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Industry News on general and commercial guitar gear makers.
Monday, 16 March 2015 11:00
Bottom Feeder: Vintage Icon Series V6 Distressed S-style
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An authentically vintage-sounding Strat-style axe for under $300....
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Big bass sound and plenty more from a pocket-sized package....
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Get inside one of the guitar’s most versatile open tunings....
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The famed luthier opens up about getting his start more than 30 years ago, finally building John McLaughlin a guitar, and how many hot wings he can eat in one...
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Friday, 13 March 2015 16:39
Julien's Auctions Announces Music Icons Auction | 2015-03-13
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Items include guitars from George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Vinnie Vincent....
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Friday, 13 March 2015 16:14
Gretsch Underwrites Music Center at Country Music Hall of Fame | 2015-03-13
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The Gallery allows visitors to mix a band recording, cut a vocal track, understand the dynamics of guitar building, and more....
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How does your picking hand control harmonic content?...
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Thursday, 12 March 2015 19:00
Steven Wilson and Guthrie Govan: To Shred or Not to Shred?
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Player, producer, and Porcupine Tree frontman Wilson reunites with shred king Govan for another epic concept album....
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Thursday, 12 March 2015 18:31
Panama Guitars Announces the Conqueror 5 | 2015-03-12
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A 5-watt tribute to the legendary tweed Champ....
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Thursday, 12 March 2015 18:03
John Hornby Skewes Introduces the Pilgrim Mayflower Deluxe VPG900N | 2015-03-12
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Designed by highly respected UK luthier Paul Tebutt....
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A reader gets the lowdown on a Les Paul copy he acquired in a gear exchange....
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The jazz-rock maverick spills the details on his no-frills, get-it-done setup....
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Wednesday, 25 February 2015 17:39
Wampler Pedals Introduces the Plexi-Drive Deluxe | 2015-02-25
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It covers everything from vintage '68-style Plexi tones to the all out massive rock tones of a JTM-45....
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Tuesday, 24 February 2015 16:00
NAMM '15 - NS Design Wav 4 Radius Bass Demo | 2015-02-19
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Ned Steinberger shows off his latest 4-string machine....
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Monday, 23 February 2015 21:39
Ibanez Unveils Talman Bass, Black Eagle Reissue, and More | 2015-02-23
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Other new models include a fanned-fret model in 5- and 6-string versions....
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DigiTech introduces the TRIO Band Creator, a smart auto-accompaniment pedal that automatically generates bass and drum parts based on your playing.read more...
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Monday, 23 February 2015 06:00
Fender Tim Armstrong Ghost White Hellcat (Guitarsite)
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The Fender Tim Armstrong HC, Rancid guitarist's signature acoustic-electric, is now available in limited edition Ghost White finish.read more...
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Tuesday, 17 February 2015 03:05
Ibanez EKM10T Eric Krasno Signature (Guitarsite)
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Ibanez introduces the second Eric Krasno signature EKM10T, another double cutaway semi-hollow but priced lower.read more...
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Epiphone introduces the Blueshawk Deluxe, a semi-hollow guitar that was previously part of Gibson's lineup.read more...
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Tuesday, 03 February 2015 13:10
Duesenberg Alliance Series Joe Walsh (Guitarsite)
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Duesenberg introduces the Alliance Series Joe Walsh, a double cutaway semi-hollow guitar built to artist specifications.read more...
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The DigiTech TRIO pedal certainly made waves at NAMM 2015 winning the best in show award and you can see why it certainly is very clever, even if it has…
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It’s been a while since I’ve seen any news from Q-tuner but I did post about the Q2.0 Neodymium magnet humbuckers back in May 2012 which look really cool. Now…
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Saturday, 21 February 2015 20:35
NAMM '15 - Carvin Amplifiers S600 Stagemate Portable P.A. System Demo
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Get the lowdown on their newest acoustic amp/PA system that's designed for performers on the move....
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We are now stocking Crucial Audio Effects Pedals. These are great sounding and top quality hand built pedals from Santa Rosa, California. The first one we have on our site…
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Download the Joyo 2015 Product range brochure in PDF format below. It contains the full brochure including new Joyo amplifer range, the Ironman Guitar Effects range and more.
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Monday, 17 November 2014 00:00
Marshall Guv'nor 2 plus distortion overdrive effects pedal demo and review
Written by Helmut Watterott
Not being the biggest Marshall fan and having used the first Guvnor and a guvnor clone I did not like them. The Plus 2 however I really liked. This is…
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Thursday, 06 November 2014 00:00
First Joyo pedal delivery arrived today
Written by Helmut Watterott
First delivery of Joyo pedals arrived from the distributor. These were the first ordered because of their great reviews on sound and value. Please look at our online shop HERE…
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Our online shop is now live and we wish to stock boutique effects pedals, amps and custom guitars and/or parts as soon as possible. We are looking for unique, high…
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Thursday, 28 August 2014 00:00
New features on KrachWerke Effects FAQ and more
Written by Helmut Watterott
We want to extend Krachwerke.com to also include an FAQ and tech help on effects, guitars, amps etc. We would like to make this an easy process of submission and…
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Technology for guitar. Amps, pre-amps, Racks, Stompboxes, processors and all sorts of goodies for guitarists.
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Friday, 22 August 2014 00:00
Evertune, keeping your guitar in tune mechanically
Written by Helmut Watterott
"EverTune is an all Mechanical bridge that uses a spring and a lever for each string to keep each string in tune once tuned. Each saddle pulls on each string…
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It will get pretty clear I am a MESA/Boogie fan for so many reasons and although this blog is supposed to be handbuilt/boutique instrument haven, I can't help myself to…
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NAMM Just play videos.
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Thursday, 07 August 2014 00:00
Design your guitar effects pedal board online with DBoards.
Written by Helmut Watterott
DBoards.com is a guitar pedals community like no other on the Internet. Each pedalboard is created by the users with their own configuration to get the right sound of a…
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Thursday, 07 August 2014 00:00
Not boutique but I like Boss pedals so here is the Boss Pedal History
Written by Helmut Watterott
Not boutique but BOSS is a very important player. I thought this might interest you all.
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How does Peavey Tanstube Technology work
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Free VST collection I use on most mixes
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Joyo Bantamp Meteor in mixed track Joyo Meteor demo and review
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New Impulse Responses by Krachwerke for 2020
We are proud to present our new set of guitar speaker impulse responses. These are…