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Bassist Pops Magellan
L.A. session bassist Pops Magellan walked away from stadium shows with megastars to shine the spotlight on her own material

By Nick Wells Published

Following career-defining gigs with Adam Lambert and Willow, Brazillian-born Pops Magellan is forging ahead with a short-scale bass and a Phase 90

Bassists
Close-up for woman playing a black and white bass guitar
Best Christmas gifts for bass players 2026: the ultimate festive gift guide for lovers of low-end

By Daryl Robertson Last updated

Show your bass-playing buddy, parent, or partner some love this Christmas with 15 brilliant gift ideas for bass players

Guitar Gear
Strymon Olivera, Gretsch Jets, Guild acoustics, Fender American Professional Classic, MXR Jail Guitar Doors
All the new guitar gear that caught my eye this week, from digital oil-can echo to Fender’s new US range

By Matt Owen Published

We've got Fender electrics and basses hot out of Cali, a state-of-the-art "vintage" delay pedal, cheap acoustics, expensive acoustics, and maybe the headphones monitoring tech you've been waiting for...

Guitar Gear
MXR Randy Rhoads Distortion+ and Randy Rhoads
MXR’s latest Randy Rhoads Distortion is inspired by another of the guitar great’s iconic axes – the Jackson Concorde

By Matt Owen Published

The second pedal honoring the Ozzy Osbourne guitarist was painstakingly spec’d from Randy’s original Distortion+

Guitar Pedals
MXR MB301 Bass Synth: the dark gray bass pedal has light blue and orange dials and is photographed here against a distressed wooden background.
“It’s difficult to think of a synth bass sound that couldn't be achieved here”: MXR Bass Synth Pedal review

By Connor Flys Published

Has MXR and Ian Martin Allison created the bass synth to end all bass synths?

Effects & Pedals
Hoton Verbera, Dunlop Flow Nylon picks, Crazy Tube Circuits Mirage, Laney TI100, Ibanez RGA Premium Series
This is all the new guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – and it includes my new dream reverb machine

By Matt Owen Published

Elsewhere, Ibanez shows its RG range some love and Dunlop hopes to make you a better player with some newly engineered guitar picks...

Guitar Gear
MXR Jail Guitar Doors Drive pedal
MXR and Daredevil bottle Wayne Kramer’s gritty and explosive tone into the Jail Guitar Doors Drive pedal

By Phil Weller Published

The MC5 guitarist had worked on its design before his passing last year, and now it serves as an immortalization of his proto-punk legacy

Guitar Pedals
MXR 100 Rockman: the classic '80s effect now in a convenient stompbox format
“The X100 is very good at what it does – some might say even too good”: MXR Rockman X100 review

By Amit Sharma Published

The legendary Tom Scholz headphone amp and signal processor gets reborn in pedal form

Effects & Pedals
MXR 50th Anniversary Phase 90
“It was too good to keep to ourselves”: MXR gives Eddie Van Halen’s favorite orange box the golden touch with its 50th Anniversary Phase 90

By Jonathan Horsley Published

You've had the carrot-colored Phase 90. Here's the carat-colored one, available March for a limited time only

Guitar Pedals
MXR Rockman
MXR officially revives the Rockman – the revolutionary headphone amp used by Joe Satriani, Phil Collen and Boston

By Matt Owen Published

The device – considered to be a forerunner to today's multi-effects pedals – revolutionized guitar recording, and can be heard on thousands of hits

Effects & Pedals
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