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Positive Grid Reactor Amps: Amp Intelligence with AI Tone Creation!
🗓️ June 02, 2026 | Source: Gear News
The Positive Grid Reactor Amps bring a breath of fresh air to the digital amplifier world and usher in a new era. The post Positive Grid Reactor Amps: Amp Intelligence with AI Tone Creation! appeared first on gearnews.com.
UAD Topline Vocal Tune: An Intuitive Natural Pitch Correction Plugin
🗓️ June 02, 2026 | Source: Gear News
Universal Audio introduces the UAD Topline Vocal Tune plugin with a high-quality pitch correction engine and low-latency monitoring for accuracy. The post UAD Topline Vocal Tune: An Intuitive Natural Pitch Correction Plugin appeared first on gearnews.com.
“I suspect Fender decided against building Thinlines with this specification because they would have been too expensive to manufacture”: What two 1967 prototypes tell us about the evolution of the Telecaster Thinline
🗓️ June 02, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
Dave Davidson of Well Strung Guitars describes how, during 1967, Fender got busy developing an alternative to heavy ash Telecaster bodies
Positive Grid branches out from the Spark with the Reactor – an AI-powered combo that can generate tones from images and adapts to your playing
🗓️ June 02, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
The firm’s first major foray outside of the Spark family could become a fierce new force in the smart amp market
“Damon got very good, so it was pretty hard to write with him around – especially when he was rejecting your songs”: How Graham Coxon came out from his Blur bandmate’s shadow
🗓️ June 02, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
Noel Gallagher called him one of greatest guitar talents of his generation. Coxon explains why he doesn’t agree as he shares the origin story of his lost solo album and the future of Blur
Review: Teenage Engineering EP-136 K.O. Sidekick — Cool Tool or Fancy Toy?
🗓️ June 02, 2026 | Source: Gear News
Teenage Engineering EP-136 K.O. Sidekick: mini mixer, audio interface, effects unit and MIDI controller in one battery-powered package. Reviewed. The post Review: Teenage Engineering EP-136 K.O. Sidekick — Cool Tool or Fancy Toy? appeared first on gearnews.com.
Best Stage Keyboards for Organ Players: All-in-one Gigging Machines
🗓️ June 01, 2026 | Source: Gear News
Modern stage keyboards are all-in-one gigging machines that include everything you need for a live performance. Let's check out the best stage keyboards! The post Best Stage Keyboards for Organ Players: All-in-one Gigging Machines appeared first on gearnews.com.
Finally Clean MIDI Sync: Can the Rapid Flow Omniclock Plugin Replace Expensive Hardware Clock Boxes?
🗓️ June 01, 2026 | Source: Gear News
Rapid Flow Omniclock is a MIDI clock plugin with 0.25ms precision, vintage shuffle profiles and DAW integration for hybrid setups. Intro price: €49. The post Finally Clean MIDI Sync: Can the Rapid Flow Omniclock Plugin Replace Expensive Hardware Clock Boxes? appeared first on gearnews.com.
“If anybody could play like that, they must be crazy”: How Dave Davies wrote the savage solo for the Kinks’ breakthrough hit
🗓️ June 01, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
Davies debunks false claims that the track featured Jimmy Page and reveals how it all came about
“If you think this is a bunch of throwaway crap to suck the dollar out of poor, unsuspecting Van Halen fans, it’s not”: Eddie Van Halen’s soon-to-be-released recordings are going to blow you away, according to Steve Lukather
🗓️ June 01, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
The highly anticipated project could be the ultimate Eddie Van Halen honor record
“I did four or five songs, then Ozzy said, ‘Welcome aboard’. I would have loved to have spent more time with him”: Randy Rhoads was his guitar teacher. Then he ended up in Ozzy Osbourne’s band
🗓️ June 01, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
Joe Holmes looks back on his time with Ozzy and David Lee Roth, and explains why his upcoming solo album, featuring former Ozzy band members, captures everything he’s learned up till now
SUPERBOOTH 27 Rolling Report: Get the Latest News Here!
🗓️ June 01, 2026 | Source: Gear News
Superbooth 27 is coming to the FEZ Berlin from May 6-8, 2027. All news, rumors, announcements and videos about the synth festival in one place. The post SUPERBOOTH 27 Rolling Report: Get the Latest News Here! appeared first on gearnews.com.
“It’s a one-string instrument with a handle on it, and I hit it with a stick”: Les Claypool’s bonkers one-string leads the biggest (and strangest) bass releases of the month
🗓️ June 01, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
May saw the reissue of Fender's best-selling bass, a custom Rickenbacker for Geddy Lee, and a supersized version of the daddy of all fuzz
“Quirky and off-the-wall, it’s waiting to throw a spanner in the works of your guitar tone”: Electro-Harmonix Pico Atomic Cluster review
🗓️ June 01, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
EHX’s new Pico pedal is designed to deconstruct your tone to an atomic level
“Everyone who is anyone has used one at some point in their careers”: The story of the Boss digital delay pedal that changed the world
🗓️ June 01, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
Despite advances in technology, elite players such as Joe Bonamassa, Tom Morello and Brad Paisley still keep a DD-2 or DD-3 on their 'board
“He took some small songs of mine that nobody paid any attention to and turned them all into classics”: 11 cover songs that Jimi Hendrix made his own – including one that became Eric Clapton’s favorite Hendrix track
🗓️ June 01, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
Once Hendrix turned his Stratocaster upon a song it would never be the same again. Just ask Bob Dylan
Best overdrive pedals for bass 2026: The ultimate in bass saturation at all price points
🗓️ June 01, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
My pick of the top-rated overdrive pedals for bass players from the likes of EBS, Electro-Harmonix, Origin Effects, and more
The Silent Drum Kit: How to Play Quietly at Home, on Stage, and in the Studio
🗓️ June 01, 2026 | Source: Gear News
From mesh heads and drum dampeners to e-drums and risers: here's how to build a silent drum kit for any situation and budget. The post The Silent Drum Kit: How to Play Quietly at Home, on Stage, and in the Studio appeared first on gearnews.com.
“I find that the electric guitar is almost a separate species”: Why being an acoustic guitarist doesn't necessarily make you an electric player – according to Eric Bibb
🗓️ May 31, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
Bibb admits he won't be calling himself an electric guitar player anytime soon
MuChild, DT-600 Mini, FLTRS-LE: Free Plugins of the Week
🗓️ May 31, 2026 | Source: Gear News
MuChild by Analog Obsession brings the holy grail of compressors to your DAW for free! Check it out in this week’s round-up of the best free plugins. The post MuChild, DT-600 Mini, FLTRS-LE: Free Plugins of the Week appeared first on gearnews.com.
“It won’t leave your tap water tasting of hot dogs. It won’t make your Hershey’s bar taste of starfish”: This week's hottest new guitar gear – featuring Wes Borland's Jackson and a Korn pedal
🗓️ May 30, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
Jackson and Limp Bizkit's Wes Borland unveil the coolest metal guitar of the year, IK Multimedia go '60s Marshall mad, and someone put Korn's early sound in a pedal
Misha Mansoor: "Full-Time Artist Dream" is DEAD
🗓️ May 30, 2026 | Source: Trust In Shredding
The "Full-Time Artist Dream" is DEAD
Outdoor Gigs: 5 Mistakes Guitarists Should Avoid
🗓️ May 30, 2026 | Source: Gear News
Outdoor gigs can be so rewarding and fun for guitarists. However, failure to prepare is preparing to fail. Let's see how to successfully play outside. The post Outdoor Gigs: 5 Mistakes Guitarists Should Avoid appeared first on gearnews.com.
“I sold the guitar to Bob Rock like an idiot for $10,000. Then Slash blew up, and I immediately missed out on about $150,000": Billy Duffy on the one guitar he wish he never sold
🗓️ May 30, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
Duffy’s timing could hardly have been worse
Deals of the Week: RODE, Arturia, and JHS Pedals
🗓️ May 30, 2026 | Source: Gear News
In this instalment of Deals of the Week, we highlight discount offers on RODE microphones, Arturia synthesizers, and JHS Pedals guitar effects. The post Deals of the Week: RODE, Arturia, and JHS Pedals appeared first on gearnews.com.
“I had people from the woodworks reach out… I hadn’t talked to them for years, and they're like, ‘Hey, how's it going? We should get a coffee’”: Yvette Young on ending up in a Super Bowl commercial she didn't know about – and the realities of going viral
🗓️ May 30, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
The guitarist lifts the veil on her chance appearance in a 2021 Super Bowl commercial and keeps it real about the trappings of virality
Misha Mansoor: EverTune 8-String Juggernaut
🗓️ May 29, 2026 | Source: Trust In Shredding
The new Limited Edition Misha Mansoor Juggernaut ET8 has officially arrived. Check out Misha performing “Subhuman” off of the new Periphery album. Djent pioneer and speed master Misha Mansoor pushes progressive metal even further with the new Limited Edition Jackson Juggernaut ET8. Our first 8‑string EverTune model features a 27" scale, 24 stainless steel frets, a 20" flat‑radius ebony fingerboard, MM1 pickups, and an EverTune F8 bridge for clear, controlled low‑tuned performance. Built for mas...
5 of the Most Cinematic Hardware Synths: Widescreen Synthesis
🗓️ May 29, 2026 | Source: Gear News
Take your music into widescreen territory with these five cinematic hardware synths. Your ears will thank you for it. The post 5 of the Most Cinematic Hardware Synths: Widescreen Synthesis appeared first on gearnews.com.
“Built on the same ingredients that forged the sound”: Korn have released another pedal that channels the sound of their genre-defining debut record due to overwhelming fan demand
🗓️ May 29, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
The pedal captures the iconic sound of their Indigo Ranch era and will release in limited numbers
“Billy has been an incredible mentor... He has such a vast knowledge of pedals”: Smashing Pumpkins’ Kiki Wong on how Billy Corgan led her down the stompbox rabbit hole
🗓️ May 29, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
Kiki Wong discusses her pedalboard strategy for nailing classic Pumpkins tones and credits Corgan as a bona-fide guru of effects
Easy Acoustic Guitar Songs: 5 Campfire Classics for Beginners
🗓️ May 29, 2026 | Source: Gear News
These easy acoustic guitar songs will help you learn new skills on guitar, as well as being popular with your friends. Guitar cheat codes inside! The post Easy Acoustic Guitar Songs: 5 Campfire Classics for Beginners appeared first on gearnews.com.
“David wanted my solos a certain way. The record we wrote, he said to Joel Hoekstra, ‘Play whatever you want, Reb – I'm going to take you under my wing’”: Reb Beach on working with David Coverdale, and what comes next now Winger and Whitesnake are over
🗓️ May 29, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
With both his star bands calling it quits, the ace sideman finds himself at a career crossroads. But which path will he choose – jazz-fusion or stand-up comedy?
“I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be cool if I could go back and emulate all those guitar sounds I had from those records?’” Alex Lifeson used TONEX and Fractal to recreate classic Rush tones – and he’s taking them on tour
🗓️ May 29, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
Lifeson has become a digital modeling convert in recent years after IK Multimedia cloned his amp collection – and the results blew him away
“I was sobbing for eight minutes. After that I was like, I don't care so much about guitar solos anymore”: Why Paul Gilbert started prioritizing quality songwriting over crazy guitar solos
🗓️ May 29, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
Gilbert may be a master shredder, but even he realizes the importance of practicing restraint
Roasted maple necks on a $185 S-style? Harley Benton’s refreshed and relaunched ST-Modern HH goes all-in on value
🗓️ May 29, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
The ST-Modern HH returns in cool metallic finishes offering shred on a budget, and the ST-Modern Plus HSS in Dark Purple Sparkle gets a right-handed release
“I was starting to get tired – as much as I hate to say it – of the very predictable Marshall sound”: Slash took his new favorite amp brand on the Guns N’ Roses tour without telling anyone
🗓️ May 29, 2026 | Source: Guitar World
Slash pivoted from Marshall to Magnatone in a high profile move back in 2023