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“I want to dedicate it to everyone in the guitar shop I grew up in and everyone in a bedroom with a dream”: Guitar at the Grammys 2026 – Slash and Andrew Watt pay tribute to Ozzy, Bruno Mars takes a solo, but Brent Hinds excluded from In Memoriam segment

Guitar acts and guitar-driven records won big at music’s biggest night, across myriad different genres

Guitar World

"So much more than just 'Mk.gee in a pedal', this clever little preamp box leaves plenty of room to find your own voice": JHS Pedals 424 Gain Stage review

Everyone is talking about the Tascam 424 Portatstudio. Does the first big brand attempt to bring this to your pedalboard live up to the hype?

Guitar World

“There is a revolution taking place right now in guitar playing”: John Mayer posts surprise demo of JHS Pedals’ new Mk.gee-coded stompbox – and explains why it reflects a wider change in guitar music

Mayer – who has demoed the pedal while Josh Scott recovers from a serious bike accident – says the 424 Gain Stage has forced him to explore new ways of playing

Guitar World

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"He's not using a guitar amp. He's using a Tascam 424": JHS Pedals puts a Portastudio in a pedal to help you recreate Mk.gee's "elastic, lo-fi tones"

The 424 Gain Stage is a preamp pedal designed to recreate the sought-after sonics of a Tascam four-track cassette recorder

MusicRadar

“Am I a number or am I a name?” JHS Pedals has teased a huge new drop with a riddle – and some gear fans think they’ve cracked the code

Is JHS about to release a pedal inspired by Mk.gee’s secret weapon? Some fans certainly think so

Guitar World

“Nuno Bettencourt isn’t the only one keeping Eddie Van Halen’s fire burning – the most underrated guitarist on the planet just gave him a run for his money”: July 2025 Guitar World Editors' Picks

New cuts from Deftones, Big Wreck, Wet Leg, Eric Gales and more...

Guitar World

“The same when I first saw Prince, it was like, ‘We’re safe’”: Mk.gee was named Eric Clapton’s favorite new guitarist – now he’s making waves with a guest spot on Justin Bieber’s new album

Daisies, from Bieber’s surprise new album, Swag, features Mk.gee’s unmistakable playing

Guitar World

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“That was the first time where I was actually, like, really, really, really humbled”: Bon Iver’s new album features a collaboration with Mk.gee, a musician who “reignited something” in him when he watched him play with Dijon on tour

Jacob Collier also has a writing credit on the song

MusicRadar

“The Charvel is something Mike had at the house. The idea was to be able to cover pads, synth sounds and faux acoustic sounds”: From Raphael Saadiq to Mk.gee, Andrew Aged is on a quest for guitar reinvention – one guitar mod and off-kilter pedal at a time

After honing his craft studying jazz and improvisation, cutting his teeth sessioning for names like Robin Thicke and FKA Twigs, and creating alternative R&B with his brother under the moniker Inc. No World, Aged is currently making waves as Mk.gee's go-to guitarist – and is now more than ready to…

Guitar World

“Anything that comes out of his mouth: that’s pop music. You can really do pretty wild stuff behind that”: Mk.gee, Fred Again, Sekou… is Justin Bieber assembling 2025’s hottest cast of musical collaborators?

He might not have announced a new album, but Bieber is rumoured to have been working with some serious in-demand talent

MusicRadar

AP's top albums of 2024: Beyoncé, Charli XCX, Kendrick Lamar, Billie Eilish, Mk.gee and more

Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman has chosen 10 of the best albums of 2024

The Independent UK

Saturday Night Live: a tough post-election episode fails to rise to the challenge

Bill Burr makes for an awkward host in a misfiring week cursed by a difficult election result and an unsureness of how to handle it

The Guardian - US

Bill Burr To Host 'SNL' Post-Election Episode With Charli XCX

Bill Burr, Charli XCX, and Mk.gee set to headline upcoming 'SNL' episodes with exciting performances and guest appearances.

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'Saturday Night Live' taps comedian-actor Bill Burr and Charli XCX as hosts for after the election

Comedian-actor Bill Burr will host the first post-election “Saturday Night Live” with musical guest guitarist, producer and vocalist Mk

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The Guardian - UK

Mk.gee review – is this the world’s most exciting young guitarist?

Amid a big breakout moment, the New Jersey musician slips past definition with his blend of 80s pop and Americana, his wild screams matched by the audience

MusicRadar

Here’s one you’ll all know – Mk.gee plays the same song 12 times in one gig

Mk.gee plays the same song 12 times in one gig

MusicRadar

“That’s probably why I like underwater-sounding things. Because I grew up on 12-bit music”: Mk.gee suggests that his unique lo-fi sound is the result of being exposed to low-quality MP3s in the early days of file sharing

“I like taking cheap, bad gear and trying to make the best song with it,” he says

Guitar World

“I never liked the idea of getting lessons from a guitar player, and thought it would be more useful to learn from someone who didn’t play the guitar at all”: Lo-fi guitar hero Mk.gee on why he decided to learn guitar basics from an upright bassist

Rather than developing a clear-cut guitar technique, Mk.gee wanted to learn how to use the guitar as a tool for experimentation

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“He has found things to do on the guitar that are like nobody else. It was the same when I first saw Prince”: Eric Clapton picks an unlikely contender as his favorite contemporary guitarist

The blues veteran has a deep admiration for one of modern guitar's premier lo-fi players

The Guardian - UK

The Guide #108: Five more must-listen acts, chosen by musicians themselves

In this week’s newsletter: From a ‘haunting’ singer-songwriter to a subversive Mexican dance group, the Guide is back again with a list of hot new artists chosen by … hot new artists

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