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- The Polka Lesson Hidden In My Chemical Romance's 'Mama' - Ultimate Guitar
- Eric Henderson and Malaga Bring a Guitar Odyssey Home to Laguna Beach - lagunabeachindy.com
- “The peso coin is a rarity, but we’ve still got a few filed down for the ready”: Why Billy Gibbons started using a peso as a guitar pick - Guitar World
- "Money, it's a gas…” Pink Floyd collaborates with the UK's Royal Mint to release $6,400 18-carat gold guitar pick - guitarplayer.com
- The Spirited Sounds of Ruthie Foster - Relix
- “A lot of guitarists never use the middle pickup, but I’m all for it. I never used the others”: Why Lenny Kaye only needs one under-appreciated pickup position - Guitar World
- Guitar Center is inviting players to test its new in-house guitar brand – but you’ll need to sign an NDA - guitarplayer.com
- Rick Springfield: I played for the troops in Vietnam and ended up killing a man - guitarplayer.com
- “John Lydon was alright, it’s just Sid Vicious was such a d**k”: Roger Taylor on the first time Queen met the Sex Pistols - Guitar.com
- Mastodon are being sued by Brent Hinds’ estate - Guitar World
- “I chop the fingers off and throw the arms in the bin”: Tony Iommi reveals the bizarre thing he has to do to get his prosthetic fingertips - Guitar.com
- “It was the early Jimi Hendrix days. I was persuading George to do something feedback-y and crazy. I was showing him what I wanted and he said, ‘Well, you do it’”: On the trail of Paul McCartney, the Beatles’ not-so-secret guitarist - Guitar World
- “Don Felder played, and I sat in. It was weird looking out and seeing Harrison Ford, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas looking back at us”: The continuing guitar adventures of Peter Frampton – from Skywalker Ranch to his new all-star solo album - Guitar World
- “Our guitarist saw an online ad where Bon Jovi was looking for a local band to open for them. She didn’t even tell us she’d applied!” How Violet Lea went from self-taught bassist to opening for Bon Jovi - Guitar World
- Former Turnstile Guitarist Brady Ebert Ordered Into Competency Evaluation After His Own Lawyer Raises Concerns - Law Commentary
- “George was my favorite Beatle, but the music was very simple…” Why Robben Ford’s dream gig with George Harrison turned sour - guitarplayer.com
- Former Smiths Guitarist Johnny Marr to Auction 80 Instruments at Christie’s - 95.9 The RAT
- Dave Matthews Band Welcome Guest Fiddlers, Pearl Jam Guitarist at The Gorge - Relix
- Guitarola Loses the Lyrics - Door County Pulse
- "That Echoplex sound Eddie did at the end of Eruption was such an old trick. I thought it was cheesy. But Eddie was from the NEXT generation…" Joe Perry looks back over a lifetime of guitar playing - guitarplayer.com
- The guitarist with “a precise machine-gun right hand” that Marty Friedman loves to work with - Guitar.com
- African guitarist Vieux Farka Touré returns to Bend - bendbulletin.com
- New Van Halen book to include a 7" of their earliest-known song – a steal to you at only, um, $475 - guitarplayer.com
- Guitar Center is inviting players to test its new in-house guitar brand – but you’ll need to sign an NDA - Yahoo
- Guitar Center is inviting players to test its new in-house guitar brand – but you’ll need to sign an NDA - Guitar World
- “I ran over to the student center, unenrolled from all my classes and hit the road”: Noah Kahan was an unknown when his guitarist got the gig. Now he’s playing Fenway Park with his own signature guitar - Guitar World
- Steve Lukather on Eddie Van Halen, Michael Jackson and other music giants - guitarplayer.com
- “Ozzy’s such a nice guy. But the day I walked out of the band I was like, ‘I’m glad to be out of that’”: Bernie Tormé’s turbulent eight-gig stint with Ozzy Osbourne - Guitar World
- Manipur's Chongtham Vikram Singh: The rock guitarist whose killing shocked India's north-east - BBC
- Manipur's Chongtham Vikram Singh: The rock guitarist whose killing shocked India's north-east - BBC
- Jason Becker on how much Eddie Van Halen did for him - guitarplayer.com
- “The album is quickly emerging as a major crossover moment”: Brian May will be on William Shatner’s surprise album – alongside a host of metal guitar heroes - Guitar World
- "They said, 'The secret to singles is 120 beats per minute…' But we're not a single band." The Megadeth album that makes Dave Mustaine feel queazy – and how he’d change it - guitarplayer.com
- “Metal players embraced it, but so did players like David Gilmour”: 20 gear innovations that changed guitar playing - Guitar World
- "The Telecaster is a different animal!” Bruce Springsteen’s onstage sweating kept shorting his guitar out. Here's what he did about it… - guitarplayer.com
- KING DIAMOND Says Split With Longtime Guitarist ANDY LA ROCQUE Had Been 'Coming For A While' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “He was the first guy in that genre that I heard that I was like, ‘Wow – these lead guys can really take an exciting part of the band’s sound’”: Former Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy guitarist John Sykes’ final recordings to be released as an EP this November - Guitar World
- Kirk Hammett and Jason Newsted almost formed a blues band with members of Sepultura, Sacred Reich – and a blues player who died too young… - guitarplayer.com
- Performing Anthem & Playing With Soundgarden At Halftime 'Incredibly Special & Incredibly Poignant' For Pearl Jam's Mike McCready - Seattle Seahawks
- “Not everybody’s designed to run a marathon…” Gene Simmons on Ace Frehley’s three departures from Kiss - guitarplayer.com
- Classical guitarist returns to Montana State for Oct. 8 concert - Montana State University
- “Peace already”: Sammy Hagar responds to Alex Van Halen calling him “a complete idiot” - guitarplayer.com
- “This guy dutifully opened the case. I can still smell it. It was this otherworldly object, like something out of Raiders of the Lost Ark”: Johnny Marr on the guitars he’s loved and is about to lose at auction – and the one that started it all - Guitar World
- “Gibson wasn’t the only company to lose its mind in thrall to technology”: The 21st century guitar innovations that never caught on - Guitar World
- Noel Gallagher was forced into becoming Oasis’ lead guitar player – and he didn’t want the role - Yahoo
- Ry Cooder lost an eye at four. A guitar helped him find his way back: “It gave me a place to go” - guitarplayer.com
- Why I spent 15 years playing guitar to killer whales - Guitar World
- Jeff Beck’s guitar was stolen before the Wired sessions — Jan Hammer remembers what happened next. “When he opened the guitar case, it was empty.” - guitarplayer.com
- “That song is literally about my band breaking up.” John Fogerty on the Creedence Clearwater Revival single that predicted their downfall — and ultimately became their biggest hit - guitarplayer.com
- Ritchie Blackmore on His Deep Purple Reunion: 'It Could Be the Last Time We See Each Other' - Rolling Stone
- Ritchie Blackmore on his emotional Deep Purple reunion - guitarplayer.com
- Second line parade to honor life of beloved Birmingham guitar player - AL.com
- Ritchie Blackmore plays “Smoke on the Water” as he reunites with Deep Purple for the first time in 33 years - guitarplayer.com
- Ritchie Blackmore to reunite with Deep Purple for first time in 33 years. “It’ll be good to see the old guys again” - guitarplayer.com
- “You can call the police or do whatever you’re going to do to me, but I’m taking it.” How Bob Weir stole one of his favorite guitars from George Benson - guitarplayer.com
- Four criminally underrated guitarists from the 1980s that are guaranteed to melt your face off - Fox News
- “And in comes this thin, 98-pound, translucent dude.” The guitar legend who launched David Bowie and John Lennon to the top of the charts, got high with Paul McCartney and talked back to Chuck Berry - guitarplayer.com
- “It’s insane. He died aged 25, only guitar players remember him, and yet he was the sound of the Pretenders”: Chrissie Hynde on the underrated guitar hero who defined the Pretenders - Guitar World
- Chrissie Hynde on James Honeyman-Scott’s tragic loss. “I am guilty” - guitarplayer.com
- Eddie Van Halen on the guitarist better than him - guitarplayer.com
- Richie Sambora on how the Bon Jovi partnership fell apart: “If anybody told Jon the truth, it was me” - guitarplayer.com
- Tony Iommi reveals Ozzy Osbourne’s final text to him. “It was a hell of a shock, really” - guitarplayer.com
- Japanese man arrested for 7 years of loud guitar playing, has 40 guitars seized - Guitar World
- “We were watching this Beatles concert on TV when Keith comes walking down the stairs.” Keith Richards had a priceless response when he caught his band watching the Fab Four - guitarplayer.com
- “Bob turned around like, ‘What the eff are you doing back there? I'm trying to talk up here!’” Mike Campbell on the time he broke his guitar in two onstage with Bob Dylan with just one wrong move - guitarplayer.com
- “From the bottom of my heart, I’m sorry. I hope you’re well. I hope there’s not a physical problem.” David Lee Roth cancels U.S. tour and gets words of support from Sammy Hagar - guitarplayer.com
- “He plays those little Taylors. I’m always like, ‘Come on, play a proper guitar’”: Graham Coxon’s thoughts on Damon Albarn as a guitar player - Guitar World
- Jim Root on Turning Down Slipknot: 'I Didn't Feel Like I Could Play Up to Their Potential' - Ultimate Guitar
- Was David Bowie a good guitar player? Adrian Belew, Peter Frampton and more weigh in - Yahoo
- “I just don’t think he is a good guitarist.” Ronnie Montrose offered a brutal assessment of Sammy Hagar two years before he joined Van Halen. But Sammy had the last laugh - guitarplayer.com
- “There are a lot of guys who can play that. But I don’t.” David Gilmour says he never learned to play one of his most iconic Pink Floyd guitar solos - guitarplayer.com
- “When Bob sensed I might refuse to appear, he took the gloves off." For Pete Townshend, Jimmy Page and Bob Dylan, Live Aid was a case of bad vibes for a good cause - guitarplayer.com
- A tribute to local guitar legend 'Caffeine' Carl Wagoner - keysnews.com
- Theologizing with Larkin Poe, 10 years after Reskinned - Baptist News Global
- “All the people around him said, ‘Whatever you do, don't ask him to play guitar’!” How Paul Rodgers made Jimmy Page play guitar again after John Bonham’s death - guitarplayer.com
- Music world rocked by devastating loss: 10 legendary guitar players have died in 2026 - AL.com
- Who is Dave Mustaine’s favorite guitar player of all times? - chaoszine.net
- “Freddie said, 'No, no, no, no — it's a piano song!’” Freddie Mercury didn’t want a guitar solo. Brian May fought for it — and created one of Queen’s most celebrated moments on record - guitarplayer.com
- Bob Dylan's second new guitarist in two weeks just went from gigging to 150 people to playing with an icon - Guitar World
- Bob Dylan Loses Yet Another Guitarist After Bob Britt Abruptly Quits Band - Rolling Stone
- ANTHRAX Guitarist JONATHAN DONAIS Names DIMEBAG DARRELL As His "MVP" Guitar Player - Metal Injection
- “Paul said that in the more than 300 songs he and John wrote, he could remember only one time when they got stuck.” Paul McCartney guitarist Brian Ray talks the Beatles’ creative process - guitarplayer.com
- “You got a lot of nerve.” Billy Gibbons played “Purple Haze” onstage while opening for Jimi Hendrix. The guitar legend’s response changed everything for the future ZZ Top leader - guitarplayer.com
- “I have to confess to a certain sort of jealousy.” David Gilmour reveals the guitarist whose career he envies most - guitarplayer.com
- “That’s why he sounded like that — and that’s why we couldn’t crack the code!” Joe Walsh on Jimi Hendrix and the simple reason his sound and style were a mystery to his guitar-playing contemporaries - guitarplayer.com
- “I can’t imagine where guitar players would be without Eddie. We’d be listening to electronic music”: Sammy Hagar says Eddie Van Halen “saved” guitar players - Guitar.com
- Joe Negri, Guitar Player and Handyman on ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,’ Dies at 99 - Variety
- Alex Lifeson on Rush's Keyboard Era: 'I'm the Guitar Player in This Band. What Happened?' - Ultimate Guitar
- “They advertise it as a safe tonic to give you energy — and it’s not.” Brian Setzer on the “health drink” that sent him to rehab - guitarplayer.com
- “It was such great stuff.” Steve Vai says he’s heard Eddie Van Halen’s unreleased recordings - guitarplayer.com
- 'I Don't Really Want to Play 'Eric Clapton Guitar'': Thurston Moore on What Sonic Youth Were After Instead - Ultimate Guitar
- Zach Top’s Beloved Guitar Player, Cheyenne Dalton, Stuns Fans With News She’s No Longer In The Band - Whiskey Riff
- “He was such a nice guy, I couldn't believe he was a guitarist!” Ritchie Blackmore claims “most guitar players aren't nice people” and names the one exception - guitarplayer.com
- "The good news is I can still play music. I can still play guitar. I’ve been doing really well.” - facebook.com
- “I try to avoid rehearsals at all costs now. It’s the only way I can survive”: I’m a drummer. You guitarists have made me hate being in bands - Guitar World
- “I thought, ‘Well, it couldn’t hurt…’ It did hurt”: Noodling alone at home is fine. But you’ll never be a great guitar player unless you join a band - Guitar World
- Who's the best guitar player you've ever seen live? - Guitar World
- Music world rocked by icon’s death at 81: ‘One of the greatest guitar players ever’ - pennlive.com
- Messy, precise, inherently musical: Cake’s John McCrea remembers guitarist Greg Brown - capradio.org
- Steve Cropper, guitarist of Booker T and the MGs, dies aged 84 - BBC
Guitar Amp News
- Carl Martin Introduces the CM Acoustic 300-Watt Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- “A tiny tone machine that proves solid-state can sound great”: Orange Baby Terror review - Guitar World
- Spark PEDAL: Positive Grid crams an entire guitar rig – with amps, effects, a looper and Bluetooth – into a compact pedal format - Guitar.com
- “Technology is supposed to make things easier, not get in the way”: Are apps ruining guitar gear? We argue for and against the trend that has taken over practice amps - Guitar World
- "It’s hard to deny it’s impressive what Positive Grid has packed into this tiny floor unit, but it can feel a little overstuffed at times": Positive Grid Spark Pedal review - MusicRadar
- Positive Grid Announces Spark PEDAL, an All-in-one Amp and Effects Pedal With Built-In Looper and HD Tone Creation - Bass Gear Magazine
- Positive Grid brings its smart amp experience to your ‘board with the Spark Pedal: “Bring the tone and power of Spark amps to live performances, rehearsals, home practice and recording sessions” - MusicRadar
- We review the Positive Grid Spark Pedal Amp and Effects Modeler: “There’s a lot to love here — the fact that it costs under $200 makes it all the more impressive” - guitarplayer.com
- “Visitors saw stacks of amps with names like Yngwie Malmsteen, George Lynch, Jake E. Lee and Adrian Vandenberg on the service tags”: The story of Eddie Van Halen’s elusive amp tech, José Arredondo – and the new amp that honors his legacy - Guitar World
- “Nigh on impossible to craft a bad tone”: Positive Grid Spark Pedal review - Guitar World
- “I think they’ve been forgotten about in our generation”: Why Greta Van Fleet’s Jake Kiszka thinks more guitarists should be using combo amps - Guitar World
- Phil X explains the things that "scream fake" when he hears someone using a digital guitar amp: "Violence is hard to replicate with the modeller" - Guitar.com
- HeadRush Introduces FRFR CAB Series of Amps - Premier Guitar
- How Positive Grid reinvented the digital guitar amp - Guitar World
- Positive Grid Spark GO Review: A Tiny Guitar Amp That Doubles as a Surprisingly Good Bluetooth Speaker - Audiophile ON
- “One of the secrets that they will deny to this day was that they could not come up with the sound that I wanted”: Why Ritchie Blackmore’s iconic Marshall stacks were actually Vox amps in disguise - Guitar World
- "No amp can fix a guitar that feels like a plank of wood with strings, or even worse, won’t stay in tune": Are you prioritizing the wrong end of your signal chain? Two pro gear reviewers debate whether you should spend more on your guitar or amp - Guitar World
- What if I tried to use my guitar amp as the speaker for my hi-fi system? I tried really hard to make it sound anywhere near listenable and even broke a guitar pedal — here’s what I learned - TechRadar
- “Small does not have to mean less”: Orange puts a Terror twist on one of its most popular modern amp series with new Baby lunchbox head - Guitar World
- “Billie plugs in, puts the guitar on, and plays When I Come Around. He’s like, ‘That's the sound’”: The story of the Marshall Billie Joe Armstrong amp – its first artist signature in 14 years - Guitar World
- Supposedly much requested - Greer Amps delivers its own Mori Drive formulation of Screamer, with a healthy injection of Klon DNA too - Guitar Pedal X
- “Those Dookie mods pay dividends – this is the sound in every Green Day fan's head”: Marshall Billie Joe Armstrong Signature 1959BJA review - Guitar World
- "There’s something about the pure honesty of a tube amp that can’t be topped”: 5 reasons I think digital modelers still can’t win the gear war - Guitar World
- The pedal that made me ditch my tube amp – and why I'll never go back - Guitar World
- “People began to see it as a companion”: Positive Grid reveals its bestselling product – and why it’s been so successful - Guitar.com
- Dusky Electronics Announces Proxima A - Premier Guitar
- Marshall Just Reimagined One of Its Legendary Guitar Amps from the 1960s - Gear Patrol
- Marshall Launches Billie Joe Armstrong’s 1959BJA Signature Amp - Premier Guitar
- Billie Joe Armstrong Partners With Marshall on Handwired Amp Inspired by Green Day’s ‘Dookie’ Era - Variety
- “A sh**ty amp is useless”: Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy on why he’d always pick a good amp over a good guitar - Guitar.com
- Blackstar Introduces Fly High Gain Mini Amp - Premier Guitar
- 'I've Gotta Admit I Was Wrong': Joe Bonamassa Concedes Defeat Over Digital Amps, Explains Why Fender Tone Master Won His Heart - Ultimate Guitar
- Blackstar Amplification and TONE3000 Bring NAM to the Headphone Amp for the First Time - Premier Guitar
- “When I first plugged into it, I realised this s***’s good. I really wanted to dislike it! But I couldn’t”: Joe Bonamassa on digital amps winning him over - Guitar.com
- Orange Amps and Ed Sheeran Launch New ES Series Amplifiers - Premier Guitar
- Guitar Center Serves as Exclusive Launch Partner for the Orange Amps Outlowd ES Series, Designed in Collaboration with Ed Sheeran - Business Wire
- The Boss Katana 50 and 100 Modelling Amps finally have a serious challenger courtesy of the brand new Positive Grid Reactor 50 and 100 Amps - Guitar Pedal X
- Best tube amps 2026: my top valve amplifiers for home, studio, and stage - guitarplayer.com
- Sarasota Guitar and Amp Show draws musical buyers and sellers to Robarts Arena - ABC7 WWSB
- Ed Sheeran debuts his signature Orange guitar amp: and it's designed for busking - Guitar.com
- “It’s honestly really amazing”: Tube amp aficionado Joe Bonamassa has been “beta testing” a Fender Tone Master on tour – and he’s impressed - Guitar.com
- Positive Grid Introduces REACTOR Intelligent Guitar Amplifier — a New Approach to Amplification - Premier Guitar
- Positive Grid launches new AI-powered Reactor combo - Guitar World
- Positive Grid’s Reactor amp series can build tones from text, photos and recordings - Guitar.com
- “A turning point for the industry”: TONE3000’s new A2 NAM modeling tech beat some huge hitters in a blind listening test – and it’s completely free to use - Guitar World
- “I was starting to get tired – as much as I hate to say it – of the very predictable Marshall sound”: Slash took his new favorite amp brand on the Guns N’ Roses tour without telling anyone - Guitar World
- Mesa/Boogie launches new video series exploring the history of the legendary amp brand - Guitar.com
- This Fender Bluetooth speaker doubles as an amp for your guitar — and it’s just $300 - Tom's Guide
- “You’ll see the return of some of our most iconic products from the past”: The metal amp brand beloved by Dimebag Darrell, Kirk Hammett and Scott Ian is on the cusp of making a comeback - Guitar World
- Best mini amps for guitar 2026: power up your practice with these tiny towers of tone - Guitar World
- Orange beer? Legendary guitar amp brand launches its own IPA with Special Brew - Guitar.com
- “Over the past 24 hours, I’ve received hundreds of messages about my current situation. So yes, it’s official: I’ve made the move”: Jared James Nichols switches to Marshall amps - MusicRadar
- Blackstar Launches the Beam Mini Compact Desk Amp - Premier Guitar
- Blackstar's BEAM Mini amp could change the market forever - Guitar World
- “The guitar is so much more personal”: Former Black Crowes guitarist Marc Ford on why he'd always pick a good guitar over a good amp - Guitar.com
- Digital amps have a new convert in Paul Gilbert… - Guitar.com
- “If you would have told me 15 years ago that Paul Gilbert’s main amp in the future would be a solid state Fender Twin, I’d have said you were off your rocker”: Paul Gilbert is the latest big name to switch to Fender Tone Master digital amps - Guitar World
- Winzz Guitars Introduces the SilverTide Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- “I like to keep things simple, as the saying goes: It’s only rock ’n’ roll”: Never mind the modelers, here’s a Sex Pistols Marshall amp - Guitar World
- Mooer takes on JBL with its own AI stem separation tech – and it could change the way you practice your favorite songs - Guitar World
- Two Notes Unleashes Captor X + : A New Benchmark for Going Direct with Tube Amps - Premier Guitar
- “That thing is unbelievable. It’s one of the most impressive new amps I’ve tried”: Misha Mansoor has a ton of amps. But one new design has blown him away - Guitar World
- “They’re not just relics of the past. They are benchmarks”: The holy grail of tone – three amps that built the sound of recorded guitar - Guitar World
- “It was so heavy to lift as an 11-year-old”: Josh Homme’s first guitar amp wasn’t even a guitar amp - Guitar World
- Winzz Guitars Introduces the Lead Burner 30W IR-Enabled Guitar Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- Who Needs Tube Amps in 2026? I Say: No One. - Gearnews.com
- Joe Bonamassa Explains Why Most Guitarists Mic Their Amps Wrong: 'Whoever Said the Best Sound Is Dead Center?' - Ultimate Guitar
- Laney Introduces Prism-Mini Guitar Amp & Bluetooth Speaker - Premier Guitar
- Kemper Introduces Next Level of Profiling Technology 2.0 - Premier Guitar
- This Tiny LEGO Fender Guitar Amp Conversion Really Works - Hackster.io
- Best amp modelers 2026: rack-mounted and floorboard options for every budget - Guitar World
- Best amp modelers 2026: get all your dream guitar tones in one - guitarplayer.com
- Synergy Unveils Machine-Learning Power Amp Technology - Premier Guitar
- Blackstar Unveils High Powered Digital Floorboard with Insane Versatility - Premier Guitar
- Best guitar amps 2026: tube, solid-state, and modeling amplifiers for all levels and budgets - Guitar World
- These Bluetooth practice amps from JBL have AI stem separation – and might just change the way you practice guitar - Guitar.com
- Thomas Blug îs unerringly close now to a full release of his new state of the art BluGuitar Amp X Analog Amp & Pedal Modeller - Guitar Pedal X
- NAMM 2026: news, rumors, predictions - Guitar World
- Blackstar Introduces BEAM MINI - Premier Guitar
- Magnatone Introduces Four New Amps At NAMM - Premier Guitar
- “A no-compromise amplifier solution”: Synergy teams up with Wampler and Friedman to launch its machine-learning power amp – and promises to change the game for tube modeling - Guitar World
- “The straight-up, high-voltage voice of a masterfully designed single-channel amp”: Orange rolls out the OR60 – an all-tube guitar amp head that is the “most versatile it has ever built” - Guitar World
- Orange Amps OR60 UK-Built All-Valve Guitar Amp - Premier Guitar
- Boss makes a splash ahead of NAMM with new GX-1 and GX-1B multi-effects units, plus a new busker-friendly Roland Cube Street amp - Guitar.com
- Roland Announces CUBE Street Mini Multi-Instrument Amplifier - Premier Guitar
- Blind guitarist brought to tears by specially-made Braille amp - Guitar World
- Victory sends blind guitarist custom braille amp in the most wholesome moment of 2026 so far - Guitar.com
- RC Davis Launches New Performer Line With The Beast 2-Channel Head - Premier Guitar
- Tube Amps: Finally Obsolete in 2026? - Gearnews.com
- Can a $149 Plug-in Beat Physical Amps? Our 2025 Gear Awards Reveal a Very Strange Year for Guitar Gear - Ultimate Guitar
- “It’s clear to see that modelers have won the battle”: Modelers outsold traditional amps and combos in 2025 – but the war between the two might not be over just yet - Guitar World
- Reverb shares its best selling gear of the year – and 2025 was the year of the Strat - Guitar.com
- The Lava Studio Amp is the world's best Practice Amp - stuffed with smart features and killer playability - Guitar Pedal X
- Beyond Emulation: Amp Sims, AI, and the Coming Saturation Point - Premier Guitar
- “Virtually indistinguishable from the all-tube original”: EVH’s first digital amp, the 5150III Hypersonic, delivers Eddie Van Halen’s iconic tube tones without the heft - Guitar.com
- “The first truly great portable electric guitar amp” is on sale for Black Friday - Guitar.com
- VOX Introduces the Micro Superbeetle Guitar Amp - Premier Guitar
- Marshall partners with Spinal Tap on the “loudest amp ever made” – with knobs that go to 11 and a master volume that goes to infinity - Guitar.com
- Local Guitar Amp Designers Keep Those Vacuum Tubes Aglow - racketmn.com
- True Marshall Tone With No Amp? I Tried Using This Digital Modeler to Make My Cheap Punk Rig Sound (Kind of) Pro - Ultimate Guitar
Bass Player News
- The “special” bassist Geddy Lee was forever grateful to see: “Once in a lifetime player” - Far Out Magazine
- PHIL SOUSSAN Says 'It Looks Very, Very Promising' That LAST IN LINE Has Found A New Singer - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- Bakithi Kumalo brings Graceland legacy to Long Beach - Herald Community Newspapers
- “Plug in, pick up the bass and experience the gear that created Motörhead’s unmistakable sound”: Las Vegas Motörhead exhibition will let play through Lemmy’s bass rig - Guitar World
- On the trail of Paul McCartney, the Beatles’ not-so-secret guitarist - Yahoo
- DAVE MUSTAINE Says The End Of DAVID ELLEFSON's Time With MEGADETH 'Was Likely Near' Even Before Leaked-Video Scandal - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- “Our guitarist saw an online ad where Bon Jovi was looking for a local band to open for them. She didn’t even tell us she’d applied!” How Violet Lea went from self-taught bassist to opening for Bon Jovi - Guitar World
- How Violet Lea went from self-taught bassist to opening for Bon Jovi - Yahoo
- Bassists take center stage Sept. 19 at The Spot - Nashua Ink Link
- Jazz Bassist Puts Up His Duke - New Haven Independent
- L7 Introduces New Lineup After the Death of Beloved Member Jennifer Finch - American Songwriter
- Tonalic adds the smooth grooves of upright bassist Paul Kleber to its library - MusicTech
- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra appoints co-principal double bass - The Strad
- L7 reunite with bassist JANIS TANAKA - Lambgoat
- “I was called to play on an album with Peter Gabriel, whom I didn't know of. I hadn’t even heard of Genesis”: Tony Levin on how a Peter Gabriel session changed his life – and led him to King Crimson - Guitar World
- L7 announce return of old bassist following Jennifer Finch’s death - Far Out Magazine
- “I remember trying to sound like Chris Squire. Ozzy’s reaction was, ‘What the hell is that?’” How Geezer Butler helped define the sound of heavy metal on this eight-minute Black Sabbath opus - Guitar World
- L7 Announces Return Of Bassist JANIS TANAKA Following JENNIFER FINCH's Death - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- The 25 Greatest Rock Bassists of All Time - spinmagazine.com
- Barbra Streisand recorded over 30 takes of “The Way We Were.” Nothing worked. Then the bassist tried something different - guitarplayer.com
Bass Amp News
- Best bass amps 2026: Top choice bass rigs for any budget - MusicRadar
- Green Day's Mike Dirnt Is Selling a Career-Spanning Collection of Gear on Reverb - Reverb
- Marshall’s amp-inspired speakers updated for the home - pickr.com.au
- “How are we going to get this home?!” Geddy Lee recalls the winter night he and Alex Lifeson bought his first bass amp - guitarplayer.com
- Blackstar Launches the Beam Mini Compact Desk Amp - Premier Guitar
- Best budget bass amps 2026: brilliant bass tone without a hefty price tag - Guitar World
- Genzler® Amplification Launches New Bass Amplifier Magellan 800+ - Bass Gear Magazine
- Genzler Amplification Introduces Magellan 800+ Bass Amp - Premier Guitar
- Best bass amps 2026: low-end tone machines - guitarplayer.com
- Best bass amps for practice 2026: top combos for working on your chops at home - Guitar World
- “It’s clearly had a lot of thought put into making it as flexible and useful as possible”: Laney Black Country Customs Nathan East Digbeth DB-EAST review - Guitar World
- Electronic Audio Experiments' Traynor Bass Amp derived Greathammer Overdrive delivers 50 decibels of killer low-end tone - Guitar Pedal X
- Aguilar Introduces the Tone Hammer 210 Combo - Premier Guitar
- ID:X Floor – Blackstar’s first “high-performance” digital floor modellers deliver the tone and feel of real amps with hands-on controls - Guitar.com
- Bass players, your headphone amp has arrived: Fender's Mustang Micro Plus gets a free bass firmware update - Mixdown Magazine
- Peavey’s Legendary Super Festival Bass Amp is Back - Premier Guitar
- “This is your chance to own the sound that defined heavy metal”: Reverb and Ashdown are selling bass amps used by Geezer Butler during rehearsals for Black Sabbath’s final show - Guitar World
- GEEZER BUTLER Is Selling The Bass Amp Heads He Used At BLACK SABBATH's Final Show - Metal Injection
- Mesa/Boogie resurrects the iconic Bass 400+ without the backache - Mixdown Magazine
- MESA/Boogie Releases the Bass-800D Amp - Bass Magazine
Guitar Effects News
- Thomann is hosting a massive sale on guitars right now – but these synths and drum machines are also discounted... - MusicTech
- Vengeance Q4ntum: New Multi-Effect Plugin with Three Independent Delay Engines - Gearnews.com
- Spark PEDAL: Positive Grid crams an entire guitar rig – with amps, effects, a looper and Bluetooth – into a compact pedal format - Guitar.com
- State of the Stomp: True Bypass vs. Buffered Bypass - Premier Guitar
- Walrus Audio Fundamental Lo-Fi Delay | The Best $99 Delay Pedal Yet? - YouTube
- Why pedal artwork matters – and how it impacts your sound without you even realizing: “They're tools for making music, but they're also statements about who we are as players and what we value as artists” - Guitar World
- Walrus Audio Fundamental Lo-Fi Delay: 3 Lo-Fi Algorithms - Gearnews.com
- TC Helicon BLOOD MOON PHASER Pedal – Vintage 4-Stage Analog Phaser For Guitar - umlconnector.com
- “Technology is supposed to make things easier, not get in the way”: Are apps ruining guitar gear? We argue for and against the trend that has taken over practice amps - Guitar World
- In Loving Memory of my Darling Mother Eileen, who passed away suddenly last week, and is laid to rest today - Guitar Pedal X
- Positive Grid Announces Spark PEDAL - Sonicstate
- "It’s hard to deny it’s impressive what Positive Grid has packed into this tiny floor unit, but it can feel a little overstuffed at times": Positive Grid Spark Pedal review - MusicRadar
- Question of the Month: How Important Is an Effect Pedal’s Looks? - Premier Guitar
- Positive Grid Announces Spark PEDAL, an All-in-one Amp and Effects Pedal With Built-In Looper and HD Tone Creation - Bass Gear Magazine
- Positive Grid Announces Spark PEDAL - Premier Guitar
- “Metal players embraced it, but so did players like David Gilmour”: 20 gear innovations that changed guitar playing - Guitar World
- Positive Grid Spark Pedal: Amp Modeling, FX & Looper! - Gearnews.com
- Positive Grid brings its smart amp experience to your ‘board with the Spark Pedal: “Bring the tone and power of Spark amps to live performances, rehearsals, home practice and recording sessions” - MusicRadar
- Positive Grid brings its smart amp experience to your ‘board with the Spark Pedal - Yahoo Tech
- We review the Positive Grid Spark Pedal Amp and Effects Modeler: “There’s a lot to love here — the fact that it costs under $200 makes it all the more impressive” - guitarplayer.com
Guitar and Bass News
- The Polka Lesson Hidden In My Chemical Romance's 'Mama' - Ultimate Guitar
- The “special” bassist Geddy Lee was forever grateful to see: “Once in a lifetime player” - Far Out Magazine
- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Appoints New Co-Principal Double Bass - The Violin Channel
- “The peso coin is a rarity, but we’ve still got a few filed down for the ready”: Why Billy Gibbons started using a peso as a guitar pick - Guitar World
- “Whenever we weren’t shooting, we’d be jamming”: Alex Winter says he and Keanu Reeves would play bass together while filming Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure - Guitar.com
- “Plug in, pick up the bass and experience the gear that created Motörhead’s unmistakable sound”: Las Vegas Motörhead exhibition will let play through Lemmy’s bass rig - Guitar World
- 'What Would Geezer Butler Do?' Why Tony Iommi Banned Guide Tracks for Becky Baldwin's Sessions on New Album - Ultimate Guitar
- “It was the early Jimi Hendrix days. I was persuading George to do something feedback-y and crazy. I was showing him what I wanted and he said, ‘Well, you do it’”: On the trail of Paul McCartney, the Beatles’ not-so-secret guitarist - Guitar World
- “The next generation of the Gibson humbucker”: Gibson ushers in a new era of its humbuckers with the ELEV8 - Guitar World
- How Violet Lea went from self-taught bassist to opening for Bon Jovi - Yahoo
- “Our guitarist saw an online ad where Bon Jovi was looking for a local band to open for them. She didn’t even tell us she’d applied!” How Violet Lea went from self-taught bassist to opening for Bon Jovi - Guitar World
- Bassists take center stage Sept. 19 at The Spot - Nashua Ink Link
- Seether Tracks Added to Rocksmith+ With Free Access Period - WDHA FM
- Gibson Garage Miami opening celebrated with exclusive new electric and acoustic guitar models - Gibson
- “People don’t know that I wrote that part”: Dave Mustaine on creating one of Megadeth’s most well-known bass riffs - Guitar.com
- “I ran over to the student center, unenrolled from all my classes and hit the road”: Noah Kahan was an unknown when his guitarist got the gig. Now he’s playing Fenway Park with his own signature guitar - Guitar World
- Muse Rig Rundown: Guitars, Amps & Pedals - Sonicstate
- “Plug in, pick up the bass and experience the gear that created Motörheads unmistakable sound”: Punk Rock Museum to host a special Motörhead exhibition with interactive element - MusicRadar
- “I was called to play on an album with Peter Gabriel, whom I didn't know of. I hadn’t even heard of Genesis”: Tony Levin on how a Peter Gabriel session changed his life – and led him to King Crimson - Guitar World
- Question of the Month: How Important Is an Effect Pedal’s Looks? - Premier Guitar
New Music releases
- From Jhené Aiko to Slayyyter, Dove Cameron & More, Which New Music Release Is Your Favorite? Vote! - Billboard
- New Music Friday release radar for September 11, 2026: top albums, song releases - DraftKings Network
- Jhené Aiko with Kendrick Lamar, Bleachers, Dove Cameron & More: New Music Friday Guide - Billboard
- Destiny Palisoc Releases New Single "Sinabi Ko Na" — Listen - Billboard Philippines
- New Music Friday: 9 new releases for your weekend - FM96 London
- New Music Friday: Ezra Collective, The Proclaimers, Bloc Party, Kings Of Leon, Slipknot and more - Official Charts
- Kumar Sanu and S.K. Tiwari's new music album - indiagazette.com
- Slipknot release first new single since Sid Wilson exit - Music-News.com
- SLIPKNOT Surprise-Releases New Single 'Arsenal' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
- Suno releases new AI music models in partnership with Warner Music, BMG - Reuters
- SLIPKNOT release new single "Arsenal" along with official music video - Lambgoat
- Suno releases new AI music models in partnership with Warner Music, BMG - thestar.com.my
- Dove Cameron Releases When In Rome Ahead Of Debut Album - noise11.com
- Ariana Grande Surprise Drops 'Petal' Live Album—Here’s How to Listen - ELLE
- New music on our radar this week: Saoirse, UNIIQU3, Folamour - Mixmag
- Hip-Hop Music Releases — August 2023 - Stanisland Magazine
- New Music Friday: Miley, ADÉLA, Kasabian, Sam Tompkins and more - Official Charts
- From BLACKPINK’s LISA & JISOO to Miley, Beyoncé & More, Which New Music Release Is Your Favorite? Vote! - Billboard
- George FitzGerald releases first new music since 2024 - Domino Recording Company
- Miley Cyrus Teases Name Change Ahead of Releasing New Music - E! News
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