built All-Valve Guitar Amp - Premier Guitar
- VOX Introduces New Valvetronix VT20X and VT40X Amplifiers - Premier Guitar
- “Reimagines the hybrid amp experience for a new generation”: Vox marries old-school amps and modelers by introducing its most advanced iterations of the Valvetronix series yet - Guitar World
- REVV Amps makes Joey Landreth Signature DirtDog Overdrive based on his custom modded D25 JL REVV Signature Tube Amp - Guitar Pedal X
- “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
- “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
- Strymon's new Fairfax is a cool Fuzzy Scuzzy Tube Amp style JFETs saturator with gating sag - Guitar Pedal X
- “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
- Beyond Emulation: Amp Sims, AI, and the Coming Saturation Point - Premier Guitar
- “Virtually indistinguishable from the all-tube original”: EVH’s first digital amp, the 5150III Hypersonic, delivers Eddie Van Halen’s iconic tube tones without the heft - Guitar.com
- I'm sorry, my beloved AC30, but with hundreds slashed off digital modelers and multi-effects, I've found your replacement this Black Friday - here are 7 units that are turning my head - Guitar World
- “The first truly great portable electric guitar amp” is on sale for Black Friday - Guitar.com
- 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
- “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
- GPX Blog - IK Multimedia throws its hat in the ring for Plugin Headphone Amps, with its TONEX PLUG - Guitar Pedal X
- 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
- “Never did I actually expect to get the chance to see one up close, let alone play one”: Everything that caught my eye at Guitar Summit 2025 – from the grand unveiling of a brand-new guitar company to the year’s most anticipated amp modeler - Guitar World
- Video: Meet Charlie Barker, a Twin-Style Tube Amp For Working Musicians - Reverb
- Video: How To Sound Like King Crimson's Robert Fripp | Potent Pairings - Reverb
- Marshall's first party speaker unsurprisingly looks like a guitar amp - Yahoo News Australia
- “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
- “A new benchmark for authentic sound”: Line 6 has finally shared what the Helix Stadium’s potentially game-changing tones actually sound like - 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
- “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
- 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
- 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
- News - Valeton issues a formidable challenger to the ToneX One with its GP-5 - Guitar Pedal X
- Fender Studio app takes the best feature from our favourite guitar amps - Trusted Reviews
- Thomann has acquired Hughes & Kettner - Guitar World
- 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 - Wampler Pedals Capsule Collection - Guitar Pedal X
- You can get $200 off a brand-new Line 6 Catalyst 100 in one of the best guitar deals on Reverb right now - Guitar.com
- Jameson team up with Anderson .Paak and Fender to launch special guitar, amp and bottle - NME
- News - The Boss Katana : GO - Personal Guitar Amplifier / Headphone Amp is Back! - Guitar Pedal X
- 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
- News - 2025 January Pedal-Chain Update - Episode I - Peak Pedal Mania - Guitar Pedal X
- Game-changers, trends, innovations, revivals and show-stoppers: the key guitars, amps and pedals of NAMM 2025 - MusicRadar
- 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
- “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
- 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
- “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
- “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
- 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
- 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
- News - A Brief Hobbyist Primer on Key Power Amp Tubes - Guitar Pedal X
- 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
- News - Another 25 Distinct and Notable Guitar Body Shapes - Guitar Pedal X
- 16 of the Most Iconic Electric Guitar Amps - Guitar Pedal X
- News - 25 Iconic Guitar Body Shapes - 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
- Mike Soldano finally delivers his legendary SLO-100 Amp in pedal format - as the Super Lead Overdrive / Preamp - Guitar Pedal X
- NAMM 2022: Universal Audio announces UAFX Guitar Amp Emulators - Guitar.com
- Russian sanctions result in a shortage of prized vacuum-tube guitar amps - marketplace.org
- Reverb announces the best-selling guitar amps of 2021 - Guitar World
- The Best-Selling Pedals and Amps of 2021 - Reverb
- A Brief Hobbyist Primer on Key Tone Stack Types and Circuit EQ Configurations - in collaboration with Master-Builder Adrian 'Thorpy' Thorpe - Guitar Pedal X
- 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
- Solid-state guitar amps are back - and here's why they're sounding better than ever - MusicRadar
- 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
- The Perfect Compact Guitar Pedal Design - Take 2 - Guitar Pedal X
- News - What Two Years of Tone-Questing Looks Like - Acquisitions, Passes and Still Probables - Guitar Pedal X
- 2 Cool New Forthcoming Pedals - REVV Amps G3 and Flower Pedals Dandelion Harmonic Tremolo - Guitar Pedal X
- News - The Perfect Guitar Amp Design / Next Level Boss Katana - Guitar Pedal X
- Aberdeen man makes and sells guitar amps - aberdeennews.com
- 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
- “I felt I deserved a songwriting credit because it was a No. 1 hit. They sold millions of records and I only got $200!” Flea’s bittersweet hip-hop recording experience - Guitar World
- Stone Roses legend Mani died last November 💔 - facebook.com
- Melissa Auf der Maur, a ’90s Rock Linchpin, Is Spilling Her Stories - The New York Times
- Billy Bass Nelson, Parliament-Funkadelic Bassist, Dead at 75 - Rolling Stone
- Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus: ‘Bass players are just cool. We’re the one that brings it all together’ - The Guardian
- “I’ve worked with Lee Sklar. I got to see Anthony Jackson play. I had Pino Palladino on my first album. I’ve been able to absorb that bass-playing mojo”: How the bass guitar became a crucial part of Sheryl Crow’s songwriting process - Guitar World
- “He will go down as one of the greatest rock drummers of all time. I can bring him a bass riff in seven-and-a-half and he’ll be right on it”: Justin Chancellor explains how bass fits into Tool’s challenging brand of prog - Guitar World
- Biffy Clyro bass player quits tour over addiction and mental health issues - BBC
- “Robert said, ‘Would you be prepared to play bass?’ And I thought, ‘Four strings, six strings... what could be the problem?’”: Greg Lake started out as a guitarist – before being convinced by Robert Fripp to switch to bass when joining King Crimson - Guitar World
- Reports: Tetsu Yamauchi Has Died - clashmusic.com
- Limp Bizkit Reveal Their New Bass Player One Month After the Death of Founding Bassist Sam Rivers - VICE
- “You always get some guitar player stealing everyone’s thunder. Bass is mega-important – anyone who’s got an ounce of groove in them realises that”: How a hypnotic ‘Mani’ bassline propelled one of the Stone Roses’ finest moments - Guitar World
- Discover the identity of Limp Bizkit’s new live bass player - Chaoszine
- 'Special' guitar's link to Queen triples value - BBC
- Ian Lees, Bass Player for Moving Pictures, Has Died - Noise11.com
- Gary 'Mani' Mounfield: Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist dies aged 63 - BBC
- Remembering Mani, by Gordon Moakes - The Quietus
- “I found it more rewarding playing bass than playing rhythm. I've always been into Northern Soul and funk grooves and it was like, ‘This is it’”: Anchoring Primal Scream and the Stone Roses, Mani proudly defied trends, and re-defined rock bass in the 90s - Guitar World
- Mani: A Life In Six Bass Lines - clashmusic.com
- In The Groove: Closing the show with a tribute to Mani, late bass player of the Stone Roses - WDET 101.9 FM
Bass Amp News
- Mayor Karen Bass says LA28 head Wasserman should step down - Los Angeles Times
- Electronic Audio Experiments' Traynor Bass Amp derived Greathammer Overdrive delivers 50 decibels of killer low-end tone - Guitar Pedal X
- 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
- 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
- IK Multimedia ToneX Bass Pedals: Ampeg, Bassmann, And Much More! - Gearnews.com
- Mesa/Boogie resurrects the iconic Bass 400+ without the backache - Mixdown Magazine
- Respected Bass Amp Tone In Software - Sonicstate
- Blackstar Debut Bass: 2 New Bass Practice Amps - Gearnews.com
- “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
- 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
- “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
- Bergantino Audio Announces the HP Ultra 2000W Bass Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- Esko, Grand Rapids, Northwestern bass anglers head to state - Duluth News Tribune
- “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
- The "Refraction Engine" is a one-off multi-FX box by Andrew Huang and Love Hultén - synth anatomy
- Monger Pedals The Little Guy Review - Premier Guitar
- Tru-Fi Mini ’71 Colordriver review – an underrated classic of early fuzz is reborn… in miniature - Guitar.com
- “It’s about time this unsung guitar great received the recognition he deserves”: All the guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including a firm-first from my favorite pedal brand - Guitar World
- MNPR Sound Check: Henry James (Robert Jon & The Wreck) - MNPR Magazine
- Tape Delay Echo Electro-Harmonix Pico Attack Decay Tape Reverse Simulator - Coast Sonic Electro-Harmonix Pedals - hotelier.com.py
- "A successful first foray into amp and effects modeler floorboards for the firm, which has a really bright future in the space": Blackstar ID:X Floor One review - Guitar World
- Love Hultén X Andrew Huang Custom Sound Processor: Check Out This Glitch Machine - Gearnews.com
- “I wanted to take old garbage octaves from our past and make my version”: JHS Pedals’ first-ever octaver is imperfect and unpredictable – and that’s the whole point - Guitar World
- 2026 February Pedal-Chain Update - Episode II - Steady Progress - Guitar Pedal X
- Jimi Hendrix Was a Systems Engineer - IEEE Spectrum
- Tone King Royalist Preamp - Premier Guitar
- JHS Pedals Double Dragon: Analog & Wild Octaver! - Gearnews.com
- The Engineering Of A Jimi Hendrix Performance - Hackaday
- “In a world where streaming is king and few people own the music they listen to, the BandBox Solo’s ability to conduct stem separation from a Bluetooth source is incredibly useful”: JBL BandBox Solo review - Guitar World
- As a life-long Foo Fighters fanatic, I've spent years decoding Dave Grohl’s stadium-sized wall of sound – here are the 5 essential pedals you need to nail his tone - Guitar World
- Dawesome LOVE 2: More Granular Power - Gearnews.com
- Death By Audio Dream Station and Moonbeam Review - Premier Guitar
- New DANO Guitar Line Boasts Atomic Age Styling And Back-To-Roots Vibe - Premier Guitar
- Guitar Pedal Power Supply - 10 Isolated PedalBoard Power Dc Output For 9v 12v 18v Effect Pedal - hotelier.com.py
Guitar and Bass News
- “I felt I deserved a songwriting credit because it was a No. 1 hit. They sold millions of records and I only got $200!” Flea’s bittersweet hip-hop recording experience - Guitar World
- “It’s about time this unsung guitar great received the recognition he deserves”: All the guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including a firm-first from my favorite pedal brand - Guitar World
- Osmium Gate – Cannibal Galaxy - Metal Temple Magazine
- “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
- Shaping Saskatchewan: Sheldon Dingwall - Global News
- “I wanted to take old garbage octaves from our past and make my version”: JHS Pedals’ first-ever octaver is imperfect and unpredictable – and that’s the whole point - Guitar World
- 2026 February Pedal-Chain Update - Episode II - Steady Progress - Guitar Pedal X
- Former Black Sabbath and Whitesnake guitarist joins am-dram group - BBC
- Cort introduces MC6 and Core-MC Ovangkol Acoustics - Premier Guitar
- Lollar Pickups Introduces Monolith Humbucker - Premier Guitar
- 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
- Genzler Amplification Announces the New MAGELLAN ULV series - Premier Guitar
- 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
- “A bass rig revolution in headphones”: Fender issues massive free update for the Mustang Micro Plus – and it’s the one bassists have been waiting for - Guitar World
- PAUL MASVIDAL Explains Why CYNIC's New Album Had Synth Instead Of Bass - Metal Injection
New Music releases
- The Best New Music Releases of February 2026 - Westword
- Einar Solberg releases new music video for ‘Liberatio’ - Distorted Sound Magazine -
- LØLØ releases new music video for ‘the punisher’ - Distorted Sound Magazine -
- Bruno Mars Gets Married in 'Risk It All' Music Video as He Releases New Album The Romantic - People.com
- New Music Friday: 50 Hip-Hop, R&B Releases You Need On Your Playlist - VIBE.com
- BLACKPINK, Bruno Mars, RAYE & More: Which Is Your Favorite New Music Release This Week? Vote! - Billboard
- Songstress Lindsey Webster Releases New Album “Music In Me” | LISTEN! - TheUrbanMusicScene.com
- On the record: The top new music releases in Ireland this month - The Irish Post
- Eight best new Milwaukee music releases to check out for March 2026 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- New Music Friday: Bruno Mars, RAYE, BLACKPINK, Gorillaz and more - Official Charts
- Kingfishr release new music with Anthony Boyle starring in video - carlow-nationalist.ie
- The best new albums out Feb. 27 - NPR
- New Music Friday release radar for February 27, 2026: top albums, song releases - DraftKings Network
- Old Testament–Themed Hymns Join ‘Hymns for Home and Church’ - newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org
- New Music Friday: 7 new releases to get us from February to March (27 Feb 2026) - Q107 Toronto
- Bruno Mars and nine more new music releases you must hear this week - Cleveland.com
- Hilary Duff, Baby Keem, Megan Moroney & More: Which Is Your Favorite New Music Release This Week? Vote! - Billboard
- New album releases 2026: Dates for Harry Styles, Gorillaz, Leigh-Anne and more - Official Charts
- Looking Ahead: A Release Calendar of Upcoming Albums in 2026 - Billboard
- New Music Releases and Upcoming Albums in 2026 - Pitchfork
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