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Danelectro Fifty Niner, Red Hot Longhorn, & Nichols 1966 Pedal Demo NAMM 2024
Danelectro showed us a variety of new options, from their brghtly colored lipstick-pickup-loses Fifty Niner guitars and Red Hot Longhorn bass ($599) to their black-crackle sitar ($899) and their...
View ArticlePeterson Tuners StroboClip HDC Demo | NAMM 2024
The Peterson StroboClip HDC brings the company’s popular sweetener offerings right to your headstock.
View ArticleLichtlaerm Audio Prometheus Head & Fane loaded 4x12 Cab Demo | NAMM 2024
Newcomers Lichtlaerm Audio gave us a tour of their custom-build Prometheus head and Fane-loaded 4x12 cab.
View ArticleSanta Cruz Guitars Vault Series D 7882 | NAMM 2024
This D-style model uses Brazilian Rosewood from the Bryn Athena Cathedral for the back and sides and master grade Fort Ross Chapel redwood for the top. Nearly every part of this build is immaculate...
View ArticleMXR Joshua Ambient Echo Delay & Way Huge Geisha Drive Demos | NAMM 2024
A pair of new stomps from Dunlop cover everything from dynamic overdrive to scene-setting modulated delay textures. The Joshua Ambient Echo can obviously nail Edge-style, dual-delay tones, but it also...
View ArticleAeroband Guitar Demo | NAMM 2024
The Aeroband guitar looks like a wild glimpse into the future—and also back into the ‘80s—but with its app capability, the company is touting the education possibilities it has to offer. Also, it’s fun.
View ArticleGodin New "Hangover" Distressed Finishes Demo | NAMM 2024
Godin debuted their “hangover” distressed finishes on a pair of solidbodies: their S-style Seymour Duncan-loaded Session T Pro and their Lollar/TV Jones-loaded T-Style Stadium T Pro. These...
View ArticleGodin New Hollowbodies Demo | NAMM 2024
Godin’s stunning new hollowbodies will catch the eyes of rockers and jazz cats alike.
View ArticleGodin Multitac Mundial Onyx Black & Arena Pro LTD Onyx Black CW EQ HG | NAMM...
Godin is debuting a pair of all-black nylon-string guitars. The Arena Pro is a LTD Onyx Black is a single cut with a solid cedar top and Canadian wild cherry black and sides, plus top-mounted volume...
View ArticleFlamma FX200b Guitar Multi Effects | NAMM 2024
This affordable multi-effects unit is extremely deep with over 150 different effects, room for 200 user presets, 52-second looper and 58 different preamp models. It also has a touchscreen, USB audio...
View ArticleFriedman Amplification Plex Demo | NAMM 2024
Not surprisingly, Dave Friedman created a vintage plexi-style amp that absolutely rips. It's based on an EL34 design, a familiar control setup, and plenty of juice.
View ArticleGame Changer Audio Mod Series Pedals Demo | NAMM 2024
Gamechanger Audio released an entire new line of pedals at NAMM. The Mod series combines their penchant for inventive, time-based effects with their love for modular synth-style controls. There are...
View ArticleKMA Machines Endgame Duality Calibrator Demo | NAMM 2024
KMA Machine's Endgame Duality Calibrator might be one of the most feature-packed stomps at the show. It has an exhaustive amount of I/O options but the centerpieces are the automatic double tracker...
View ArticleCircle Strings Languedoc Demo | NAMM 2024
Adam Buchwald's burgeoning Vermont guitar empire will take on a new collaboration in 2024. Famed luthier Paul Languedoc has agreed to have Buchwald steward the production of the G2 and G4 models made...
View ArticleTwo Notes Genome Demo | NAMM 2024
Two notes’ Genome offers deep functionality with loads of amp and pedal models on hand. It’s interface makes it easy to find exactly what you’re looking for and dial it in.
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Sleater-Kinney Summons a New Resilience
“There is a comfort to it, in the choreography,” Carrie Brownstein tells me on a call. She’s talking about playing guitar, as she explains how, in the making of Sleater-Kinney’s new album Little Rope,...
View ArticleLAG Sauvage DCE Demo | NAMM 2024
Lag have set their sites on sustainabilty, using smoked raw eucalyptus—an invasive species that needs to be harvested—for the striking back and sides of the Sauvage DCE. These affordable solid-top...
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Sampling and the Common Ground Between Hip-Hop and Jazz
A lot has been made of the fact that a large portion of early hip-hop was based on “taking” pre-existing songs and recordings, created decades before, and presenting them in a new, different light....
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Four of Gibson’s Most Popular Acoustics Get the Custom Treatment
The Gibson Custom Shop unveils four revamped versions of its most popular acoustic guitar models.he J-45, Hummingbird, SJ-200, and the Songwriter EC acoustics from the Gibson Custom Shop retain the...
View ArticleEventide H90 App & Riptide Pedal Demo | NAMM 2024
Eventide has introduced a new member of their dot9 line with the Riptide, an overdrive/vibe-style pedal with stereo capability. It’s out now for $299. They’re also showing off their new app...
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