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- Here is some great info from Fender on protecting your precious gear. If Tech Talk had to guess, it’d say that well more than a million musical instruments are stolen each year. That includes loads of guitars, basses and amps, very few of which are ever recovered. In fact, it seems like almost every avid guitarist and bassist—novice, semi-pro...

Ryan Adams attended Ronnie Jame's Dio's funeral last month, and the experience moved him so much that he wrote 11 new songs in tribute to the late singer. Posting on his Facebook page yesterday, Adams wrote, "11 new solo tunes came out of nowhere. Day after Dio's funeral they just fell out. Soft mellow acoustic jams – lots of New...

The latest incarnations of Fender's acclaimed American Deluxe series Stratocaster and Telecaster guitar models are designed to deliver high-tech cutting-edge tone, tradition and innovation to the modern guitarist. All seven—four new Stratocaster models and two new Telecaster models—are conceived as tonally sophisticated modern iterations of both timeless instruments. All feature a trio of groundbreaking advances—new compound radius fretboards for exhilaratingly...

Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band, Phish, Jack Johnson and many more artists featured in past years’ Bonnaroo festivals are donating their music to a Best of Bonnaroo compilation, to encourage Americans to speak out on climate change. All of the featured tracks are original songs, with the exception of My Morning Jacket’s performance of The Velvet Underground’s Oh! Sweet Nuthin‘...

IK Multimedia announces that AmpliTube 3, a massive upgrade of the leading guitar and bass tone gear-modeling software, is now shipping! AmpliTube 3 raises the industry standard of sound variety, realism and creative power – with over 160 precisely modeled pieces of vintage and modern gear available in one package – it is the ultimate gear tone collection for players...