NAMM 2017 – The V-GUITAR is a STRANDBERG/BOSS Collaboration
Well, shit. Strandberg and Boss have teamed up to make sure no boundary goes un-pushed, apparently. This past NAMM, the prototype V-Guitar revealed its lovely self. It’s got the self-tuning thing going...
View ArticleNAMM 2017 – YAMAHA MONTAGE 8 Keyboard Gets Firmware 1.5 Update
Ok, so I’m not a keyboard guy – like, at all. But I’ll be damned if the Yamaha Montage isn’t one of the coolest keyboards I’ve ever seen. Firmware 1.5, announced at NAMM 2017, brings some serious...
View ArticleNAMM 2017 – RODGER LINN DESIGNS ‘LinnStrument 128’ MIDI Controller
MIDI controllers are super helpful creative tools when you need to come up with parts for virtual instruments in your recordings. But the thing that sucks about most MIDI controllers is that they are...
View ArticleNAMM 2017 – ORMSBY GUITARS New Futura and Goliath Models
Ormsby Guitars are one of the most exciting guitar manufacturers to come out of Australia. They have a penchant for multiscale necks and shreddy ‘S’ style body shaped, with an obvious Blackmachine...
View ArticleNAMM 2017 – DARKGLASS ELECTRONICS Announce Karnivool Collab Pedal, the Alpha...
Darkglass are most famous for being the company behind everyone’s go-to bass tone (the B3k/B7k Microtubes pedals). Karnivool are most famous for being Progressive Post-Tool Alt-Rock pioneers and...
View ArticleNAMM 2017 – LEGATOR GUITARS Run Through All Their New Stuff
Legator are a relatively new guitar company. Compared to a lot of the other major go-to companies that make ‘metal’ guitars, they are still in their infancy. Though I think that allows them to be a...
View ArticleNAMM 2017 – ORANGE AMPS Bring the ‘Rocker’ Back
You might think that Orange Amplifiers only makes amps that your dad would get stoked on. Wrong! Some of the sickest, heaviest tones I’ve pulled recently have been on Orange heads. Their Tiny Terror is...
View ArticleNAMM 2017 – DUNLOP Show Off Their New Guitar Effects Pedals
Mark my words, Fuzz is coming to metal in a big way. Much like every Vice-friendly band hitched their wagon to the HM2 over the past 5 years, Fuzz will be king in a few short years. So you should...
View ArticleNAMM 2017 – MYRONE Soft Shreds a Doubleneck Guitar at the VIGIER Booth
What happens when you give Myrone, the soft shred king, a doubleneck at NAMM 2017? People walk away 9 months pregnant, boyo. That’s what. Silliness aside, he puts in some serious work on an awesome...
View ArticleNAMM 2017 – MXR Bass Innovations Pedals Sound Massive
No matter what Glenn Fricker tells you, bass players need some love too. Luckily, the good people at MXR make Bass Innovations pedals to give them something to pine over. You can check out a demo of...
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