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Ibanez Bernth BER10: Modern Metal Signature for the YouTuber!
🗓️ September 29, 2025 | Source: Gear News
YouTuber Bernth presents the Ibanez Bernth BER10, a snappy, modern, beautifully wicked-looking signature model. With custom pickups! The post Ibanez Bernth BER10: Modern Metal Signature for the YouTuber! appeared first on gearnews.com.
“Against his wishes, his doctor insists that he refrain from travel at this time”: Ace Frehley cancels show after fall in home studio
🗓️ September 29, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
Frehley had been slated to appear at the Antelope Valley Fair in Lancaster, California, last Friday
“We were like Dime and Vinnie and the Van Halen brothers combined… Then when everything went down, I found out that we were not as close as we thought”: Max Cavalera on Sepultura’s bloody roots, the rise of Soulfly and how metal became the family business
🗓️ September 29, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
Max Cavalera takes GW back to the beginning in Brazil and the search for a sound more brutal than anyone, the bitter splits and blessed reunions, and what comes next for Soulfly and Cavalera
“Sometimes I go to a Guitar Center, see a kid jamming and I’ll start jamming with them. We look at each other and it’s, like, a moment”: Yvette Young-backed emo icons Algernon Cadwallader are back – and as giddy and technically dazzling as ever
🗓️ September 29, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
Reunited double-lead guitarists Joe Reinhart and Colin Mahony on writing complex songs on drugs, the album’s secret ska song and connecting with next-gen rippers at Guitar Center
Crazy Tube Circuits Mirage Junior: Compact Ambient Reverb with Single Engine
🗓️ September 29, 2025 | Source: Gear News
Crazy Tube Circuits Mirage Junior brings all of the reverb algorithms of the big Mirage in a smaller, mono package. The post Crazy Tube Circuits Mirage Junior: Compact Ambient Reverb with Single Engine appeared first on gearnews.com.
The Cure, Lewis Capaldi, Calvin Harris to Headline Isle of Wight Festival
🗓️ September 29, 2025 | Source: Rolling Stone
The annual U.K. festival, set for June 18-21, 2026, will also feature hometown band Wet Leg
Loewe Leo: High-end Lifestyle ANC Headphones
🗓️ September 29, 2025 | Source: Gear News
The Loewe Leo headphones combine high-end audio design with a range of exciting features like an integrated AI-powered assistant and more. The post Loewe Leo: High-end Lifestyle ANC Headphones appeared first on gearnews.com.
Watch Bruce Springsteen Perform ‘Land of Hope and Dreams’ at New York Film Festival
🗓️ September 29, 2025 | Source: Rolling Stone
The musician offered a surprise performance at the premiere of biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
D’Addario NYXL Strings Tested – Review
🗓️ September 29, 2025 | Source: Gear News
Good strings are more than just wire. D'Addario NYXL strings are a modern solution to almost every problem. We have tested them. The post D’Addario NYXL Strings Tested – Review appeared first on gearnews.com.
Gear Finds: Pickups and Guitar Upgrades
🗓️ September 28, 2025 | Source: Premier Guitar
Unlock your guitar's true potential with the Fralin Pickups Push-Pull Blender Pot! Blend tones, split coils, and explore endless sonic possibilities without permanent changes. Ready to elevate your sound? Check out the Joe Bonamassa Humbucker Set and more gear to keep your music alive!Fralin PickupsPush Pull Blender PotUnlock a wider range of tones with the Fralin Pickups Push-Pull Blender Pot. Compatible with guitars and basses, this versatile control blends pickup outputs, adds coil-splitting ...
Three Ways to Get the Smells Like Teen Spirit Sound: Plugins, Budget Setup, or Studio Gear
🗓️ September 28, 2025 | Source: Gear News
Looking to achieve that Smells Like Teen Spirit sound? We've got three ways to success: plugins, budget gear and high-end equipment! The post Three Ways to Get the Smells Like Teen Spirit Sound: Plugins, Budget Setup, or Studio Gear appeared first on gearnews.com.
Check Out This Pristine 1959 Les Paul Custom
🗓️ September 28, 2025 | Source: Premier Guitar
It’s been a minute since we’ve gotten to share something truly special with you all, and today’s subject is one of the finest: a 1959 Gibson Les Paul Custom. Gibson introduced the first Les Paul Customs in late 1953, following a couple of prototypes built for Les Paul a year earlier. Les wanted what he called a “more elegant” version of the Les Paul Standard, something that looked sharp on the booming new medium of television. His request was specific: a black guitar with refined appointments an...
“Two shots fired by a frantic chick at her boyfriend missed him and hit T-Bone’s guitar”: T-Bone Walker’s 1949 Gibson spearheads the reopening of iconic Denmark Street guitar store Regent Sounds
🗓️ September 28, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
The guitar is now on display in a new lounge dedicated to high-end and historically significant guitars
Starscraper, Coda, Silver Fox MK2: Free Plugins of the Week
🗓️ September 28, 2025 | Source: Gear News
A pitch-shifting reverse delay, a unique mix enhancer, and a versatile VCA compressor: Check out Starscraper, CODA, and Silver Fox MK2! The post Starscraper, Coda, Silver Fox MK2: Free Plugins of the Week appeared first on gearnews.com.
PWM OSCar Re-birth: Chris Huggett’s Groundbreaking Synth Is Coming Back
🗓️ September 28, 2025 | Source: Gear News
PWM has confirmed the OSCar Re-birth, a remake of the landmark hybrid synthesizer from 1983. And it will run Chris Huggett’s original firmware! The post PWM OSCar Re-birth: Chris Huggett’s Groundbreaking Synth Is Coming Back appeared first on gearnews.com.
Modor NF-1k: Not Only Keys But Double the Polyphony
🗓️ September 28, 2025 | Source: Gear News
The Modor NF-1k adds a polyphonic aftertouch keyboard to the NF-1 synth and doubles the polyphony to 16 voices. The post Modor NF-1k: Not Only Keys But Double the Polyphony appeared first on gearnews.com.
UDO Audio DMNO: Knock Me Down Because This Domino Is a Beauty
🗓️ September 27, 2025 | Source: Gear News
UDO Audio DMNO is an eight-voice hybrid poly with twin control panels like an Oberheim Two Voice - but this new synth is all UDO. The post UDO Audio DMNO: Knock Me Down Because This Domino Is a Beauty appeared first on gearnews.com.
Zohran Mamdani Advocates for LGBTQ+ New Yorkers at All Things Go With Lucy Dacus
🗓️ September 27, 2025 | Source: Rolling Stone
"I feel such love and joy in the crowd this evening, and this is what our city should feel like," the New York mayoral candidate says
Paul McCartney Kicks Off U.S. Tour by Playing ‘Help!’ in Full for First Time Since 1965
🗓️ September 27, 2025 | Source: Rolling Stone
Macca did perform 50 seconds of "Help!" in a medley of John Lennon songs on the final leg of his 1990 tour, but he hasn't done the full song since the Beatles played Cardiff, Wales, in 1965
Florence Welch on Miscarriage and Ectopic Pregnancy: ‘The Closest I Came to Death’
🗓️ September 27, 2025 | Source: Rolling Stone
"I felt like I had stepped through this door, and it was just full of women, screaming," she says in a new interview with The Guardian
Striking a New Chord
🗓️ September 27, 2025 | Source: Premier Guitar
I’ve been writing about music and music gear, in one form or another, for many decades now. I’ve been playing music—writing, recording, performing, for even longer. And I’ve been reading music magazines—specifically guitar magazines—longest of all.As a child, music magazines were treasure troves of insider knowledge and practical—or, depending on the artist being interviewed, thoroughly dubious—wisdom. They were to be studied, pored over, dog-eared, and piled in messy, corner-of-the-room stacks ...
“A shut-up-and-take-my-money fuzz pedal if ever there was one”: All the new guitar gear that has caught my eye this week, featuring Manson, Martin, Ibanez, Positive Grid, and more – plus, will Boss' XS-100 Poly Shifter steal the DigiTech Whammy’s crown?
🗓️ September 27, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
PRS, Boss, a trio of sweet, sweet fuzz boxes, and the guitar plugin that gets AI to do the tone seeking for you? It's just another week in gear
“It’s quite lyrical and different from a lot of other Stones songs... I played in a different mode”: Mick Taylor lent stunning slide work to golden-era Rolling Stones classics, but he says this obscure album cut is his best performance with the band
🗓️ September 27, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
“Because of the structure of the song, it pushed my guitar playing in a slightly different direction,” the ex-Stone said of his unlikely pick
“The guy in the support band was playing a Jazz Bass. We agreed to swap instruments… That guy was Ian Hunter who went on to form Mott the Hoople”: Leo Lyons on the bass that appeared at Woodstock, has been played by Hendrix, and is on three UFO classics
🗓️ September 27, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
The Ten Years After bassist’s 1962 Fender Jazz Bass is one of the coolest four-strings you will ever see, with buckle rash on the back that any Fender Master Builder would kill to recreate
Deals of the Week: Elektron, Sennheiser, and Roland
🗓️ September 27, 2025 | Source: Gear News
In this installment of Deals of the Week, we've got offers on music production gear from top brands like Elektron, Sennheiser, and Roland. The post Deals of the Week: Elektron, Sennheiser, and Roland appeared first on gearnews.com.
Kodamo MASK1EX: Exciting Bitmasking Synthesis Now in Affordable Desktop Package
🗓️ September 26, 2025 | Source: Gear News
Kodamo MASK1EX brings you 10 voices of the bitmasking sound engine for only €299! But it’s limited edition, so you’ll have to move fast. The post Kodamo MASK1EX: Exciting Bitmasking Synthesis Now in Affordable Desktop Package appeared first on gearnews.com.
Sabrina Carpenter Thinks Kevin Bacon’s Cover of Her Song Has ‘Immaculate’ Vibes
🗓️ September 26, 2025 | Source: Rolling Stone
"When Did You Get Hot?" but with a farm, piggy twist
Leonardo DiCaprio Loved Oasis’ ‘Tip of the Hat’ to Paul McCartney at Their L.A. Show
🗓️ September 26, 2025 | Source: Rolling Stone
“It was incredible. It was incredible to see them back together again,” DiCaprio said
“Is this the best guitar I've ever played? Including the ones in your museum? I believe so”: Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt teams up with Martin to create a new signature acoustic that blends traditional style with a key, ultra-modern twist
🗓️ September 26, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
Mixing the old and the new, the front porch and campfire with devil's horns, the limited-edition model is luxurious from top to bottom
The History of Moog: From Modular to Messenger
🗓️ September 26, 2025 | Source: Gear News
Moog changed everything and did it with class. Here is a brief history of Moog, the company and the man. The post The History of Moog: From Modular to Messenger appeared first on gearnews.com.
Judas Priest Unveils ‘War Pigs’ Duet With Ozzy Osbourne Benefitting Parkinson’s Charities
🗓️ September 26, 2025 | Source: Rolling Stone
"I’m so eternally grateful and blessed that I was able to do that," Rob Halford shared about recording his collaboration with the late musician
5 Cool Backing Tracks to Help Practice Your Scales
🗓️ September 26, 2025 | Source: Gear News
Cool backing tracks are essential for working on guitar improvisation. Having the right track will help you explore different vibes and techniques. The post 5 Cool Backing Tracks to Help Practice Your Scales appeared first on gearnews.com.
“One thing led to another, and a jam session turned into Warren Haynes sporting some of rock and roll’s most iconic guitars on stage”: Warren Haynes becomes the latest to wield Jeff Beck's ‘Yardburst’ on stage – following Marcus King and Craig Ross
🗓️ September 26, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
The guitar icon is currently out on tour with Gov’t Mule, and was spotted brandishing Beck's Yardbirds Gibson Les Paul Standard while jamming with Derek Trucks at their tour stop in Chicago
“I don't even really know where all the notes of the guitar are because I learned to play by ear”: Why Tim Henson believes that “learning everything by ear” is the best thing aspiring guitarists can do
🗓️ September 26, 2025 | Source: Guitar World
The Polyphia virtuoso shares his own experience switching from the rigidity of classical music – to finding a sense of freedom learning guitar by ear
Apollo A6000: The Commodore Amiga of Your Dreams – If You Can Get Your Hands on One!
🗓️ September 26, 2025 | Source: Gear News
After the recent announcement of the Commodore C64 Ultimate, the Apollo A6000 was released. It is based on the Amiga 600. The post Apollo A6000: The Commodore Amiga of Your Dreams – If You Can Get Your Hands on One! appeared first on gearnews.com.
Martin Guitar Unveils OM Mikael Åkerfeldt Signature Model
🗓️ September 26, 2025 | Source: Premier Guitar
Today at Guitar Summit in Mannheim, Germany, C. F. Martin & Co.® unveiled the OM Mikael Åkerfeldt, a limited-edition acoustic created with the Opeth frontman. Only 74 guitars will be made worldwide, honoring the Swedish musician’s 1974 birth year.The OM Mikael Åkerfeldt blends Martin’s renowned craftsmanship with bold new features. It pairs a torrefied spruce top with a dramatic three-piece back of Guatemalan rosewood and an East Indian rosewood wedge, accented by European flamed maple binding. ...