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- 'I Kind of Put My Foot in' It: Paul McCartney's Guitar Player Shares Opinion on John Mayer's Playing, Recalls Mistaking Him for Another Guitarist - Ultimate Guitar
- News: Mastodon Honor Late Ex-Guitarist Brent Hinds at First Concert Since His Death - New Noise Magazine
- “My first concert that I attended as a young teen was Kansas. They were and remain my favorite band ever”: Kansas superfan becomes band’s new full-time guitarist – as Rich Williams scales back touring duties - Guitar World
- “I’d been clean for over 30 years!” Pete Townshend on the Who’s farewell tour, and the health issues he had to kick to get back on the road - Guitar Player
- 3 Classic Rock Bands That Were Famous for Their Guitarists - American Songwriter
- “I couldn’t join a band with Paul McCartney. But it’s nothing personal.” George Harrison said he was open to starting a new band with only one other former Beatles bandmate - Guitar Player
- “It was a foolish idea. I was heartbroken about my band breaking up… I gave it to a 12-year-old kid”: Why John Fogerty parted ways the iconic guitar he used on CCR hits – and how he got it back - Guitar World
- “Cat Stevens asked me to play on his recordings… it never got to the point where I felt like I could add as much as I wanted”: Eric Johnson reflects on his early session career with Carole King and Christopher Cross – and getting fired by Donald Fagen - Guitar World
- “I don’t tune it like a normal guitar, and that’s gonna come and haunt me at one point in my life”: Daniela “Dany” Villarreal Vélez reveals the unconventional alternate tuning she used on The Warning’s latest album - Guitar World
- Don't mean a thing if you ain't got that swing: Local guitarist John Girton to be inducted in Western Swing Hall of Fame - TheUnion.com
- SINGE is Music Maker of the Month - dailypress.net
- “The Gibson double-neck I play is not an off-the-shelf model. I have to have them modified.” How the Eagles’ "Hotel California" forced Don Felder to modify his Gibson double-neck guitars — and how Chet Atkins inspired him - Guitar Player
- Get the best guitar lessons we've tested for just $10.47 a month with this monster Labor Day deal - Guitar Player
- Our highest-rated online guitar lessons just dropped by 65% for Labor Day - up your game for only $10.47 per month - Guitar World
- “The call from Paul was a complete shock. I thought it was Mick Jagger taking the piss.” Studio legend Glyn Johns on Paul McCartney's shocking request to work on what became the Beatles' final album - Guitar Player
- Get up to 30% off guitars you won't find anywhere else in the Guitar Center Labor Day sale, including a mega $500 saving on a Gibson Les Paul - Guitar Player
- Pantera headlines first D-FW show since split over 20 years ago - KERA News
- “I said, ‘Oh, when did you get Eric Clapton to play on that?’ He said, ‘He’s not playing on it. That’s me’”: Paul McCartney guitarist Robbie McIntosh on the time he mistook John Mayer’s guitar playing for Slowhand’s - Guitar World
- Meet Duke Levine, the Mass. ‘maestro’ on tour with Bonnie Raitt - The Boston Globe
- “Even though he says he wrote it, I wrote it!" Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page never agreed on which of them composed the song Beck called “the first heavy metal riff ever written" - Guitar Player
- “Tony Iommi didn’t want a song by another guitarist on a Sabbath record. I never saw the money. But hearing Dio perform my song was unforgettable”: Jimi Bell may have lost out to Zakk Wylde in his Ozzy Osbourne audition, but he has no regrets - Guitar World
- “Your guitar playing was on point”: 10-year-old guitar prodigy backed by Kiko Loureiro nails Joan Jett classic during America’s Got Talent quarter final - Guitar World
- Five things you may not know about Stevie Ray Vaughan, 35 years after his death at 35 - Austin American-Statesman
- “It’s like walking in to a Walmart to see Eddie Van Halen and Randy Rhoads politely sharing Hendrix riffs”: Underrated guitar hero Danny Gatton to be honored with release of first new album in nearly 20 years - Guitar World
- “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
- “I’d been playing guitar full-time for 25 years, and when I got to play on a Deep Purple album it was just one chord!” Meet Tommy Denander, the session guitar great who’s worked with everyone from Jeff Beck and Michael Jackson to Joe Perry and Ace Frehley - Guitar World
- The Gibson Gazette Interview: Don Felder - Gibson
- “People say Eurythmics are a synth-pop duo, but a lot of those songs started with me playing electric guitar. Even Sweet Dreams is a blues song, really”: Eurythmics legend Dave Stewart on gigging folk clubs underage and drinking sake with Bob Dylan - Guitar World
- Cradle Of Filth guitarist fired following vicious statement days after keyboardist wife’s departure - Louder
- Meet the guitar-strumming, Settlers of Catan-playing QB who will make BYU history with 1 snap - East Idaho News
- “Honoring Ozzy and Randy last night. I’ll be damned if it wasn’t fun to play”: Grace Bowers impresses with flawless “Crazy Train” shred as she pays tribute to Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads - Guitar Player
- “There was just an overall feeling that John was around.” Paul McCartney on the ghost of John Lennon and “strange goings-on” that marked the recording of the Beatles’ ‘Anthology’ hits - Guitar Player
- Ben Gallaher announces sophomore album - The Music Universe
- “I have enough songs that I could put a record out right now”: John Mayer reveals where things stand with his next album – and why he's not rushing the process - Guitar World
- The guitar legend that Frank Zappa claimed was “a genius in ways that have yet to be discovered” - Guitar.com
- CE Pro All Star Band Guitar Players Recount Their Favorite Players and Gear - cepro.com
- Veteran Nashville session guitarist on the “two things” that are most important in the studio – and neither are the melody or notes - Guitar.com
- “All that we accomplished after that first fistfight in the van 25 years ago. I didn’t think you’d be taken from us like this”: Mastodon guitarist Bill Kelliher issues first public statement following Brent Hinds' death - Guitar World
- '2026 should be a Heart year': Guitarist Nancy Wilson talks of sister's health, future of band coming to Allentown Fair - LehighValleyNews.com
- “My guitar was slightly out. Steve Vai walked past and said, ‘Your low E was four cents flat.’ And he’d been in the green room!” Meet Derek Day, the swaggering virtuoso who went from busking on the streets to touring with his hero - Guitar World
- “We’ve just written this one but we’re not sure about it…” How The Beatles turned to the Shadows legend Hank Marvin for advice about an iconic song - Guitar.com
- “Learned the solo the other day – it’s not perfect, but I’ll be damned if it wasn’t fun to play”: Grace Bowers channels her inner shredder with a searing tribute to Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads - Guitar World
- “I don’t care if you suck, and I don’t care if you are frigging brilliant. If I see you love it, I'll do anything to help you.” Tommy Emmanuel reveals everything you need to know about his upcoming Guitar Camp U.S.A. - Guitar Player
- “We were brothers to the end. We really loved each other, and we made a lot of very beautiful music together”: Mastodon honor Brent Hinds onstage at their first live performance since the guitarist's death - Guitar World
- “It’s not always perfect, but we were brothers till the end”: Mastodon pay tribute to Brent Hinds at first concert since guitarist’s death - Guitar.com
- “The thing is, Jake doesn't appreciate how spectacularly special that is”: When Chris Turpin started playing with Jake Kiszka, the Greta Van Fleet guitarist's live rig surprised him - Guitar World
- “He handed me that famous pink Strat. That riff is the first thing I played – it had that riff in it. I’m lucky to be the guy it came out for”: Mark Morton on his all-star solo album feat. Grace Bowers, Tyler Bryant and a perfect solo from Jason Isbell - Guitar World
- Kansa Announce New Guitarist Scott Bernard - RTTNews
- “We went to Waffle House and I saw a sugar packet. Those songs went from being the third Bob Mould solo album to being by a band called Sugar”: Bob Mould on Hüsker Dü's rise and fall, and what changed when he swapped his Ibanez Rocket Roll for a Stra - Guitar World
- Mastodon pays tribute to Brent Hinds at first show following guitarist's death - Hometown News
- Mastodon Pays Tribute to Brent Hinds at First Show Since Guitarist’s Death: ‘Brothers to the End’ - Billboard
- Mastodon Remembers Late Guitarist in Powerful Onstage Tribute: 'We Were Brothers to the End' - yahoo.com
- World champion air guitar player is crowned in Finland - yahoo.com
- Henley air guitar player out of world championships - BBC
- “He told me that after he was gone, he just wanted to be remembered for bringing country music into metal”: Brent Hinds, 1974-2025 – the guitar world pays tribute - Guitar World
- “A bottle rocket of creative spirit” and a “motherf**ker on six strings”: The guitar world pays tribute to Mastodon's Brent Hinds - Guitar.com
- Brent Hinds: Former Mastodon guitarist dies in motorcycle crash - BBC
- Brent Hinds, Mastodon Co-Founder and Former Guitarist, Dead at 51 - Rolling Stone
- Former guitarist, co-founder of heavy metal band Mastodon dies in Atlanta motorcycle crash - Atlanta News First
- Henley air guitar player gears up for world championships - BBC
- 'I Hadn't Heard a Guitar Player Like That Before': Jake Kiszka's Mirador Bandmate Explains What's Special About Greta Van Fleet Guitarist's Playing - Ultimate Guitar
- 'I Don't Care if You Are Al Di Meola or Not': Santana Reveals One Thing All Guitar Players Need to Practice More - Ultimate Guitar
- 'I Read Comments Saying, 'You've Got Nothing on Brent'': New Mastodon Guitarist Speaks on Being 'Judged', Shares Opinion on Brent Hinds' Playing - Ultimate Guitar
- Only Three Famous Guitarists Built Guitars They Actually Played, Author Explains: 'It's a Pretty Rare Thing' - Ultimate Guitar
- “One of the greatest to ever do it”: Terry “Superlungs” Reid, the guitarist, singer, and songwriter who forged his own path after turning down Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, has died aged 75 - Guitar World
- 'It Was Very Simple Music, But...': Joe Bonamassa Shares Opionon On Ozzy's Choice of Guitar Players, Explains What It Says About Him As Bandleader - Ultimate Guitar
- 'If It's Not What I Heard on the Record, It's Not It': Dweezil Zappa Speaks Up on 'Laziness' of Guitar Players When Playing Covers - Ultimate Guitar
- 'Not a Comfortable Way to Play': Here's What Made Frank Zappa's Guitar Playing Style So Weird, Dweezil Explains - Ultimate Guitar
- 'It Has Nothing To Do With Anybody Else': Slash Shares Opinion On His Own Playing, Names One Thing He's Always Trying To Do - Ultimate Guitar
- 'If You Disrespected Him, He Held On to That for a Long Time': Eddie Van Halen's Friend Reveals What the Guitarist Was Really Like - Ultimate Guitar
- Dweezil Zappa Speaks Up on Guitar Players Copying Eddie Van Halen, Names Guitarist Who 'Always Sounded Good' - Ultimate Guitar
- 'If You Wrote the Songs, You're Kind Of Allowed To Be Crap': Mark Knopfler Shares Opinion On His Own Playing, Explains 'What Counts' For Him - Ultimate Guitar
- This Was Actually Yngwie Malmsteen's Favorite Guitar Player, His Ex-Bandmate Reveals: 'Who Knew?' - Ultimate Guitar
- “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
- “That was also where Mitch Mitchell brought Jimi’s white Woodstock Strat for me to set up, prior to him selling it”: My afternoon interviewing Hank Marvin over beans on toast and chickening out of a Paul McCartney 'audition' - Guitar World
- Video 10-year-old guitar-playing prodigy rocks on - ABC News
- 'I Was Like, 'This Is So Amazing!'': Yngwie Malmsteen Says This Was His 'First Favorite Guitar Player' — Even Though He Didn't Know Who It Actually Was - Ultimate Guitar
- 'I Felt Responsible': His Death Was Tragic, But This (Overlooked) Guitarist Inspired One of the Most Enduring Songs - Ultimate Guitar
- 'That's the Only Way I Could Say, 'That's Good', or 'That's Bad'': Yngwie Malmsteen Reveals One Thing You Really Need To Do To Get Better At Playing Guitar - Ultimate Guitar
- Doug Aldrich Recalls How Randy Rhoads Treated Him: 'I Was Just Out of My Mind With That' - Ultimate Guitar
- 'I See So Many People Widdling and Shredding': Richard Kruspe Reveals One Simple Thing Guitarists Should Focus on, Names Greatest Guitar Riff Ever - Ultimate Guitar
- Rick Derringer, Guitar Journeyman Behind ‘Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo,’ Dead at 77 - Rolling Stone
- Myles Kennedy Names 'Biggest Misconception' About His Guitar Playing, Compares Playing With Slash and Mark Tremonti - Ultimate Guitar
- Marty Friedman Shares Opinion on Polyphia, Explains Why 'Flashy' Playing Alone Doesn't Excite Him: 'I Got Over People Being Good Guitar Players' - Ultimate Guitar
- 'People Get Weirdly Bent Out of Shape When I Talk About My Guitar Playing': Billy Corgan Talks About His Guitar Playing - Ultimate Guitar
- Winner of Guitar Player Magazine International Competition to perform locally - timesobserver.com
- The ‘luckiest guitar player on Earth’ lives in Dallas, and he plays with the Eagles - Dallas News
- 'A Lot of People Say They Can Play Megadeth's Music, and They Can't': What Dave Mustaine Looks for in a Guitar Player - Ultimate Guitar
- 'Very Incestuous': One Issue Yngwie Malmsteen Has With Classic Rock Guitarists - Ultimate Guitar
- “If you’re coming up against an ambush, you want her in your battalion”: Jack White has gifted his signature Fender Triplecaster to his new favorite guitar player - Guitar World
- Al Di Meola Reveals Key Thing to Keeping a Steady Rhythm: 'for Most Guitar Players, It's Not Achievable' - Ultimate Guitar
- Forget Expensive Guitars: These 3 Legendary Guitar Players Swear by Budget Instruments - Ultimate Guitar
- "I cannot play guitar." Rockabilly legend Brian Setzer reveals he has an auto-immune disease that prevents him from playing guitar - Guitar Player
- Joe Satriani Names One Issue With Modern Guitarists That Jimi Hendrix Never Had: 'It's Not Their Fault' - Ultimate Guitar
- 'It's Getting More Difficult': Peter Frampton Reveals How His Health Affects His Guitar Playing, Names the 'Worst Thing' About His State - Ultimate Guitar
- Alex Skolnick Says Frank Zappa Was 'Not the Most Polished Guitar Player,' Explains What Really Made Him Special - Ultimate Guitar
- Mark Tremonti Names His 'Best Advice' for Guitarists: 'Don't Be This Tremendous Guitar Player Who Can't Write Anything' - Ultimate Guitar
- 'There Must Be Three Guitar Players': Gene Simmons Reveals First Reaction to Hearing Van Halen Live, Recalls Doing Their Early-career Demo - Ultimate Guitar
- "I placed the DeArmond pickup near the bridge. I put a crushed cigarette packet underneath it. That helped to get that round sound.” Vic Flick, guitarist behind the iconic James Bond theme, has died. Read our historic interview with him - Guitar Player
- Guitar Player Magazine Halts Publication, Puts Out One Last Print Edition After 58-Year Run - Variety
Guitar Amp News
- Reverb Offering Deep Labor Day Discounts on Guitars, Amps, and More - Consequence of Sound
- “Theory C: it’s a scoop knob... they built James’ parametric EQ into the amp”: Metallica spark a Mesa/Boogie mystery as unidentified amp spotted in 50th Anniversary message to ESP Guitars. Could this be a James Hetfield signature? - Guitar World
- Guitar Amp-Inspired Party Speakers - Trend Hunter
- How to Mic Acoustic, Electric, or Bass Guitars like a Pro - Premier Guitar
- Bad Cat Introduces the Ocelot — Small Amp. Big Attitude. Total Control. - Premier Guitar
- Get up to 30% off guitars you won't find anywhere else in the Guitar Center Labor Day sale, including a mega $500 saving on a Gibson Les Paul - Guitar Player
- Bad Cat Ocelot: Compact Tube Amp with a Studio-Ready Roar - Gearnews.com
- The Metal Guitar Amp Shortlist No One Argues About (Not Even Online) - Gear Gods
- “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
- Marshall launches the Bromley 750 – its first-ever “party speaker” complete with integrated stage lights - Guitar.com
- “Do modelers have a place? Yes. Are they going to put me out of business? I don’t think so”: Mike Zaite on the secret to the Dr Z sound, making custom amps for James Walsh’s shows at the Sphere and the enduring appeal of the tube amplifier - Guitar World
- Marshall Launches First-Ever Party Speaker with Hidden LED Light Show - channelnews.com.au
- Marshall's first party speaker unsurprisingly looks like a guitar amp - Engadget
- A Low-Cost Gamma for the Gigging Guitarist - Premier Guitar
- There's no need to wait for the weekend with up to 60% off gear in the Musician's Friend early Labor Day sale - save $500 on a Supro tube amp - Guitar World
- The new Marshall Bromley 750 is a party speaker with a trick or two up its sleeve - wallpaper.com
- 'I Ended Up With Three of Them': Steve Vai Opens Up on How This Digital Modeling Amp Won Him Over - Ultimate Guitar
- With guitar amps starting from just £44, Thomann’s massive Hughes & Kettner sale just made modernizing your rig a lot cheaper - MusicRadar
- With up to 40% off guitar amps Thomann's huge Hughes & Kettner sale just made upgrading your backline a lot more affordable - Guitar World
- 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
- “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
- “I realized I had something very exciting on my hands. I wasn’t expecting it at all”: Guitarist unwittingly buys John Lennon’s old Fender Deluxe – after the suspected White Album combo turned up on Facebook Marketplace - Guitar World
- 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
- 'I Started To Get Disillusioned With The Consistency Of My Sound With Marshall': Slash Opens Up On How He Switched From Marshall To Magnatone Amps - Ultimate Guitar
- Dad who bought guitar amp on Facebook floored by previous rock star owner - Manchester Evening News
- “Experience one of the rarest and most coveted vintage amplifiers ever”: Mesa/Boogie puts ‘Crunch Berries’ on the menu as it releases the holy grail amp used by Metallica - MusicRadar
- Prime Day guitar deals 2025: The official sale is over, but you can still find deals on guitars, amps, pedals, accessories, and more – here's our top picks - Guitar Player
- “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
- “It might be the smallest of the small, but it’s a Goliath in sound”: On-Stage Travel Guitar Amplifier review - Guitar World
- Clean Tube Amps Are Becoming Trendy Again: Is This the Reason for the Rise in Popularity of This New Gear? - Ultimate Guitar
- Best acoustic guitar amp 2025: Amplify your acoustic with a top-rated amp - MusicRadar
- Fender to launch new American Vintage, Mustang, and Tone Master amps this year – here’s everything you need to know - Guitar.com
- Supro Announces New Airwave Tube Amp - Premier Guitar
- Billy Duffy Recalls 'Not Feeling Comfortable' With His Tone While Making The Cult's Classic Album, Reveals 'Odd' Guitar Amp They Used - Ultimate Guitar
- Fender Studio app takes the best feature from our favourite guitar amps - Trusted Reviews
- Thomann has acquired Hughes & Kettner – and is promising a bright future for the German amp giant championed by Alex Lifeson and Tommy Thayer - 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
- Video: Recreating Oasis' Guitar Sound With Amps & Effects | Potent Pairings - Reverb
- John Mayer Names One Thing 'That Can Only Come from the Ignition Inside a Tube,' Speaks on His Unusual Live Amp Setup - Ultimate Guitar
- Divided by 13 CCC 9/15 Review - Premier Guitar
- Is He Ditching Axe-Fx? John Mayer Used a New Guitar Amp Modeler at Coachella 2025 Performance - Ultimate Guitar
- Best Fender amps 2025: The finest Fender amplifiers you can get your hands on - Guitar Player
- Best amp modelers 2025: Get your dream guitar tone with my top picks - Guitar Player
- 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
- “The real cost of Trump’s tariff tax”: Morgan Amps says new tariffs will add up to $1,000 to the price of its amp heads - Guitar World
- “‘Cheap guitar’ doesn't mean bad guitar”: Why Yvette Young would rather have an expensive amp than an expensive guitar - Guitar.com
- “The SYN-20IR is the world’s most flexible, convenient, and tonally versatile all-tube amplifier head”: Steve Vai’s favourite amp brand Synergy unveils a 20W “preamp module platform” with onboard IRs - MusicRadar
- Boss Announces KATANA:GO Personal Headphone Amp - Premier Guitar
- Positive Grid Launches the Spark NEO - Premier Guitar
- Peavey Is Cashing in on Nostalgia Now: These Are 3 Reasons Why That's a Good Move - Ultimate Guitar
- “It puts into context just how far removed digital models are from the real thing”: I played the last Overdrive Special that Dumble worked on – and it completely changed my perspective on the amp of my dreams - Guitar World
- Session Legend Names One Aspect of Amp Modelers That Shouldn't Be Underestimated, Though He Prefers Tube Amps '99% of the Time' - Ultimate Guitar
- “We are convinced that Marshall will strengthen its position as the go-to brand for guitarists”: Chinese firm HSG acquires majority stake of Marshall Group in $1.1 billion deal - Guitar World
- Best pedal amps 2025: 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
- “We promised him that we would keep his legacy alive”: What’s going on with Dumble Amps – and why was the company at NAMM 2025? We discovered the story behind the re-emergence – and future – of the guitar world’s most mythical amp brand - Guitar World
- Marshall sells majority stake to China’s HSG for €1.1 billion - Guitar.com
- Guitar amp maker Marshall acquired by China’s HongShan in $1bn+ deal - Music Business Worldwide
- NAMM 2025 Live: The biggest product launches, plus photos from the show floor… - Guitar.com
- NAMM 2025 rumors, predictions and breaking news - Guitar World
- NAMM 2025: The Best New Product News & Announcements - Reverb
- NAMM 2025 Gallery: The Latest Guitars and Gear - Premier Guitar
- Marshall Announces New Products at NAMM 2025 - Premier Guitar
- Fender Reveals New Releases for 2025: NAMM Special - Premier Guitar
- Marshall launches two amp lines offering modern tweaks on the 1959, JCM800 and JCM900 - Guitar.com
- Fender’s Tone Master FR-212 amp is loaded with two 12-inch “special design speakers” - Guitar.com
- “Modeling is just not fun. It doesn’t give you any sort of feeling. You gotta shake the pant legs and feel that air”: Dave Friedman, who’s built amps for Jerry Cantrell, Steve Stevens, and Chris Shiflett, is not ready to hop off the tube train - Guitar World
- Jeff Beck: Rock legend's collection sells for £8.7m at auction - BBC
- Orange launches “legend in the making” O Tone 40 amplifier plus series of portable Baby amps - Guitar.com
- “Lightweight, portable, and incredibly powerful”: Orange launches “studio-grade and gig-ready” Baby Range – three affordable, compact heads that downsize classic Orange tones (and introduce some new ones, too) - Guitar World
- Magnatone Introduces the Starlite Reverb - Premier Guitar
- “The King of Clean. Now in your DAW”: Roland launches plugin version of its classic JC-120 Jazz Chorus amplifier - Guitar.com
- “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
- NAMM 2025: Boss promises great tone at practice-friendly volumes and “world-class recorded tones with no engineering experience required” from the compact Waza Tube Amp Expander Core - MusicRadar
- Boss launches WAZA Tube Amp Expander Core with “powerful enhancements focused on direct recording applications” - Guitar.com
- Mark Tremonti: “I collect amps like most people collect guitars. My biggest affliction is buying Dumble amplifiers” - Guitar.com
- Bad Cat Announces the Mark Sampson Era 30 Amp - Premier Guitar
- 'He Was the High-gain Pioneer': Friedman Revives Legendary Mods and Eddie Van Halen's Secret Weapon With New Amp - Ultimate Guitar
- “We’re going to release an end-all-be-all amplifier with his name on it”: Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai and Metallica are among the rock royalty who used José Arredondo’s legendary amps. Now Dave Friedman is honoring his legacy with a definitive model - Guitar World
- “An original icon built by the same artisans who built them 30 years ago”: Mesa/Boogie is reviving the Dual Rectifier – the hallowed amp head that defined the sound of 1990s high gain music - Guitar World
- Don't Fall for It: Top 3 Overhyped Guitar Gear Trends That Are Pure Snake Oil - Ultimate Guitar
- How Guitar Gear Will Evolve in 2025: Inflation, Digital Amps, and the Shifts That Will Define the Year - Ultimate Guitar
- The Most Watched Music Gear of 2024 - Reverb
- ‘High off the sound’: Fergus Falls engineer is a guitar amp hero - MPR News
- These are the best new amplifiers of 2024, according to the Guitar.com team - Guitar.com
- Boss Announces Katana-Mini X Amp - Premier Guitar
- I'm Done! 2 Important Reasons I Won't Buy Another Tube Amplifier - Ultimate Guitar
- “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
- Top 5 Reasons I Switched From Tube Amps to Amp and Cab Sims - Ultimate Guitar
- “New and exciting product lines and services are in the works”: Dumble is under new ownership – and it will begin making amps again using the elusive amp builder’s “trade secrets” - Guitar World
- Jimmy Page Opens Up on His No. 1 Amp: 'It Was Just the Best Amp I Had in My Collection' - Ultimate Guitar
- “It did all those Led Zeppelin tours and all the recordings. It did flippin’ everything, y’know?” Jimmy Page reveals “the best amp that I’d ever had in my collection” - Guitar Player
- Is This The Best Alternative to a Dumble Amplifier? - Ultimate Guitar
- “I'd advise new guitarists to play with an amplifier”: Sheryl Crow guitarist says beginners should steer clear of amp modellers - Guitar.com
Bass Player News
- “I realized I might pass the audition, and then they sent the cops over, came and picked me up, and took me to jail”: How C. J. Ramone landed the role of Ramones bassist while he was in jail - Guitar World
- “Spinal Tap was getting ready for one of its shows. Paul McCartney was in another room rehearsing, and he happened to walk in one day”: Spinal Tap director Rob Reiner on the real-life encounter that inspired a scene in the highly anticipated sequel - Guitar World
- 15 years later, Scott Pilgrim EX proves that Toronto's most problematic bass player has what it takes to become beat-em-up royalty in 2025 - Eurogamer
- Blindfold Test: Buster Williams - DownBeat
- Craig Campbell's Bass Player Stops Playing To Help Injured Fan - antiMusic
- “He got to just be the bass player in the band, and he f**king loved it”: Why Paul McCartney loved playing bass on The Rolling Stones’ Hackney Diamonds album - Guitar.com
- “Learning to play with a pick was like dancing with two left feet. I had to entirely relearn the bass”: Having played in the Pixies, Zwan, and A Perfect Circle, Paz Lenchantin knows a thing or two about the bass guitar and its role in rock - Guitar World
- 'That Wasn't A Dream': Palladino, Mills team up for another album of instrumental craftwork - NCPR: North Country Public Radio
- Former Pixies Bassist Paz Lenchantin Stages Mini Perfect Circle Reunion on New Single 'Hang Tough' - Rolling Stone
- 'Not Anything Against Cliff, but...': David Ellefson Reveals Why Ron McGovney Was More 'My Metallica Bass Player' - Ultimate Guitar
- 'It Was Quite Painful for Me to Listen to Ian': Ex-Jethro Tull Bassist Reveals Why He Left the Band, Opens Up on What Ian Anderson Was Like as 'Boss' - Ultimate Guitar
- “Whenever anybody says, ‘Can you just follow the root note?’ my immediate retort is, ‘Why don't you just f*** off?’” How Peter Hook re-wrote the rulebook on punk bass – and became “allergic to low notes” in the process - Guitar World
- Why David Gilmour's go-to bassist for the past four decades very nearly didn't get the gig - yahoo.com
- “When I played with Jason Newsted, I knew he was the one. Not that Robert Trujillo is a bad bass player, but Jason just has this edge”: In March 2003, Ozzy Osbourne introduced the world to his new bassist - Guitar World
- “Car Bomb opened me up to playing bass with a pick. Now I’ve been a pick guy for so long I’m afraid to play fingerstyle!” Marrying savage hooks to technical prowess, Jon Modell is proof of just how heavy a 5-string bass can be in modern metal - Guitar World
- 'It Turned Me Into a Beginner Again': Victor Wooten Opens Up on Neurological Condition Affecting His Bass Playing - Ultimate Guitar
- Mike Leon is the new bass player for CKY - Chaoszine
- “If it felt like punk speed freaks, so much the better. Elvis never came up to us saying, ‘Suspicious Minds was too fast tonight’”: At the suggestion of guitar picker James Burton, Elvis set up an audition with an unlikely bass candidate – Jerry Scheff - Guitar World
- BBC Philharmonic appoints second principal double bass - The Strad
- Revel In Red mourning loss of bass player Pete Ramsey - CIProud.com
Bass Amp News
- Blackstar Debut Bass: 2 New Bass Practice Amps - Gearnews.com
- Laney Amplification unveils Digbeth Foundry range – affordable, powerful bass amps from 30W to 200W - yahoo.com
- Juan Alderete Is Bringing Over 700 Bass Guitars, Pedals, and Amps to Reverb - Reverb
- MayFly Audio releases the Sunset Bass Amplifier Simulator - Premier Guitar
- Matthew Bass named Alvin's new head football coach - The Alvin Sun-Advertiser
- Bergantino Audio Announces the HP Ultra 2000W Bass Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- Striped bass restrictions head to Supreme Court - MyEasternShoreMD
- Nabholz Acquires Bass Commercial Concrete of LR - Arkansas Money & Politics
- Winter NAMM 2025 – Day 1 - Bass Gear Magazine
- Think You Know Bass? ASCENDO’s AIA2-10K2 IS Amp Takes It Lower Than Ever - HomeTheaterReview
- Fender drops game-changing Tone Master Pro update - Guitar World
- “For guitarists and bassists looking for a portable solution to bring along on their travels…”: Meet the JAMster series, the $42 desktop guitar and bass amps from Harley Benton you can take anywhere - MusicRadar
- Esko, Grand Rapids, Northwestern bass anglers head to state - Duluth News Tribune
- "It now pushes more air, flaps more trouser leg": The Orange AD200B bass amp comes back redesigned, revamped and reimagined - MusicRadar
- “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
- “You’d be hard-pushed to find a bass sound that you couldn’t gig with almost immediately”: Boss Katana-500 Bass Head review - Guitar World
- “Raises professional bass amplification to the next level”: Boss has unveiled its first-ever Katana bass head – and it might have just changed the game for bass players - Guitar World
- “Next-generation sound experience backed by decades of R&D”: Boss has big news for bassists, unveiling feature-packed ME-90B multi-fx, plus high-powered Katana-500 head and matching 1x12 cab - MusicRadar
- Line 6’s new POD Express Guitar and Bass offer a wealth of effects in ultra-portable units - Guitar.com
- NAMM 2024: the biggest news and hottest gear revealed in guitars, music tech, software - MusicRadar
Guitar Effects News
- Reverb Offering Deep Labor Day Discounts on Guitars, Amps, and More - Consequence of Sound
- Reverb’s Labor Day sale is on – save thousands on guitars, amps and pedals right now - Guitar.com
- One pedal to rule them all: Boss’s new PX-1 Plugout FX puts 16 classic effects at your feet - Guitar.com
- Guitar Center Labor Day Sale Turns Up the Volume with Major Savings on Amps and Pedals - Gear Gods
- "Endless Fuel for Every Creative Journey": BOSS Launches PX-1 Plugout FX (16 BOSS Effects in One Pedal!) - American Songwriter
- BOSS Introduces PX-1 Plugout FX - Premier Guitar
- Get up to 30% off guitars you won't find anywhere else in the Guitar Center Labor Day sale, including a mega $500 saving on a Gibson Les Paul - Guitar Player
- “Each effect in the PX-1 delivers the genuine sound and response of the pedal it’s based on”: A compact series stompbox you can turn into any one of 16 classic Boss effects? Meet the Plugout FX - MusicRadar
- “The timeless Boss experience in one versatile pedal”: Boss crams 16 beloved effects into the convertible PX-1 Plugout FX – a multi-FX that looks like the one of the firm’s standard compact pedals - Guitar World
- Strymon EC-1 Review - Premier Guitar
- “With practice, players can perform swells, shifts, or rhythmic changes in their delay sound as they play”: Jack White’s Third Man Hardware teams up with Black Mountain for the Roto-Echo, the delay pedal you can control with your foot - MusicRadar
- “Do modelers have a place? Yes. Are they going to put me out of business? I don’t think so”: Mike Zaite on the secret to the Dr Z sound, making custom amps for James Walsh’s shows at the Sphere and the enduring appeal of the tube amplifier - Guitar World
- There's no need to wait for the weekend with up to 60% off gear in the Musician's Friend early Labor Day sale - save $500 on a Supro tube amp - Guitar World
- Third Man Hardware and Black Mountain Designs Introduce the Roto-Echo Delay - Premier Guitar
- CE Pro All Star Band Guitar Players Recount Their Favorite Players and Gear - cepro.com
- Fish Circuits Echo Limiteur Review - Premier Guitar
- Electro-Harmonix Oceans Abyss Review - 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
- Guitar World deals of the week: save $200 on a Gibson SG, get an overlooked EHX pedal with a massive discount, plus first dibs on an early Labor Day sale - Guitar World
- “Broken vertebrae, knee/shoulder damage and 29 face stitches”: JHS Pedals founder Josh Scott recovering after suffering serious cycling accident - Guitar World
Guitar and Bass News
- Reverb Offering Deep Labor Day Discounts on Guitars, Amps, and More - Consequence of Sound
- “Icons reimagined”: Fender gives four Player II classics a stunning Shell Pink refresh – and this web-exclusive drop might be sweetest we’ve seen - Guitar World
- Gibson Films to release docuseries on Tony Iommi - Gibson
- “All the shiny, pointy guitars were gone, and this one was still on the wall… something just drew me to it”: How Khruangbin made Fender history with signature models of the first guitars they ever bought - Guitar World
- Guitar Center Labor Day Sale Drops Serious Savings on Basses From FENDER, SQUIER, SCHECTER, IBANEZ and More - Gear Gods
- How to Mic Acoustic, Electric, or Bass Guitars like a Pro - Premier Guitar
- “It might not be to all tastes, but its retro charm and sonic potential are compelling indeed”: Squier Classic Vibe Telecaster Bass review - Guitar World
- BOSS Introduces PX-1 Plugout FX - Bass Gear Magazine
- Gear Up: Fender Labor Day Sale Offers Deals on Guitars, Basses, Accessories, and Parts - Consequence of Sound
- Fender is laying down the gauntlet to all other Labor Day guitar sales – save up to $200 off an American Pro II Strat or Tele, and so much more - Guitar World
- “It weaves together wild features into something that could’ve been a producer’s secret weapon in the early 1970s”: Acclaimed producer Adrian Younge’s new semi-fretless signature Fender is perhaps the craziest Jazz Bass the company's ever released - Guitar World
- MTV Never Paid Megadeth for Using Their 'Peace Sells' Bass Line, Author Reveals: 'Not a Penny' - Ultimate Guitar
- “Learning to play with a pick was like dancing with two left feet. I had to entirely relearn the bass”: Having played in the Pixies, Zwan, and A Perfect Circle, Paz Lenchantin knows a thing or two about the bass guitar and its role in rock - Guitar World
- “Fender Designed alnico pickups, vintage-tinted gloss neck finishes, and nickel-plated hardware for an authentic old-school vibe”: Squier channels the Fender archive for 10 stunning yet affordable Classic Vibe electric and bass guitars - MusicRadar
- Lead Bass Guitar: Why Does It Feel Like Rock Bass Has Gotten Boring? (Relative to the Genre's Earliest Days) - Ultimate Guitar
- Forget Fender and Music Man: These 6 Boutique Bass Guitar Brands Should Be Your Next Premium Bass Purchase - Ultimate Guitar
- “It’s essentially based off of a knockoff Fender!” Khruangbin’s Laura Lee Ochoa just got a signature Fender based on the first bass she ever bought – but it was a Jazz Bass copy - Guitar World
- “Whenever anybody says, ‘Can you just follow the root note?’ my immediate retort is, ‘Why don't you just f*** off?’” How Peter Hook re-wrote the rulebook on punk bass – and became “allergic to low notes” in the process - Guitar World
- "It’s something that looked and felt like a Fender but was something I could afford at that point": Khruangbin bassist Laura Lee Ochoa says that her Fender signature model is actually based on a Fender copy - MusicRadar
- “When I played with Jason Newsted, I knew he was the one. Not that Robert Trujillo is a bad bass player, but Jason just has this edge”: In March 2003, Ozzy Osbourne introduced the world to his new bassist - Guitar World
New Music releases
- RØRY releases new music video for ‘DEGRADATION’ - Distorted Sound Magazine -
- Rihanna releases new music in honor of 20 years in music. Well, kind of. - USA Today
- Rihanna releases new music in honor of 20 years in music. Well, kind of. - Yahoo News Canada
- Which New Music Release Is Your Favorite This Week? Vote! - Billboard
- Yeison Jiménez, Mau y Ricky, Silvana Estrada & More: Who Had the Best New Latin Music Release This Week? - Billboard
- Thurston Moore Releases Velvet Underground Cover “Temptation Inside Your Heart”: Stream - Consequence of Sound
- Influence Music Releases Final Single “Look What The Lord Has Done” In Anticipation Of 8th Album ‘One True God’ - TheChristianBeat.org
- Sabrina Carpenter Releases “Tears” Music Video Starring Colman Domingo in Drag - The Hollywood Reporter
- Finland-Based Punk Band SLICERRR releases New Music Video for “Turbo Spinello” - EARMILK
- New Music Friday: 12 new releases for your Labour Day Weekend (29 Aug) - Q107 Toronto
- CRC Music Releases New Praise Anthem "4 Love" - TCB - CRC Music - TheChristianBeat.org
- News: Hayley Williams Releases ‘Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party’ - New Noise Magazine
- Apple Music releases tool to transfer Spotify playlists - Limelight magazine
- Problem Child Teases New Releases and Collabs Coming This Year | Caribbean Music Awards 2025 - Billboard
- Hayley Williams officially releases new album 'Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party' and shares pensive new track 'Parachute' - NME
- Hayley Williams Suffers an ‘Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party’ on New Album After Scattered Single Releases - Billboard
- Paramore’s Hayley Williams Officially Releases New Album Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party: Listen - Pitchfork
- Hayley Williams Officially Unveils New Album Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party: Stream - Consequence of Sound
- Deux Ex: Mankind Divided composer releases a bunch of new music that was never used for the game - Gamereactor UK
- New season, new music: Fresh releases for Autumn 2025 - Northamptonshire Telegraph
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