Dream Theater's John Myung teams up with Ashdown for new signature Double Drive pedal By Jackson Maxwell 22 October 2021 The Double Drive features two distortions – one subtle and one that can be turned up to "face-melting" levels – that can be stacked for intense levels of gain
GoFundMe page set up to help Russian Circles following gear theft and System of a Down tour cancelation By Sam Roche 22 October 2021 In less than a day, over $60,000 has been raised to mitigate the band's “back-to-back financial losses”
Steel Panther performs first show with new bassist Rikki Dazzle By Sam Roche 22 October 2021 The band announced the departure of longtime bass player Lexxi Foxx earlier this year
Alain Johannes digs out another Anthym demo from 1980, featuring pre-Red Hot Chili Peppers Flea, Hillel Slovak and Jack Irons By Matt Owen 21 October 2021 The Rush-flavored cut, taken from an early eight-track recording session, is the second demo to be shared from the RHCP founding member’s high school band
Ashdown launches Guy Pratt signature bass amp, the Interstellar-600 By Matt Parker 20 October 2021 The new head is based on Pratt’s much-loved ABM-900, with fresh EQ and valve drive features
Russian Circles' Brian Cook given brand-new bass by Electrical Guitar Company following gear theft By Sam Roche 20 October 2021 “Somehow the stars aligned on our end with available parts,” the company writes
Bite Guitars teams up with Suzi Quatro for new bass By Sam Roche 19 October 2021 The bass features Bite's Jawbone JJ body shape, and is loaded with a pair of high-output single coils
Snark launches $20 USB-rechargeable clip-on guitar tuner By Sam Roche 19 October 2021 The company's latest tuner promises “weeks to months of regular use” at full charge, fully chromatic pitch calibration between 415-466Hz, and an easy-to-read, high-resolution LCD display
Simon Gallup has returned to The Cure following his departure in August By Matt Parker 15 October 2021 The English goth-rockers’ bassist says he remains in the band
Crypta's Fernanda Lira serves up a searing bass guitar playthrough of the impossibly heavy Dark Night of the Soul By Sam Roche 15 October 2021 The track is taken from the Brazilian/Dutch death metallers' debut album, Echoes of the Soul
Watch the first official trailer for Peter Jackson’s highly anticipated The Beatles: Get Back documentary By Matt Owen 14 October 2021 The stirring snippet splices together even more never-before-seen footage of the band as they rush to write and record 14 songs in three weeks, prior to their rooftop performance at London's Savile Row
Boss bolsters its looper lineup with advanced RC-600 and RC-505mkII Loop Stations By Matt Owen 14 October 2021 Two new intelligent offerings boast a wealth of onboard effects, over 200 rhythm patterns with automatic fills, intuitive assignable controls and 99 savable memory banks
Wham! and George Michael bassist Deon Estus dies aged 65 By Sam Roche 12 October 2021 A student of James Jamerson, Estus played bass on both of Wham!'s albums, Fantastic and Make It Big, as well as Michael's first two LPs, Faith and Listen Without Prejudice Vol 1
Geezer Butler heads up the new issue of Bass Player magazine By Joel McIver 11 October 2021 The Black Sabbath icon is joined by Verdine White, Robert DeLeo, Nikki Sixx and more
Alain Johannes unearths 1979 demo of pre-Red Hot Chili Peppers band Anthym featuring Flea, Hillel Slovak and Jack Irons By Matt Parker 08 October 2021 Johannes found the demo at the bottom of a box of old cassettes and was astonished to hear it still worked
Google has incorporated a guitar tuner directly into its search page By Matt Parker 08 October 2021 Guitar players on the run can now search ‘Google tuner’ to access a built-in tuner from their device
Wolfgang Van Halen remembers his father one year on from his death: “There's so much I wish I could show you” By Sam Roche 07 October 2021 The Mammoth WVH leader takes to Twitter on the anniversary of Eddie's passing with an emotional tribute
Godin introduces a duo of semi-acoustic, two-voice pickup-loaded fretless basses, the A4 and A5 Ultra By Matt Owen 07 October 2021 Basswood bodies, Richlite fretboards and intuitive onboard controls adjusting both a Lace Sensor pickup and LR Baggs saddle transducer system headline the brand's all-new basses
Zoom launches B6 bass multi-effects processor with DI models and color touchscreen By Matt Parker 06 October 2021 The effects firm’s new multi-FX is a mid-range modeller designed solely for bassists
Nembrini Audio emulates the iconic RAT 2 distortion pedal with new free plugin, the Black Distortion By Sam Roche 04 October 2021 “Used as a primary distortion, it excels at arena rock rhythm tones and soaring leads” the Italian software company says
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