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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
Distorted guitars were a big part of the rock revolution last century; we try to forget about the roll. As a youth, [David Hilowitz] couldn’t afford a loud aggressive amp, …read more Continue reading You Can Use An Old Tape Deck As A Distortion Pedal
Boss has added a new desktop model to its impressive Katana range of app-enhanced modeling amplifiers for electric guitar and bass. The 35-W Air EX allows for wireless connection between instrument and combo amp, and can also run on batteries.Continue … Continue reading Boss invites guitar players to jam wirelessly with the Katana Air EX
For more than 35 years the NS-2 stomp has been an effective set-and-forget solution to background noise in an electric guitarist’s signal chain. Now it’s being joined by a “highly tunable” next-gen noise suppressor and gate called the NS-1X.Continue Re… Continue reading Boss looks to silence background noise with NS-1X for electric guitar
Many students of guitar begin their journey on an acoustic. But rocking out can be a challenge. Back in 2017, France’s HyVibe launched an Indiegogo to fund a hybrid with built-in digital smarts. This was followed by a kit to give such superpowers to an… Continue reading Self-install Essential kit turns any ol’ acoustic into a smart guitar
Though guitar amp and effects modeling has been around for a while, Positive Grid shook things up in 2019 with the launch of the Spark – an impressively flexible and affordable tone master. The company downsized the format for the Mini last year, and h… Continue reading Positive Grid takes guitar amp modeling portable with the Spark Go
Some 20 years ago, IK Multimedia gathered a complete guitar rig into a software platform and named it AmpliTube. After infusing it with AI power last year, the company has now launched an all-you-can-eat tone box called the ToneX Pedal that puts a dizz… Continue reading IK wraps advanced AI-powered guitar tone modeling in a compact floor stomp
We have to admit that being able to plug a guitar cable into a vinyl record to tap into onboard effects hasn’t really been on our wishlist. But now that Romanus Records and ADD Pedals have actually built such a thing to mark the release of Brother O Br… Continue reading Record label launches vinyl album with built-in guitar effects pedal
We have to admit that being able to plug a guitar cable into a vinyl record to tap into onboard effects hasn’t really been on our wishlist. But now that Romanus Records and ADD Pedals have actually built such a thing to mark the release of Brother O Br… Continue reading Record label launches vinyl album with built-in guitar effects pedal
Travel guitars are a great way to maintain your calluses while on the road, but some designs can lack modern features. That’s certainly not true of the Nexg smart guitar from Enya Music out of Houston, Texas, which packs a built-in preamp, integrated s… Continue reading Travel-friendly smart guitar rocks built-in sound system, onboard FX and Bluetooth