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“A brand-new guitar shape from one of the world’s oldest guitar companies. Will wonders never cease?” 10 things we learned at NAMM 2026
We scoured every corner of the Anaheim Convention Center to scope out the latest and greatest gear – and there were some telling signs about the current state of the guitar world
Billy Corgan has shrunk his Smashing Pumpkins rig into a Laney pedal amp – and he tested it in front of 60,000 MCR fans
When Corgan walked onstage with My Chemical Romance at Soldier Field stadium, he didn’t bring his guitar rig. He plugged into the Laney Supergrace and nothing else
Why Billy Corgan and Smashing Pumpkins collaborated with Yungblud
The alt-rock legend has become the latest big name to link up with Yungblud
Kiki Wong’s go-to amp at home is a budget combo everyone loves to hate
The cheap modelling amp is mocked by many, but it indirectly helped Wong get the biggest gig of her career
How Paz Lenchantin’s departure from the Pixies led to her first-ever solo album
She’s played in some of alternative music’s biggest bands. Now Lenchantin is back with a solo album fueled by a vintage P-Bass that Billy Corgan inspired her to buy
The Smashing Pumpkins designed some wild Yamaha guitars to celebrate their first gigs in Japan in 12 years – and they were played live
The guitars designed by Billy Corgan, Kiki Wong, James Iha and Jack Bates are now on display
John 5 on the unlikely player who started his life-long love affair with the Telecaster
John 5 has played with David Lee Roth, Rob Zombie, and Mötley Crüe, but the player that inspired his guitar choice is from a whole other world
Billy Corgan on the making of Smashing Pumpkins’ Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
With no let-up for 86 days straight, Mellon Collie was the double album that spooked the label, pushed Corgan to the limit, and would become the ’90s own White Album. This is its story
