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“Six highly collectible amplifiers valued at more than most homes are worth”: Looking for the holy grail tube tones of Joe Bonamassa, John Mayer, Carlos Santana and Robben Ford? IK Multimedia just put $300,000 of Dumble mojo into a Tonex One mini pedal

The Tonex One Double Special is a limited edition pedal preloaded with 20 models from two über-rare Dumbles – and the bundled software presents sounds from six Overdrive Specials

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Bruno Mars Took 10 Years to Release a New Album: The Result is Food for the Latin Soul

Boricua artist Bruno Mars' new album 'The Romantic' is his first in a decade. To create its nine songs, he looked to the 70's, particularly to the Latin music of that era, with cha-cha-cha, Carlos Santana-inspired riffs, and a bolero with mariachi sounds.

Latin Times

“We were terrified we were going to get caught. A lot of people would have lost their jobs”: That time one of alt-rock’s goofiest bands snuck into a storage space at 2am, and recorded a solo through Carlos Santana’s full guitar rig

A tip from a roadie led to a clandestine operation that, its lead perpetrator said, “resembled an early morning bank heist”

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“I kept it as quiet as I could”: Eric Gales tried to keep his guitar playing a secret – but Carlos Santana spoiled the surprise

The blues great wanted to keep his chops hidden, but one talk show interview changed everything

Guitar World

Chaka Khan, Cher, Whitney Houston, Fela Kuti get Grammys Life Achievement Awards

Chaka Khan, Cher, Carlos Santana, Paul Simon, Fela Kuti, and Whitney Houston have received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy at the Grammys Special Merit Awards

The Independent UK

Grammy-nominated Edgar Barrera wishes be a pioneer for Latin songwriters

The third time may be the charm for Edgar Barrera, the Mexican composer and producer nominated for third consecutive year for the Grammy in the category of composer of the year, non-classical

The Independent UK

“There’s more ‘Fender’ to Fiore and more ‘Gibson’ to the SE DGT… Inspiring guitars from inspiring players”: PRS Fiore HH and SE DGT Standard review

PRS has ignored its existing signature artists during its 40th Anniversary, but finally we get two new models that illustrate huge diversity, proving PRS does indeed make guitars for us players

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“Some Squier guitars have more flash, panache and personality than many standard Fender guitars”: Why the stigma of budget electric guitars has disappeared over the past 25 years

As Squier and Epiphone have upped the quality, expanding their range, so too have the likes of PRS, ESP, Jackson and more, narrowing the gap between beginner and “serious” instrument

Guitar World

“He said the first guitar was an accident of God. By the fifth one he said, ‘OK, you’re a guitar maker’”: Carlos Santana was one of Paul Reed Smith’s earliest champions – but he thought his first guitars were too good to be true

Smith looks back on his early partnership with Santana in Guitar Center CEO's new 'Inside the Noise with Gabe Dalporto' podcast

Guitar World

“Jimmy Page used one of our guitars. It was some of the best tremolo work I’d ever heard”: Paul Reed Smith on how he built his brand, secret PRS players – and why the internet is wrong about tonewood

Once the guitar brand for the one percent, the smash-hit success of the SE line took PRS Guitars mainstream, but for Smith, it’s still about trying to raise the bar and find new sounds

Guitar World

“Al Di Meola would call Yamaha and other companies, and say, ‘I think you need to pay attention to what’s going on here’”: Paul Reed Smith remembers his attempts to build guitars for other brands before starting his own company

Before launching PRS, Smith had another plan, and some high-profile backers

Guitar World

“If you really like something, you should take the first lines and make up another song from them. So that’s what I did with Black Magic Woman”: The legendary song that passed from Peter Green to Carlos Santana

"The original Fleetwood Mac used to knock me out,” Santana said

MusicRadar

"These guys are simply timeless": Triumph's Rik Emmett picks five essential guitar albums

Canadian guitar legend and founding member of Triumph Rik Emmett picks five guitar classics that inspired his own path

Louder

After Years on Top, Reggaeton Vanishes From the Latin Grammys, the Winners and What Really Happened at the Gala

After nearly a decade of dominance in the Latin music industry, reggaeton disappeared from the Latin Grammys stage, where neither Bad Bunny, nor Rauw Alejandro, nor Karol G performed music of the genre.

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“I love John McLaughlin’s stuff, all those great Mahavishnu Orchestra records. There’s so much there musically. I just admire real musicians”: Journey guitarist Neal Schon on the band’s wild early days and the players who inspire him

"I had my jazz guys, I had my blues guys, my fusion guys"

Guitar World

“He screams across from the bar, ‘What you doing, boy! Put that guitar down. Nobody knows my tuning!’” Journey’s Neal Schon on that one time he tried Albert King’s mythical Gibson Flying V

Schon cut his teeth playing the blues and jamming with some of the genre’s greats – including Albert King

Guitar World

David Gilmour is a master of melodic bluesy phrasing – here are 3 ways to cop his style in your own playing

Whether you call these solo ideas minor blues or embellished pentatonic/blues scale, the effect is the same, freeing you up from established patterns to hold your audience's attention

The Independent UK

Carlos Santana responds to viral claims he opposed Bad Bunny’s 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show

Bad Bunny’s booking has caused outrage among the MAGA community

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"Fear is what motivates ignorant people to put words in my mouth": Carlos Santana refutes viral hoax claiming he opposed Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime show

The AI-generated news reports were widely shared on Facebook

Guitar World

“A good guitar solo should sound like an orgasm. I can hear it in Eddie Van Halen’s playing, and Jimi Hendrix. I live for the juicy notes”: Carlos Santana on playing like a soul singer and his visitations from B.B. King, Miles Davis and Stevie Ray Vaughan

Single-cuts are like merlot, solos are like grapefruit… the inimitable, peerless Carlos Santana shares stories from his legendary career and insights from the cosmos

Sports Illustrated

Cubs Pick Up Veteran Carlos Santana Days After Guardians Release

Santana wanted the chance to compete for a playoff contender, and he got just that.

MusicRadar

“He was a very untraditional player, even though he had learned the traditional approach to blues to start with”: Carlos Santana on what made Jeff Beck a guitar great, and why he had to get into character to cover Michael Jackson

“Jeff Beck took guitar way beyond. His approach was like letting the hamster out of the cage,” he says

Guitar World

“I don’t care who you are, I’d recommend this to any guitar player”: Carlos Santana’s practice routine that will make you a better musician

According to Santana, players will be better off copying these musicians if they want to stir emotions

Louder

"Lyrically and the way he sang and played, he meant everything he did": This is the soundtrack of Orianthi's life

Guitarist/singer/songwriter Orianthi picks her records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and names the superstar she had to turn down

Guitar World

The all-new October 2025 Guitar World – where Smashing Pumpkins and Sex Pistols mingle openly with Carlos Santana and Khruangbin

Featuring new interviews with Billy Corgan, Kiki Wong, Steve Jones, Glen Matlock, Zakk Wylde, the Beach Boys' Al Jardine, Inhaler's Josh Jenkinson and dynamic duos from Khruangbin, Momma, the Voidz and Phoneboy

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