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Bassist Danny Sapko
Danny Sapko’s YouTube copyright strike removed after allegedly exposing viral bassist’s fake playing

By Phil Weller Published

The online guitar community rallied around the YouTuber, who got hit with a copyright strike following his recent fake playing video

Bassists
Guitar Center Pre-Black Friday
The first Black Friday guitar sale has officially launched – bag a monstrous up to 30% off Epiphone, Fender, Martin, and more at Guitar Center

By Daryl Robertson Published

Guitar Center is kicking off Black Friday early with monstrous deals on guitar favorites from Gibson, Epiphone, Fender, and more

Guitars
Steve Lukather (L) and Larry Carlton (R) perform at the last show of their 2015 Asian tour, at the AC Hall in Hong Kong on February 5, 2015
Steve Lukather on how he ended up getting a daily guitar lesson from one of his biggest heroes

By Janelle Borg Published

When Lukather was a kid, he wanted to be Larry Carlton – and he ended up learning from the man himself years later

Guitarists
Boss Katana-25
Boss unveils the Katana that’s always been missing – a compact 25W combo designed for home playing

By Phil Weller Published

The digital combo looks to help Boss assert its authority in the ever-competitive practice amp market

Combo Amps
Main image: Lonnie Mack (l) performs during a Stevie Ray Vaughan Soul to Soul Tour concert on October 7, 1985 in Laramie, Wyoming. Secondary image: Derek Trucks plays Mack's guitar on stage
Derek Trucks plays Lonnie Mack’s workhorse guitar after it sold for over half a million dollars at auction

By Janelle Borg Published

The Tedeschi Trucks guitarist wielded the 1958 Flying V in Chicago, and its new owner has also been revealed

Electric Guitars
Epiphone Prophecy Series 2026
Epiphone overhauls the Prophecy Series – offering some of the most advanced electrics it’s ever made

By Phil Weller Published

Epiphone has gone big with new neck profiles, custom Fishman Fluence pickups, a baritone Les Paul, and the first-ever Epiphone Victory

Electric Guitars
Mike Kerr of Royal Blood and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
Royal Blood’s Mike Kerr on the time Jimmy Page turned up at their gig

By Phil Weller Published

The bassist says he had to walk straight past Page on his way to the stage

Bassists
Positive Grid Spark CAB 2
Positive Grid’s upgraded Spark CAB 2 addresses our only gripe with the original

By Phil Weller Published

Three years after the Spark CAB launched, it’s been refreshed and revised with key new details

Speaker Cabinets
Bryan Bassett
The exact moment Wild Cherry’s biggest hit was born

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Wild Cherry were a rock band in a 1970s club scene that was changing fast. One comment changed everything

Guitarists
Richard Fortus of Thin Lizzy performs on the main stage on day one of the High Voltage Festival at Victoria Park on July 23, 2011 in London, United Kingdom
Guns N' Roses’ Richard Fortus on his ultimate quest for a rare ’Burst

By Janelle Borg Published

Much like his GNR brother Slash, Fortus is also a ’Burst aficionado

Guitarists
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