Kemper releases a cabinet specifically designed for its Profiler Amp

Rather than haul around lots of amp heads and cabinets on tour, the Kemper Profiler Amp allowed guitarists to take thousands of accurately modeled amp sounds in one unit. Players were then offered tone switching control at their feet with the Remote, a… Continue reading Kemper releases a cabinet specifically designed for its Profiler Amp

Fender celebrates 70th anniversary of the Broadcaster

Back in January, Fender hit California’s National Association of Music Merchants show with a bunch of stunning Custom Shop guitars, and new models dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Broadcaster. Now these birthday boys have gone on sale.Continue … Continue reading Fender celebrates 70th anniversary of the Broadcaster

Thunderous guitar pickup brings out a guitarist’s inner bass player

Back in 2014, guitarist Andy Alt launched a Kickstarter for an electric guitar pickup that added a separate drop-octave signal to the instrument’s lowest strings, The crowdfunding campaign was successful and A Little Thunder started shipping mid-2015. … Continue reading Thunderous guitar pickup brings out a guitarist’s inner bass player

Barcode Guitar Plays More Than Beep-Bop

One of our favorite things about the rise of hobbyist development ecosystems such as the Arduino is that it’s now possible to make a MIDI controller out of almost anything, as long as you have the the shields and the dedication. We’re glad that [James Bruton] takes the occasional break …read more

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Duane Allman's 1957 "Layla" Gibson Les Paul sells for $1.25 million

The Goldtop 1957 Gibson Les Paul guitar which Duane Allman used to record "Layla" alongside Eric ...

The Goldtop 1957 Gibson Les Paul guitar which Duane Allman used to record “Layla” alongside Eric Clapton, has sold for US$1.25 million at auction, becoming only the seventh guitar in history to sell for more than US$1,000,000.

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Duane Allman's Gibson SG and Graham Nash's Woodstock Martin D-45 sell at auction

Duane Allman's Gibson SG and Graham Nash's Woodstock Martin D-45

Our top 100 most valuable guitars listing added two more famous guitars last week, when Duane Allman’s 1961/1962 Cherry Gibson SG fetched US$591,000 and the Martin D-45 that Graham Nash played at Woodstock fetched $162,500.

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Compact digital guitar gets bigger and better brother

"The Studio is a product we've wanted to launch since the beginning," said Matt Cannon from ...

Zivix launched a compact digital guitar called the JamStik in 2013 that allowed pickers to keep their calluses nice and hard while traveling by chording on real strings. It only had five frets though, and the company announced new models last year with seven and 12 frets for more playing possibilities. Well now the latest JamStik is less of a “Stik” and more like a grown up travel guitar.

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