Browsing: Gear

San Francisco, CA (March 10, 2015) -- Schuyler Dean Pickups has unveiled a new pickup model called the Raybucker. This is a switchable output pickup that can sound like a Filter’Tron or a PAF humbucker. Using a push/pull potentiometer you can access either of these legendary tones from any guitar with a standard humbucker rout. The…

Grundorf Corporation, a leading manufacturer of equipment for musicians and audio professionals, is pleased to introduce the new GMT-004 Guitar Maintenance Table. Designed as the ultimate toolbox / guitar workspace for both electric and acoustic guitars, this one-of-a-kind work table features separate compartments to keep tools, strings, and supplies handy. Of particular note, the new…

Germany (March 6, 2015) -- Framus now starts a revival with the Legacy acoustic guitar series. Hand crafted at the highest level, the Framus legacy series acoustic guitars are superbly built and equipped, tastefully decorated, and comfortable to play. They come to the market with the best possible price/performance ratio. And: they sound great! Framus guitars…

In Blue Handmade, the top-selling leather shop on Etsy.com best known for its handmade leather journals, wallets, totes and flask covers, is excited to unveil a new line of custom instrument straps. Each strap is hand-cut and hand-printed using a unique leather stamping process, buffed with eco-friendly dye, conditioned, beveled, and finished with antique brass…

DR Strings announces Pure Blues electric bass strings, featuring Quantum-Nickel, an innovative and proprietary alloy that combines The Best of Steel with Nickel Feel. DR’s Quantum-Nickel alloy offers players a smoother feeling bass string with deep low end, enhanced mids, tons of punch and bright, clear highs. Hand wound on round cores, Pure Blues bass…

Recently we sat down with Jon Ashley, owner of Bondi Effects and more important, the mastermind behind the Sick As and Del Mar Overdrives that are taking over pedal boards all over the globe. Jon is a world class pedal builder but also just a stellar dude who loves Jesus. Below are some of the…

Keeley Engineering today releases its Compressor Pro, a rack-mount quality compact compressor for guitarists, bassists, studio uses, and more. The Compressor Pro builds upon Keeley Engineering’s all new compressor circuit, delivering advanced studio quality compression. With controls for manually setting the compression Threshold, Ratio, Attack, Release, and Gain, the Compressor Pro also offers a Knee…

The NOS Panther Ribbon microphone blends all the vintage ribbon mic tone your guitar amps deserve while retaining all the good things you can get from modern mics. Panther did it this way so that the mic would respond well with any preamp on the market. I recently bought a stereo match pair of these mics and…

The new Tascam Trackpack 2x2 assembles everything you need to record music on your computer. Included in the complete recording bundle is Tascam’s US-2x2 USB audio interface, TM-80 studio condenser microphone with shockmount, and TH-02 headphones, plus Cakewalk SONAR X3 LE and Ableton Live Lite 9 DAW software. The US-2x2 is a 2-in/2-out USB interface,…

This past week I started demoing some lower price effects pedal options and after hearing about the Mooer ShimVerb I had to give it a try. I purchased the pedal online for $69 used but they run just below $100 brand new. This pedal has room, hall and shimmer reverb settings and appeared to be created to…

Puyallup, WA February 27, 2015 VFE Pedals is now shipping our Blues King v3 low-gain overdrive. The Blues King overdrive pedal is the perfect tool for sculpting low-to-mid gain tones, pushing your amp into its sweet spot. The EQ curve of the tone controls prevents the tone-masking flaws of many overdrive pedals, preserving the full…

Edmond, OK February 27, 2015 Keeley Electronics began shipping its’ new Katana Clean Boost Mini this week. This hand built miniature version of their popular Katana Clean Boost pedal delivers all of the functionality of its’ larger sibling, in a much smaller package. With a very simple, single knob design, small footprint, and a total…