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“When the song was done, I turned to everybody and said, ‘I think this song is going to be massive’”: Don't Stop Believin' is Journey's signature song – now, the guitar that was used to record it has been sold for over a quarter of a million dollars
🗓️ March 16, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
Neal Schon's 1977 Gibson Les Paul Pro Deluxe was part of the historic Jim Irsay auction
Apple AirPods Max 2: Lossless Audio, Lower Latency and New Features for Apple’s Over Ear Headphones
🗓️ March 16, 2026 | Source: Gear News
AirPods Max 2 get lossless audio via USB C, lower latency and new Apple ecosystem features. The major update arrives in early April. The post Apple AirPods Max 2: Lossless Audio, Lower Latency and New Features for Apple’s Over Ear Headphones appeared first on gearnews.com.
The 5 Best Pitch Shifter Pedals for Wild Sounds and Perfect Tracking
🗓️ March 16, 2026 | Source: Gear News
The best pitch shifter pedals offer octave shifts, different harmonies, or even Whammy-style dives. Check out our picks! The post The 5 Best Pitch Shifter Pedals for Wild Sounds and Perfect Tracking appeared first on gearnews.com.
How To Use A Mixing Console: A Beginner’s Guide
🗓️ March 16, 2026 | Source: Gear News
Ever wondered how to use a mixing console? Here's a beginner's guide with awesome tips you can use to get the most from your mixing desk. The post How To Use A Mixing Console: A Beginner’s Guide appeared first on gearnews.com.
“When you plugged in a guitar it would overdrive like crazy – it was incredible!” How a Radio Shack pedal and a fiery Fall Out Boy guest spot helped Filth is Eternal live up to their name
🗓️ March 16, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
After finding inspiration in an old Radio Shack analog reverb, guitarist Brian McClelland’s tonal experimentation has exploded – and it’s added more bite to the band's new release, Impossible World
“We were still gluing the fur on the tuning keys when the FedEx driver showed up”: Paul McCartney, Fleetwood Mac and ZZ Top basses top the biggest four-string sales at historic Jim Irsay auction
🗓️ March 16, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
The late billionaire’s sensational instrument collection has gone under the hammer, including some very notable basses
“When I was seven years old, my dad put a guitar in my arms – it became everything to me”: Miles Caton, Buddy Guy and Brittany Howard lead all-star Sinners performance at the Oscars – as composer Ludwig Göransson pays tribute to the guitar
🗓️ March 16, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
Göransson picked up the award for best score as the blues was thrust into the spotlight with a performance that also featured Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram and Eric Gales
“The wood was underwater for thousands of years. It’s shocking it works as well as it does”: Jason Isbell on the acoustic that was eons in the making and how a stolen guitar brought him into the Martin lineup
🗓️ March 16, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
Country star Jason Isbell has played Martins ever since he was bailed out by the company after his van was looted… And now he presents new signature models based on his rare pre-war 0-17
“We knew that if Tiger went somewhere else, it was most likely going to be left behind glass”: Derek Trucks plays Jerry Garcia’s ‘Tiger’ guitar on stage just hours after it sold for $12 million
🗓️ March 16, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
The second most expensive guitar of all time is already playing out its new owner’s promise of an active second life
Deals From Seymour Duncan: Huge Discounts of up to 20% on Various Pickups
🗓️ March 16, 2026 | Source: Gear News
Check out the latest deals from Seymour Duncan. If you need new pickups, now is a good time to buy. The post Deals From Seymour Duncan: Huge Discounts of up to 20% on Various Pickups appeared first on gearnews.com.
“It’s weirdly heavy, which you wouldn’t necessarily expect from its diminutive size”: Up close and personal with Prince’s $635,000 Yellow Cloud guitar
🗓️ March 16, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
Flamboyant, elegant and built to rock – it can only be one of Prince’s touring guitars. We take a closer look at a guitar that might be shaped like a cloud but has a heft to it that's more Les Paul than cirrus minor
“The basic rotary sound is very convincing”: Cromar Burn review
🗓️ March 16, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
Made by a keyboard company for use with its organs, this rotary simulator pedal has plenty to get guitarists in a spin
The Guitar Sound of Basket Case: Sound Like Green Day With Plugins, a Budget Setup, or Studio Gear
🗓️ March 15, 2026 | Source: Gear News
Achieving the guitar sound of Basket Case is easier than you think! Check out what gear you need to get close to the sound of Green Day's hit. The post The Guitar Sound of Basket Case: Sound Like Green Day With Plugins, a Budget Setup, or Studio Gear appeared first on gearnews.com.
"We let John take this out and beat it up for a while. This is about as robust a unit as we can make – because it needed to be”: Inside Fender’s B-Bender revival – and the making of its very first in-house design
🗓️ March 15, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
Fender’s Chief Engineer Tim Shaw lifts the lid on the making of the John Osborne Telecaster, the challenges around creating a B-Bender for a heavy-handed player, and the freedom that comes with designing hardware in-house
“Will appeal to high-gain players without unlimited budgets”: Victory MKX Lunch Box Head review
🗓️ March 15, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
Victory’s most advanced compact amp to date promises huge tone-potential in a lunchbox-sized package. We’re feeling hungry…
ANINA, epicVerb mkII, RazorClip: Free Plugins of the Week
🗓️ March 15, 2026 | Source: Gear News
ANINA gives tools like Soothe 2 and Trackspacer a run for their money – for free! Check it out in this week's round-up of the best free plugins. The post ANINA, epicVerb mkII, RazorClip: Free Plugins of the Week appeared first on gearnews.com.
To Mod or to Buy? Does Upgrading a Cheap Guitar Actually Makes Sense
🗓️ March 14, 2026 | Source: Gear News
Does upgrading a cheap guitar make sense? Which mods should you do and is it worth it? The post To Mod or to Buy? Does Upgrading a Cheap Guitar Actually Makes Sense appeared first on gearnews.com.
“A lot of people said it was Ozzy’s worst record ever. By the late ’90s, I thought, ‘I guess it was. I just really sucked on it’”: Jake E. Lee on his battle to make Ozzy Osbourne’s The Ultimate Sin – and how he learned to love it in spite of the critics
🗓️ March 14, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
It was one battle after another, not least because Lee, a night creature, was forced to work in the afternoon, but it was the sound of the former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist reinventing metal guitar
“One of the coolest things we saw at Fender’s invite-only NAMM event”: All the guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including the answer to all your modeler tone woes
🗓️ March 14, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
Fresh new drops from Taylor, Fender, Gibson, Eastwood and more...
“My comfort zone is big volume and lots of blues”: Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell has died aged 64
🗓️ March 14, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
The metal pioneers’ longest-serving guitar player has passed away after a major operation
“There was a lot of mythology around there being ‘secret drugs compartments’”: How 2,000 hours of work and some of the world's most exotic tonewoods birthed Jerry Garcia’s “Tiger”
🗓️ March 14, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
Ornate, laden with brass and exotic woods, ‘Tiger’ has become one of the world’s most expensive guitars as part of the recent Jim Irsay auction
“We thought, ‘He’s a massively successful artist – what could possibly go wrong?’ We really didn’t like the results, so we didn’t give permission for it to be released”: The folk-rock album recorded with an ’80s mega-star that never saw the light of day
🗓️ March 14, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
When Richard and Linda Thompson entered the studio with Gerry Rafferty they thought only good could come of it. But creative differences saw the songs shelved... At least for a time
Erica Synths Nightverb Update Adds Gated Reverb
🗓️ March 13, 2026 | Source: Gear News
Need big drums to match your big hair and big shoulder pads? Erica Synths Nightverb has you covered with a new firmware update. The post Erica Synths Nightverb Update Adds Gated Reverb appeared first on gearnews.com.
Chris Huggett: The History of a British Synth Giant
🗓️ March 13, 2026 | Source: Gear News
Chris Hugget pioneered a hybrid analogue/digital synthesis and perfected it in instruments for EDP, OSC, Novation and more. The post Chris Huggett: The History of a British Synth Giant appeared first on gearnews.com.
“Elevates one of Gibson’s most beloved modern designs”: Gibson revives and refreshes its Songwriter Recording Artist acoustic range
🗓️ March 13, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
Two new models, with and without cutaways, blend vintage Gibson tones with a modern dreadnought shape and L.R. Baggs electronics for a best of both worlds approach
“She told me, ‘That Les Paul’s too heavy for you, honey. You’re not gonna be able to do that.’ So she took me to Norm’s Rare Guitars”: When Bonnie Raitt took Melissa Etheridge guitar shopping – and convinced her to swap her Les Paul for a Strat
🗓️ March 13, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
Proof that we should always listen to Bonnie Raitt's advice, Etheridge never looked back with the Strat
“Instead of firing me and getting somebody who could really play, he would throw me solos every night”: How John Mayer helped Doug Pettibone sharpen his pedal steel skills
🗓️ March 13, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
When Pettibone’s pedal steel skills were exposed he feared the worst – but what Mayer did next surprised him
Best Budget Effects Pedals Under €50: Big Sounds, Small Prices
🗓️ March 13, 2026 | Source: Gear News
These best budget effects pedals could be the perfect addition to your board. Whether you need a new sound or a spare, we've got you covered. The post Best Budget Effects Pedals Under €50: Big Sounds, Small Prices appeared first on gearnews.com.
Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee,Neil Peart: Grace Under Pressure - Terry Brown
🗓️ March 13, 2026 | Source: Trust In Shredding
RUSH Grace Under Pressure 40th Anniversary RUSH: Grace Under Pressure - Terry Brown
“Joe Walsh and I go on guitar safaris. He’ll say, ‘You only bought one!’ I say, ‘But it cost more than the 10 of yours!’” If the Eagles quit this year, Vince Gill will leave with gratitude and great memories
🗓️ March 13, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
His kids might have to make do with cheaper Christmas presents if his decade with the band is over – but for Gill, being on the road with Walsh and co has been one of the highlights of an illustrious career
“An evocative track reflecting the social and political unrest of Britain”: The Specials’ Ghost Town bass fetches thousands at auction – having been bought for just £200
🗓️ March 13, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
Horace Panter used the Fender Precision to record The Specials’ timeless two-tone hit, and also featured in his supergroup, General Public
“Lot after lot we felt like we were making history”: World record for most expensive guitar shattered three times in one night as Jim Irsay auction sees David Gilmour's Black Strat fetch $14.5m
🗓️ March 13, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
On any other night, $6,907,000 for Kurt Cobain's Smells Like Teen Spirit Mustang and $11,560,000 for Jerry Garcia's “Tiger” would have been world records. But this wasn’t any other night...
“It was the first production guitar with three pickups. Gibson only made 22 that year – one became the instrument T-Bone Walker used”: How the Gibson ES-5 paved the way for a new wave of electric blues (and maybe even the Strat, too)
🗓️ March 13, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
In the vintage market, the big-box jazz guitars are less sought after but this pair of Gibson ES-5s are holy grails in anyone’s book – especially disciples of T-Bone Walker
“Left-handed necks of that era typically say ‘Custom’ or ‘Special’ because they were so seldom made and used”: What Kurt Cobain’s record-breaking 1969 ‘Competition’ Mustang tells us about Fender’s guitar building in the ’60s
🗓️ March 13, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
The student-model Fender that ignited grunge on the worldwide stage just sold for $6,907,000 as part of the Jim Irsay Collection
“A lot of deceptively clever craft, all presented in faultless style”: Duesenberg Starplayer CBR review
🗓️ March 13, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
It’s been a while since we’ve dropped into the world of Duesenberg. German ingenuity, retro style and some big-name users – what’s not to like?
Who Needs Tube Amps in 2026? I Say: No One.
🗓️ March 13, 2026 | Source: Gear News
Who needs tube amps today? Modern modelers and amp simulations deliver convincing guitar tones without weight, volume issues, or maintenance. The post Who Needs Tube Amps in 2026? I Say: No One. appeared first on gearnews.com.