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Fender's American Professional Classic series photographed against the side of a chrome tour bus [L-R]: Jaguar in faded Sherwood Green Metallic, HSS Stratocaster in Faded Lake Placid Blue, Stratocaster in Faded Firemist Gold, Telecaster in Faded Butterscotch Blonde, Precision Bass in Faded 3-Color Sunburst.

Fender gives its US lineup a retro-modern makeover with the American Professional Classic range

By Jonathan Horsley published

Featuring vintage-voiced Coastline pickups, Faded finishes in much-loved Fender colours, plus a host of player-friendly details... And they've been road-tested by US hardcore superstars Turnstile

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Geezer Butler's signed Ashdown amp heads from Black Sabbath's Back to the Beginning show are being sold exclusively via Reverb, signed by the man himself.

“Your chance to own the sound that defined heavy metal”: Geezer Butler bass amps from Sabbath’s final show to go on sale

By Jonathan Horsley published

This Reverb exclusive offers 15 of Butler's signature heads used for rehearsals for Black Sabbath's final show, each coming with a COA from Ashdown MD Dan Gooday

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“But there's no bass on there": Flemming Rasmussen is still confused by the Metallica’s production choices ...And Justice For All

By Will Simpson published

Part of it was to annoy Jason Newsted, producer speculates

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IK Multimedia Tonex Signature Bass Collections

“The ultimate library of bass tones”: IK Multimedia’s Tonex modelling suite and pedals arrive for bass guitar

By Jonathan Horsley published

IK Multimedia unveils a Tonex and Tonex One that is designed for bass players, and backs it up with a software suite replete with all the low-end bass amp classics and then some

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Miley Cyrus and Pino Palladino

"We just didn’t want Pino to ever stop playing": Miley Cyrus honours legendary bassist Pino Palladino

By Ben Rogerson published

“If I only had one person to choose to play bass with for the rest of my days, I would choose Pino Palladino,” says Questlove

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“His body of work is unparalleled in its quality”: Danny Thompson, acoustic bassist supreme, has died

By Will Simpson published

Tributes have come in from Tony Visconti, Graham Coxon and others

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Positive Grid BIAS X: The new AI-powered guitar plugin from the company that pioneered the smart amp offers an intuitive LLM-style user experience allowing guitarists to sculpt their tone with AI prompts.

Positive Grid unveils BIAS X, an AI-powered plugin allowing players to design tones using text and “music-to-tone” prompts

By Jonathan Horsley published

The BIAS X AI-powered guitar tone platform lets you to type in what kind of sound you like, then it designs it, and allows you to refine it. Have we officially entered the era of Chug GPT?

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Andy Fraser in 1971

“The notes he didn’t play were more important than the notes he did play”: A salute from one great bassist to another

By Andrew Daly published

Glenn Hughes pays tribute to the late, great Andy Fraser of Free

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Fender Vintera II Road Worn 60s Telecaster

Fender’s Vintera II Road Worn series has Golden Era vibe, tone and feel with era-correct pickups and aged nitro finishes

By Jonathan Horsley published

The Vintera II '60s Stratocaster, '60s Telecaster, '50s Jazzmaster and '60s Precision Bass get the aged treatment for a limited time only

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“I’m so grateful that our music can be a vehicle for their spirits to fly”: Students at Flea’s music school pay tribute to Chili Peppers

By Will Simpson published

It’s the third in a series of EPs the students have released this year

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