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Fender has released an ultra-versatile new guitar and bass into its Player Plus series. The Meteora HH will split opinions with its out-there, asymmetrical looks, but its all-new “Fireball” pickup system feels like an absolute classic in the making.Con… Continue reading Meteora HH review: Fender’s expressive, dynamic, versatile new guitar
When we picture the Medieval world, it conjures up images of darkness, privations, and sickness the likes of which are hard to imagine from our sanitized point of view. The …read more Continue reading Hacking When It Counts: Surgery Fit to Save a Future King
When we picture the Medieval world, it conjures up images of darkness, privations, and sickness the likes of which are hard to imagine from our sanitized point of view. The …read more Continue reading Hacking When It Counts: Surgery Fit to Save a Future King
PopuMusic has followed its learning ukulele from 2017 and last year’s acoustic guitar – each featuring follow-me LED lighting in the neck – with a new version of the uke that rocks a different shape and features a built-in pre-amp with effects.Continue… Continue reading Smart learning uke fattens the tone with built-in pre-amp
When Spain’s Ramon Mañas moved to Berlin to study music, he started learning the saxophone. But as the sax is a loud instrument, he couldn’t do so when and where he liked. This led to the development of the small and light Travel Sax, which could be pl… Continue reading Travel Sax 2 lets players practice without disturbing others
The coronavirus pandemic has seen many musicians going online to connect with fans, produce music and collaborate with other musicians in lockdown. But latency issues can make rocking out with bandmates over an internet connection somewhat problematic…. Continue reading Elk Live keeps remote online music collaborations in sync
We’ve seen 3D printing used to create a good many musical instruments over the years, including guitars, saxophones, violins and more. The latest to join the orchestra comes from education software company Sensio in the striking form of the MyCello.Con… Continue reading 3D-printed MyCello combines the best of acoustic and electric design
Join us on Wednesday, March 24 at noon Pacific for the MIDI All the Things Hack Chat with Tim Alex Jacobs! In our technologically complex world, standards are a double-edged …read more Continue reading MIDI All the Things Hack Chat
The Acoustasonic series started out as Fender’s moon shot at re-inventing the acoustic guitar for the modern age, but its ambitions quickly expanded to become much broader. Equipped with three different types of pickup and a built-in digital signal pro… Continue reading Acoustasonic Jazzmaster review: Fender walks the digital tightrope
We won’t pretend to fully grok everything going on with this open-source 8.5-digit voltmeter that [Marco Reps] built. After all, the design came from the wizards at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, home to the Large Hadron Collider …read more