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“Those cleaner tones are very characterful and usable, evoking classic tube-driven bass amps”: Ashdown Geezer Butler Pedal of Doom review
By Connor Flys published
Geezer Butler helped invent heavy metal. Here’s a slab of heavy metal bearing his name.

Blackstar launches the Beam Mini – the world’s first amplifier to natively support Neural Amp Modeling
By Phil Weller published
The potentially game-changing practice amp grants players access to over 35 amps and cabs – as well as Tone3000’s massive user-generated tone library

Gator teams up with Vertex Effects for a one-stop “unified pedalboard system”
By Phil Weller published
Made with durable material, in three different sizes with and without risers, direct collaboration leaves no stone unturned in the quest for the ultimate pedalboard

Laney puts the philosophy of Nathan East’s signature head into an all-powerful, dual-input preamp pedal
By Phil Weller published
Packing all the features of the bass guru’s signature head into a portable unit, he says it’s a “game-changer” all over again

Polyend releases Endless, an open-source pedal that lets guitarists create effects from prompts
By Phil Weller published
It's ChatGPT in an aluminium stompbox format, with a growing pool of user-made effects, and coding and coding-free creating on offer

Cult Japanese brand Tokai Guitars returns to the US following distribution deal
By Phil Weller published
The one-time 'lawsuit era' brand has become a cult favorite on the used market – now its new builds are coming back to the US shores

“You gave him the world, and he gave you his music in return”: Former Scorpions bassist Francis Buchholz dies, aged 71
By Jonathan Horsley published
Buchholz played on all the classic Scorpions records and later joined forces with his old bandmate Michael Schenker in his Temple of Rock project

Neural DSP takes control of the compact modeler market with the Quad Cortex mini
By Matt Owen published
The Quad Cortex mini offers the full processing power of the flagship unit but crams it into a new form factor
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