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Way back in 2016, Yamaha built an actuator into its new TransAcoustic line of acoustic guitars that produced reverb and chorus through the sound hole. The second generation has just launched, and now includes a built-in looper.Continue ReadingCategory:… Continue reading Yamaha effects-packing acoustic puts looping on tap
A little over 10 years ago, a Phoenix-based startup treated acoustic pickers to a bunch of effects directly through the sound hole courtesy of the smartphone-sized ToneWoodAmp. Now the much-improved second generation device has launched.Continue Readin… Continue reading Acoustic guitar amp pushes multi-effects through the sound hole
John Lennon’s 1964 Framus 5/024 Hootenanny famously played on the title track of The Beatles’ 1965 album Help! – and believed lost for more than 50 years – is heading to auction next month, where it’s expected to break records.
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Tags: Auction, Julien’s Auctions, The Beatles, Guitar, Acoustics, Collecting
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Because GPS doesn’t work underwater, divers usually can’t track their real-time position on a digital map. The new Diver Navigation System (DNS) gets around that problem, however, using both floating and wearable acoustic transponders.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading Acoustic navigational tech gets scuba divers using GPS maps
The study of audio technology has a lot of fascinating branches, and one or two of them even take the curious engineer not into electronics but into architecture. There’s the …read more Continue reading The Most Famous Room In Rock-n-Roll You’ve Never Seen
One inevitable aspect of cities and urban life in general is that it is noisy, with traffic being one of the main sources of noise pollution. Finding a way to …read more Continue reading Absorbing Traffic Noise With Bricks Using Helmholtz Resonators
Around this time last year, as part of its 50-year celebrations, California’s Drum Workshop announced the upcoming release of an acoustic/electronic drum set featuring wireless triggering tech. Now the DWe convertible kits have officially launched.Cont… Continue reading Acoustic/electronic drumkits cut cable clutter with wireless triggering
Fender has pulled back the stage curtain on the Highway Series acoustic guitars in dreadnought or parlor guises, each slimmed down for a more comfortable playing experience and “finely tuned for performance on and off the stage.”Continue ReadingCategor… Continue reading Fender slims down acoustic design for “stage-ready” Highway Series
Guiding lasers where they need to go is a key part of optics systems, and now engineers at DESY have developed a way to bend laser beams without anything touching them. The light is deflected using an invisible grating made of air shaped by acoustics.C… Continue reading “Invisible grating” bends laser using just air and sound
We first got our hands on Lava Music’s oddball carbon-fiber Me 2 smart guitar back in 2021, which was followed by a new model later that year. Now the company has announced the fourth generation, adding a spruce option plus a more affordable Play flavo… Continue reading Lava updates oddly-shaped carbon smart guitar, adds new options