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Your First Producer Setup: These 3 Tools Are a Perfect Match for Beginners
🗓️ March 13, 2026 | Source: Gear News
What do you need for your first producer setup? These three tools form a perfect match and build the foundation of your future studio. The post Your First Producer Setup: These 3 Tools Are a Perfect Match for Beginners appeared first on gearnews.com.
The Jim Irsay Collection sale live! The biggest guitar auction in history as it happens
🗓️ March 12, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
We're live on the ground at Christie's auction house in New York as the world's greatest guitar collection goes under the hammer
“Every once in a while a pedal comes along that takes you by surprise. It’s a pedal I didn’t even know I needed”: Electro-Harmonix Effects Interface review
🗓️ March 12, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
From the creator of the Big Muff comes a handy unit for getting your pedalboard and your DAW effects talking to each other
5 of the Best Battle Mixers for 2026
🗓️ March 12, 2026 | Source: Gear News
Scratch DJs need a special kind of DJ mixer. In the market for a new one - or your first? These are the best battle mixers on the market today. The post 5 of the Best Battle Mixers for 2026 appeared first on gearnews.com.
MOS-LAB Brings Back the E-mu Modular System, More: Synth Journal
🗓️ March 12, 2026 | Source: Gear News
It’s the return of the mighty E-mu Modular System thanks to MOS-LAB, plus more. The post MOS-LAB Brings Back the E-mu Modular System, More: Synth Journal appeared first on gearnews.com.
“I kept saying, ‘I’m not the guy. Call Nuno’”: Joe Satriani put Nuno Bettencourt’s name forward for failed EVH tribute tour with Alex Van Halen and David Lee Roth
🗓️ March 12, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
Before embarking on the Best of All Worlds tour with Sammy Hagar, Satch was close to hitting the road for a Van Halen tribute tour with Roth and Alex Van Halen
resør 2525 MFX: A Handcrafted Rotary DJ Mixer Focused on Pure Analog Sound
🗓️ March 12, 2026 | Source: Gear News
2525 MFX is a handcrafted rotary DJ mixer from Berlin with discrete Class A circuitry, audiophile components, and a design focused entirely on sound. The post resør 2525 MFX: A Handcrafted Rotary DJ Mixer Focused on Pure Analog Sound appeared first on gearnews.com.
Who's the best guitar player you've ever seen live?
🗓️ March 12, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
Did the best live guitar playing you've ever seen come from a hero you'd been dying to see for years? Or someone out of the blue, who you'd never heard before? Tell us the story!
“It’s a really good guitar, especially for the price”: Jake E. Lee has added Yungblud’s signature guitar to his collection
🗓️ March 12, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
The former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist has been playing the affordable Epiphone – and he's impressed
“I was the only guy playing that guitar. It was their version of a semi-hollow”: How Robben Ford helped Fender design their short-lived answer to the ES-335
🗓️ March 12, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
The short-lived build aimed to compete with one of Gibson's flagship models
“I thought, ‘Well, it couldn’t hurt…’ It did hurt”: Noodling alone at home is fine. But you’ll never be a great guitar player unless you join a band
🗓️ March 12, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
Leaving the bedroom for the rehearsal room exposed my flaws and smashed my confidence. But if you can stick with it, you’ll have the best laugh of your life and supercharge your playing
“Why an SG? Perhaps he was fed up that his two Les Paul ’Bursts had been stolen”: The history and preservation of Eric Clapton’s The Fool SG
🗓️ March 12, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
With its psychedelic paint job, Clapton’s iconic Cream-era Gibson SG is a guitar like no other. As it goes under the hammer as part of the Jim Irsay Collection, we take a closer look at The Fool SG
“It was just unbelievable. I’ve literally never heard anything like it my whole life”: Jacob Collier on what happened when he gave his 5-string acoustic to Julian Lage and Chris Martin
🗓️ March 12, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
Collier has ushered in a five-string revolution and a few big names are already on board…
“This can be the area that spawns the most intimidating names”: 5 altered chords you need to know – and how they get their names
🗓️ March 12, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
Altered chords can be intimidating at first, but here we demystify the naming conventions, and once you understand that, you can easily find your own
Fred again.. Gear and Sound: Why Even Daft Punk Legend Thomas Bangalter Celebrates His Live Show
🗓️ March 12, 2026 | Source: Gear News
Fred again.. rebuilds his tracks live on stage using Ableton, samples, and controllers. Even Daft Punk legend Thomas Bangalter is watching closely. The post Fred again.. Gear and Sound: Why Even Daft Punk Legend Thomas Bangalter Celebrates His Live Show appeared first on gearnews.com.
“I set about them with a wood burner”: Pat Metheny reveals he asks Ibanez to send him “cheap” versions of his own signature guitar – to turn them into artworks
🗓️ March 11, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
Between launching a new music label and studio album, Metheny spends his downtime transforming his Ibanez signatures into sculptures
Mixing for Festivals: How to Build a Mix in 30 Seconds
🗓️ March 11, 2026 | Source: Gear News
As a live engineer, mixing for festivals presents a different set of obstacles compared to clubs and bars, with limited time frames and larger audiences. The post Mixing for Festivals: How to Build a Mix in 30 Seconds appeared first on gearnews.com.
“I don’t think anyone has changed the world as much with their guitar”: Grammy-nominated Malian changemaker Fatoumata Diawara reveals her biggest guitar hero
🗓️ March 11, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
Diawara recently made history herself by becoming the first woman of color to collaborate with Epiphone on a signature guitar
“Using the same techniques, and even some of the same machines”: Gibson unearths the only known Kalamazoo factory footage from the ‘Golden Era’ of guitar building
🗓️ March 11, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
The video offers a fascinating insight into how the Gibson factory operated in the 1950s
“Bridging the gap between digital rigs and real valve amps”: Victory says its new PowerValve 2000 is a better companion for your amp modeler than any FRFR cab could ever be
🗓️ March 11, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
Victory believes this valve-powered solution offers a more authentic option for injecting actual tube-driven feel into your digital rig
I just discovered savings of up to 26% off Boss pedals in the Amazon Spring Deal Days sale – get big money off a Waza Craft Metal Zone, the versatile DD-8 digital delay, and the flagship GT-1000CORE multi-effects pedal
🗓️ March 11, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
With these savings on Boss pedals Amazon is proving it's not just the destination for budget stomp boxes
“I’d wake up in the morning and I wouldn’t be able to move my pinky. I’d think, ‘Is this the end?’” Joe Satriani opens up on the hand injury that forced him to relearn how to play his songs
🗓️ March 11, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
Satch stuck it out for an entire tour before seeking help from a specialist, and it prompted him to explore new ways of playing the guitar
Fluid Image 1: 3-Way Monitors for Mixing and Mastering
🗓️ March 11, 2026 | Source: Gear News
The Fluid Image 1 is a powerful new professional 3-way studio monitor, designed to get great results even in untreated acoustic environments. The post Fluid Image 1: 3-Way Monitors for Mixing and Mastering appeared first on gearnews.com.
“The tune was inspired by legendary bassist Jaco Pastorius’ Teen Town”: Cory Wong on why doubling the bassline is one of the “most badass” things a guitarist can do
🗓️ March 11, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
Cory Wong uses Vulfpeck's Jaco-inspired Dean Town to teach us the value of doubling a bassline on guitar
“All I need is insurmountable odds. Give me your worst guitar, an amp made in a garage and a pedal that’s not meant to be there. We’ve got something”: Josh Homme is finally ready to talk tone
🗓️ March 11, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
From flea market finds to amps that aren’t amps at all, the Queens of the Stone Age mastermind has begun to reveal his tone secrets – starting with the little Peavey that could. The self-proclaimed shepherd of the weird explains why it’s time to share
Amazon is the home of dirt-cheap pedals from brands you've never heard of, but their Spring Deal Days sale just brought stomps from Vox, Ibanez, Boss, MXR, and more into budget territory
🗓️ March 11, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
As a gigging guitarist, here are the 8 pedals I'd pick up in Amazon's springtime sale
Strandberg Boden N2.6: Now with Arc TILT N2 Tremolo
🗓️ March 11, 2026 | Source: Gear News
Strandberg Boden N2.6 now with Arc TILT N2 system and new colours The post Strandberg Boden N2.6: Now with Arc TILT N2 Tremolo appeared first on gearnews.com.
“This guy comes over, leaning on me. He said, ‘I’m sorry my guitar is such a pain in the butt’”: That time Eddie Van Halen visited the EVH workshop while they were building the Wolfgang
🗓️ March 11, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
Fender Master Builder Andy Hicks hadn’t been in the job long before he received a visit from the guitar great, who came to oversee the making of his signature
Bitwig Studio 6: Automation Clips, Clip Aliases, and New Tools – Available Now & Review!
🗓️ March 11, 2026 | Source: Gear News
Bitwig Studio 6 introduces Automation Clips, Clip Aliases, and new workflow tools for electronic music production. Here’s what’s new. The post Bitwig Studio 6: Automation Clips, Clip Aliases, and New Tools – Available Now & Review! appeared first on gearnews.com.
“I’ve spoken to a lot of people about it – many of them think it will make more this time around”: David Gilmour’s Black Strat could be about to break records all over again
🗓️ March 11, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
It was the world's most expensive guitar when sold at auction in 2019, but as it goes under the hammer in the Jim Irsay Collection, there are a number of reasons to think it will claim another record
My highest-rated beginner acoustic guitar just had 15% knocked off in Amazon's Spring Sale – alongside major Squier savings on the Debut and Affinity series'
🗓️ March 11, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
These beginner-friendly savings are hard to beat, and include acoustics, electrics, and basses
Taylor Next Generation Adds 11 New Acoustic Guitar Models to the Series
🗓️ March 11, 2026 | Source: Gear News
Taylor Next Generation features three innovations that significantly improve the sound of its luxurious acoustic guitars. New models have arrived! The post Taylor Next Generation Adds 11 New Acoustic Guitar Models to the Series appeared first on gearnews.com.
Dillon Bastan ChatDSP: This Tool Builds Max for Live Devices from Text
🗓️ March 11, 2026 | Source: Gear News
ChatDSP generates Max for Live devices directly from text prompts. Create your own effects, instruments, and MIDI tools without any programming. The post Dillon Bastan ChatDSP: This Tool Builds Max for Live Devices from Text appeared first on gearnews.com.
Baby Audio Go Against The Grain With Grainferno, a New Granular Synth
🗓️ March 11, 2026 | Source: Gear News
Baby Audio promises to redefine granular synthesis with Grainferno, a “next-generation instrument for turning samples into playable sound.” The post Baby Audio Go Against The Grain With Grainferno, a New Granular Synth appeared first on gearnews.com.
“I'm probably gonna get 150 guitarists telling me how I'm doing this wrong, but this is just what works for me”: Samantha Fish reveals the “cheat” she uses to emulate a pedal steel guitar
🗓️ March 10, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
Despite calling it a “hot mess,” Samantha Fish says a volume pedal is her tried-and-tested approach to creating volume swells
Guitar Journal: Laney Prism-Mini , The Log, & Fender Strat Legal Win!
🗓️ March 10, 2026 | Source: Gear News
Laney Prism-Mini smart speaker, The Log a modern day lap-steel and Fender wins Stratocaster legal case! The post Guitar Journal: Laney Prism-Mini , The Log, & Fender Strat Legal Win! appeared first on gearnews.com.