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- Philadelphia guitarist Emily Robb enters sci-fi cinema with surreal soundtrack - WHYY
- EXHORDER's Next Album Will Include Songwriting Contributions From Former CANNIBAL CORPSE Guitarist PAT O'BRIEN - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- From jamming with Jimi, hanging with Bowie to helping out The Beatles… - Stratford Herald
- “Dolly was a giant fan and said she would like to meet them, Ringo in particular.” How Dolly Parton met the Beatles — and stole the show - GuitarPlayer.com
- Brian May renews stance on Queen not playing Glastonbury due to "politics": “They like killing badgers” - Radio X
- “I was pretty concerned about the show. A few minutes later, we hear a knock… We answer the door to see Adam standing there”: Mike Sullivan of Russian Circles on the time Tool's Adam Jones saved him from rental amp hell with a random act of kindness - Guitar World
- The incredible story of The Cribs' Ryan Jarman and his stolen guitar - Official Charts
- “He pulled out this D-28 and it sounded magical. It felt like this is the path I needed to be on. I committed to it completely”: How acoustic wizard John Smith went back to the future in search of acoustic transcendence - Guitar World
- The Making Of… Don McLean’s “American Pie” - UNCUT
- 'Big Deal. So What?': Santana's Response to Shredders Chasing ''Look at What I Can Do!' Moments' - Ultimate Guitar
- “I busted out this chicken-pickin’ solo, and they looked at me like, What the eff are you doing!?” Keith Urban on the virtuoso who got him fired from a heavy metal band - GuitarPlayer.com
- “The one thing that’s making it very hard in the industry – at whatever level – is that there’s just too much choice”: Lee Anderton on guitarists' changing tastes, and why it’s not all doom and gloom for guitar stores - Guitar World
- “He told me, ‘You got too close — you hit it on the head!’” How a classic hard rock track was written on Chris Cornell's couch with an acoustic guitar - GuitarPlayer.com
- Drummer Bill Kreutzmann, the Last Surviving Original Grateful Dead Member, Pens Emotional Tribute to the Late Bob Weir - American Songwriter
- “All I can tell you is what my father said to me: ‘Someone stole my guitar off the stage.’ Those were his exact words... he couldn’t find another guitar just like it”: T-Bone Walker and the guitar that gave birth to electric blues - Guitar World
- “Randy thought, ‘It’s not going to be good.’ He was so worried about it”: Why Randy Rhoads had reservations about Ozzy’s Diary of a Madman - Guitar World
- “They were asking, ‘Can we go home now?’ We said, ‘No. Have a cup of tea.‘” George Harrison on the night the Beatles got George Martin and his crew high - GuitarPlayer.com
- Biffy Clyro touring guitarist says he “can't think of anything more boring” than playing acoustic guitar - Guitar.com
- Five Songs by the Who That’ll Make You Say “Didn’t Their Guitarist Get Caught Using His Credit Card To Access a Child Porn Website and Then Everyone Just, Like, Forgot About It?” - The Hard Times
- “The guitar wasn't always user-friendly, and the old-school lights often became red hot, leading to burns”: The Smoker, the Rocket-Shooting Les Paul… The one with, like, a million lights – here are Ace Frehley’s 5 most iconic Kiss guitars - Guitar World
- “The day Sammy and I got hitched, she gave me a present.” How Zach Bryan got Bob Weir‘s Fender Telecaster just days before the Grateful Dead legend’s passing - GuitarPlayer.com
- “Believe it or not, Joe Walsh was an early influence, as well as Eric Clapton.” Vince Gill recalls his shocking debut performance — and the surprising style of music that shaped his early years - GuitarPlayer.com
- You can now learn to play guitar via your Samsung TV - t3.com
- “I'm playing the same thing over and over for an hour, sweating and exhausted”: When Keith Urban and Dann Huff got heated over a guitar solo - Guitar World
- Carlos Santana thinks guitarists who play fast are no better than gym bros flexing their muscles: “Big deal, so what?” - Guitar.com
- “I might've invented the scooped guitar sound – I just took the midrange and put it on zero”: Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein, reluctant guitar hero and master of the macabre - Guitar World
- “You think of him as a songwriter and a singer really, but as a bass guitar player, it’s next-level”: Johnny Marr’s “mind-blowing” jam with Paul McCartney – and why he thinks Macca reinvented the bass - Guitar World
- “I said, ‘Bob, this is a folk song.’ He said, ‘No, listen to the lyrics.’” How Alice Cooper spun a 1960s ballad into his own glam-rock anthem - GuitarPlayer.com
- Guitarist and Co-Founder of Rising Rock Band Dead at 26 - American Songwriter
- Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin dies age 26 as tributes paid to 'genius' guitarist - facebook.com
- “Is there a more iconic guitar player on Earth? For more than six decades, the ‘Human Riff’ has been the heartbeat of The Rolling Stones”: Gibson launches jaw-dropping Keith Richards Collector’s Edition 1960 ES-355, signed by the man himself - MusicRadar
- “A unique, genuine, and fierce guitar player”: Black Midi guitarist Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin dies at 26 - Guitar World
- 10 Questions: Devon Thompson - Gibson
- “Syd Barrett was doing psychedelic drugs and completely off his tree.” Friend and guitarist to David Gilmour and Roger Waters, Tim Renwick recalls Pink Floyd‘s wild rise from high school rockers to prog-rock gurus - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I told them, ‘You can call the police or do whatever you're going to do to me, but I'm taking it.’” How the Grateful Dead's Bob Weir stole one of his favorite guitars from George Benson - GuitarPlayer.com
- 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
- Perry Bamonte, Guitarist and Keyboardist for the Cure, Dies at 65 - The New York Times
- “Eddie told me, ‘Roth is driving me nuts. I can't take it. I gotta leave. I know you're looking for a lead guitar player. Do you want me in the band?’”: When Eddie Van Halen asked to join Kiss – and they turned him down! - MusicRadar
- “When I’m at home, I don’t like to touch the guitar”: Why playing less guitar helped Marcus King become a better player and songwriter - Guitar World
- The Cure: Guitarist and keyboard player Perry Bamonte dies aged 65 - BBC
- Perry Bamonte, guitarist and keyboardist for the Cure, dies aged 65 - The Guardian
- “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 - GuitarPlayer.com
- “It started with a suggestion to come up with something Beatle-ish, like ‘Ticket to Ride.’” The guitarist behind the 1960s pop hitmakers who sold more records than the Beatles and Rolling Stones combined - GuitarPlayer.com
- "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
- He Helped Shape Austin’s Music Scene. Now, as He Stares Down ALS, He’s Still Playing. - Texas Monthly
- 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
- Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records' Booker T and the M.G.'s, dies - NPR
- Guitarist Phil Upchurch, who played with Donny Hathaway and Michael Jackson, dies at 84 - Los Angeles Times
- “Suddenly, all these football players were picking up guitars. It’s not my thing anymore”: Justin Hawkins recalls being “furious” about how Nirvana shook the guitar scene overnight - Guitar.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
- “These are the tracks people dream of being able to pick up and play”: New study names the most inspiring bands for aspiring guitarists – and The Beatles have been beaten to top spot - Guitar World
- 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
- Video: AFI's Jade Puget on His Approach to Guitar-Playing + Production - Reverb
- “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
- “This was about showing respect to a man that I don’t believe thinks I respect him”: Dave Mustaine on James Hetfield and why he’s re-recorded Ride The Lightning - Guitar.com
- 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
- KISS founding guitarist Ace Frehley dies aged 74 - BBC
- “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
- Ace Frehley 1951-2025: Guitar community mourns the death of Kiss’s trailblazing founding guitarist - Guitar.com
- Ace Frehley, Kiss's original lead guitarist and founding member, dead at 74 - CBC
- Kiss Guitarist Ace Frehley Dead at 74 - Rolling Stone
- Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley Pay Tribute to Kiss Guitarist Ace Frehley: “Irreplaceable Rock Soldier” - The Hollywood Reporter
- “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
- Justin Hawkins thinks there’s one guitarist who could have rivalled Eddie Van Halen – if only he was born 10 years earlier - Guitar.com
- “He said, ‘How do you record an 11-minute song in one take? It's perfect!’” As Rush prepare for their 2026 tour, Alex Lifeson recalls the group’s most complicated song — and the bizarre dreams that inspired their music - GuitarPlayer.com
- “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
- Blues guitar player to perform at Palindrome - Peninsula Daily News
- “The most important thing is to be able to hear something and play it”: Tim Henson on the importance of learning guitar by ear - Guitar.com
- Nuno Bettencourt recalls his final conversation with Ozzy Osbourne – as “the only guitar player who said no” to playing for him - Guitar.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
- Legendary Steel Guitar Player Robby Turner Dead at 63 - Taste of Country
- “I couldn't get up to the top frets, but the SG suited me perfectly”: Why Tony Iommi never became a Les Paul player - Guitar.com
- CE Pro All Star Band Guitar Players Recount Their Favorite Players and Gear - cepro.com
- “I can tell you how to become a virtuoso very easily”: Steve Vai on how anybody can become an elite guitar player - Guitar World
- Henley air guitar player out of world championships - BBC
- Henley air guitar player gears up for world championships - 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
- “As soon as I heard the news, I turned to my roommate and said, ‘That's my gig.’ The next day, Dave rings”: Steve Vai on how he joined David Lee Roth’s band – and Roth’s desire to “beat Van Halen” - Guitar World
- George Kooymans, Golden Earring guitarist and driving force of Europe’s hard rock evolution, dies aged 77 - 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 - GuitarPlayer.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
- “I got away with murder!”: Is Mark Knopfler a ‘guitar hero’? He certainly doesn’t think so - 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
- Video 10-year-old guitar-playing prodigy rocks on - ABC News
- 10-year-old guitar-playing prodigy rocks on - MSN
- Rick Derringer, Guitar Journeyman Behind ‘Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo,’ Dead at 77 - Rolling Stone
- MARTY FRIEDMAN Has Nothing Against 'Flashy' Guitar Playing: 'I Just Wanna Be Excited By What I Hear' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “I’ve got no control over the music I make.” David Gilmour tells how he turned his biggest weakness into his greatest asset — with a little help from the Shadows' Hank Marvin - GuitarPlayer.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
- Metallica’s Kirk Hammett thinks he “should be a lot better” at playing the guitar - Guitar.com
- Winner of Guitar Player Magazine International Competition to perform locally - timesobserver.com
Guitar Amp News
- Boss makes a splash ahead of NAMM with new GX-1 and GX-1B multi-effects units, plus a new busker-friendly Roland Cube Street amp - Guitar.com
- “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
- Gear Radar: 7 Fresh Finds for Your Rig - Premier Guitar
- VOX releases Classic Blue Valvetronix amps and British Racing Green Pathfinder 10 - Mixdown Magazine
- 3rd Power's All-New Highline Series: Behind The Curtain With Builder Dylana Nova Scott! - Premier Guitar
- "The build quality is outstanding, and the number of features gives younger and new players plenty to grow into": Boss GX-1 review - Guitar World
- PRS Guitars Announces New Models, Colors, and Spec Updates for 2026 - Premier Guitar
- VOX Introduces Hand-Wired AC15and AC30 Greenback Combos - Premier Guitar
- Vox 2026: More Handwired Amps and New Vintage Pedals! - Gearnews.com
- “Pro-level features on a bedroom budget”: Boss moves to take control of the entry level amp modeler space with the $229 GX-1 – going up against Mooer, NUX and Zoom - Guitar World
- Bad Cat Amplifiers Introduces Hot Cat 50 Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- PreSonus Studio One Pro is dead, long live Fender Studio Pro: Fender launches “music production ecosystem” with rebranded DAW, interfaces and new controller - Yahoo! Tech
- Fender Introduces Fender Studio: A Unified Music Creation Ecosystem - Major HiFi
- Fender Unveils Unified Music Ecosystem - Premier Guitar
- “It may be based on a Tone Bender, but it can also be considered a generic fuzz – and we mean that in a good way”: Electro-Harmonix Bender Royale review - Guitar World
- DSM & Humboldt delivers smart ultimate Full Range Analog Stereo Dumblifier Overdrive Special Pedal with Analog Cab Sim, Boost, and Stereo Reverb - Guitar Pedal X
- Victory Amplification reveals world-first braille guitar amp - Mixdown Magazine
- DSM/Humboldt Introduces Dumblifier Overdrive Special - Premier Guitar
- A simple overview of the Valeton GP-50 Multi-Effects Processor SnapTone and IR Loader - Guitar Pedal X
- Blind guitarist brought to tears by specially-made Braille amp - Guitar World
- NAMM 2026: news, rumors, predictions - Guitar World
- Victory sends blind guitarist custom braille amp in the most wholesome moment of 2026 so far - Guitar.com
- Highlights of the Year: 2025 A Year of Guitar Gear! - Gearnews.com
- The Guitar.com staff picks: this is the best new gear of 2025 - Guitar.com
- Guitar.com Deals Of The Week: pre-Christmas savings to stuff your stockings with - Guitar.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
- Reverb shares its best selling gear of the year – and 2025 was the year of the Strat - Guitar.com
- The Lava Studio Amp is the world's best Practice Amp - stuffed with smart features and killer playability - Guitar Pedal X
- “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
- “Virtually indistinguishable from the all-tube original”: EVH signals the start of a brave new era with its first digital combo – which promises authentic Eddie Van Halen tube amp tones - Guitar World
- Cyber Monday guitar deals 2025 LIVE: all of today's biggest savings at Sweetwater, Guitar Center, Fender, Amazon and more - Guitar World
- 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
- Best headphone amps for guitar 2025: silent practice solutions - Guitar World
- Best multi-effects pedals 2026: Our pick of the best all-in-one guitar FX modellers - MusicRadar
- 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
- 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
- Best guitar amps 2026: tube, solid-state and modeling amplifiers for all levels and budgets - Guitar World
- “Experience premium tone anywhere”: Positive Grid’s $159 Spark NEO Core could be the headphone amp you’ve been waiting for - Guitar World
- Local Guitar Amp Designers Keep Those Vacuum Tubes Aglow - Racket MN
- “It sounded like an ice pick. I thought he was gonna laugh. He looks up and goes, ‘It’s pretty awesome.’ I thought, ‘Is it?! It sounds terrible to me’”: Why Joe Walsh’s distinct taste in amps took Tom Bukovac by surprise - 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
- PRS Guitars Announces New SE Models Plus a New Combo Amp Ahead of 2026 Updates - Premier Guitar
- “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
- “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
- “I ended up getting three of them. I just fell in love with them”: Steve Vai on the affordable modeling amp that stole his heart - Guitar World
- “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
- We gave the Spark 2 9/10 in our review – and it's on sale now in Positive Grid's Back to School promo - Guitar.com
- “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
- Sophie Burrell x Boss Katana Tone Crafting Masterclass at the Roland Denmark Street Store - Guitar Pedal X
- Man buys John Lennon's old Fender guitar amp on Facebook Marketplace… for barely $4,000 - Guitar.com
- “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
- Blackstar Amplification Launches ID:X Series – A Cut Above - Premier Guitar
- The Full Barber Electronics Range of 8 Compact Circuits is imminently coming into stock at Andertons! - Guitar Pedal X
- 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
- “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
- Supro Announces New Airwave Tube Amp - Premier Guitar
- Best tube amps 2025: My top tube amps for the ultimate guitar tone - GuitarPlayer.com
- 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
- Best amp modelers 2025: Get your dream guitar tone with my top picks - GuitarPlayer.com
- 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 - IK Multimedia ToneX One Joe Satriani Chrome Edition Deep Dive - Guitar Pedal X
- “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
- “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
- News - The Boss Katana : GO - Personal Guitar Amplifier / Headphone Amp is Back! - Guitar Pedal X
- “Retaining the tones that made it a game-changer from the start”: The Boss Katana:GO headphone amp is back after it was discontinued – but not as you remember it - Guitar World
- Positive Grid Launches the Spark NEO - Premier Guitar
- News - 9 Cool Headphone Amps - Guitar Pedal X
- Best combo amps 2026: the best all-in-one amps for every budget - Guitar World
- News - 2025 January Pedal-Chain Update - Episode I - Peak Pedal Mania - Guitar Pedal X
- Best pedal amps 2026: Get the sound, feel and response of an amp, all on your pedalboard - MusicRadar
- Game-changers, trends, innovations, revivals and show-stoppers: the key guitars, amps and pedals of NAMM 2025 - MusicRadar
- NAMM 2025 live! The biggest guitar news as it happened - Guitar World
- NAMM 2025 as it happened: rolling news from the world's biggest music-making gear show - 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 Gallery: The Latest from the NAMM Show - Premier Guitar
- Marshall Announces New Products at NAMM 2025 - 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
- ‘High off the sound’: Fergus Falls engineer is a guitar amp hero - MPR News
- 16 of the Most Iconic Electric Guitar Amps - Guitar Pedal X
- News - Ultimate Guitar Amps - A Personal Selection - Guitar Pedal X
Bass Player News
- “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
- Book review: Ray Brown: His Life and Music - The Strad
- “It felt like the best thing we’d ever done. I was shocked when it wasn’t received well. The record company definitely didn’t like it”: Inspired by King Crimson, this 80s band pioneered a new kind of rock – and paid the price - Louder
- We Catch up With Longtime Dave Matthews Band Bassist, What’s-His-Name - The Hard Times
- How Charlie Jones became the ‘other bassist’ to work with Robert Plant and Jimmy Page - Yahoo
- Sanem Kalfa - UK Jazz News
- Flea Returns To Jazz Roots With Debut Solo Album Honora - Noise11.com
- “It’s a pretty unique instrument. There’s only two of these on the planet”: Myles Kennedy bassist Tim Tournier on the EVH prototype that Wolfgang Van Halen gave him - MusicRadar
- “I thought it was a prank, so I didn’t answer!” She put a video of herself playing bass on YouTube. Then Prince called - Guitar World
- “Don’t get the gig and then complain about it. If you can’t find something good in the music, that’s your fault”: What it takes to get to the top of the bass world, according to Victor Wooten - Guitar World
- “You think of him as a songwriter and a singer really, but as a bass guitar player, it’s next-level”: Johnny Marr’s “mind-blowing” jam with Paul McCartney – and why he thinks Macca reinvented the bass - Guitar World
- “We weren’t allowed to play on our record... the Wrecking Crew guys all played. I’m looking through the window, going, ‘Wow, these are the cats’”: How Leland Sklar went from being banned from the studio to a session legend - Guitar World
- 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
- NIKKI SIXX On Why He's Not A Shreddy Bassist: "My Job Is To Support The Song And Be Super Tight With My Drummer" - Metal Injection
- “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
- Famous faces say final goodbye to Stone Roses bass player - Sky News
- “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
- Former Free and Faces bassist Tetsu Yamauchi dead at 79 - Louder
- Flea has announced his debut solo album – but he’s not the only bassist playing on it - Guitar World
Bass Amp News
- Fender kicks off landmark 80th anniversary year with new Squier Sonic range and Hot Rod Deluxe amp - Mixdown Magazine
- 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
- Fender Unveils Unified Music Ecosystem - Premier Guitar
- 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 legendary Bass 400+ without the backache - Mixdown Magazine
- Video: Do You Really Need a Bass Amp? - Reverb
- How the MESA/Boogie Bass-800D channels 50 years of bass amp innovation - Gibson
- Best bass amps for practice 2025: top combos for working on your chops at home - Guitar World
- “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
- Juan Alderete Is Bringing Over 700 Bass Guitars, Pedals, and Amps to Reverb - Reverb
- MayFly Audio releases the Sunset Bass Amplifier Simulator - Premier Guitar
- Best bass amps 2025: low-end tone machines - GuitarPlayer.com
- Bergantino Audio Announces the HP Ultra 2000W Bass Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- Fender drops game-changing Tone Master Pro update - Guitar World
- 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
- Boss makes a splash ahead of NAMM with new GX-1 and GX-1B multi-effects units, plus a new busker-friendly Roland Cube Street amp - Guitar.com
- Drunk Beaver's Pedal Drop #35 - The Mykolaiv Broadcast Attack - is a unique original circuit whose output is defined by Magnetic Saturation - Guitar Pedal X
- VOX Introduces the VFZ-1 Fuzz Pedal - Premier Guitar
- “With that said, you all can stop asking me if I am buying it now. Muchas gracias”: Joe Bonamassa has his say on the future of Norman’s Rare Guitars - Guitar World
- Missing Link Audio's excellent Silky Textured Dual Voiced Peace Fuzz is now available at Northern Stompboxes - Guitar Pedal X
- Superlunar's extraordinary SR-01 Multi-Gain Transistor-based Analog Saturation Device is now available at Northern Stompboxes in the UK - Guitar Pedal X
- “A variety of tonal options for not much outlay”: Vintage Distortion, Chorus, Delay and Reverb pedals review - Guitar World
- MusicRadar deals of the week: It's all about guitars with hundreds slashed off Gibson, Fender, Strandberg, and more - MusicRadar
- Korg Kaoss Pad V reimagines a beloved effects powerhouse with dual-touch control, vocal processing and expanded connectivity - MusicRadar
- Drunk Beaver delivers Dual-Voice Vatra Signature High Gain Amp Booster & Overdrive for Vlad Yarun, guitarist for Ukrainian 'Hutsul Metal' band Karna - Guitar Pedal X
- KORG KAOSS PAD V: The Pad Is Back With New Effects, Dual-Touch Control, and Guitar Input - Gearnews.com
- BOSS Announces GX-1 and GX-1B Multi-Effects Processors and FSC-10 Footswitch Cap - Premier Guitar
- Roland Announces CUBE Street Mini Multi-Instrument Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- 3rd Power's All-New Highline Series: Behind The Curtain With Builder Dylana Nova Scott! - Premier Guitar
- “Boss has packed some serious muscle into a small box... For its price, it’s going to be very tough to beat”: Boss GX-1B review - Guitar World
- BOSS Announces GX-1B Multi-Effects Processors and FSC-10 Footswitch Cap - Bass Magazine
- VOX Introduces the VFZ-1 Fuzz Pedal - Bass Magazine
- “The one thing that’s making it very hard in the industry – at whatever level – is that there’s just too much choice”: Lee Anderton on guitarists' changing tastes, and why it’s not all doom and gloom for guitar stores - Guitar World
- MXR Rockman X-100 Analog Tone Processor Pedal - Tom Scholz Inspired Guitar Effects - umlconnector.com
- "The build quality is outstanding, and the number of features gives younger and new players plenty to grow into": Boss GX-1 review - Guitar World
Guitar and Bass News
- “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
- Drunk Beaver's Pedal Drop #35 - The Mykolaiv Broadcast Attack - is a unique original circuit whose output is defined by Magnetic Saturation - Guitar Pedal X
- Fender Unveils 2026 Product Line As Landmark Anniversary Year Begins - Premier Guitar
- Gear Radar: 7 Fresh Finds for Your Rig - Premier Guitar
- “I was pretty concerned about the show. A few minutes later, we hear a knock… We answer the door to see Adam standing there”: Mike Sullivan of Russian Circles on the time Tool's Adam Jones saved him from rental amp hell with a random act of kindness - Guitar World
- Vincen Garcia: Sophomore Funk - Bass Magazine
- Roland Announces CUBE Street Mini Multi-Instrument Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- “Boss has packed some serious muscle into a small box... For its price, it’s going to be very tough to beat”: Boss GX-1B review - Guitar World
- "The build quality is outstanding, and the number of features gives younger and new players plenty to grow into": Boss GX-1 review - Guitar World
- PRS Guitars Announces New Models, Colors, and Spec Updates for 2026 - Premier Guitar
- NAMM 2026: Everything You Need to Know – News, Facts and More! - Gearnews.com
- “Pro-level features on a bedroom budget”: Boss moves to take control of the entry level amp modeler space with the $229 GX-1 – going up against Mooer, NUX and Zoom - Guitar World
- Samsung And Fender Launch Guitar Lessons For 2025 TVs - Dataconomy
- “Pro-grade sound in ultra-portable platforms for practice, recording, and performance”: Boss tackles budget rivals head-on with feature-packed entry-level GX series multi-effects pedals for guitar and bass - MusicRadar
- “Jimmy had his own viewpoint when he started working with Robert again. It meant having to dive much deeper into the Led Zeppelin catalog”: How Charlie Jones became the ‘other bassist’ to work with Robert Plant and Jimmy Page - Guitar World
- Boss's GX-1B Bass Effects Processor exactly matches the Entry Level GX-1 Guitar one - while it comes with its own suite of dedicated Bass-centric onboard effects - Guitar Pedal X
- Davie504 Shockwave: How YouTube’s Bass Meme King Turned Music Into a Content Machine - AD HOC NEWS
- “It’s a pretty unique instrument. There’s only two of these on the planet”: Myles Kennedy bassist Tim Tournier on the EVH prototype that Wolfgang Van Halen gave him - MusicRadar
- Walrus Audio Mantle Analog Bass Preamp // DI - Premier Guitar
- Rig Rundown: Blink-182 - Premier Guitar
New Music releases
- Kenia Os, Manuel Turizo & More: Vote for the Best New Latin Music Release This Week - Billboard
- Hilary Duff Releases Bold New Single ‘Roommates - dvdreview.co.uk
- Upcoming Music Releases in 2026 - beyondthestagemagazine.com
- New Music Friday: 8 new releases for the middle of January (16 Jan 2026) - Global News
- New Music Friday: Robbie Williams, A$AP Rocky, Aaron Rowe, Madison Beer and more - Official Charts
- New music! Amerado releases ‘Aseda’ featuring a star-studded line up - ghanamusic.com
- All about the 5th BTS album ‘ARIRANG’: Release date, how to pre-order and more - Lifestyle Asia Hong Kong
- Robbie Williams surprise releases long-awaited new album ‘BRITPOP’ - NME
- Voice Actor Nako Misaki Releases New Music Video "Brand New Days!" - Crunchyroll
- Harry Styles announces fourth solo album, Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally - The Guardian
- Hilary Duff releases new song 'Roommates' about 'when life is life-ing, babe' - ABC News
- Robbie Williams Surprise Releases New Album ‘Britpop’ - Billboard
- Harry Styles 'Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally.': Release date, tracklist, collabs and news - Capital UK
- J. Cole announces new album and fans are ready. See release date. - USA Today
- Is Harry Styles releasing a new album? All the latest HS4 rumours - Capital UK
- Harry Styles Just Announced the Title and Release Date of His Fourth Album - ELLE
- Harry Styles announces fourth album Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally. - BBC
- Harry Styles releases new music following cryptic posters | ITV News - ITVX
- Harry Styles Announces New Album ‘Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally’: Here’s When It Arrives - Billboard
- Harry Styles is back! Singer unveils his comeback with new album KISS ALL THE TIME. DISCO, OCCASIONALLY - four years after his last music release - Daily Mail
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