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Designed for the ultimate bass-playing experience, the Bassman 800 offers two versatile channels and extreme Fender tube tones, while mating perfectly with Fender Bassman Pro Neo speaker cabinets. The foundation of the Bassman 800’s tone is the two-channel tube preamp, which utilizes a pair of premium 12AX7 tubes. The lightweight (17-lb), 800-watt hybrid amp also…

I have owned a Breedlove Atlas Series C250CR for the past 7+ years and it has been an absolute tank of an acoustic guitar. I have had a very strong love of Breedlove guitars ever since I sold them 5 or so years back at a music store I managed. They have always been extremely…

Buena Park, CA (June 30, 2016) -- Yamaha has unveiled the Pacifica 612VII electric guitar, a limited-edition model featuring an SSH Seymour Duncan pickup configuration. Only 100 pieces will be released in the U.S. Yamaha has been making guitars since 1942, and the company’s Pacifica series, first launched in 1990, were inspired by the California…

Fender Deluxe Nashville Tele Straight from the studios of Music Row in the home of country music—Nashville, TN—comes the Deluxe Nashville Tele, a tonally versatile performer with a unique (for a Tele) three- pickup design. A distinctive entry into the Fender family, this Tele growls, snaps and screams with flexible tone that can match any…

Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition Journeyman Relic "'59 Special" Strat Uniting vintage features with modern favorites, the Limited Edition Journeyman Relic “’59 Special” Strat is an exceptional guitar that could only spring from the minds at the Fender Custom Shop. Features include a trio of high-output hand-wound Custom Shop Ancho Poblano Stratocaster pickups, special Strat…

Summer NAMM 2016: Amongst a slew of announcements this week, Fender has unveiled an entirely new series, and a powerful new addition to its Bassman range. The '57 Custom Tweed series is a range of unashamed "tone machines" which deliberately aim to emulate the original '57s in tone, while adding the controllability guitarist expect in…

Taylor’s design team has been hard at work redesigning the company’s rosewood/spruce 700 Series, one of the few remaining guitar classes in the Taylor acoustic line that hasn’t undergone a makeover in the past couple of years. The redesigned 700 Series features several tonal enhancements including Lutz spruce tops (provides a higher volume ceiling), Performance…

It's no secret that overdrive pedals are a necessity and staple of worship guitar tone. I have played a ton of different ones over the years and thought, hey, why don't I do an all time favorites list of our favorite overdrive pedals. I have to give you a heads up that this list is not exhaustive.…

Fender's Custom Shop has launched its strictly limited edition 80 Proof Blues Junior Amp at Summer NAMM, and as you can see it's a typically characterful and downright desirable piece of work. Each of the 100 amps available sits in a handbuilt cabinet made from reclaimed Kentucky bourbon barrels, complete with distillery stamps and markings.…

London (June 29, 2016) -- Orange has redesigned their entire entry-level bass combo range with the introduction of the Orange Crush Bass Series. Key upgrades include a parametric EQ circuit across the series, inspired by the Orange 4 Stroke series bass amps, allowing bassists to fine tune these amps to any musical style with much…

Summer NAMM 2016 -- Providing expression control of pedal parameters is becoming de rigueur for modern stompboxes, but Ernie Ball has gone one further by merging overdrive and delay effects with on-the-fly treadle control. Building on the idea set about by the MVP volume/boost, the Expression Overdrive promises valve-like overdrive right up to gain-laden lead tones, with settings…

In response to the popularity of rosewood on other guitar models, the 400 Series will now feature rosewood editions with an “R” in the model name (i.e. 414ce-R). The new rosewood models include the same mix and appointments as ovangkol counterparts, also paired with a Sitka spruce top. One spec change for both Dreadnought models:…