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Chinese company Lava surprised and delighted us with its “Me 2” carbon fiber acoustic guitar, and now it’s released “the first smart guitar ever,” with a built-in touchscreen to control several built-in effects and apps, including a tuner and looper.Co… Continue reading Lava unveils ambitious, lightweight Me 3 carbon fiber “smart guitar”
One of the great things about creating an effects chain in music production software like IK’s excellent AmpliTube suite is being able to just plonk ’em down in any order you like, quickly change the order as you see fit and experiment as much as you l… Continue reading Disruption stomp uses mix and match modules for tone-tweaking fun
Back in 2016, Australian startup Fomofx launched a digital whammy bar called the Virtual Jeff that could be mounted to just about any guitar, without having to modify the host instrument. Now the novel vibrato arm has gone Pro.Continue ReadingCategory:… Continue reading Digital whammy bar adds epic dives and shimmers to almost any guitar
IK Multimedia has finally released the four X-Gear effects units announced earlier this year. Each of the floor stomps is packed with digital effects drawn from the company’s powerful AmpliTube modeling software.Continue ReadingCategory: Music, Technol… Continue reading IK brings AmpliTube digital modeling to the pedalboard with X-Gear stomps
Back at the NAMM 2019 music gear expo, Denmark’s Noatronic took Best In Show for a box that allowed players to control stomps on a board directly from an electric guitar. Now the company has teamed up with RTX to take the system wireless.Continue Readi… Continue reading Noatronic lets players control effects pedals wirelessly from a guitar
Startup Amonito has launched an all-in-one guitar amplification package shaped roughly like an ammonite that offers analog tube-driven sounds and digital effects. And there’s a lot to like here, apart from the rather high price of entry.Continue Readin… Continue reading Shapely hybrid floor amp combines tube-driven sound with digital smarts
Best known for its boxy effects pedals for guitar and bass, Boss also makes amplifiers, wireless systems, rhythm machines, and a bunch of accessories. And now the Roland-owned company has made its own guitar, which comes with a built-in synth and Bluet… Continue reading First electric guitar from Boss comes with built-in synth
Best known for its boxy effects pedals for guitar and bass, Boss also makes amplifiers, wireless systems, rhythm machines, and a bunch of accessories. And now the Roland-owned company has made its own guitar, which comes with a built-in synth and Bluet… Continue reading First electric guitar from Boss comes with built-in synth
Lava Music has attempted to push the acoustic guitar into uncharted territory with the Me 2. Its smooth one-piece body and honeycomb-reinforced soundboard are made from super-strong, super-lightweight injection-molded carbon fiber, for starters, giving… Continue reading Review: Lava’s Me 2 carbon fiber guitar is a next-gen surprise package
There have been a number of attempts to add digital sound processing tech to analog guitars, to create all-in-one rockers, make mobile MIDI machines, or to give players numerous guitar tones in one instrument. The latest hybrid shredder comes from Shen… Continue reading Intelligent guitar brings digital and analog worlds together