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- Greg Brown, Lead Guitarist of 90's Rock Band 'CAKE', Dies Of Illness, What We Know About His Demise - BollywoodShaadis
- Greg Brown, Founding Guitarist of Cake, Has Died - Consequence of Sound
- Popular ’90s rock band’s founding member dead after brief illness - PennLive
- Local artist profile: Aaron Pearce - Times News Group
- “I kicked him in the wrist as hard as I could. I know I broke it, because I used to wear these great big platform shoes onstage.” Lita Ford on the Runaways, rock and roll — and what happens to hecklers who get in her face - Guitar Player
- Remembering Gary Moore: 15 Years Later - Blues Rock Review
- Beloved Huntsville blues musician Microwave Dave dies at 80 - WAFF
- “You can’t help being convinced that if a guitar looks like a dread, then it’s going to sound like one, too. But not here”: JWJ Chorale Select review - Guitar World
- “B.B. asked to try a few licks on my guitar. He smiled and asked, ‘Why you working so hard?’” How B.B. King changed Billy Gibbons’ approach to guitar strings - Guitar World
- Microwave Dave, Huntsville music legend, has died: ‘My heart is broken’ - AL.com
- “He said, ‘You S.O.B., you got to me on that Telecaster. You got that so cheap.’” Vince Gill on how he found the instrument he calls “the definitive guitar in my life” - Guitar Player
- Marshall Tucker Band drummer details The Toy Factory project's all-star input to salute guitarist Toy Caldwell - Goldmine Magazine
- Fred Smith, Bassist for Television, Dies at 77 - Variety
- Stu “Bassie” Brooks has joined Nine Inch Nails on bass - Guitar World
- Jorma Kaukonen: Time Marches On - Relix
- “The critics hate my records. They’ll review cats like Santana and Eric Clapton and give them more credit and recognition.” George Benson on fame, freedom — and why jazz only forgives you when you’re broke - Guitar Player
- “There’s nothing they did for me that other amps hadn’t done before”: Eric Gales says he doesn’t understand all the fuss about Dumble amps - Guitar World
- “I was too young to get in. Then T-Bone Walker walked by and said, ‘Let me talk to ’em, son’”: When a 13-year-old Jimmie Vaughan was stopped from watching B.B. King play, another blues great came to his aid - Guitar World
- “Are you effing kidding me? He's one of the only guitarists that you can identify with one note.” As he releases ‘B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100,’ Joe Bonamassa relects on the most overlooked aspect of the King’s guitar genius - Guitar Player
- Tinariwen on Why the History of Tuareg Music Matters As Much as the Sound - Rolling Stone India
- “I taught myself to scream in secret, in the car and the shower. I kept that in my back pocket until we’d had a few rehearsals!” Meet Cwfen, the Scottish doomgazers ruling the night with haunting shows and steel guitar picks - Guitar World
- “Words fail me in describing his impact. He was on the session when history was made. He came up with the parts we all studied. He produced the records we all worshipped”: Why Steve Cropper was one of guitar’s most humble heroes - Guitar World
- “The jazz people were laughing when they saw me at the audition with my Telecaster”: Steve Morse says the music school jazz snobs were not impressed by his choice of guitar - Guitar World
- “We store our amps and gear in our mom’s basement – that’s where we go to practice and write”: Joyer combine sweet pop hooks with tension, weirdness and gritty guitar solos – and their mom can't get enough of it - Guitar World
- “I went, ‘Oh no! If my dad sees this, he's gonna kill me!’” Geezer Butler on the Black Sabbath album cover that made him to leave home in fear for his life - Guitar Player
- Stringjoy Introduces Joey Landreth Signature Set - Premier Guitar
- “Dylan loved it. It didn’t get better than that.” Alice Cooper on his teen-rebellion anthem that won Bob Dylan’s stamp of approval - Guitar Player
- “He said, ‘I know Eddie Van Halen. I have enough money that if I wanted to have him play on this, I could. I want you to play on it’”: Pete Evick has played with Bret Michaels for 21 years. Here’s what he learned - Guitar World
- “I kept it as quiet as I could”: Eric Gales tried to keep his guitar playing a secret – but Carlos Santana spoiled the surprise - Guitar World
- “I was nervous playing in front of my mom and dad. I would avoid playing live at all costs”: How Sophie Lloyd got over her performance anxiety – thanks to an arena show with mgk - Guitar World
- “People don’t realize how important they are and how they just changed the world.” Jack White on the difference between blues and rock guitarists - Guitar Player
- “Every modern guitarist from Joe Bonamassa to Jared James Nichols gets the same haters who say, ‘Everything you play is pentatonic’”: Meet Eric Steckel, the high-gain firebrand painting a new shade of blues guitar - Guitar World
- “We’ve been guilty of doing a lot of the Meshuggah, machine-riff stuff. You gotta throw something else in there”: Car Bomb’s Greg Kubacki is exploring new heavy frontiers – with help from Gojira’s Joe Duplantier - Guitar World
- “That is partly the reason, but he also had a bit of aggravation.” Yardbirds drummer Jim McCarty on the other reason Eric Clapton left the group to join John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers - Guitar Player
- “The pressure was on. I got really lucky.” Jorma Kaukonen on how he forged the sound of psychedelic rock on Jefferson Airplane’s groundbreaking hit - Guitar Player
- I've spent 20 years as a touring guitarist. The live industry is broken – now it’s breaking musicians too. Here’s what needs to change - Guitar World
- “Our first two albums were dismal failures. So we doubled our efforts.” Scott Gorham on the power of harmony guitars and Thin Lizzy’s ‘Jailbreak’ success - Guitar Player
- “Bob had a little saboteur in him." Mark Knopfler on his difficult collaboration with his childhood hero, Bob Dylan - Guitar Player
- Ralph Towner, Eclectic Guitarist With the Ensemble Oregon, Dies at 85 - The New York Times
- 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, Dies at 78 - The New York Times
- “He’s played with everybody, so he really saved us and rescued us tonight”: Dave Grohl thanks Jason Falkner for “rescuing” the Foo Fighters as they play their first show since Pat Smear’s bizarre injury - Guitar World
- Bob Weir, guitarist and founding member of the Grateful Dead, has died at 78 - NPR
- Wolfgang Van Halen says this aspect of his father’s guitar playing is “incredibly underrated”: “Everybody looks at him as Mr. Tap and Mr. Shred, but that’s just a flavour to what he did” - Guitar.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
- “I said, ‘You have no idea how many things I’ve stolen from you.’ And he said, ‘Yes, I have.’” Randy Bachman on his jaw-dropping introduction to Stephen Stills at Neil Young’s 70th birthday party - Guitar Player
- “I’m just standing there strumming a chord. And the audience looks at me and goes, ‘How does he produce that noise?’” Pete Townshend on the Who's real lead guitar player - Guitar Player
- “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
- “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 - Guitar Player
- “Every time I watch videos of her playing guitar, I'm just melted on the floor. I think she's one of the most genius guitar players”: Danielle Haim names her biggest guitar influences, including the player she calls “the most underrated” - MusicRadar
- "I thought to myself, ‘This guy’s not gonna be here very long’”: When Dave Mustaine first saw James Hetfield play guitar, it was bad news for Metallica's fifth member Brad Parker - Guitar.com
- Steve Cropper, Guitarist, Songwriter and Shaper of Memphis Soul Music, Dies at 84 - The New York Times
- “I was packing up to leave when Dylan asked, ‘Where’s he going?’ and I wound up playing on the whole album.” The guitarist Bob Dylan insisted he had to have for his country music breakthrough - Guitar Player
- “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 - Guitar Player
- Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records' Booker T and the M.G.'s, dies - NPR
- George Harrison on the greatest guitar solo of all time - Guitar Player
- MICHAEL SWEET: 'If People Only Knew How Hard I Work' On Guitar Parts For STRYPER Albums - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- Good Charlotte's Benji Madden: “If you're a guitar player, your skills go completely to waste if you're not working with a f**king great songwriter” - Guitar.com
- “I’ve had many people hand me their guitars, and I’m like, ‘No, thank you’”: Rick Beato was offered the chance to play guitars from Peter Frampton, Larry Carlton and more – here’s why he turned them down - Guitar World
- “How did I not notice that before?” Rick Beato shares the secrets he's learned sitting next to David Gilmour, Neal Schon and other guitar greats - Guitar Player
- “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
- “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
- “When I was in the hospital with my hand bigger than my head, I said, ‘What am I doing?’” Tom Petty on the freak accident that nearly ended his guitar-playing days - Guitar Player
- EXTREME's NUNO BETTENCOURT: How ACE FREHLEY Influenced Me As A Guitar Player - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “The last thing he told me during that last interview was, ‘I’m probably gonna go until the wheels come off!’” I spoke to Ace Frehley a dozen times in the last two years of his life – oft-misunderstood, he was the true embodiment of rock ’n’ roll spirit - Guitar World
- KISS founding guitarist Ace Frehley dies aged 74 - BBC
- Ace Frehley 1951-2025: Guitar community mourns the death of Kiss’s trailblazing founding guitarist - Guitar.com
- Kiss Guitarist Ace Frehley Dead at 74 - Rolling Stone
- “I didn’t realize how short he was!” The late Ace Frehley always spoke his mind. And when it came to his Kiss replacements Bruce Kulick, Vinnie Vincent and Tommy Thayer, the Space Ace had plenty to say - Guitar Player
- Ace Frehley, legendary Kiss guitarist, dies at 74 - NBC News
- Ace Frehley, lead guitarist in Kiss, dies at 74 - NPR
- “He was my favorite guitarist I played with, besides Slash, and was the one I felt most unified with”: Richard Fortus on how he’s held down the Guns N’ Roses gig – and his other favorite GNR guitarist - Guitar World
- “He’s one of the greatest there is, not just in blues but anything. He’s an alien.” Samantha Fish names the five guitar players she says will keep the blues alive - Guitar Player
- “He just blows everybody away”: Samantha Fish on who she thinks are the best modern blues guitar players right now - Guitar World
- “We played it over and over — it was just this great hypnotic beast.” Jimmy Page on the Led Zeppelin riff he couldn’t stop playing - 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 - foxnews.com
- “I had no idea how good of a guitar player he was when we started recording. Most of the guitar on the records is him”: Foo Fighters super-producer Nick Raskulinecz on the most surprising thing about Dave Grohl's guitar playing - Guitar World
- Get more Guitar Player stories in your day with these two easy steps - Guitar Player
- 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
- “Eric's not playing on it. That’s me”: The time John Mayer received the ultimate guitar playing compliment from Paul McCartney’s session guitarist - 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
- “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
- Zakk Wylde and Gus G. on Ozzy Osbourne - Guitar Player
- “I don't think Jimi Hendrix was a guitarist. Eric Clapton is excessively tedious.” Robert Fripp on his 1960s contemporaries — and the one guitarist he thought was fun - Guitar Player
- “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 - Guitar Player
- Video 10-year-old guitar-playing prodigy rocks on - ABC News
- 10-year-old guitar-playing prodigy rocks on - MSN
- Pete Townshend: How Roger Daltrey pushed me into the spotlight - Guitar Player
- Rick Derringer, famous for "Hang on Sloopy" and "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo," has died. Read our exclusive 2024 interview where he recalled inspiring Eddie Van Halen and performing with Johnny Winter - Guitar Player
- 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’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
- LeadOff Jr, Ripper, Nice Stomps: Free Plugins of the Week - Gearnews.com
- “There’s nothing they did for me that other amps hadn’t done before”: Eric Gales says he doesn’t understand all the fuss about Dumble amps - Guitar World
- “At long last, a DAW puts the guitar at the very heart of its operations”: Fender Studio Pro 8 review - Guitar World
- Silver and Black: Last-Minute Fender Saves - Premier Guitar
- Best amp modelers 2026: get all your dream guitar tones in one - Guitar Player
- Best headphone amps for guitar 2026: silent practice solutions - Guitar World
- NAMM 2026: news, rumors, predictions - Guitar World
- NAMM 2026 live: the hottest news from the world's biggest music-making gear show - MusicRadar
- The Blackstar BEAM MINI harnesses a tube-driven feel in a digital desktop amp format – with plenty of amp models and even ISF control - Guitar.com
- “Our amplifier learns your cabinet’s impedance through controlled sweeps and continues to monitor it in real-time”: Synergy’s Power Amp Machine-Learning tech could be 'revolutionary' - MusicRadar
- “This thing is a RIPPER. No B.S. One channel. One tube-buffered effects loop”: Butch Walker and Divided by 13 team up for signature head with switchable EL84 and 6L6 power sections - Guitar World
- Magnatone Introduces Four New Amps At NAMM - Premier Guitar
- “With this breakthrough, it’s easier than ever to practice, improve, and enjoy playing music”: JBL unveils the BandBox, an amp and speaker with AI vocal and instrument separation technology – and it could change the way guitarists practice - Guitar World
- “Designed to go hard”: Orange unveils new vintage-inspired single-channel OR60 amp head - Guitar.com
- “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
- NAMM 2026: The Best New Product News & Announcements - Reverb
- Orange Amps OR60 UK-Built All-Valve Guitar Amp - Premier Guitar
- “The straight-up, high-voltage voice of a masterfully designed single-channel amp”: Orange rolls out the OR60 – an all-tube guitar amp head that is the “most versatile it has ever built” - Guitar World
- “Reimagines the hybrid amp experience for a new generation”: Vox marries old-school amps and modelers by introducing its most advanced iterations of the Valvetronix series yet - Guitar World
- REVV Amps makes Joey Landreth Signature DirtDog Overdrive based on his custom modded D25 JL REVV Signature Tube Amp - Guitar Pedal X
- 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
- Blind guitarist brought to tears by specially-made Braille amp - Guitar World
- Victory sends blind guitarist custom braille amp in the most wholesome moment of 2026 so far - Guitar.com
- “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
- 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’s first digital amp, the 5150III Hypersonic, delivers Eddie Van Halen’s iconic tube tones without the heft - Guitar.com
- “Gives you the keys to a studio full of classic tube amps, speaker cabs, stompboxes, and effects”: Universal Audio’s amp-emulating pedals have been a huge success – now they’ve arrived in plugin form via the all-inclusive Paradise Guitar Studio - Guitar World
- “The first truly great portable electric guitar amp” is on sale for Black Friday - Guitar.com
- The Boss Katana 50 is my favorite practice amp – and it just hit the lowest price of the year thanks to this Amazon Black Friday deal - Guitar World
- VOX Introduces the Micro Superbeetle Guitar Amp - Premier Guitar
- “People love our amps because they’re loud. That one line has cemented itself as a tagline for the company”: Marshall has launched Spinal Tap amps that go to Infinity – here’s how ‘the loudest amp ever made’ came together - Guitar World
- Marshall partners with Spinal Tap on the “loudest amp ever made” – with knobs that go to 11 and a master volume that goes to infinity - Guitar.com
- News - IK Multimedia throws its hat in the ring for Plugin Headphone Amps, with its TONEX PLUG - Guitar Pedal X
- AFI guitarist ditched tube amps because they made him feel “constrained” sonically – does he have a point? - Guitar.com
- Local Guitar Amp Designers Keep Those Vacuum Tubes Aglow - Racket MN
- Best mini amps for guitar 2025: power up your practice with these tiny towers of tone – these are my top picks - Guitar World
- My Surprising Journey with Vintage Fender Amps - Premier Guitar
- News - Greer's Mizuki Blue replicates Tube-Amp-like Textures with 2 JFET Gain Stages - Guitar Pedal X
- 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
- Bad Cat Introduces the Ocelot — Small Amp. Big Attitude. Total Control. - Premier Guitar
- “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
- With guitar amps starting from just £44, Thomann’s massive Hughes & Kettner sale just made modernizing your rig a lot cheaper - MusicRadar
- 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
- If you're as excited about the Line 6 Helix Stadium as we are, you'll be pleased to know you can now hear it in action - Guitar.com
- Man buys John Lennon's old Fender guitar amp on Facebook Marketplace… for barely $4,000 - Guitar.com
- Sophie Burrell x Boss Katana Tone Crafting Masterclass at the Roland Denmark Street Store - Guitar Pedal X
- “Whenever we weren’t playing, Neil would call up and say, ‘Are you guys playing a gig next weekend? Can we borrow the amplifier?’” When Randy Bachman and Neil Young used to share guitar amps - Guitar World
- “One of the rarest and most coveted vintage amplifiers ever”: Mesa/Boogie’s hallowed Mark IIC++ was used by Metallica to shape the sound of 1980s metal – and now it’s been given a production release for the first time ever - Guitar World
- Dad who bought guitar amp on Facebook floored by previous rock star owner - Manchester Evening News
- “It’s official. The age of touchscreen guitar amps is here”: This is all the new guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – and we might have a winner for the best new sub-$1k electric guitar of 2025 - Guitar World
- Mooer’s F15i is a $190 desktop modeling amp with touchscreen - Guitar World
- Blackstar Amplification Launches ID:X Series – A Cut Above - Premier Guitar
- “A bold step forward in modern amp design”: Blackstar goes up against Boss and Positive Grid with the ID:X – a next-gen modeling amp with newly developed tech that isn’t afraid of the competition - Guitar World
- 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
- What kind of maniac brings a Dumble to a guitar retreat – and lets everyone play it? Robben Ford, apparently - Guitar.com
- 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
- Positive Grid Spark Mini review - Guitar World
- News - 4 of a Kind One Knob Noise Gates - Guitar Pedal X
- “World-class recording, editing, and production capabilities”: Fender Studio is a free recording app that comes loaded with official Fender amp and effects models - Guitar World
- Fender Studio app takes the best feature from our favourite guitar amps - Trusted Reviews
- Best tube amps: my top tube amps for the ultimate guitar tone - Guitar Player
- Thomann has acquired Hughes & Kettner - Guitar World
- Best Combo Amp for Every Budget: Fender, Orange, Marshall & More - Gearnews.com
- Best amp modellers 2025: High-tech tone solutions for all guitarists - MusicRadar
- Best bass amps: low-end tone machines - Guitar Player
- 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
- GAK sells its stock and website to Gear4music for £2.4 million after entering insolvency - Guitar.com
- News - Wampler Pedals Capsule Collection - Guitar Pedal X
- “You can get a great sound out of any amp that works”: Whitesnake's Doug Aldrich explains why having a good guitar is more important than a good amp - Guitar.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
- “I went through all these amplifiers. And I could never figure out why I didn’t sound good”: Steve Vai on crafting the perfect tone - Guitar.com
- “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
- The Boss Katana : GO - Personal Guitar Amplifier / Headphone Amp is Back! - Guitar Pedal X
- Positive Grid Launches the Spark NEO - Premier Guitar
- News - 9 Cool Headphone Amps - Guitar Pedal X
- NAMM 2025 Live: The biggest 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
- ‘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
- NAMM 2024: all the latest guitar news, rumors and predictions from the greatest gear show on Earth - Guitar World
- 16 of the Most Iconic Electric Guitar Amps - Guitar Pedal X
- NAMM 2023: Biggest guitar, pedal and amp announcements - Guitar.com
- How Many Amps Do You Use? - Premier Guitar
- News - The Perfect Guitar Amp Design / Next Level Boss Katana - Guitar Pedal X
Bass Player News
- Bedelia debuted their first single “Tightrope” - Northern Transmissions
- Fred Smith, Blondie Co-Founder And Bassist For Punk Band Television Passes Away At 77 - Yardbarker
- Fred Smith, legendary bassist for Television, Blondie dies at 77 - Jang
- Legendary Rocker Dead at 77, “Leaving So Many Who Loved Him Wanting So Much More…of Him” - Wide Open Country
- Fred Smith: Television bass player dies at age 77 - MSN
- Blondie legend and Television bassist dies as bandmate pays emotional tribute - Daily Star
- Fred Smith Dies: Television Bassist Was 77 - Remind Magazine
- “With the Crowes, you’d better step up to the plate and swing your bat – or prepare to get completely ripped apart”: Bassist Johnny Colt reveals the inside stories behind the Black Crowes’ controversial Amorica album - Guitar World
- Legendary rock bassist dead at 77: ‘He fought his illness long and hard’ - PennLive
- Tributes paid as Television and original Blondie bassist Fred Smith dies, age 77: "He was a natural – never flashy, always essential" - nme.com
- '70s rock band announces death of legendary New York bassist - MSN
- Television bassist Fred Smith dead at 77 - Yahoo
- Fred Smith, Bassist for Television, Dead at 77 - Rolling Stone
- '70s Rock Band Announces Death of Legendary New York Bassist - Yahoo
- Legendary Rock Bassist Dead at 77 - Men's Journal
- Fred Smith, Bassist for Television, Dies at 77 - Variety
- Stu “Bassie” Brooks has joined Nine Inch Nails on bass - Guitar World
- Discover the identity of Nine Inch Nails’ new bass player - Chaoszine
- Stone Roses legend Mani to be honoured alongside other music icons in Brit Awards memorial segment - The Sun
- Nine Inch Nails Launch 2026 Tour with 21-Song Set and New Bassist: Photos, Video + Setlist - Consequence of Sound
Bass Amp News
- Blackstar and Marco Mendoza team up for signature bass practice amp - Mixdown Magazine
- Electronic Audio Experiments' Traynor Bass Amp derived Greathammer Overdrive delivers 50 decibels of killer low-end tone - Guitar Pedal X
- Best multi-effects pedals: Our pick of the best all-in-one guitar FX modellers - MusicRadar
- Boss's GX-1B Bass Effects Processor exactly matches the Entry Level GX-1 Guitar one - while it comes with its own suite of dedicated Bass-centric onboard effects - Guitar Pedal X
- Peavey’s Legendary Super Festival Bass Amp is Back - Premier Guitar
- IK Multimedia Announces TONEX Plug for Guitar and Bass - Premier Guitar
- “This is your chance to own the sound that defined heavy metal”: Reverb and Ashdown are selling bass amps used by Geezer Butler during rehearsals for Black Sabbath’s final show - Guitar World
- GEEZER BUTLER 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
- “This is your chance to own the sound that defined heavy metal. Don’t wait, once they’re gone, they’re gone”: Ashdown and Reverb are selling Geezer Butler’s Head Of Doom bass amps, signed by the man himself - MusicRadar
- IK Multimedia ToneX Bass Pedals: Ampeg, Bassmann, And Much More! - Gearnews.com
- How the MESA/Boogie Bass-800D channels 50 years of bass amp innovation - Gibson
- “So much bass response for something so small and budget friendly”: Laney Amplification debuts the Digbeth Foundry range – affordable, powerful bass amps in combo and head formats - MusicRadar
- LANEY Launches Versatile DBF Series Bass Amps With Boutique Tone And Modern Features - Gear Gods
- MayFly Audio releases the Sunset Bass Amplifier Simulator - Premier Guitar
- Best bass amps: low-end tone machines - Guitar Player
- “It’s a game-changer for me”: Laney and Nathan East team up for a versatile signature bass head that ends a 40-year wait for the session legend - Guitar World
- “A culmination of years of work”: Seymour Duncan pushes the boundaries of its PowerStage series with a dedicated bass unit – and it's so much more than just a companion for your modeler - Guitar World
- Bergantino Audio Announces the HP Ultra 2000W Bass Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- “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
- Aguilar Introduces the Octamizer DLX - Premier Guitar
- “Always ready to ribbit”: The Frog Pedal is a surprisingly versatile octaver that makes your guitar sound like, erm, a frog - Guitar World
- 4 Killer Pelham Blue Expresso FX Special Edition Fuzzes and Boost pedals are now available at Northern Stompboxes in the UK - Guitar Pedal X
- My second Brelliott Modular TODP Tube OverDrive Pro has landed - this time it's the Blue Mutartis Cell Edition - with Pentode Mixer Module and Single Schottky Clipper applied - Guitar Pedal X
- Laney Introduces DB-EAST-PRE Nathan East Signature Bas Preamp Pedal - Premier Guitar
- “At long last, a DAW puts the guitar at the very heart of its operations”: Fender Studio Pro 8 review - Guitar World
- Dophix Magnifico Dual Boost Pedal Collaboration with Artur Menezes - Premier Guitar
- Pedal Roundup: New Stuff From JHS, SUHR, BOSS And More - Gear Gods
- Klowra's Rilum Stereo Multi-Head Tape style Delay, Chorus, Flanger, and Vibrato delivers an incredible array of Delay and Modulation Effects - Vintage, Modern, and Otherworldly - Guitar Pedal X
- “An incredibly powerful, immensely versatile pedal that crams gold-standard modeler experiences and sounds into the smallest form factor possible”: Neural DSP Quad Cortex mini review - Guitar World
- Hungry Robot reissues the Moby Dick Multihead Stereo Tape style Delay, now in expanded V3 edition - Guitar Pedal X
- Seymour Duncan Announces The 50th Anniversary Limited Edition JB / Jazz Humbucker Set - Premier Guitar
- This free, super-glitchy multi-effects plugin is designed for happy accidents - MusicRadar
- “Runs the gamut from boost through to fuzz-flavoured distortion”: Dinosaural Hypoid Drive review - Guitar World
- Best cheap guitar pedals 2026: killer budget stompboxes you need to try - Guitar World
- “40W of stereo sound with studio-grade tone – packed into a travel-ready design”: Mooer Audio’s flagship Intelligent Amp lets you find guitar tones using AI prompts - MusicRadar
- Bassic Review – BOSS GX-1B - Bass Gear Magazine
- Guitar Journal: Fallout- Belltone vs. Phillip McKnight - Gearnews.com
- "The EF86 tube is often described as hi-fi, and honestly, that's the perfect way to describe what's coming out of this thing": EarthQuaker Devices EQD ZEQD-Pre review - MusicRadar
- "Fractal's renowned amp modeling at a lower entry price": Fractal AM4 review - Guitar World
Guitar and Bass News
- “Rick said, ‘I think we need to put a bass on it’. One of the kids said, ‘My apartment ain’t too far, I got a bass there’”: How the Beastie Boys saved the day on Aerosmith and Run D.M.C.’s Walk This Way - Guitar World
- Spector Announces Doug Wimbish Euro 4 Aged White Signature Bass - Premier Guitar
- “B.B. asked to try a few licks on my guitar. He smiled and asked, ‘Why you working so hard?’” How B.B. King changed Billy Gibbons’ approach to guitar strings - Guitar World
- “With the Crowes, you’d better step up to the plate and swing your bat – or prepare to get completely ripped apart”: Bassist Johnny Colt reveals the inside stories behind the Black Crowes’ controversial Amorica album - Guitar World
- Back 2 Bass-es, a musical treat - Jamaica Observer
- Fred Smith, Bassist for Television, Dies at 77 - Variety
- Stu “Bassie” Brooks has joined Nine Inch Nails on bass - Guitar World
- Aguilar Introduces the Octamizer DLX - Premier Guitar
- “I think it helps to bring it in a little quicker”: Jason Isbell elaborates on his unorthodox method of breaking guitars in by playing Outkast for hours straight - Guitar.com
- Signal Chain Audio Labs Launches Tie-Dyed Guitar Cables Honoring Bob Weir - Premier Guitar
- “Always ready to ribbit”: The Frog Pedal is a surprisingly versatile octaver that makes your guitar sound like, erm, a frog - Guitar World
- “I was the most vocal about being unhappy. That's when George grabbed Bootsy Collins and his band to replace us”: He was schooled by James Jamerson and freaked Larry Graham out – how William ‘Billy Bass’ Nelson founded the Funkadelic sound - Guitar World
- Laney Introduces DB-EAST-PRE Nathan East Signature Bas Preamp Pedal - Premier Guitar
- V-Man Says He Switched From Guitar to Bass For SLIPKNOT, Details Audition Process - Metal Injection
- NAMM 2026: The best new things in bass from the biggest music instrument event of the year - Guitar World
- 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
- “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
- 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
- Höfner blames effects of US tariffs for bankruptcy, but “business operations will continue” throughout administration - Guitar.com
New Music releases
- Fans Slam Taylor Swift As ‘Greedy’ After She Releases ‘Opalite’ Music Video On Paid Subscription Sites Only: ‘All Because She Wants The #1 Song’ - SHEfinds
- 50 Cent Hasn’t Released New Music For One Specific Reason, He Says - HOT 97
- News: American Steel Release New Music - New Noise Magazine
- Delilah Bon releases new music video for ‘ILLEGAL ALIENS’ - Distorted Sound Magazine -
- Fresh Finds Fridays: SOME OF THE HOTTEST NEW R&B MUSIC RELEASES - ThisisRnB.com
- Taylor Swift releases new music video with Graham Norton guests - Stuff
- New Music Friday: 25 Hip-Hop, R&B Releases You Need On Your Playlist - VIBE.com
- Tito El Bambino, Dale Pututi, Nesty & More: Vote for the Best New Latin Music Release This Week - Billboard
- Which New Music Release Is Your Favorite This Week? Vote! - Billboard
- Taylor Swift releases new music video for "Opalite" - cbsnews.com
- Zayn, J Cole, Tame Impala, Jennie and EJAE lead new music releases this weekend - The Express Tribune
- Friday Music Guide: Latest Releases Songs From ZAYN to J. Cole, Tame Impala, JENNIE, Nick Jonas & More - The Sunday Guardian
- A$AP Rocky, ENHYPEN, & More: New Music Releases You Need To Hear Right Now - hype.my
- Podcast: The best new albums out Feb. 6 : All Songs Considered - NPR
- FLATWOUNDS to release new EP, share music for "Emulator" - Lambgoat
- New Music Friday featuring Royal Ratbags, Karnivool, and Dera Meelan - - Happy Mag
- New Music Friday: 12 releases to help you get through the worst of February (06 Feb 2026) - Q107 Toronto
- The BLCK Madonna | “Between The Lines” - TheUrbanMusicScene.com
- New Music Friday: sombr, ZAYN, Joji, Niall Horan and more - Official Charts
- New album releases 2026: Dates for Harry Styles, Gorillaz, Leigh-Anne and more - Official Charts
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