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- “If he was that tuned into me and missed that point, then he missed the whole point.” Eric Clapton on the one thing Eddie Van Halen didn’t understand about playing the blues - GuitarPlayer.com
- YouTube instructor claims Slash learned some blues guitar by watching his videos - inkl
- “We wanted an album that immersed you in the experience.” Paul Stanley on the Kiss record that captured the group in all its glory and became his all-time favorite - GuitarPlayer.com
- “It’s like a Jack White sensibility: ‘I’ll take this crappy guitar and see what happens.’” Alex Lifeson says he still uses his first guitar, a $57 Japanese knock-off - GuitarPlayer.com
- “With my wrist, the arthritis and everything, that would be very challenging.” Jake E. Lee says he may be unable to play his biggest hit with Ozzy at Back to the Beginning - GuitarPlayer.com
- 5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Kristopher Roe of the Ataris - AOL.com
- “He got it home and realized what he had pretty quickly.” How Ben Harper got a rare Dumble belonging to the Beach Boys from a yard sale - GuitarPlayer.com
- Guess Who This Lil' Guitar Player Turned Into! - TMZ
- 'They Wouldn't Come Into the Rehearsal Room': Dave Mustaine Reveals How Metallica Behaved at His Audition, Explains Why He Knew He'd Get the Gig - Ultimate Guitar
- After 50 years of music, Pierre Bensusan ‘still at the beginning’ of his journey - The Spokesman-Review
- 'He Turned Me Into That': This Is the Main Reason Open G Is Superior to Standard Tuning, According to Keith Richards - Ultimate Guitar
- Italian guitar phenom brings unique finger-picking style to Tucson - Arizona Daily Star
- "I got a guitar, amp and $500 for eight bars of work.” Wrecking Crew guitar aces Billy Strange and Tommy Tedesco recalled the mad guitar genius of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson - GuitarPlayer.com
- “He said, You've gotta put a battery in your guitar.’ I was like, ‘A battery?’” How a modded Fender Mustang changed Zakk Wylde’s sound for the better - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I have the first guitar I ever owned – my parents bought it for me in 1967 for $57. It’s a cheap Japanese guitar that I had refinished”: Alex Lifeson on Envy of None’s evolution, moving on post-Rush, and jams and coffee with Geddy Lee - Guitar World
- “I had no idea of the impact that these Instagram videos were having until I went to South Korea. There were 500 people there just to see this ‘Mateus Asato guy’”: How Mateus Asato changed gears from sideman and Instagram guitarist to fully-fledged artist - Guitar World
- Mark Speer has captivated audiences with his genre-blending playing style – but the Khruangbin guitarist claims it's mainly due to playing only one single guitar for over two decades - Guitar World
- “With my wrist, the arthritis and everything, that would be very challenging”: Everyone is expecting Jake E. Lee to play Bark at the Moon at Ozzy Osbourne’s last show – but he has his doubts - Guitar World
- “It was like had I died and gone to heaven. It was a really emotional moment.” Jimmy Page on how playing with the Black Crowes redefined the Led Zeppelin live experience - GuitarPlayer.com
- “When the Ozzy thing came around I was so excited, but also doubting myself. Duff McKagan and Chad Smith were like, ‘You can do it. It's everything you love’”: From Pearl Jam to the Stones, the stars have aligned for Andrew Watt – but he owes it to Ozzy - Guitar World
- "It started with some mad experiment I was cooking up in my hotel room one night” Dave Stewart reveals how Stevie Nicks inspired one of Tom Petty’s biggest hits — which led to one of Mike Campbell’s greatest guitar solos - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I had no idea you could get a sound like that”: The player that almost convinced The Office star Creed Bratton to give up guitar altogether - Guitar World
- “I wish somebody would have told me that”: The important lesson that Jason Isbell would give to any aspiring guitarist when they buy a guitar - Guitar.com
- “He goes, ‘You’ve got to put a battery in the back.’ I was like, ‘A battery? What are you talking about?’” Zakk Wylde on how a student introduced him to a pickup pairing that would end up defining his sound with Ozzy Osbourne and beyond - Guitar World
- “We didn’t have musical training. Brian and I took music classes, but I think he dropped out, and I got an F”: The Beach Boys guitarist Al Jardine on the genius of Brian Wilson, working with the Wrecking Crew and touring with Jeff Beck - Guitar World
- Khruangbin recreate their unique voice on their first signature instruments - Guitar.com
- '80s Guitar Legend, 59, 'Just Keeps Improving with Age' at Recent Concert - parade.com
- “Can you imagine Kramer being more successful than Fender and Gibson? It sounds crazy, but Eddie Van Halen made that happen”: H.E.A.T’s Dave Dalone on taking rock back to the future, learning from Gary Moore, and why he's a Kramer man through and t - Guitar World
- “He said, ‘It’s really cool when you watch someone a lot and then you get to meet them in person’”: Marty Schwartz recently bumped into Slash – and it turns out the guitar legend had been watching his videos to brush up his blues chops - Guitar World
- Dann Huff Rig Rundown - Premier Guitar
- "The world has changed. I can confidently make up my mind to stop." Former Evanescence guitarist Jen Majura is stepping away from music, citing AI as a factor - GuitarPlayer.com
- New GODSMACK Touring Guitarist SAM BAM KOLTUN: 'I Was Very, Very Grateful For The Opportunity' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “I went to Chuck Schuldiner’s house and auditioned. I’m sure I played some of it wrong, but I guess it was close enough!” How Bobby Koelble brought his jazz chops to Death – and made one of the greatest metal albums of all time - Guitar World
- “I had that guy on the phone and said, ‘Give me one good reason why we should sell you the guitar?’ He said, ‘The money.’ I said, ‘That’s not a good reason’”: Why Uli Jon Roth turned down a $9 million offer for Jimi Hendrix’s iconic black Strat - Guitar World
- “The world has changed. I can confidently make up my mind to stop”: Former Evanescence guitarist Jen Majura steps away from music industry due to “AI-related developments” - Guitar World
- “There was nothing challenging about it in any way whatsoever”: Robben Ford spent months touring with George Harrison – but the experience didn’t stretch his guitar chops - Guitar World
- '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
- "The worrying thing for me is the unknown. We don't know what's going to happen." For Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler, Black Sabbath’s final show stirs fear and uncertainty - GuitarPlayer.com
- Ex-EVANESCENCE Guitarist JEN MAJURA Is 'Stepping Away' From Music Industry: 'I Just Can't Identify With Today's Attitude And Values Anymore' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “Before or after I crapped my pants?” Zakk Wylde tells how he felt after scoring his gig with Ozzy — and why he beat the competition - GuitarPlayer.com
- "That’s the guitar you want.” Joe Bonamassa on the one thing you should look for when buying - GuitarPlayer.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
- 'You Can Get In Your Own Way': Doug Aldrich Reveals One Major Mistake That Guitarists Often Make, Names One Musician Who Doesn't Do It - Ultimate Guitar
- Alex Lifeson reveals he had doubts about his guitar playing throughout his career with Rush - Yahoo
- “For every 10 people who start playing guitar, a year later, one person is playing, and nine are not”: Guitar Center is looking to create more “long-term” musicians – here’s how - Guitar.com
- 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
- 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
- The biggest name in guitar is a number. Here's the secret sauce behind IV, the guitarist from Sleep Token, whose new album is the modern era's best-selling hard rock record - GuitarPlayer.com
- “I’ve always regretted it. I thought, I shouldn’t have done that. That was like killing the wife.” Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey don’t see eye to eye on his guitar-smashing past - GuitarPlayer.com
- “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 Has Nothing Against 'Flashy' Guitar Playing: 'I Just Wanna Be Excited By What I Hear' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- This Massively Underrated Musician Declined to Sing for a Big Rock Band: He Just Wanted to Play Guitar - Ultimate Guitar
- 'You've Got to Keep Playing': Kerry King Explains How to Make Your Playing More Precise - Ultimate Guitar
- “The sounds of pretty much nine out of ten guitar players are very similar”: Adrian Vandenberg on how to make your guitar tone stand out - Guitar.com
- 'Where Did I Go Wrong?' Kirk Hammett Speaks on Younger Guitarists Being Better Than Him, Explains What's Really Important in His Playing - 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
- Saddened guitar player found on church steps after hours - Your Observer
- 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
- Guitar World Discussion: Who is the most underrated guitar player of all time? - Guitar World
- “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’m as serious as a heart attack”: Mastodon are looking for their next guitar player – and they have a very specific list of requirements - Louder
- "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
- “I think there is a huge misunderstanding”: Steve Lukather shuts down rumour of him playing guitar on new Van Halen album - Guitar.com
- Guitarist Who Stepped in for Brent Hinds Opens Up on Playing With Mastodon: 'No Easy Task, but It Was a Joy' - Ultimate Guitar
- 'He Wasn't That Impressed With Randy': Eddie Van Halen Thought That Randy Rhoads Was Copying His Playing Style, Author Explains - Ultimate Guitar
- “I said, If I don't buy this guitar now, I'll never buy it.” Ana Popovic got her favorite guitar with a box of $20 bills. Years later, it helped her find the strength to survive the worst - GuitarPlayer.com
- Marty Friedman: “When I was a kid, ‘shredding’ just meant playing incredibly fast, but if you didn't look it sounded like s**t” - Guitar.com
- “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.com
- Joe Satriani Names One Issue With Modern Guitarists That Jimi Hendrix Never Had: 'It's Not Their Fault' - Ultimate Guitar
- Alex Skolnick Says Frank Zappa Was 'Not the Most Polished Guitar Player,' Explains What Really Made Him Special - Ultimate Guitar
- “I need people to stop looking at me as the guitar player”: Slash reveals his Hollywood ambitions - Guitar.com
- Mark Tremonti Names His 'Best Advice' for Guitarists: 'Don't Be This Tremendous Guitar Player Who Can't Write Anything' - Ultimate Guitar
- "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
- '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 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
- Billy Corgan Voices Frustration at Being Underrated as Guitar Player: 'Once You Go Beyond the Randy Rhoadses, There's a Lot of People Who Pretend to Play Guitar' - Ultimate Guitar
- "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”: Guitar Player ceases print publication after 57 years - Guitar.com
- "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
- Reader Guitar of the Month: The Danicaster - 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
- Fender’s American Vintage ’62 Super revives a “hidden treasure” tube amp - Yahoo
- “Bringing together the analog elements that have defined Supro with state-of-the-art cabinet emulation”: Supro’s new Airwaves combo is a 6V6-driven 1x12 with onboard Two Notes tech for vintage-modern versatility - Guitar World
- Taylor Circa 74 Koa review: “Brings a touch of aesthetic class to an intimate acoustic context” - Guitar.com
- “He got it home and realized what he had pretty quickly.” How Ben Harper got a rare Dumble belonging to the Beach Boys from a yard sale - GuitarPlayer.com
- Fender promised a tweed version of our top-rated Tone Master FRFR speaker last year – now, it’s finally been announced - Guitar World
- Fender ’62 Super Amp, Mustang LTX and Tone Master FR-12 Tweed! - Gearnews.com
- "I got a guitar, amp and $500 for eight bars of work.” Wrecking Crew guitar aces Billy Strange and Tommy Tedesco recalled the mad guitar genius of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson - GuitarPlayer.com
- Tiki Time: Desmond's Tiki Tube Amps - Stereophile.com
- Supro Announces New Airwave Tube Amp - Premier Guitar
- “The single biggest leap Line 6 has made in its near 30 year history of modelling amps”: Line 6 debuts all-new AI tech as it supercharges its amp modelling platform with the Helix Stadium series - MusicRadar
- Line 6 releases Helix Stadium with Two Mighty Floorboard Modelers - Gearnews.com
- “A new type of product”: Line 6 ushers in a bold new era of amp modelers with the Helix Stadium – an extensively upgraded family of touchscreen-equipped floorboards that take the term ‘all-in-one rig’ to unprecedented heights - Guitar World
- The Best Guitar Amp for Beginners: Affordable Noisemakers To Get Started - Gearnews.com
- “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
- “The perfect choice for anyone seeking an affordable amp for practice, recording, and performance”: Laney rolls out the LF-Supertop – a 120W solid-state powerhouse with a classy design and tricks up its sleeve - Guitar World
- Best Combo Amp for Every Budget: Fender, Orange, Marshall & More - Gearnews.com
- 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 amp modellers 2025: High-tech tone solutions for all guitarists - MusicRadar
- Why a Good Guitar Is More Important Than a Good Amp, Lita Ford Reveals: 'You'd Be Surprised What You Can Plug a Guitar Into' - Ultimate Guitar
- 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
- IK Multimedia Releases New Factory Content for TONEX - Premier 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
- Is He Ditching Axe-Fx? John Mayer Used a New Guitar Amp Modeler at Coachella 2025 Performance - Ultimate Guitar
- Best amp modelers 2025: Get your dream guitar tone with my top picks - GuitarPlayer.com
- "I never use my tube amp at home now, because I have a Spark Live": 5 reasons you should be picking up the Positive Grid Spark Live in the massive Guitar Month sale - Guitar World
- Gibson Announces the Return of the Tobias - 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
- Revv Announces the D25 Joey Landreth Edition 1x12 Combo Amp - Premier Guitar
- Bergantino Audio Announces the HP Ultra 2000W Bass Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- Better than the real thing? Spark 2 packs 33 amp sims into $300 Bluetooth speaker - Ars Technica
- “The world’s most convenient all-tube amp head”: Steve Vai-backed firm Synergy has unveiled a tiny amp head that lets you swap in tones from some of the world’s biggest amp builders - Guitar World
- “‘Cheap guitar’ doesn't mean bad guitar”: Why Yvette Young would rather have an expensive amp than an expensive guitar - Guitar.com
- “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
- Blackstar Introduces the AIRWIRE i58 Wireless System - Premier Guitar
- 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
- 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
- “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
- Game-changers, trends, innovations, revivals and show-stoppers: the key guitars, amps and pedals of NAMM 2025 - MusicRadar
- Marshall Has Been Acquired by China's HongShan in $1 Billion+ Deal - Ultimate Guitar
- 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
- “A legendary amp in the making”: Orange debuts the O Tone 40 – a “ludicrously loud” solid-state combo that promises to be a dream pedalboard platform - Guitar World
- NAMM 2025 Gallery: The Latest Guitars and Gear - Premier Guitar
- NAMM 2025: The Best New Product News & Announcements - Reverb
- 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
- “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
- 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
- “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 Unveils New Gear for NAMM 2025 - Premier Guitar
- Boss launches WAZA Tube Amp Expander Core with “powerful enhancements focused on direct recording applications” - Guitar.com
- 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
- “This monumental collaboration signals a new chapter in Bad Cat’s commitment to exceptional tone”: Bad Cat marks the return of amp design guru Mark Sampson with the Era 30 - Guitar World
- Bad Cat Announces the Mark Sampson Era 30 Amp - Premier Guitar
- Chapman Guitars announces restructuring, teases its first-ever amp - Guitar.com
- “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
- “You fix it so it won’t break again, then you pound on it some more. Every amp gets the living daylights hammered out of it”: Randall Smith on the origins of his ‘hammer test’ that makes Mesa/Boogies bulletproof - Guitar World
- “I don’t care if all guitar internet hates me. I cannot wait for this pendulum to swing back. Mark my words, it will”: Why Rhett Shull thinks amp modelers will fall out of favor in the future - Guitar World
- “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
- 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
- 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
- Blackstar Introduces St. James 100 Head and Combo - Premier 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
- Orange Announces the Orianthi Crush 20RT - Premier 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
- “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
- “Arguably one of the most significant Beatles and Lennon artifacts to come to market”: John Lennon’s first Vox amp – used at the Cavern and to record Please Please Me – is headed to auction - Guitar World
- 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
- “I'd advise new guitarists to play with an amplifier”: Sheryl Crow guitarist says beginners should steer clear of amp modellers - Guitar.com
- Jack White teams up with Fender to launch new signature guitars and amp - NME
- You May Not Like It but Tube Amps Are Changing Forever: Here's Why - Ultimate Guitar
- Marshall CEO Reacts to Guitarists' Worries About the Company Neglecting Amps: 'We're Aware of Things We Can Do Better' - Ultimate Guitar
- Kirk Hammett thinks Marshall amps sound “30 per cent better” when you plug them in in the UK than they do in America – is he right? - Guitar.com
- Slash thinks recording a live guitar amp is a “dying art”: “A lot of producers don't even know how to do it properly” - Guitar.com
- “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
- “Faster, smarter and more accurate than any human”: Neural DSP unveils TINA – a robot that promises to revolutionize the digital amp modeling world forever - Guitar World
- Guitar Center employees find thousands of dollars in drugs stuffed inside guitar amp - WSB-TV
- The Sunn Amplifiers Story Gets a New Chapter - Premier Guitar
Bass Player News
- “I used a Gibson EB-3 through my time with David, trying to get the same bass sound Andy Fraser got with Free”: How the late, great Trevor Bolder applied melodic flair to anchor this irresistible 12/8 rocker from David Bowie’s Aladdin Sane - Guitar World
- Paul McCartney to voice left-handed bass playing Walrus in animated feature ‘High in the Clouds’ - KSHE 95
- Bassist Richard Bona reflects on his intuitive rhythm ahead of Vancouver International Jazz Festival concert - createastir.ca
- Eva Gardner on returning to the Mars Volta, bass as a family business and rocking with Cher and Pink - Yahoo
- Paul McCartney says ‘musical genius’ Brian Wilson was ‘bright shining light’ - BreakingNews.ie
- “To scare Randy, I pulled the gun and fired it into the ceiling”: How a drunken fight led to Kelly Garni being booted out of Quiet Riot - Guitar.com
- Steve Hansgen, Minor Threat Bassist and Tool Producer, Battling Stage 4 Kidney Disease - Consequence of Sound
- Carly Pearce sows a field of dreams for her bass player - Everett Post
- Ex-Frank Zappa Bassist Explains Why 'a Bass Player in a Rock Band Is by Definition a Moron,' Reveals What Zappa Was Really Like - Ultimate Guitar
- Wunderhorse confirm exit of bassist Peter Woodin - NME
- “Everywhere I went with the picture, I would show it to ’em, and they was like, it was something evil”: Bootsy Collins’ Space Bass design was turned down everywhere he went – his ‘last straw’ proved the winner - Guitar World
- Jillian Shriner: Wife of Weezer bassist pleads not guilty to gun charges stemming from LAPD shooting - ABC7 Los Angeles
- The 25 greatest bass players of all time, ranked - Yardbarker
- Former KORN bassist "Fieldy" confirms there are no plans to rejoin the band anytime soon - Lambgoat
- Wife of Weezer Bassist appears in court with charges yet to be filed - NBC Los Angeles
- Dave Allen, Bass Player for Influential Postpunk Band Gang of Four, Dies at 69 - IMDb
- International Society of Bassists names recipient of 2025 Jane Little Scholarship - The Strad
- The Scarlet Opera bass player Daniel Zuker dies - The Music Universe
- Former Metallica bassist to play Syracuse this summer - WAER
- Yukon bass player rocks Junos with Anciients - Yukon News
Bass Amp News
- MayFly Audio releases the Sunset Bass Amplifier Simulator - Premier Guitar
- Matthew Bass named Alvin's new head football coach - The Alvin Sun-Advertiser
- “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
- Striped bass restrictions head to Supreme Court - SoMdNews.com
- NAMM 2025 rumors, predictions and breaking news - Guitar World
- Winter NAMM 2025 – Day 1 - Bass Gear Magazine
- Marshall Announces New Products at NAMM 2025 - Premier Guitar
- Video shows Mayor Karen Bass refusing to answer L.A. fire questions as she returns from trip abroad - NBC News
- Best multi-effects pedals 2025: Our pick of the best all-in-one guitar FX modellers - MusicRadar
- Fender drops game-changing Tone Master Pro update - Guitar World
- “It did all those Led Zeppelin tours and all the recordings. It did flippin’ everything”: Jimmy Page reveals his all-time favourite amp - Guitar.com
- Esko, Grand Rapids, Northwestern bass anglers head to state - Duluth News Tribune
- The Sunn Amplifiers Story Gets a New Chapter - Premier Guitar
- Boss' New Katana-500 Bass Head and Cabinet 112 - 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
- Line 6 Launches the POD Express and POD Express Bass - Premier Guitar
- NAMM 2024: the biggest news and hottest gear revealed in guitars, music tech, software - MusicRadar
- Tech 21 Introduces the SansAmp XB Driver Dual-Amp/Bi-Amp/DI Bass Preamp - Premier Guitar
Guitar Effects News
- Reader Guitar of the Month: The Danicaster - Premier Guitar
- Fender adds two new affordable Hammertone pedals and a new “ultra-precise” tuner to its stompbox lineup for summer 2025 - Guitar.com
- EarthQuaker Chelsea Low End Fuzz Driver Review - Premier Guitar
- “The single biggest leap Line 6 has made in its near 30 year history of modelling amps”: Line 6 debuts all-new AI tech as it supercharges its amp modelling platform with the Helix Stadium series - MusicRadar
- Gear Rundown: Adam Jones of Tool - Mixdown Magazine
- “A new type of product”: Line 6 ushers in a bold new era of amp modelers with the Helix Stadium – an extensively upgraded family of touchscreen-equipped floorboards that take the term ‘all-in-one rig’ to unprecedented heights - Guitar World
- Roland Announces BOSS Effects Pedals Plug-In - Premier Guitar
- Dann Huff Rig Rundown - Premier Guitar
- “We have delayed new product launches, or scrapped them entirely”: why boutique pedal makers fear tariffs will destroy the entire US pedal industry - Guitar.com
- Buyer’s guide to the best compact multi-effects: sound-shifting units from Neural DSP, BOSS & Line 6 - Guitar.com
- Win a KERNOM RIDGE Analog Morphing Drive Pedal – Enter by June 24! - Premier Guitar
- KMA Machines Releases GEMINUS Stereo True Double Tracker - Premier Guitar
- David Byrne's New Album - 'Who Is The Sky?' - Premier Guitar
- Best overdrive pedals 2025: Saturate your sound - GuitarPlayer.com
- Strymon EC-1 Single Head Tape Echo Pedal - Guitar.com
- “Rory Gallagher and many more legends have relied on this useful effect for just this reason – so don’t be put off by the name”: 20 ways to get more from your pedals - Guitar World
- Best Klon clones 2025: unobtainium overdrive tone for the masses - GuitarPlayer.com
- Strymon EC-1 review: “It does what it needs to do without any of the complexity of the big-box competition” - Guitar.com
- Guitar World deals of the week: save $1,200 on a Boss synth guitar, get $800 off a 7-string Music Man, plus a cheeky saving for World String Change Day - Guitar World
- Klon sues Behringer's parent company Music Tribe over “blatant counterfeit” of its Centaur pedal - Guitar.com
Guitar and Bass News
- “I used a Gibson EB-3 through my time with David, trying to get the same bass sound Andy Fraser got with Free”: How the late, great Trevor Bolder applied melodic flair to anchor this irresistible 12/8 rocker from David Bowie’s Aladdin Sane - Guitar World
- Black Sabbath bassist's memorabilia goes under the hammer - Bournemouth Echo
- Reader Guitar of the Month: The Danicaster - Premier Guitar
- “I had three days to learn the entire set… One rehearsal. I met Pink at soundcheck right before the first show then I’m playing in front of thousands and thousands of people”: Eva Gardner on trial by fire with pop megastars and returning to the Mars Volta - Guitar World
- "I don’t care what anyone says, what Paul Reed Smith builds today is what Doug and I made back then”: From the Tiger to the Wolf, meet the guitar maker who bought Jerry Garcia’s wildest designs to life - Guitar World
- Squier Classic Vibe 2025 Brings Bigsby, Active Jazz Basses, and more! - Gearnews.com
- Fender’s Classic Vibe Squier line gets 10 new models with “unmistakable, old-school” features - Guitar.com
- Khruangbin recreate their unique voice on their first signature instruments - Guitar.com
- Roland Announces BOSS Effects Pedals Plug-In - Premier Guitar
- “These instruments are extensions of our musical souls”: Nancy Wilson’s stolen custom Telecaster has been found by police – but the search for a second missing Heart instrument goes on - Guitar World
- Oteil Burbridge To Receive Jerry Garcia "Wolf"-Style Bass For Symphonic Red Rocks Show - Live For Live Music
- Khruangbin's Mark Speer and Laura Lee have partnered with Fender on a pair of Strat and Jazz Bass signatures - Guitar.com
- Fergus Hunt Dead: Vocalist and Guitarist Co-Founded bZARK - The Music Network
- Corky’s missing guitar - irontontribune.com
- Fender Introduces Khruangbin Signature Guitar and Bass - Premier Guitar
- “Khruangbin has made a huge mark on music. They blend cultures and eras into something entirely their own”: For the first time, Fender has launched a signature guitar and bass for the same band simultaneously – with new Mark Speer and Laura Lee models - Guitar World
- David Byrne's New Album - 'Who Is The Sky?' - Premier Guitar
- BAD WOLVES vocalist Daniel “DL” Laskiewicz has been playing bass for FALLING IN REVERSE - Lambgoat
- Ex-Frank Zappa Bassist Explains Why 'a Bass Player in a Rock Band Is by Definition a Moron,' Reveals What Zappa Was Really Like - Ultimate Guitar
- “Everywhere I went with the picture, I would show it to ’em, and they was like, it was something evil”: Bootsy Collins’ Space Bass design was turned down everywhere he went – his ‘last straw’ proved the winner - Guitar World
New Music releases
- '80s Pop Princess, 66, Releases New Music and Fans Are Going Wild: 'Sounds Incredible' - parade.com
- Becky G Premieres ‘Rebbeca’ at Tribeca Festival & More Uplifting Moments in Latin Music - Billboard
- Kunwarr, Saachi, Dhruv Visvanath and All The Songs You Need to Know This Week - Rolling Stone India
- NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: 6-13-25 Rock and Metal New Releases Radar - Ghost Cult Magazine
- Queer Jams of the Week: New Music From Kehlani, Kevin Abstract, Blondshell & More - Billboard
- New Music This Week: Chris Brown, Kehlani, Tyla And More - essence.com
- New Music Friday: Listen To Releases By Twenty One Pilots, j-hope & GloRilla, ATEEZ And More - GRAMMY.com
- Lykke Li Covers Nick Cave on Surprise New EP: Stream - Consequence of Sound
- 10 Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now - Pitchfork
- BTS’ j-hope shares exclusive image as he releases his new track ‘Killin’ It Girl’ - Rolling Stone UK
- New Music Friday: James Marriott, Queens of the Stone Age, Calum Hood and more - Official Charts
- Eleven New Hymns Now Available in ‘Hymns—For Home and Church’ - newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org
- Tyler Childers Announces New Album, ‘Snipe Hunter’, and Releases Fan-Favourite Song, ‘Nose on the Grindstone’ - Holler Country Music
- New Music Friday: Listen To Releases By Lorde, Miley Cyrus, Tate McRae, Mariah Carey & More - GRAMMY.com
- Swedish metalcore band Adept releases new single "You" with music video - Chaoszine
- Voice Actor Kiyono Yasuno Releases New Music Video "Yannaruwa" - Crunchyroll
- Chiquis Writes Her First Children’s Book & More Uplifting Moments in Latin Music - Billboard
- New Music Friday: Listen To Releases By Sabrina Carpenter, Ed Sheeran, Teddy Swims & More - GRAMMY.com
- Looking Ahead: A Release Calendar of Upcoming Albums in 2025 - Billboard
- New Music Releases and Upcoming Albums in 2025 - Pitchfork
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