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Richland, WA (November 22, 2016) -- Adding to the company’s well-established line of boutique guitar effects, Matthews Effects has unveiled the new “Architect V2” Foundational Overdrive. The Architect is a mythically inspired overdrive with improvements! The gain structure has remained the same and acts as two separate knobs in one controlling the mix of a…

Montreal, QC (December 21, 2016) -- Seagull guitars have earned a reputation for uncompromising quality since the creation of the multi-award winning S6 in 1982. That momentum carries forward into 2017 with the aptly named Coastline Momentum. This hand-crafted guitar features an exceptionally thin high gloss custom polished finish that accentuates the pure natural beauty…

Toulouse, France (December 20, 2016) -- On the path to the ultimate, most transparent and fastest compressor, Zorg Effects just turned back and went the other way to engineer The Oppressor. The Oppressor is an optical compressor with tons of controls in a small footprint. It delivers hot, smooth, tube-like sounds, up to a bit…

Pittsboro, NC (December 20, 2016) -- In 2003 Vintage Guitar’s Carr Mercury cover story exclaimed "Tone of the Gods." Now, 13 years later, the amp that started the full-featured, low-powered, attenuated combo revolution returns! The Mercury V, older British cousin of our award-winning Skylark, is back with a highly evolved feature set borrowing the best…

London, England (December 19, 2016) -- Magnetic Effects are pleased to release the Electrochop. Now updated with top mounted jacks and DC socket. The Electrochop is a super choppy tremolo that features the classic, unique LFO section from the Vox Repeat Percussion. A new audio circuit has been designed around the LFO, resulting in a…

London, England (December 19, 2016) -- Magnetic Effects are pleased to release the Zola. The Zola is an ultra high headroom clean boost with a linear response, active EQ and switchable buffer. An internal voltage multiplier internally converts 9V up to 30V for unparalleled headroom. The incredible 30V of headroom means the boost stays totally…

Westlake Village, CA (December 13, 2016) -- Strymon (www.strymon.net) recently introduced Riverside Multistage drive, the culmination of a thorough analysis of numerous vacuum tube circuits. Riverside’s cascading gain stages create harmonically rich tones that are immensely musical and natural—from silky clean overdrive to colossal distortion, and all points between. The analog JFET gain stage ensures…

Belo Horizonte, Brazil (December 15, 2016) -- Adding to the company’s well-established line of boutique guitar pedals, Stomp Audio Labs has unveiled their new effect, the Octopus, an analog octaver. The Octopus is a monophonic octave pedal that uses an analog circuit to produce lower and higher octaves. That is, your signal is never converted…

Anaheim, CA (December 14, 2016) -- Winter NAMM 2017 marks the debut for Fishman’s new SA Performance Audio System, the perfect solution for high quality sound reinforcement in a portable, powerful and easy-to- set up package. The SA Performance Audio System consists of the SA330x wide dispersion modified line array speaker system, the SA Sub…

Athens, Greece (December 13, 2016) -- We are extremely excited to announce the new “Experience” fuzz octave pedal! The Experience is a unique fuzz octave pedal that was created to revive the sounds of the '70s with a modern attitude. It features two stand alone channels (fuzz and octave) which can be used individually or…

Thousand Oaks, CA (December 12, 2016) -- Mitchell's totally reimagined line of high-performance electric guitars and basses has been turning heads and making waves, and their FB700 Series is a radical new take on bass that will get the attention of serious bassists everywhere. The FB700 features an offset double-cutaway body made of rich carved…

Brisbane, Australia and San Diego, CA (December 12, 2016) -- Maytech Music Systems announced the release of the DuGyte GP521 and GP721 Pedalboard Connection System models that include a custom-built universal 100/240 VAC 50/60 Hz Class-II isolated power supply that gives guitarists the easiest and most powerful way to power up their pedalboard. Unlike existing…