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- September 18
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- From radical acoustic reinventions to masterclasses in metalcore: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Blackstar and Gordon Smith/Auden announce plans to “demerge”
- Watch Steve Vai – actually, many Steve Vais – shred Joe Satriani’s Teardrops
- Dean introduces the budget-friendly Edge Pro Select Series bass with walnut and burled poplar tops
- Gibson donates two dozen acoustic guitars to Bozeman, Montana high school
- Strymon unveils the NightSky - its most experimental multi-reverb pedal yet
- September 17
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- Victory Amplification and Two Notes launch the Victory Official DynIR Virtual Cabinets
- PRS and Sweetwater team up for the fully head-turning Owls in Flight electric guitar
- Boss updates its classic octave circuit with the new OC-5 pedal
- Upgrade your Sadowsky – or any J-style bass – with the new Sadowsky VTC Retrofit Kit
- Boss’ Pocket GT packs an amp modeler, multi-effects processor and practice toolkit into a compact unit that, yes, fits in your pocket
- September 16
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- What’s the deal? Positive Grid sells 100,000 Spark amps
- Conjure “jangly, shimmering” new-wave and post-punk tones with Big Ear’s Albie pedal
- What would Death's extreme metal riffs sound like stripped of distortion?
- Harness dual-amp power in a compact pedal with MXR’s new FOD Drive
- Nick Johnston signs on as Orange Amplification’s newest Ambassador
- Save $150 on the highly versatile Blackstar Studio 10 KT88 combo over at Sweetwater
- Get ready to rage with the Dunlop Tom Morello Cry Baby wah
- Sick Riffs: Quinn DeVeaux teaches you the soulful acoustic chord progression of Been Too Long
- September 15
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- Emuso/Studio lays out the building blocks of music right before your eyes
- Reb Beach announces first all-instrumental solo album, A View From the Inside
- Watch Steve Vai, Bumblefoot, Sammy Hagar and more improvise over Joe Satriani backing tracks
- Eventide promises "a reverb as big as the cosmos" with the feature-rich Blackhole
- This guitar is built out of concrete – and the results are, well, heavy
- Dave Grohl writes and records entire song for 10-year-old viral sensation Nandi Bushell
- Chicano Batman's Carlos Arévalo conjures dreamy funk soundscapes in this playthrough of psych-soul jam Moment Of Joy
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s stunning new signature Fender Stratocaster officially launched
- September 14
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- Marty Friedman teams up with Mastodon, Baroness members to shred Fleetwood Mac’s You Make Loving Fun
- Electro-Harmonix’s Pitch Fork+ could be its greatest pitch-shifter yet
- Bill Wyman’s Fender Mustang and Vox AC30 set records for most expensive bass and amp sold at auction
- Buy a Line 6 Helix LT from Sweetwater and get a free backpack worth $169.99
- Guitarfetish.com releases super-affordable Xaviere PRO500 electric guitar
- Jason Momoa spent the week jamming Primus tunes with Les Claypool and talking Gibson guitars with Slash
- Wade Allison, guitarist for Texas hardcore band Iron Age, has died
- Strymon teases new pedal - could it be the successor to the BigSky?
- Catalinbread unveils the Echoplex EP-3-emulating Epoch Boost preamp/buffer
- Prime Day guitar deals 2020: the latest news on dates and the best Amazon Prime Day deals for guitarists
- Sick Riffs: Josh Fore and Diamond Rowe teach you the destructive rhythms and leads of Tetrarch's I'm Not Right
- September 11
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- Damon Johnson and Judas Priest's Richie Faulkner team up for A Tribute to Thin Lizzy live event
- From Hendrixian R&B groovers to punkified alt-rock: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Billy Cox reveals what really happened to Jimi Hendrix’s Danelectro Shorthorn “Betty Jean” guitar
- Gibson TV delves into Joe Bonamassa’s insane guitar stash in new episode of The Collection
- Fender releases Road Worn Vintera models
- Solar Guitars announces two new chug-worthy signature electrics - the GC1.6 Killertone and E1.6 Priestess
- Phoebe Bridgers confirms pointy guitars aren’t just for metal with surprise BC Rich Warlock performance
- Sick Riffs: Wade MacNeil teaches you the two-handed tapping hook of Alexisonfire's 44 Caliber Love Letter
- Mojo Hand FX reveals Mu-Tron filter-aping Little Wonder
- September 10
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- Get 3 packs of Ernie Ball Regular Slinky electric guitar strings for just $9.99 with this super-enticing deal
- Jimi Hendrix’s infamous 1970 Maui concerts documented in new film and live album
- Fender debuts dazzling Made In Japan Black Paisley Stratocaster
- Manson updates John Paul Jones Signature E-Bass with new pickups and finishes
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd reveals his onstage Fender amps are actually Dumbles in disguise
- Recording King unveils its first-ever tenor acoustic - the RK Dirty 30s Tenor Guitar
- Marty Friedman reveals why he turned down offer to reform Megadeth’s Rust in Peace-era lineup
- September 9
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- Dominate the low-end with Spector's classy Euro 5 Classic bass guitar
- Flea pens touching tribute to late Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Jack Sherman
- Elite Acoustics’ D6-8 Pro is a Bluetooth-equipped acoustic amp with a six-channel mixer
- Neunaber updates Wet Reverb, Seraphim Shimmer and Echelon Echo pedals with selectable algorithms
- Could this piece of gear be the solution to guitar slippage?
- Fender has sold more guitars in 2020 than any other year in its history
- Vintage expands its Paul Brett Statesboro’ Signature Series with super-affordable 12-string and left-handed models
- Save a cool $200 on a Vox AC15 in this awesome deal over at Sweetwater
- Is a Billie Eilish signature Fender Telecaster set to follow the pop phenom’s just-announced ukulele?
- Sick Riffs: Shawn Adams teaches you American Dream Machine's Dead in full
- September 8
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- Hear Justin Johnson's smokey, bluesy reimagining of The Beatles' Come Together
- The Taylor American Dream Series. Premium performance. Exceptional value.
- Luna Guitars takes flight with the Vista Eagle Tropical Wood acoustic-electric
- Could Harley Benton's $300 2x12 FRFR active cabinet be the perfect partner for your amp modeler?
- Sick Riffs: Joel Jasper and J.P. Bendzinski teach you the call-and-answer guitar lines of Drugs' Joyride
- What’s the greatest Guitar World magazine cover of all time?
- Joe Bonamassa: developing your own tone is the hardest part of learning guitar
- Legendary jazz bassist Gary Peacock dies aged 85
- Fender unveils Billie Eilish signature ukulele
- Get Ernie Ball’s Expression Overdrive and Ambient Delay for just $74.99 each with this killer deal
- Joe Bonamassa, Derek Sherinian and Simon Phillips discuss the making of their cover of Buddy Miles' Them Changes
- Win over $13,000 worth of bass gear in Bass Player's mammoth 400th issue competition
- September 7
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- Walrus Audio takes its chorus/vibrato game to the next level with the Julianna
- A ‘Flying-V’ airplane exists – and it just made its maiden voyage
- STL Tones releases AmpHub - an ever-growing collection of amps, pedals and cabinets
- Tom Morello delivers perfect comeback to Twitter troll who claimed he could “play his s**t piss-drunk on my back”
- This insane electric guitar is built out of 50lbs of salt - but it sounds pretty sweet
- Harley Benton shakes up the sub-$500 acoustic market with first all-solid wood acoustic-electric
- September 4
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- From fiery riff-rock to dancefloor-primed indie perfection: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
- Skreddy Pedals’ Super 100 preamp seeks to conjure British-style tube roar
- The Great Guitar Build Off provided luthiers with a kit to create any electric they wanted - and the results are insane
- Solar Guitars rolls out bloody cool Canibalismo six- and seven-string Type V models
- Fender launches 60th Anniversary Road Worn Jazz Bass with weathered finish and matching headstock
- September 3
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- Mooer introduces four-channel Air P10 Wireless System
- Matt Bellamy gifted Tom Morello a guitar… Now Morello has returned the favor
- Genesis and Phil Collins guitarist Daryl Stuermer is selling guitars and other gear on Reverb
- Harley Benton unveils SolidBass range of affordable bass amps and cabinets
- Former Bay City Rollers bassist Ian Mitchell dies aged 62
- Mike Dawes offers an intimate look at his acoustic arrangement secrets in this mind-blowing live premiere
- Sick Riffs: Johny Fisher teaches you the tremolo-drenched chorus line of Okey Dokey's Threw My Love Away
- September 2
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- Gilmore Guitars unveils the Bobby G, an electric guitar constructed from monkeypod wood
- Greg Koch joins forces with Tone City for the Lil Heat mini overdrive pedal
- PRS launches Pulse Artist program to support up-and-coming players
- Ernie Ball debuts versatile Short Scale StingRay Bass
- Sick Riffs: Josiah Mazzaschi teaches you the electro-shoegaze thunder of Bizou's Crashing Sky
- September 1
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- Adrian Smith reveals the origins of Iron Maiden's three-guitar lineup
- Marty Friedman explains why he's ditched delay and reverb for his just-announced new album, Tokyo Jukebox 3
- Are you the Guitarist of the Year?
- Post Malone and Jared Dines have been jamming together
- FU-Tone unveils new line of "indestructible" Black Titanium locking tremolo hardware
- Guitar Rig 6 Pro has finally been announced
- Mateus Asato teams up with Jackson Audio for hugely versatile El Guapo Signature Overdrive/Distortion
- Sick Riffs: mxmtoon teaches you the stripped-back ukulele lines of cliché
- Fender debuts all-rosewood necked American Professional Stratocaster