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When Gamechanger Audio launches a new product, you can expect the unexpected. Previous outings have included the awesome Plus sustainer, the high-voltage Plasma Pedal, the gorgeous Bigsby pedal and the Motor Synth. Now the quirky innovators are bringin… Continue reading Gamechanger embarks on a voyage of sonic discovery with the Mod Series
Way back in 1981, Suzuki Music released a rather bizarre electric instrument called the Omnichord – a kind of synth you could strum. Production ceased by the end of the following decade, but now the company has relaunched an updated kidney-shaped oddit… Continue reading Suzuki announces the return of the quirky Omnichord strum machine
Dedicated DJs who value portability may have opted to spin their vinyl on a rather tasty turntable called the Vestax Handy Trax at the turn of the century. Now Korg is paying tribute with the Handytraxx Play.Continue ReadingCategory: Home Entertainment… Continue reading Korg grooves on the move with Handytraxx Play portable turntable
The pickups assigned to the different positions on an electric guitar’s toggle switch are preset by the maker, and tweaking them involves breaking out the soldering iron and lots of experimenting. The HyperSwitch uses the power of a smartphone and a Bl… Continue reading HyperSwitch allows players to reconfigure guitar pickups using a mobile app
Back at NAMM 2019, Nashville’s Ciari Guitars launched an interesting travel guitar called the Ascender that featured a beautifully engineered folding mechanism which allowed players to transport the instrument in a backpack-sized case. Now the company … Continue reading Ascender folding travel guitar embraces sought-after P90 tones
After showing off a clever folding system for its Ascender travel guitar at NAMM 2019, Ciari Guitars has returned to the music industry expo with a cheaper model rocking a new look courtesy of luthier legends Grover Jackson and Joe Glaser and a new fol… Continue reading Extraordinary folding guitar gets new look and mechanism redesign
Back in 2018 we brought news of a feature-rich synthesizer for kids of all ages called the Blipblox. With NAMM 2022 just around the corner, Playtime Engineering has added two new fun-packed music makers to its lineup in the shape of the Blipblox SK2 an… Continue reading Kid-friendly synth and groovestation help make music creation child’s play
Back in 2016 we tried out a funky tremolo stomp that was wirelessly controlled by an on-guitar device called the Aero. We liked it. A lot. But sadly the company which made the system went bankrupt in late 2017. Wireless effects control didn’t… Continue reading Airpatch puts wireless pedal control on your guitar
There are a number of ways to change your guitar’s tone on-the-fly, such as using effects pedals, but if you want to change your pickups mid-song, that’s not so easy. France’s Wild Customs is introducing a novel system at Summer NAMM in Nashv… Continue reading Pickups on a carousel cater for quick change tone
Guitars are already pretty portable instruments. You just throw one in a gig bag and you’re all set. But those long necks can suffer much more than a ding on long journeys, particularly if air travel is involved. So for players who want to ke… Continue reading Novel travel guitar folds down to backpack size for transport