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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…

Stevensville, MD February 27, 2015 PRS Guitars has announced the opening of its new “West Street East” Museum Room and retail store and the commencement of free public tours of the Stevensville, Maryland manufacturing facility. When touring the PRS factory, visitors will get a firsthand look at PRS Guitars’ processes, instruments, and amplifiers from raw…

Scottsdale, AZ February 26, 2015 The Contortionist II kit is an all-analog high octane fuzz box. It produces fuzz with layered octave overtones similar to those produced by an electronic bow. The frequency multiplier circuitry creates harmonics that swell and recede depending on the gain setting, pick attack, neck position and pickup. This high gain…

Benicia, CA February 25, 2015 Last year, Dunlop released Primetone Sculpted Plectra, premium picks with sculpted, hand-burnished edges, to wide acclaim across genres and playing styles. By popular demand, we’re expanding the line of Standard, Triangle, and Semi-Round shapes with two new shapes and an additional 1.5 Semi-Round gauge. The two new shapes are the…

Edmond, OK February 23, 2015 The Keeley Electronics Aurora Reverb is a pedal-board reverb unit providing guitarists with the three most used reverb styles: Hall, Plate, and Room. The Aurora Reverb is a pristine, concise, professional reverb pedal for those wanting to customize their tone with simple-to-use, effective controls that deliver highly musical results. The…

Eventide's H9 is quite the little multi-effects pedal. It is capable of achieving all of the sounds and effects from the world renowned ModFactor, PitchFactor, TimeFactor and Space pedals. The only thing that this little guy doesn't have is the looper functionality from the TimeFactor. With Eventide's latest algorithm release this has changed. With the…

Ok lets cut right to it. This amp is just gorgeous. Even if it sounded like complete garbage it could sell just for it's looks. We received word via Instagram back before Winter NAMM 2015 that Duesenberg was going to be launching a new amplifier and we cannot be more impressed. Building off of the super…

Oklahoma City, OK February 11, 2015 Walrus Audio is excited to announce the newest addition, of the Pheonix Clean Power Supply, to their boutique line-up of effects pedals. The Phoenix Clean Power is an isolated power supply with 15 inputs. Walrus Audio utilizes two internal custom wound toroidal transformers which the cleanest power and the…

Peterborough, Canada February 10, 2015 Already a purveyor of premium handmade pickups McNelly adds the new T-Bar Telecaster Pickup set to their already diverse lineup of guitar and bass pickups. Not really into the Vintage Tele sound? Well these might just be the solution for you. The T-Bar pickups are designed for non tele purist. They Combined the…

There has been a ton of buzz surrounding Guitar Center in recent press which to some may not seem like anything new. The current rumor is that Guitar Center is close to going out of business. The following is what we have heard along with our opinions and predictions on the matter. Even though the…

El Cajon, CA February 3, 2015 At the Winter NAMM Show, five of the top musical instrument industry magazines presented Taylor Guitars with several prestigious honors for the company’s line of guitars, including Taylor’s new maple/spruce 600 Series, which was recognized as the Best of Show. The awards are as follows: Best of Show, Taylor’s…