The blog will not be updated for 2 weeks because I’m going on vacations to Japan, there will be a lot of news from NAMM show when I come back so I’ll try to show the best or most curious ones. I’ll try also to inform you of some interesting Japanese things… Hello Kitty guitars, [...]

Electro Harmonix unleashed a new model with a very surprising name but not much info, the Electro Harmonix Bass Blogger Distortion Pedal, we don’t know if the name has been chose to get repercussion in blogs but the name it’s not the better one for a pedal effect. Besides its the metal durable look the [...]

Luna Guitars is a company created by Yvonne de Villiers that thought that guitar should fit better musicians and left its work as stained-glass artist to design this kind of guitars. The last addition to this product line is the Luna Guitars Neo Series, a Les Paul similar looking guitar but with very different features, [...]

The model we introduce to you today is based on… a Coke can, yes you read it well, the new Ooh La La stompbox, continuing with their original and curious designs, includes a front cover that is very similar to the Coke can design. The pedal is called Ooh La La Soda Meiser Pedal and [...]

Another set of products, this time released by Korg, the Nano Series USB Controllers are the small brothers of the already existing micro controllers that helps you to create or mix your own music anywhere you want because its small size, perfect to use it with laptop computers, let’s take a look. There are 3 models, [...]

This week will be full of new products and press releases advanced to the Summer NAMM show and one of the first brands to announce a new model and this is the Edirol UA-25EX USB Audio Interface, a recording device based on the UA-25 model that will convert your room in a pro studio with [...]

I’m sure that some of you, just like me, have found yourselves trying to play along with your favorite band’s new CD but in some cases it gets really difficult, but Vox will release a tool to make it easy, the Vox JamVox Jam & Practice Tool. This device can extract the guitar track of [...]

Vox has released just a few hours ago 2 new products in 2 product lines, the first one is the Vox Black Diamond Modeling Combo Amp is a the combination between the vintage tone (tube) and the latest technology (digital modeling amp) and belongs to the Valvetronix series. The features of the Vox Black Diamond Modeling [...]

We start to hear about the products that will be introduced at Summer NAMM show, one of the most advanced ones is the Retro-Sonic Distortion Effect Pedal that will be added to their small and compact pedal line. This distortion pedal is a vintage boutique model that has been based on the LM308 op-amp design [...]

This will probably be the most commented release of this year, Moog has released a guitar model that will change the way that some people sees the guitars. The Moog Paul Vo Collector Edition Guitar includes some features never seen on a guitar, let’s take a look at what makes it so special. Some features of [...]

This is one of the most curious and cool amp released lately, the Fishman SoloAmp Acoustic Guitar Amp is the perfect amp for small shows, specially those with acoustic instruments, because you can carry it around very easily and have a great rich sound anywhere you want and you don’t need to use some crap [...]

Results from the team up by Randall and Metallica’s axeman Kirk Hammett are still being released, the latest one is the Randall Kirk Hammett KH15 Signature Practice Amp, a compact and portable amp that allows you to have the Hammett’s custom tone wherever you are and, I think, completes the full line of products promised [...]

If your fan of the analog devices here you have a very interesting device to add to your gear born in the mind of Ivor Drawner and the idea behind it is to offer the best all-tube analog compressor possible, and the result is the Drawmer S2 Dual Channel Tube Compressor. One of its most [...]

This is the last released model by Godin, a very versatile guitar that is like having 2 different models together. The Godin Guitars Summit CT Electric Guitar has a control that changes the frequency range of the guitar, so you don’t get one cool looking and sounding guitar, you get 2. The features of the Godin [...]

This small-bodied jazz guitar, released to celebrate the 30th anniversary, is based on the GB10 and will there will be only 30 models available that include some classic features like a thicker top and floating pickups (that reject feedback). The Ibanez 30th Anniversary Benson Jazz Guitar features maple body with spruce top, 3-pieces maple neck, ebony [...]

Following the VAI-40, Vestax has released a new compact, this one smaller than the previous model, controller, the Vestax VAI-80 USB Audio Controller is a small silver device, they call it “little tank”, and combines the analog and the digital working ways. The specifications of the Vestax VAI-80 USB Audio Controller 4 RCA and XLR [...]

There are 2 new options for professional DJs, they can improve or enlarge their gear with the new professional mixers released by Gemini, the PS-626EFX & PS-828x Mixers The features of the Gemini PS-626EFX Professional Mixer are 3 channels, built-in effects (filter, flanger and phaser), effect send, 3-band EQ and fade and gain control per channel, [...]

Continuing with the advance released models of the Guitar of the Month, August one will be the Gibson Shred V Guitar the Gibson’s Flying V version for shredders. This guitar allows you to play from the fastest solos with low dives on the tremolo to the power chords that will blow the audience away because [...]

Akai takes care of those who may need any where they are a device to record or practice some lines, specially drummers who can’t carry the drum kit everywhere, with the Akai XR20 Beat Production Station that can produce almost any instrument or vocal sound using only its controls, you also have a jog wheel [...]

If you ever used the classic U 67 mic in a studio you probably found out what a great tool it is, and if you want one of those but you don’t want to spend a lot of money or waste a lot of time searching for one you could take a look at the [...]

If you want to buy the Gibson Longhorn Double Cutaway Guitar, you can get it at zZounds.com Another of the ?? released Guitar of the Month models, this one is the guitar that should be released during the month of July, the Gibson Longhorn Double Cutaway Guitar is a strange version of the Les Paul model [...]

Martin increases its, already big, artists series with a new acoustic signature model, this time it’s the turn of the rock and country star Steve Earle that enters the Martin’s artist list with the Martin M-21 Steve Earle Custom Edition Guitar, a very good looking guitar made of the highest quality woods to assure a [...]

Maybe tired of releasing one model each month, we must remember that last year was one per week, Gibson has unveiled all the models from the Guitar of the Month that will be released during this year. The next month model is the Gibson Shred X Explorer Guitar that adds more power to the classic [...]

Pro Tone is one of the most original pedal effects maker for the designs featured on the product and the way of introducing it, a pedal caricature very similar to some comic books’ style. Their last model is the Pro Tone Rams Skull Fuzz Pedal has been based on the good but expensive Ram’s Head [...]

JZ adds one model to the Black Hole mic series, we talked about them before, becoming the third one. The JZ Black Hole PE Mic, that how it has been called, works in almost any kind of situation from acoustic to high-gained electric guitars or even a soprano’s voice. The specifications of this JZ Black Hole [...]

Retro-King has released a new model in the Plexi product line that is, like its “brothers”, hand-made. The Retro-King Amps “Plexi 100″ Head Amp has been designed to be a replica of the 60’s Marshall 100w head amp that was widely used by some of the most popular rock stars. The amp is also hand-wired [...]

Based on one of the most successful studio mics released by AKG, the C 414 model, and using all the feedback that during 30 years they have received from its users (maybe they could release a new version earlier, but…), AKG has released the C 214 Condenser Recording Mic, that includes some of the features [...]

Gig-fx makes one of the most interesting analog effect pedals in the market and you can take a look here to see some models that look really good. Now they have released a “new edition” of their Gig-FX Chopper Pedal, a multi-effects pedal with 5 different effects and mono and stereo output modes available. This [...]

Some time since Reverend was here with a new model, but the time has come and the new model is the Reverend Roundhouse RT Guitar a Les Paul-look alike guitar that comes with the last innovations that Reverend has included in their models like Pin-Lock tuners, and an aggressive but warm tone because of the [...]

Another mixer release today, now it’s the turn for Cortex that has released a new model similar to the previous one, also for bars and nightclubs which need a compact and lightweight device with high quality results. This is the Cortex MIX-R1U Professional Audio Mixer, that will make difficult the decision of choosing a new [...]

Gemini is one of the most successful brands in the club gear market, so DJs and clubbers should be happy to know that they have released a new mixer model, the Gemini MM 4000 DJ Mixer that comes in the same 19″ rack-mountable format that its product line brothers and its specially designed for voice [...]

The British company Swineshead now offers 2 new models for telecaster players, the Spotlight-TC and the Dragonfly-TC, that provide more low end and clean high tone, the first one, and more low end and a little bit less high tone that the classic telecaster sound. These 2 models are similar but their main difference is the [...]

We talked about the Aura Imaging pedal more than a year ago and it has been a big success, probably for this reason Fishman joined the dobro master Jerry Douglas to release a signature version of this pedal, the Fishman Jerry Douglas Signature Aura Imaging Pedal The features of this pedal are 16, specially created by [...]

If you are the kind of guitar players that always add the last innovations to their gear you should read carefully about this product, the new Digitech Harmonyman Intelligent Pitch Shifter Guitar Pedal is a harmony generator pedal that analyzes your playing, chords and style, and creates a 3-part harmony signal that complements the chords [...]

Here we have an absolutely great looking guitar released by Gretsch, this model is based on the Electromatic G5120 Hollow Body but with some differences like the double cut-away instead of the single cut-away and some hardware improvements regarding pickups, bridge, … The Gretsch G5122DC Electromatic Hollow Body Guitar, that is how has been called, [...]

Empress Effects is a very new Canadian pedal company, only 3 years around, that has released only one product, but will soon release the Empress Effects Superdelay Pedal, and in both models you can see that unique features and high quality are some of the goals to achieve by this company. The specifications of the Empress [...]

The new guitar that has been introduced on the Gibson’s Guitar of the Month product line is a very good loking guitar called Les Paul Push-Tone is one of the few products with new features, although as Cary says this is not new for some other brands. This guitar comes with the special feature of [...]

G&L has released a new model on its guitar product line based on the Classic Bluesboy model, the G&L ASAT Classic Bluesboy Spalted Maple Top is a telecaster-like guitar but with a humbucker and a single-coil pickup. This model comes in spalted natural finish that gives it that aged look, that is really attractive. The features [...]

Jason Z. Schroeder is a guitar builder that creates very cool custom made instruments with the highest quality woods and electronics that wants to compete with the highest brands and its last effort is the Schroeder Custom Guitars “Shorty” Carved Top Guitar that is, like all the Schroeder models, handmade, produces great tone and includes [...]

The new model from Allen & Heath Xone series is a USB mixer with a new soundcard that includes the same features than the Xone:3D but with some interesting news like multi-track recording, running 4 simultaneous decks in Native Instruments Traktor or, like a lot of people requested, panels that can be read in very [...]

Dan Donegan, Disturbed axeman, and Washburn have released 2 new signature models inside the Idol model line that look great, single and double cut-away models that both include a case and feature the chopper top graphic finish. The Washburn Dan Donegan Signature WI91 features mahogany body with carved maple top, mahogany neck, ebony fingerboard, 22 jumbo [...]

The same day of the Earth Day Lace has released, probably, the first ecologic pickup system, the Aluma P Bass System Pickups, that have been designed to contaminate less than standard pickups. Belonging to the Alumitone pickup series this model is available in 4- and 5-/6-string version and produces a great tone in a light-weight [...]

Hipkitty, a pedal and amp company with more than has been around more than 20 years, has released a new amp model, the Hipkitty Kitty Box Amp. This all-tube head amp is hand-wired, as all its products, includes made in USA transformers and produces a big range of tones, from clean and crunchy to classic [...]

We talked about the Volcano model from Reverend some time ago, but now they have released a limited edition of this guitar changing a little bit its configuration. The Reverend Limited Edition Volcano H90 Guitar is a very good option for those who look for a fying-v model with a very special sound. The main feature [...]

Eden, a high quality amp company, has released a new bass amp series that have been designed by David Nordschow and specially designed for students. The Eden Nemesis N Series Combo Amps include several models, low-powered N8JR and N10, and bigger N12, N15 and N28. All the amps include mechanical twitter, coaxial speakers, gain, enhance and [...]

The latest release of the pickup company Seymour Duncan is a new humbucker pickup that is the answer to those who demanded a better symbiosis between the huge gained amps and the pickups. The Seymour Duncan SH-15 Alternative-8 Humbucker Pickup is the first to feature the Alnico 8 magnet, that includes hot coils wound to [...]

T.C. Electronic released 2 new models in the nova series that are a very good companion to other effects of the same brand, they share the dual engine feature that allows to combine more effects to get that sound you are looking for. The T.C. Electronic Nova Modulator & Nova Dynamics Pedals, are a modulation [...]

I must confess that I’ didn’t know the Spector company but looking at their models, either guitar or bass, they seem very good instruments, now they have released a new limited edition model, the Spector Limited Edition NS-2JA-R Reissue Bass. This model, with the same curve design from the neck-through USA series, is based on [...]

The German company Sennheiser has released another one of their exclusive products, this time a studio mic based on the MKH 800 model, which main feature is the ability of switching polar pattern without any switch and after the recording using 2 capsules (positioned on the front and the back), but the Sennheiser MKH 800 [...]

Another artist that joins Fender with his own signature guitar and although there were some rumors in the past months, it was last week when the guitar was officially released, a model, the Fender Elvis Costello Jazzmaster, that I must say that looks really good, that has been based on the guitar once, at least [...]