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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
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
A visit to the hardware hacking area of the recent Hacker Hotel hacker camp in the Netherlands would bring plenty of interesting pieces of hardware to delight the eye. Among them though was one to delight the ear, and on hearing it we asked whether its creator could put it …read more
He’s transformed an old bike into a rolling synth, smashed up a microwave to make a sparky drum, and more recently turned a games console into a music machine. Now Sam Battle of Look Mum No Computer goes back in time to revisit one of his earliest buil… Continue reading Synth hacker helps Gibson Les Paul go MIDI mad
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
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
In order to help prevent a guitar’s neck losing the fight against the pull of the strings, a metal rod runs usually through it. South Africa’s Rubato Guitars has done away with the truss rod for its first model – named Lassie – instead relyin… Continue reading One-piece carbon fiber guitar goes rod-free
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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Continue Reading Duane Allman’s 1957 “Layla” Gibson Les Paul sells for $1.25 million
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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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Continue Reading Duane Allman’s Gibson SG and Graham Nash’s Woodstock Martin D-45 sell at auction
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Continue reading Duane Allman's Gibson SG and Graham Nash's Woodstock Martin D-45 sell at auction
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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Continue Reading Compact digital guitar gets bigger and better brother
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Continue reading Compact digital guitar gets bigger and better brother