January 18, 2025

Jon Wiederhorn

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Exploring Guitar Effects and Tones with the Founder of Wampler Pedals

"Don’t turn the gain all the way up. Just because it goes to 10 doesn’t mean it should be there."

REVIEW: SBS SS300 – A Versatile, Affordable Shred Machine

Unapologetically built as if the heavy metal party never ended.

The Accidental Birth of “Crack Cocaine” and The Morrison Project

"I really had no idea I was making an album. I was just making some music for no real reason."

Sweet Seventy: The Story of the Fender Stratocaster

When Fender launched their first line of Strats in 1954, they thought the instrument would rapidly replace the Telecaster.

Nevermind the Occult: Blue Öyster Cult’s Founding Guitarist on 50 Years of Rockin’

"If we influenced Ghost and their sound, they're welcome to it. We don't own the sound."

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BOSS VG-800 Opens Creative Floodgates for Adventurous Guitarists

Instantly change instrument types and tunings, bend individual string pitches for unique effects, or morph between instruments with separate processing chains.

Review: Donner Versa Yellow Fall 2 Reverb and Delay Pedal Combines Great Tone With a Simple Design

For those seeking a solid, reliable, user-friendly delay/reverb that sounds great and is reasonably priced, this pedal ticks all the boxes.

Neil Young Promises “big change” with First Single by neil young and the chrome hearts

"In your face, loud, irreverent rock n' roll paint splatter on the canvas in the vein of a Jackson Pollack painting.”

Catlinbread Introduces the Classic Tones of the Trident-A-Range with the Airstrip

This console preamp based on the Trident A-Range desk gives you everything from rich cleans to amp-melting fuzz.

FretBuzz Gear of the Year 2024: Most Inspiring Delay – Boss SDE-3 Dual Digital Delay

The carefully crafted controls on the SDE-3 give players the ultimate control over their delay sounds. Or they can throw caution to the wind and inadvertently unlock a maze of out-of-the-box tones.

Allman Brothers Band Co-Founder Dickey Betts to Be Honored in Star-Studded Concert

Warren Hanes, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Oteil Burbridge, Chuck Leavell, Devol Allman, Duane Betts, Charlie Starr, Jimmy Hall, Lamar Williams Jr., and others will gather to celebrate the life and music of the co-founder of the Allman Brothers and inspirational music figure.

Win a Sweetwater Duesenberg Guitar Package Here!

One lucky winner will receive a package that includes a Duesenberg Fantom A electric guitar, a Neural DSP Quad Cortex processor, an Orange 120-watt cabinet, and more.