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“Modelers are like Spotify. I’d never get excited about a box that has every single tone”: My pedalboard is so huge it’s got wheels. But switching to modelers costs guitarists their identity
🗓️ October 02, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
Tom Peters, guitarist for UK math-rock heroes Alpha Male Tea Party, reckons that while we’re losing back pain in reducing the physical weight of our rigs, we’re causing ourselves creative self-harm
“Its aggressiveness earned it a revered place in heavy rock and metal”: The Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+ HRG was championed by John Petrucci and beyond – now it’s been brought back
🗓️ October 02, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
The 100-watt amp, which heralds from Mesa/Boogie’s Lagunitas Shop days, has been revived alongside a Vintage Thiele cab
“I was just like, ‘I need to make sure Frankenstein is safe’”: Wolfgang Van Halen stowed his dad’s most legendary guitar in his car as a precaution during the LA wildfires
🗓️ October 02, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
Wolfgang was recording his latest record as the wildfires threatened 5150 Studios, but all he could focus on was keeping his dad’s most prized gear safe
u-he Uhbik 2: The Latest Beta is Here – Is the Official Release Coming Soon?
🗓️ October 02, 2025 | Source: Gear News
The latest public beta version of u-he Uhbik 2 is now available. This is likely your last chance to buy version 1 cheaper and receive the official 2.0 for free. The post u-he Uhbik 2: The Latest Beta is Here – Is the Official Release Coming Soon? appeared first on gearnews.com.
Waldorf Iridium and Quantum Synths Level Up to MIDI 2.0
🗓️ October 02, 2025 | Source: Gear News
The arrival of MIDI 2.0 makes the Waldorf Iridium and Quantum the first major hardware synths to support the new protocol. The post Waldorf Iridium and Quantum Synths Level Up to MIDI 2.0 appeared first on gearnews.com.
Telepathic Instruments Orchid Official Release, Software Version Imminent
🗓️ October 02, 2025 | Source: Gear News
Kevin Parker’s Telepathic Instruments Orchid is finally getting a general sale and includes new sounds from the Tame Impala headman. The post Telepathic Instruments Orchid Official Release, Software Version Imminent appeared first on gearnews.com.
Limited Edition Orange Amplifiers Rocker 15 & 32
🗓️ October 01, 2025 | Source: Premier Guitar
The Rocker 15 & 32, Orange Amplifiers’ amps for all occasions, are now available as a special Limited Edition in eye-catching British Racing Green featuring CELESTION G10N-40 speakers. Each combo comes with a Certificate of Authenticity, signed by Cliff Cooper, CEO and Founder of Orange Amps. Both the Rocker 15 & 32 are deceptively versatile combos, suitable for many different venues and countless music genres. They are small, portable, two channel bedroom-friendly, all-valve amps you can legiti...
Engl Unleashes the Ravager IR Head and E412XXLK with Eminence Karnivore
🗓️ October 01, 2025 | Source: Premier Guitar
ENGL Amplifiers proudly introduces the RAVAGER IR, a 20-watt, 2-channel tube amp that blends vintage tone with modern technology. Designed for musicians seeking a versatile, portable solution, the RAVAGER delivers exceptional sound quality in a compact lunchbox-style chassis. The E725 RAVAGER use 12AX7/ECC83 in the preamp and EL84 in the poweramp section, producing dynamic, harmonically rich tones. Its dual-channel design provides pristine cleans and aggressive overdrive, making it ideal for sta...
Rig Rundown: My Chemical Romance
🗓️ October 01, 2025 | Source: Premier Guitar
After their Covid-delayed, smash-success reunion tour a few years back, My Chemical Romance plotted the Long Live the Black Parade North American stadium tour this past summer. PG’s Chris Kies joined the run at Soldier Field in Chicago, and before the show, he rendezvoused with techs James Bowman, Josh Schreibeis, and Joe Saucedo—who handle Frank Iero, Ray Toro and Mikey Way’s rigs, respectively—for a look at the axes, amps, and effects the heavy-hitting emo titans are using these days.Brought t...
Billie Eilish, Gracie Abrams, Pedro Pascal, Spike Lee Team With Jane Fonda in Free Speech Fight
🗓️ October 01, 2025 | Source: Rolling Stone
More than 550 of the world's biggest stars band together to revive the McCarthy-era Committee for the First Amendment
Eventide Temperance Lite: Tune Your Reverb with Modal Processing
🗓️ October 01, 2025 | Source: Gear News
Until 31 December, the new modal reverb plugin, Eventide Temperance Lite, is available as a free download for your production workflow. The post Eventide Temperance Lite: Tune Your Reverb with Modal Processing appeared first on gearnews.com.
Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ Cover Does Not Constitute Child Pornography, Judge Rules
🗓️ October 01, 2025 | Source: Rolling Stone
Judge Fernando M. Olguin dismissed the suit brought by Spencer Elden, who was four-months-old when he was photographed naked for the iconic album cover
Music Theory for Producers: Write More Compelling Music
🗓️ October 01, 2025 | Source: Gear News
We dive into music theory for producers and tackle some of the foundational aspects that can become tools to write more compelling music. The post Music Theory for Producers: Write More Compelling Music appeared first on gearnews.com.
LCO Producer Strings, Deep Felt Piano and Augmented Choirs – Sounds and Presets
🗓️ October 01, 2025 | Source: Gear News
This week's Sounds and Presets features classical samples, including LCO Producer Strings, a felt piano from Soniccouture and a new choir package from UVI. The post LCO Producer Strings, Deep Felt Piano and Augmented Choirs – Sounds and Presets appeared first on gearnews.com.
“We couldn’t beat it”: Alex G is a guitar icon for Gen Z – and he gets some of his favorite tones from a stock Logic preset
🗓️ October 01, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
Most of the guitar tones from Alex G’s latest record were created using a factory DAW preset
UAD Showtime ’64 Tube Amp: A Classic for Your DAW – Now Available as Freeware!
🗓️ October 01, 2025 | Source: Gear News
The Universal Audio UAD Showtime '64 Tube Amp recreates legendary tube amp sound, from surf to rock, in your digital studio – free for a limited time! The post UAD Showtime ’64 Tube Amp: A Classic for Your DAW – Now Available as Freeware! appeared first on gearnews.com.
Supercritical Redshift 6: Firmware Update with MPE, Arpeggiator, and More!
🗓️ October 01, 2025 | Source: Gear News
The Supercritical Redshift 6 is receiving another significant firmware update. Version 1.4 includes important new features, such as MPE and an arpeggiator. The post Supercritical Redshift 6: Firmware Update with MPE, Arpeggiator, and More! appeared first on gearnews.com.
“The guitar is tragically, but beautifully intertwined with the impact a changing climate has on the livelihoods of people who live in rainforests”: PRS to auction off one-of-a-kind guitar made using woods salvaged from South American hurricane
🗓️ October 01, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
100% of the proceeds will go to rainforest charity Cool Earth
The Fearless Flyers: Flight School is in Session!
🗓️ October 01, 2025 | Source: Premier Guitar
Welcome back for a special episode of Wong Notes! If you couldn’t make it to Cory’s Syncopated Summer Camp, this one’s for you: It features Wong and his Flyers bandmates—Nate Smith on drums, Joe Dart on bass, and Mark Lettieri on guitar—in a live masterclass recording from this summer, as they jam and break down an original composition.The group starts off with a rowdy rip through the tune (which, apparently, didn’t go so well when they played it in Italy) before slowing down its constituent par...
Minimal Audio Evoke: Get That Modern Vocal Sound
🗓️ October 01, 2025 | Source: Gear News
Tired of the stock vocoder plugin in your DAW? With Minimal Audio Evoke, you get a range of pitch manipulation, layering, and modulation effects. The post Minimal Audio Evoke: Get That Modern Vocal Sound appeared first on gearnews.com.
Prog-Rock Supergroup DarWin Release New Studio Album Distorted Mirror Out Now!
🗓️ October 01, 2025 | Source: Premier Guitar
Prog-Rock supergroup DarWin today release their anticipated new studio album, Distorted Mirror, via OoS/Phantom Recordings. Distorted Mirror, which is co-produced by Simon Phillips and DarWin, is the follow up to last year’s hit release, Five Steps on the Sun, and picks up exactly where the last album left off. Offering original and creative rock songs that continue to break new ground, Distorted Mirror is a true journey, packed with intricate melodies, sledgehammer grooves and wall-to-wall virt...
Mesa Boogie Mark IIC+ HRG Head: The Thunderous 80s Amp is back!
🗓️ October 01, 2025 | Source: Gear News
A legend returns! The Mesa Boogie Mark IIC+ HRG is back and it's as loud as ever! The post Mesa Boogie Mark IIC+ HRG Head: The Thunderous 80s Amp is back! appeared first on gearnews.com.
“We love ugly guitars”: Kirk Hammett’s pedal brand has started making guitars
🗓️ October 01, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
Not many pedal makers brave the jump from stompboxes to guitar-building, but KHDK Electronics is bucking that trend – and it has a few designs up its sleeve
“Mutt Lange would always make me play rhythm. He liked my feel. I’m technically not very good, but I have a feel that’s intuitive to me”: Bryan Adams says he’s no guitar hero, but believes he’s written songs that cover versions can’t beat
🗓️ October 01, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
The Canadian songwriter extraordinaire on what he learned from Mutt Lange, how he got his long-sold Les Paul back, why he dug his Rockman out of the basement, duetting with Taylor Swift and the single piece of technical advice he has to offer
“I have such horrible OCD. Ever since I was a little kid, if I couldn’t get something, I would stay home from school fake sick and play it over and over”: John 5 on staying true to the Crüe, pushing his playing and why he’s surrounded by ghosts
🗓️ October 01, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
The virtuoso explains what made him the perfect fit for Mötley Crüe, how he’s channeling Paul Gilbert and Robert Johnson on his latest solo album, and what’s next for his signature Fender Telecaster
“It was my first cover. I knew Slash would use a great vintage Les Paul, so Ihad to up my game”: Gilby Clarke on the story behind his modded ’69 Fender Telecaster, immortalized on the cover of Guitar World
🗓️ October 01, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
It was the Nov 1992 issue. Guns N' Roses were officially and unofficially the biggest – and still most dangerous – band in the world, and its guitarists, Slash and Gilby Clarke was on the cover. Slash had done this before. Clarke? It was all new...
Watch Ozzy Osbourne Return to England in Bittersweet ‘Coming Home’ Trailer
🗓️ October 01, 2025 | Source: Rolling Stone
The BBC documentary will air on Oct. 2 after its August release was delayed due to the wishes late musician's family
Behringer 2-XM: Oberheim SEM Two Voice Clone: 1.2.2 Update with Poly-Chain!
🗓️ October 01, 2025 | Source: Gear News
The new firmware update finally makes the Behringer 2-XM polyphonic, offering up to six voices for an authentic Oberheim experience. For just $342! The post Behringer 2-XM: Oberheim SEM Two Voice Clone: 1.2.2 Update with Poly-Chain! appeared first on gearnews.com.
TC Electronic M100: The Versatile Effects Box Returns with MIDI
🗓️ October 01, 2025 | Source: Gear News
Need an affordable effects box for your studio or live rig? The TC Electronic M100 is back with MIDI and its 16 different effects algorithms. The post TC Electronic M100: The Versatile Effects Box Returns with MIDI appeared first on gearnews.com.
Roland TR-1000: All Hail the Rhythm Terminator – Review
🗓️ October 01, 2025 | Source: Gear News
Roland’s TR-1000 Rhythm Creator drum machine has analog circuits along with a number of improvements over its TR-8S predecessor. The post Roland TR-1000: All Hail the Rhythm Terminator – Review appeared first on gearnews.com.
A Look Back on Guitar Summit 2025: New Gear, Lovely Crowd, and Guitar Gods Everywhere
🗓️ October 01, 2025 | Source: Gear News
Is it worth a visit? And what can we expect next year? Here are my impressions of the Guitar Summit 2025. The post A Look Back on Guitar Summit 2025: New Gear, Lovely Crowd, and Guitar Gods Everywhere appeared first on gearnews.com.
Neuzeit Instruments Drop MIDI Control Center Now Available
🗓️ October 01, 2025 | Source: Gear News
The hit MIDI controller of Superbooth, the Neuzeit Instruments Drop, is finally available! The post Neuzeit Instruments Drop MIDI Control Center Now Available appeared first on gearnews.com.
Orangewood Clementine: Not Your Average Semi-Hollow! | PG Plays
🗓️ September 30, 2025 | Source: Premier Guitar
PG contributor Tom Butwin introduces the Clementine from @orangewoodguitars, a semi-hollow guitar that blends classic style with modern functionality. It features a unique belly carve and a satin-finished mahogany neck for enhanced comfort and playability. Equipped with Seymour Duncan Seth Lover humbuckers and a coil split, the Clementine delivers a range of versatile tones. It also includes practical features like an accessible electronics panel and Grover Roto-Grip locking tuners, making it ...
Universal Audio Volt 876: The Baby Apollo?
🗓️ September 30, 2025 | Source: Gear News
The Universal Audio Volt 876 is the new flagship interface in the Volt series, with per-channel vintage preamp modeling and 1176 compression. The post Universal Audio Volt 876: The Baby Apollo? appeared first on gearnews.com.
Audient ORIA Mini: Get the Most from Your Speakers
🗓️ September 30, 2025 | Source: Gear News
The Audient ORIA Mini is a convenient new hardware-based room correction system designed with Sonarworks for your home studio. The post Audient ORIA Mini: Get the Most from Your Speakers appeared first on gearnews.com.
Genelec 8380A SAM Main Monitor: The ATC Killer?
🗓️ September 30, 2025 | Source: Gear News
The Genelec 8380A is the latest addition to the SAM Main Monitor series, a powerful 3-way coaxial monitoring system with extended low-end. The post Genelec 8380A SAM Main Monitor: The ATC Killer? appeared first on gearnews.com.