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- “I feel a bit exposed talking about it now. That song brought me to tears.” Pete Townshend on the Oasis song that made him weep - GuitarPlayer.com
- “Am I supposed to feel jealous or something? Sid Vicious had his moments – but I can have my moments as well. I’m no shrinking violet!”: Glen Matlock on how the Sex Pistols have changed, while his bass rig never has and never will - Guitar World
- “I sold this model guitar as a teenager and have regretted it for many years now”: Jack White reveals the one guitar he regrets letting go – and why he still hopes to be reunited with it - Guitar World
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- Joe Satriani struggles with being “extroverted” on stage: “I don’t think I ever feel like myself” - Guitar.com
- "I thought, 'When I can play that, I'll finally admit I'm a good guitarist.'" Watch Sophie Lloyd pick out her five favourite guitar solos of all time - Louder
- “I’m finding that new gear can actually sound really good, and that old gear can be really overrated”: Why folk legend Richard Thompson is embracing new guitar gear – but drawing the line at digital - Guitar World
- “I sent him a postcard: ‘You gotta get out of Winnipeg.’ So he went to Thunder Bay, met Stephen Stills and started Buffalo Springfield.” Randy Bachman on sharing guitars and amps with Neil Young as rock and roll upstarts - GuitarPlayer.com
- “Instead of being like, ‘Hey, man, you’re my favorite guitar player,’ I was like, ‘Watch out for that cable running across the floor’”: Bill Kelliher on his awkward Tony Iommi encounter and Mastodon’s Back to the Beginning plans - Guitar World
- Vince Gill’s Guitarist Recalls Playing With Joe Walsh (And What Gill Said When He Had To Quit) - American Songwriter
- 'It's Been A Recurring Subject Nightmare': Joe Satriani Reveals His 'Problem' With Playing Live, Explains Why Originality Isn't 'All It's Cracked Up To Be' - Ultimate Guitar
- “It was under a staircase for 50 years.” The owners didn't know what they had, but this 1960 Les Paul is now one of Joe Bonamassa's favorites - GuitarPlayer.com
- OPETH's FREDRIK ÅKESSON Reveals the Biggest Mistake Guitarists Make When Writing Solos - Sonic Perspectives
- Who was the first-ever blues guitarist? - Far Out Magazine
- “You can tell by the way we played songs like ‘Roxanne’” Andy Summers on why Eric Clapton bored him and how his love of jazz fueled the Police - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I knew the record was good, but when you hear the way he plays, there's no question that Stevie was an all-time great guitar player”: How Stevie Ray Vaughan's biggest hit benefitted from one of the baddest rhythm sections in blues history - Guitar World
- “Doing this makes me feel like he's always going to be here with me”: Meet the guitarist who’s worked his dad’s ashes into his Telecaster - MusicRadar
- “Her dress tail hit the G string, and it just stayed there with distortion for about 20 minutes.” Buddy Guy reveals the happy accident that taught him about guitar feedback - GuitarPlayer.com
- Liam Gallagher responds to Green Day fan being kicked offstage for playing the Oasis hit "Wonderwall" — and it’s wonderful - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I attempt to recreate the sound of Eruption with a Fractal and an amp I’ve never played”: Dweezil Zappa devises the ultimate tube amp versus modeler test – using both the shred an Eddie Van Halen classic - Guitar World
- Beloved '70s Rock Icon Claimed This Guitar Legend 'Set Music Back 20 Years' - parade.com
- I’ve scored some of my best used guitar gear finds at Reverb, and right now there's up to 66% off in their summer sale - GuitarPlayer.com
- “My parents got divorced – I got a TV off my mum and a guitar from my dad. And it’s still a great guitar”: Sam Fender’s first guitar was a budget Strat copy – and even though he’s selling out stadiums, he still plays it to this day - Guitar World
- “I was noticing I was having a hard time playing a simple thing. ‘Why am I having a problem playing this?’ I didn't know yet”: Phil Collins’ go-to guitarist, Daryl Stuermer, reveals his Parkinson’s diagnosis – and shares how it has impacted his playing - Guitar World
- “You told me you could play this song!” Green Day invite fan on stage to play Good Riddance – but he trolls them with Wonderwall instead - Guitar World
- “I took Heaven and Hell to a sleepover – the other girls looked at me like I had aliens crawling out of my ears”: Lzzy Hale on how Halestorm ended up playing Ronnie James Dio’s final show – and doing the same for Ozzy Osbourne - Guitar World
- “He turned out to be George Harrison’s gardener. He gave the CD to George… Next thing I know George and Olivia call to ask if we’d play at their Christmas party”: Meet Robin Nolan, the Gypsy jazz guitarist who collaborated with a Beatle - Guitar World
- Meet Ally Venable, who's gone from being bullied at school to playing with Buddy Guy - Louder
- “I said, 'If you don’t like what we do, I’ll just destroy it in front of you.'" Eddie Van Halen shot down a film soundtrack near the end of his life, saying he hadn't been playing much - GuitarPlayer.com
- Fender just knocked up to $550 off their guitars – here are my top 3 picks, whether you’ve got $300 or $3,000 - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I just said, ‘Look, Ed, if you want to do this, I’ll set up a guitar for you, and if you don’t like what we do, I’ll just destroy it in front of you’”: Eddie Van Halen and Keanu Reeves nearly ended up on the John Wick soundtrack - Guitar World
- “The Epiphone and Squier guitars that you can get now, with a good setup, will play great and sound very close to more expensive versions”: Why The Cars' Elliot Easton believes a guitar's setup is more important than its price tag - Guitar World
- 'We Realized That We Hit on a Sound': Who Really Pioneered and Perfected Guitar Harmonies in Hard Rock and Metal? - Ultimate Guitar
- “Alice in Chains have had a long relationship with Ozzy, who gave us one of our first breaks – and gave us a bass player”: Jerry Cantrell on his lifelong love of Black Sabbath and touring with Ozzy Osbourne (before taking his bassist) - Guitar World
- “The label didn’t want me to do it, but didn’t want to piss me off. We were both famous guitarists so I thought there’d be a lot of interest. I was right all along”: Andy Summers and Robert Fripp collaborated with remarkable ease - Louder
- 'He Didn't Come From The Guitar-Playing World': Paul Reed Smith Recalls Steve Vai's 'Unusual' Comment About John Mayer, Shares Opinion On Mayer's Musicianship - Ultimate Guitar
- “Bob said, ‘What’s that?’ I told him, ‘That’s one of your songs, man.’” Roger McGuinn says Bob Dylan didn't recognize his own song when the Byrds performed it for him - GuitarPlayer.com
- “Doing this makes me feel like he's always going to be here with me”: Metal guitarist commemorates late father by incorporating his ashes into his Fender Telecaster's neck - Guitar World
- “Steve Vai goes, ‘I’ve been thinking about this a long time. He’s a really good guitar player.’ That’s unusual’”: Paul Reed Smith on the time John Mayer was hailed by a shred hero – and why he found it strange - Yahoo
- “Steve Vai goes, ‘I’ve been thinking about this a long time. He’s a really good guitar player.’ That’s unusual’”: Paul Reed Smith on the time John Mayer was hailed by a shred hero – and why he found it strange - Guitar World
- “The only guitar I could ever play was the 125, but I wore them out – they were costing thousands to repair. They stopped making them around 1970; I was ready to stop playing”: George Thorogood on his “mutt” amp, and talking shop with Hound Dog Taylor - Guitar World
- “Do I really think that the best way for you to start your guitar playing life is chucking it with a chicken and a pound of potatoes in your shopping basket?” Why Andertons’ captain, Lee Anderton, believes there’s still space for dedicated guitar stores - Guitar World
- 'I Could Dwell Upon a Solo for a Week': Opeth's Fredrik Åkesson Opens Up on What Most Guitarists Don't Get About Writing Solos, Explains How He Does It - Ultimate Guitar
- “This is how it’s done, kids. I need to practice more”: Vivian Campbell names his new guitar hero - Guitar World
- “When you’re a kid, you go, ‘I could never be as good as a real rockstar,’ and here’s a guy that’s amazing, and he’s missing parts of his fingers”: Adam Jones on Tony Iommi’s influence and what took Tool so long to join Black Sabbath’s last hurrah - Guitar World
- “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
- “We did it in this old haunted house, standing in front of this open fire with a couple of Marshalls outside the fireplace... It was two in the morning”: Can't Get Enough was Bad Company's breakout smash, and its harmonized leads were perfect for the era - Guitar World
- 10-year-old guitar-playing prodigy rocks on - MSN
- High-school dropout turned 'world's best' guitarist playing in Okanagan - Penticton Western News
- “Doing this makes me feel like he's always going to be here with me.” Chuck Berry and Bob Marley are buried with guitars. Mark Wood's dad is in the neck of a Fender Telecaster - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I got a single-edged Gillette razor blade and cut round the cone like this.” Kinks founder Dave Davies on the speaker-slashing skills that transformed rock and thrilled Pete Townshend, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck - GuitarPlayer.com
- “He hopped on a plane and flew in to do literally 20 seconds of notes... That was the last thing he recorded for the record”: Nile Rodgers worked with Stevie Ray Vaughan during his rapid ascent – and oversaw the guitar hero's final recording session - Guitar World
- “It was much harder to get a Rolling Stones sound with him.” Brian Jones, Mick Taylor or Ronnie Wood? Keith Richards says one guitarist was the wrong fit - GuitarPlayer.com
- ‘Not a guitar player’s hunch’: Fired up Ted Nugent testifies at Michigan State Capitol - MLive.com
- “Live by the guitar die by the guitar”: Johnny Marr explains why he still loves the “purity” and “integrity” of Rory Gallagher's guitar playing - Guitar.com
- Rick Derringer, Guitar Journeyman Behind ‘Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo,’ Dead at 77 - Rolling Stone
- 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 - GuitarPlayer.com
- Myles Kennedy Names 'Biggest Misconception' About His Guitar Playing, Compares Playing With Slash and Mark Tremonti - Ultimate Guitar
- “There's no chance to ever play together again.” Dave Navarro unloads about Jane's Addiction and the shocking night when Perry Farrell attacked him onstage - GuitarPlayer.com
- 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
- MARTY FRIEDMAN Has Nothing Against 'Flashy' Guitar Playing: 'I Just Wanna Be Excited By What I Hear' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “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
- 'You've Got to Keep Playing': Kerry King Explains How to Make Your Playing More Precise - 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
- 'Quit the Band or Practice More': This Is How Much of a Perfectionist Alexi Laiho Was, Children of Bodom Guitarist Recalls - 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
- “As a guitar player, you’re only as good as your influences”: Dave Mustaine names one key lesson he took from Jimmy Page’s playing - Guitar.com
- “I felt so crestfallen. I wanted to throw my guitar away.” Alex Lifeson on the gig that made Rush feel like they’d made it — and how one audience member brought them crashing down to Earth - GuitarPlayer.com
- “He goes, ‘Play, boy,’ in that very southern way. I start taking my solo, sweating: ‘He’s going to hit me! I know it’s coming.’” How Jerry Lee Lewis terrorized Rory Gallagher, Dave Davies and Ritchie Blackmore - GuitarPlayer.com
- RUSH's ALEX LIFESON: 'I'm Just A Guy Who Loves Playing Guitar' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- LAMB OF GOD's MARK MORTON: 'I Have Never Completely Defined Myself As Just A Heavy Metal Guitar Player' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “I could barely play his guitar. He had 12s on the top. It was like a G string. I was like, ‘How do you do that?’”: Huey Lewis and the News' Chris Hayes looks back on his friendship with Stevie Ray Vaughan – and the blues great's notorious guitar setup - Guitar World
- “Old-school players have beautiful technique – but they're not so innovative with the actual sound”: Steven Wilson explains why guitarists should regularly change their tone - Guitar.com
- "I said, ‘Can you take five minutes away from playing Fortnite, and I’ll teach you the first three notes of ‘Stairway to Heaven'?" Tom Morello on building the perfect shredder — his 13-year-old son, Roman - GuitarPlayer.com
- 'He Wasn't That Impressed With Randy': Eddie Van Halen Thought That Randy Rhoads Was Copying His Playing Style, Author Explains - Ultimate Guitar
- “I cannot play guitar… it feels like I'm wearing a pair of gloves when I try to play”: Rockabilly legend Brian Setzer reveals he's unable to play after shocking health news - Guitar.com
- "I cannot play guitar." Rockabilly legend Brian Setzer reveals he has an auto-immune disease that prevents him from playing guitar - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I always felt like I needed a rhythm guitar”: Brian May wanted Queen to have a second guitar player in their early days - Guitar.com
- Pioneering ‘genius’ guitar player has died, leaving fellow musicians to share touching tributes - PennLive
- Joe Satriani Names One Issue With Modern Guitarists That Jimi Hendrix Never Had: 'It's Not Their Fault' - Ultimate Guitar
- “I need people to stop looking at me as the guitar player”: Slash reveals his Hollywood ambitions - Guitar.com
- "I got used to the idea that Steve Vai was gonna walk in my door and blow my mind." Joe Satriani explains what will keep guitar alive. The good news? It's already happening - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I thought, ‘There must be three guitar players playing this stuff’”: Gene Simmons remembers the first time he heard Van Halen live - Guitar.com
- 'There Must Be Three Guitar Players': Gene Simmons Reveals First Reaction to Hearing Van Halen Live, Recalls Doing Their Early-career Demo - Ultimate Guitar
- "That’s why he sounds like Eddie." John 5 shares what he learned about Eddie Van Halen after playing through the guitarist's rig - GuitarPlayer.com
- "I thought it was about the lamest song I ever wrote in my life.” Eddie Van Halen on guitar solos, the music teacher who slapped his face, and his all-time worst song - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I thought maybe England didn't want me anymore. I really thought I was completely through.” Jimi Hendrix predicted the rock guitar act that would lead "mind-blowing" music into the future. He wasn't wrong - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I had to audition with this horrible black, Japanese Les Paul, and it started to fall apart, right in front of everybody's eyes." Scott Gorham on his worst guitar moment with Thin Lizzy and the mod he's made to every Les Paul ever since - GuitarPlayer.com
- “It's just a shame that I never really had a chance to talk with him or hear him. It would’ve been a thrill to see how he worked.” Jimmy Page on the player he admired most and the word he hates when it comes to describing rock guitarists - GuitarPlayer.com
- "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 - GuitarPlayer.com
- “He was an angel playing with the Prince of Darkness and I was just a kid. I was possessed — and obsessed.” Jim DeCola explains how he modded Randy Rhoads’ polka-dot V backstage just minutes before showtime - GuitarPlayer.com
- "I'm not a guitar player — I never took the time. I use it as a tool.” The guitarist behind some of music's biggest hits says you don't need to be virtuoso to have a career - GuitarPlayer.com
- Guitar Player Magazine Ends Print Edition After 58 Years - Digital Music News
- Guitar Player Magazine Halts Publication, Puts Out One Last Print Edition After 58-Year Run - Variety
- "You have witnessed a revolution.” The closure of Guitar Player magazine marks the end of an era — and the start of a new one - GuitarPlayer.com
- Jake Kiszka pulls his car off the road to listen every time this song comes on the radio - GuitarPlayer.com
- “It’s impossible to go back there without Rick Wright, and I wouldn’t want to – it’s all done”: David Gilmour dismisses talk of future Pink Floyd shows - GuitarPlayer.com
- “We shared the experience of becoming famous, and spent more hours in the studio than anything else in this life”: Alex Van Halen teases a snippet of Unfinished – the last song he worked on with his brother, Eddie - GuitarPlayer.com
Guitar Amp News
- "I can't help but smile when using a good wah, and the Vox V863-CA certainly qualifies as more than just a good one": Vox V863-CA Semi Auto Wah review - MusicRadar
- “I’m finding that new gear can actually sound really good, and that old gear can be really overrated”: Why folk legend Richard Thompson is embracing new guitar gear – but drawing the line at digital - 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
- “An ultra-flexible way into the Tone King sound for a quarter of the price, and a fraction of the size and weight of the amp it’s based on”: Tone King Imperial Tri Tube Preamp review - Guitar World
- “I attempt to recreate the sound of Eruption with a Fractal and an amp I’ve never played”: Dweezil Zappa devises the ultimate tube amp versus modeler test – using both the shred an Eddie Van Halen classic - Guitar World
- Guitar Amp Legend Orange Amps Enters Vinyl Market with $1250 O Turntable - - Smarthouse.com.au
- Have You Found the Amp of Your Dreams? - Premier Guitar
- “It started with a Laney, it ends with a Laney”: Laney to reissue Tony Iommi signature amp to mark Black Sabbath's final farewell - Guitar.com
- “He wanted something that was a bit more heavier, had a bit more compression to it, a bit more gain”: Laney celebrates Black Sabbath's final show with a limited edition Black Country Customs reissue of Tony Iommi's TI100 signature amp - MusicRadar
- “The return of a legend”: Tony Iommi and Laney mark Black Sabbath’s final show with an ultra-limited signature amp – which revives an old favorite for the first time in 13 years - Guitar World
- Best Practice Amps: Affordable Amplifiers for Practicing at Home - Gearnews.com
- Clean Tube Amps Are Becoming Trendy Again: Is This the Reason for the Rise in Popularity of This New Gear? - Ultimate Guitar
- Supro Airwave Review - Premier Guitar
- “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
- “Swan song folks, it's been a great ride”: Joe Bonamassa adds a ninth Dumble to his collection – and promises it will be his last - Guitar World
- Joe Bonamassa Explains Why 'You Don't Have to Spend a Lot of Money to Get a Great Sound', Reveals How He Chooses Which Amp to Play for Each Gig - Ultimate 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
- 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
- One of the UK's biggest guitar stores has sold its stock and website to online retailer Gear4music for $3.2 million – after weeks of speculation over its future - Guitar World
- 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 - GuitarPlayer.com
- You can get $200 off a brand-new Line 6 Catalyst 100 in one of the best guitar deals on Reverb right now - Guitar.com
- The Best Value Tube Guitar Amps: More Bang For Your Buck - Gearnews.com
- Save on Positive Grid's Spark 2, Spark MINI Vai, Spark LIVE and BIAS FX 2 for International Guitar Month - Guitar.com
- “If you’re a young guitar player, that’s money well spent”: The amp pedal John Mayer thinks everyone should own - Guitar.com
- Revv Announces the D25 Joey Landreth Edition 1x12 Combo Amp - Premier Guitar
- “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
- Boss Announces KATANA:GO Personal Headphone Amp - Premier Guitar
- “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
- “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
- “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
- “It is pretty ludicrously loud for its size”: Orange’s O Tone 40 is a solid-state powerhouse 1x12 combo for small gigs and practice and it is priced just $399 street - MusicRadar
- Top 5 NAMM 2025 Guitar Gear Reveals: Fender and Marshall Will Surprise You - Ultimate Guitar
- Guitar amp maker Marshall acquired by China’s HongShan in $1bn+ deal - Music Business Worldwide
- NAMM 2025 rumors, predictions and breaking news - Guitar World
- HongShan Confirms $1.1 Billion Deal to Acquire Rock Icon Marshall - Bloomberg
- 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
- Marshall launches two amp lines offering modern tweaks on the 1959, JCM800 and JCM900 - 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
- Fender’s Tone Master FR-212 amp is loaded with two 12-inch “special design speakers” - Guitar.com
- “Modified connects us with a long-standing tradition of modifying Marshall amps that dates back to the 1970s”: Marshall unveils factory modded takes on the 1959 Plexi and JCM800 – tipping its cap to the amp wizards of rock’s golden era - Guitar World
- Orange launches “legend in the making” O Tone 40 amplifier plus series of portable Baby amps - Guitar.com
- Mooer Seeks to Dominate Amp Modeller Market With New (Affordable) Flagship Model | NAMM 2025 - Ultimate Guitar
- “The King of Clean. Now in your DAW”: Roland launches plugin version of its classic JC-120 Jazz Chorus amplifier - 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
- “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
- Boss launches WAZA Tube Amp Expander Core with “powerful enhancements focused on direct recording applications” - Guitar.com
- NAMM NEWS: BOSS ANNOUNCES WAZA TUBE AMP EXPANDER CORE - Australian Musician Magazine
- 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
- 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
- How Guitar Gear Will Evolve in 2025: Inflation, Digital Amps, and the Shifts That Will Define the Year - Ultimate Guitar
- “I said, ‘Hey, Carlos, would you plug into this?’ ‘That’s a Fender. I don’t want to plug into that.’ I said, ‘But I boosted it’”: How did Mesa get its iconic Boogie name? Founder Randall Smith explains - Guitar World
- Fergus Falls engineer is a guitar amp hero - InForum
- The Most Watched Music Gear of 2024 - Reverb
- These are the best new amplifiers of 2024, according to the Guitar.com team - Guitar.com
- Boss Announces Katana-Mini X Amp - Premier Guitar
- My first amp was an embarrassment. My son's was the Positive Grid Spark Go. It ignited something - GuitarPlayer.com
- I'm Done! 2 Important Reasons I Won't Buy Another Tube Amplifier - Ultimate Guitar
- The world's best desktop guitar amp just got its first-ever discount in the Positive Grid Black Friday sale - GuitarPlayer.com
- “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
- Fender Revamps Affordable Solid-State Amps With Simple Controls: 'No Menus, No Apps' - 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
- Are we about to see a new version of the iconic Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier? - Guitar.com
- “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” - GuitarPlayer.com
- Marshall may be up for sale again for the second time in 18 months – but this time for €800m - Guitar.com
- “I didn’t spend more than 20 or 30 bucks on any of them”: King Gizzard’s new album was recorded with amps from pawnshop chain Cash Converters - Guitar World
- “We’re not even going to try to dabble in digital modeling. Everyone else can do it better”: Orange explains why it's not joining the amp modeling race - Guitar World
- “We're not going to dabble in digital. Everyone else can do it better – we can't beat them”: Why Orange won't foray into amp modelling - Guitar.com
- “If you talk about rare unicorns, that's the amp. To have something that John Mayer himself couldn't distinguish from the real thing, that’s something we would love to do”: The Neural DSP team reveal the vintage amp they dream of one day modeling - Guitar World
- You May Not Like It but Tube Amps Are Changing Forever: Here's Why - Ultimate Guitar
- “Finely tuned to replicate the rich and warm tones of a tube amp”: Ashdown is so convinced its new budget amp range offers killer tone, it’s literally called it Killer Tone - Guitar World
- Marshall CEO Reacts to Guitarists' Worries About the Company Neglecting Amps: 'We're Aware of Things We Can Do Better' - Ultimate Guitar
- Quick! Get the original Spark smart amp at a super low price for a limited time in Positive Grid’s big Labor Day sale - MusicRadar
- Kirk Hammett thinks Marshall amps sound “30 per cent better” when you plug them in in the UK than they do in America – is he right? - Guitar.com
- “I am so in love with it, they asked, ‘You wanna sprinkle a little Vai fairy dust on it?’” Steve Vai and Positive Grid have launched a signature Spark Mini inspired by his five-neck Hydra guitar – and it’s got four Vai-designed presets - Guitar World
- “Randy, and his original design ideas, will continue to inspire us”: Gibson confirms exit of Mesa/Boogie founder and legendary ‘boutique’ guitar amp designer Randall Smith - MusicRadar
- Slash thinks recording a live guitar amp is a “dying art”: “A lot of producers don't even know how to do it properly” - Guitar.com
- Trey Anastasio explains why “no one will ever have an amp on stage at the Sphere” - Guitar.com
- “No-one will ever have an amp on stage at the Sphere. They might have dummies, but they’re not on”: Trey Anastasio reveals why it’s impossible to play with onstage amps at the most advanced music venue in the world - Guitar World
- “It’s extremely rare that this happens”: Guitar Center staff find thousands of dollars’ worth of drugs stashed inside guitar amp - Guitar World
- Guitar Center employees find stash of drugs inside an amplifier shipped to Georgia store - Guitar.com
- Guitar Center employees find thousands of dollars in drugs stuffed inside guitar amp - WSB-TV
Bass Player News
- 'Inspiring force': Royal Canoe bassist remembered after crash in Manitoba kills 3 - thecanadianpressnews.ca
- “Am I supposed to feel jealous or something? Sid Vicious had his moments – but I can have my moments as well. I’m no shrinking violet!”: Glen Matlock on how the Sex Pistols have changed, while his bass rig never has and never will - Guitar World
- | Westmeath Examiner - Westmeath Examiner
- Brendan Berg, bassist of indie rock band Royal Canoe, killed in car crash - Far Out Magazine
- Third person dies after highway crash that killed Manitoba musician - CTV News
- Head-on crash kills Royal Canoe bassist, partner in Manitoba - Toronto Sun
- Remembering Dill Katz - UK Jazz News
- What era did John Paul Jones call the worst of his career? - Far Out Magazine
- Royal Canoe bassist, girlfriend killed in Canada Day crash - VictoriaNow
- Royal Canoe bass player, partner killed - Brandon Sun
- Metallica’s Robert Trujillo: Playing Black Sabbath’s Back to the Beginning Fest Is the ‘Closing of a Chapter’ - Yahoo
- Flea’s Best Red Hot Chili Peppers Basslines - WRIF
- FRANK BELLO Reflects On His First Show With ANTHRAX: I Was 'S****ing In My Pants' And Was 'Excited As Hell' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- Bugs bassist Jordan Brunoli faces devastating cancer diagnosis - 7NEWS
- “Alice in Chains have had a long relationship with Ozzy, who gave us one of our first breaks – and gave us a bass player”: Jerry Cantrell on his lifelong love of Black Sabbath and touring with Ozzy Osbourne (before taking his bassist) - Guitar World
- Always by my side: double bassists (and a viola da gambist) reveal what’s in their case - The Strad
- Who played bass in the Traveling Wilburys? - Far Out Magazine
- Ex-COMEBACK KID Bassist MATT KEIL Diagnosed With ALS, GoFundMe Launched - Metal Injection
- “People tell me that I invented that rhythmic gallop – but I just brought it to the fore”: Iron Maiden remain one of most domineering forces in heavy metal – and bassist Steve Harris has led the charge - Guitar World
- “He played upright but wanted to play the P-Bass. Motown said, ‘Nah, you ain't making no money playing that.’ But he said, ‘If you want me, I'm playing the P-Bass’”: Bootsy Collins on the musician that totally “changed his mind” about bass playing - Guitar World
Bass Amp News
- MayFly Audio releases the Sunset Bass Amplifier Simulator - Premier Guitar
- Darkglass Anagram Is The Ultimate, NAM-Loading Bass Multi-Effect Pedal - Gearnews.com
- 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
- 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
- Marshall may be up for sale again for the second time in 18 months – but this time for €800m - Guitar.com
- Esko, Grand Rapids, Northwestern bass anglers head to state - Duluth News Tribune
- Orange AD200: The all-tube bass legend gets an upgrade - Gearnews.com
- Aguilar has overhauled some of its most iconic bass amps with some serious upgrades - Yahoo
- Boss Announces Katana-500 Bass Head and Cabinet 112 Bass - Premier Guitar
- “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
- Is Ashdown's latest combo its best lightweight bass amp yet? - Guitar World
- NAMM 2024: the biggest news and hottest gear revealed in guitars, music tech, software - MusicRadar
- NAMM 2024: "Not just powerful, they are portable" – Darkglass announces four new combo digital and analog 500-watt bass amps - MusicRadar
- Vox debuts the amPlug3 travel amp in 7 guitar and bass forms - Guitar World
- Best bass amps 2025: Top choice amplification options for bassists - MusicRadar
- Bass to head up Equitable Holdings investor relations - InsuranceNewsNet
Guitar Effects News
- Fender® Tone Master® Pro Multi-Effects Pedal – The Sequel - Bass Gear Magazine
- "I can't help but smile when using a good wah, and the Vox V863-CA certainly qualifies as more than just a good one": Vox V863-CA Semi Auto Wah review - MusicRadar
- OK guitar pedal business owner spends 1.8 million credit card points to pay for tariff bill - KFOR.com
- Queens of the Stone Age Rig Rundown with Troy Van Leeuwen - Premier Guitar
- The Best Budget Effects Pedals for Electronic Music Production - Gearnews.com
- “An ultra-flexible way into the Tone King sound for a quarter of the price, and a fraction of the size and weight of the amp it’s based on”: Tone King Imperial Tri Tube Preamp review - Guitar World
- UNIVERSAL AUDIO Is Having A Pretty Hefty Sale On Their Pedals Right Now - Gear Gods
- “Thunderous sub-octave, expressive envelope, and lush modulation effects with killer tracking and sustain”: MXR unveils the MB301 Bass Synth – instant funk for your pedalboard - MusicRadar
- I’ve scored some of my best used guitar gear finds at Reverb, and right now there's up to 66% off in their summer sale - GuitarPlayer.com
- I’ve been buying used pedals for years and with up to 66% off, Reverb’s summer sale is the first place I’d look right now - Guitar World
- Pedal Deals and Amps on Sale: Thomann Music Days 2025! - Gearnews.com
- Supercool Pedals releases “The Triniphase” - Premier Guitar
- Can the Hotone Verbera Replace Your Favorite Reverb? - Premier Guitar
- MXR Bass Synth Serves Up Intergalactic Grooves & Vintage Analog-Style Vibes - Premier Guitar
- How the Rockman revolutionised guitar tone and changed recording forever - Guitar.com
- “Big Muffs are usually 'all or nothing', but the Chelsea is a different beast”: EarthQuaker Devices Chelsea Low End Fuzz Driver Pedal review - Guitar World
- Best compressor guitar pedals: Squish your signal - All Things Gear -
- Best Practice Amps: Affordable Amplifiers for Practicing at Home - Gearnews.com
- 'Nope, Standard Issue': Joe Bonamassa Speaks On His Surprisingly No-Frills Pedalboard, Says He Gets His Effects From Sweetwater - Ultimate Guitar
- Dangerous Things in Your Pedals That You Don't Know of: The Connection Between Guitar Gear And Environmental Science - Ultimate Guitar
Guitar and Bass News
- Fender® Tone Master® Pro Multi-Effects Pedal – The Sequel - Bass Gear Magazine
- Pars and Guitars opens for ninth season - e-KNOW.ca
- “Am I supposed to feel jealous or something? Sid Vicious had his moments – but I can have my moments as well. I’m no shrinking violet!”: Glen Matlock on how the Sex Pistols have changed, while his bass rig never has and never will - Guitar World
- | Westmeath Examiner - Westmeath Examiner
- “I’m finding that new gear can actually sound really good, and that old gear can be really overrated”: Why folk legend Richard Thompson is embracing new guitar gear – but drawing the line at digital - Guitar World
- “With the ongoing tariff uncertainties in the U.S., we wanted to take decisive action to bring clarity”: Irish guitar firm announces a new U.S.-based distribution hub to tackle tariff impact – will other manufacturers follow suit? - Guitar World
- Queens of the Stone Age Rig Rundown with Troy Van Leeuwen - Premier Guitar
- Lollar Announces New Pickup Options for Jaguar and Bass VI - Premier Guitar
- Foo Fighters Commemorate 30th Anniversary with New Single“Today’s Song” Out Now - Premier Guitar
- “Thunderous sub-octave, expressive envelope, and lush modulation effects with killer tracking and sustain”: MXR unveils the MB301 Bass Synth – instant funk for your pedalboard - MusicRadar
- Crazy Bass And Guitar Deals – Thomann Music Days 2025! - Gearnews.com
- “After two weeks, my tone remained the same as it was in the first minute of restringing”: I tried Cleartone treated electric guitar strings for the first time – and the results impressed me - Guitar World
- MXR Bass Synth Serves Up Intergalactic Grooves & Vintage Analog-Style Vibes - Premier Guitar
- “The Epiphone and Squier guitars that you can get now, with a good setup, will play great and sound very close to more expensive versions”: Why The Cars' Elliot Easton believes a guitar's setup is more important than its price tag - Guitar World
- “Alice in Chains have had a long relationship with Ozzy, who gave us one of our first breaks – and gave us a bass player”: Jerry Cantrell on his lifelong love of Black Sabbath and touring with Ozzy Osbourne (before taking his bassist) - Guitar World
- Duesenberg Chris Chaney Bass: Built To Rock! - Gearnews.com
- Taylor Guitars Expands Gold Label Collection With New Grand Pacific Models - Premier Guitar
- Peavey Debuts New Cirrus Bass Models - Premier Guitar
- PRS Guitars Releases “Chleo” Limited Edition Herman Li’s Signature Model - Premier Guitar
- 'Are You Insane?!' Jakko Jakszyk Speaks on Playing 'Infamously Nutty' Robert Fripp Guitar Parts, Reveals How He Pulled Them Off - Ultimate Guitar
New Music releases
- New Music Friday: 7 releases for the first weekend of July (04 July 2025) - Q107 Toronto
- New Music Friday: Kesha, Kae Tempest, Foo Fighters, Mabel and more - Official Charts
- Legends return, new stars rise, and the music keeps playing across generations and genres - Business Daily
- Sincerely Yours releases new music before hitting the road for the Hot Boy Summer Tour - Las Vegas Weekly
- Zach Bryan Releases New Song “Streets of London” Days After London Debut: Stream - Consequence of Sound
- Tyler Childers Details New Album Snipe Hunter, Releases “Oneida”: Stream - Consequence of Sound
- Zach Bryan Releases 3 New Songs ‘That Didn’t Belong on the Record’ - Billboard
- Zach Bryan Releases New Song ‘Streets of London’ After Hyde Park Gig - Rolling Stone
- CLAWFINGER Releases Music Video For New Single 'Scum', Featuring Anti-DONALD TRUMP Message - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- GOLDEN RELEASES DEBUT ALBUM SAOKO VOL. 1+ SHARES NEW MUSIC VIDEO - LaMezcla.com
- New Music Releases and Upcoming Albums in 2025 - Pitchfork
- Crispy Fresh: New Music Releases Wrapping Up June - KenyanVibe
- Best New Zealand Music of the Week: June 23rd-29th - Rolling Stone Australia
- Sean Combs’ Son Releases New Song ‘Diddy Free’ With Kanye West - The Hollywood Reporter
- New Music Friday: Listen To Releases By Reneé Rapp, KATSEYE, BigXThaPlug & Shaboozey And More - GRAMMY.com
- Alt-Rock’s Fresh Noise Drops June 27 - X96
- Lorde Summer Officially Arrives With New Album ‘Virgin’ - The Hollywood Reporter
- Looking Ahead: A Release Calendar of Upcoming Albums in 2025 - Billboard
- New Music Friday: Listen To Releases By Twenty One Pilots, j-hope & GloRilla, ATEEZ And More - GRAMMY.com
- New music on our radar this week: DJ Lag, TDJ, fez the kid - Mixmag
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