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NAMM 2026 live! The biggest guitar news as it happened

All the hottest news and biggest surprises from the world’s premier guitar gear trade show

Guitar World

MXR's high-gain Eddie Van Halen collab headlines Jim Dunlop's fresh pedal drop – and there's an Iron Maiden Killers Cry Baby too

NAMM 2026: The MXR EVH Modern High Gain Pedal was co-designed with Eddie Van Halen in 2015 and is officially here, and it's joined by a special Way Huge fuzz and some cool Cry Babies

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“It’s a pretty unique instrument. There’s only two of these on the planet”: Myles Kennedy bassist Tim Tournier on the EVH prototype that Wolfgang Van Halen gave him

Tournier's prototype Wolfgang bass was is a dual-humbucker doozie, masterbuilt by Chip Ellis, and it is being road-tested hard. But will EVH Gear ever release it?

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NAMM 2026: rumors, predictions and breaking news from the world's biggest guitar gear show

All the latest and greatest gear drops coming out of the largest music trade show in the world – with new launches from Ibanez, Taylor, EVH, Marshall and more

Guitar World

“All the grin-inducing firepower of the full-flight 5150 in a stripped-down model”: EVH 5150 Iconic Series 15W EL34 Head review

The bombastic benchmark ofthe ‘brown’ sound has been channelled through a single-ended EL34 power section and hybrid preamp, with significant volume and price savings

Guitar World

“I was saying, ‘It’s going to get hot. It’s going to explode. We’re going to have a fire.’ He was like, ‘Don’t worryabout it’”: From Eddie Van Halen’s “uncanny genius” to his brutal crash-testing, inside the making of the EVH 5150 III

Wolfgang Van Halen and EVH Gear's Matt Bruck on the difficult birth of a modern tube amp legend, and arguably the best metal amp you can buy right now

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“A warning shot to the competition and a reminder that Fender is still very much a force in the amp modeler market”: All the guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including a new digital era for EVH

A landmark update for the Tone Master Pro, a new digital 5150III combo, and a signature capsule for Iron Maiden all landed this week

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“Virtually indistinguishable from the all-tube original”: EVH signals the start of a brave new era with its first digital combo – which promises authentic Eddie Van Halen tube amp tones

The three channel amp is a lightweight reinvention of Eddie Van Halen's iconic 5150III in a digital combo form

Guitar World

“I was saying, ‘It’s going to explode.’ I was terrified the place was going to burn down”: When Eddie Van Halen crash-tested one of EVH’s most iconic guitar amps – and risked 5150 Studios in the process

Before Eddie Van Halen could sign off on the EVH 5150 III, he had to make sure it was borderline indestructible

Guitar World

Privia Health Acquires Evolent's ACO Business To Boost Value-Based Care

Privia Health Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:PRVA) on Tuesday agreed to acquire an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) business from Evolent Health, Inc. (NYSE:EVH).

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“We’ve seen a few YouTubers turn their hand to guitar making, but this new one might just be my favorite”: All the new guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including a triumphant return for one of Gibson’s most sought-after builds

Fender, Ernie Ball Music Man, Jackson, and a load of new Gibson drops headline this week’s round-up

Guitar World

“I look at tapping in two different ways. There’s Eruption, and there’s Hot For Teacher”: Wolfgang Van Halen explains the variations in EVH’s trademark technique – and shows you how to play them

The multi-instrumentalist delivered a Mammoth tapping masterclass as he demonstrated how to play one of his new singles, The End

Guitar World

“You don't come into a Van Halen record and tell Eddie, ‘This is how we're going to do it’”: Why Eddie Van Halen didn’t double-track his guitars

Recording engineer Ross Hogarth recalls working with the late guitar icon and helping him broaden his sound on A Different Kind of Truth

Guitar World

“With Mammoth, I play an EVH prototype built by Chip Ellis at the Fender Custom Shop. Only 2 exist!” Bassist Ronnie Ficarro on taking Wolfgang Van Halen’s studio sound to the stage

Ronnie Ficarro explains the nuances of pick playing, why tone can make or break a band, and how he stumbled upon slap bass for Mammoth’s latest single

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“It’s official. The age of touchscreen guitar amps is here”: This is all the new guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – and we might have a winner for the best new sub-$1k electric guitar of 2025

From next-gen desktop amps to a signature bass that celebrates a low-end legend, here are the essential gear launches you might have missed

MusicRadar

“The ultimate companion to Tone Master Pro and the ideal solution for players who use modellers at home or on stage”: EVH Gear drops the Hypersonic FR-12 FRFR speaker – 1000-watts to get the most out of your modeller

The Hypersonic FR-12 is equipped with an active 3-band EQ plus high-frequency cut dial, and is available in Ivory or Black

Guitar World

Move over Taylor Swift: Olivia Rodrigo is this generation’s Eddie Van Halen – her Glastonbury performance proved it

The headlining star’s set was filled with pyrotechnic guitar solos, crunching riffs and a guest spot from the Cure’s Robert Smith. It will inspire a generation of new guitarists

Guitar World

“Crafted with performance in mind”: Harley Benton serves big Charvel and EVH energy, paying homage to the golden age of shred with a pair of $500 Superstrats

Two keenly spec’d Superstrats land with single- or dual-humbucker configurations and Floyd Rose systems

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"If you want an instrument that’s versatile enough to cover the guitar-playing styles of EVH and nail Nile Rodgers’ classic funk tones, then look no further": Fender Player II Modified Stratocaster HSS Floyd Rose review

Fender looks to put its stamp on the super-Strat with this gassed-up take on its classic double-cutaway

Guitar World

“With its tone knob backed off this thing gets sasquatch-hairy without losing clarity. It’s a surprisingly killer stoner rock machine”: EVH SA-126 Standard review

Wolfgang Van Halen’s adventurous high-gain-friendly, semi-hollow signature gets a budget build – but does the magic carry across?

MusicRadar

“The neck is carved and rolled to Eddie Van Halen’s exacting specifications”: An EVH electric guitar with fixed bridge and fine tuners? The Wolfgang Special TOM is one classy no-fuss speed machine

EVH Gear just made your hardware choices a lot more interesting with the new Wolfgang Special TOM, available in Oxblood, Husk White and Gloss Black

Guitar World

“Eddie’s musicianship blossomed when I joined the band”: Sammy Hagar on his musical dynamic with Eddie Van Halen – and why the virtuoso stopped releasing music in the 2000s

The former Van Halen frontman asserts that EVH flourished as a musician “because he got a singer that could say, ‘I can sing that’”

Guitar World

“A huge shake-up in the amp modeler market”: These are the gear releases that have caught my eye this week – and the ones you might have missed

An amp modeler update that players have been waiting months for, a sustainable build from Martin and a premium collaboration between Gibson and Serj Tankian headline this week's action

Guitar World

“More people play stop-tails than guitars with locking tremolos. We dig both”: EVH delivers on its hardtail promise and launches the Wolfgang Standard T.O.M. – which vows to take Eddie's legacy to new heights

The firm's newest model puts a radical spin on the traditional Wolfgang template

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“A guitar with the same style and massive sound Eddie Van Halen created all at an affordable price”: EVH Gear reimagines the Wolfgang Standard as a high-performance shredder with a TOM bridge

Shipping in Gloss Block, Cream White and Sea Foam Pearl Metallic, this a stripped-down speedster for those who can’t be fussed with a Floyd

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