Freddie Mercury Piano sells for 1.74M – our picks from Bonhams sale

The Freddie Mercury Piano owned by the legendary performer sells for £1.74M. We looked around the Bonhams sale for our favourite items...

Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret Deluxe – Expanded Plexi Tones

Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret Deluxe is a new expanded version of their Marshall Plexi style drive pedal

Jackson Virtuoso is the latest American Series release

Jackson American Series Virtuoso model announced with a launch video featuring Misha Mansoor, Marty Friedman and more

NI Guitar Rig 7 REVIEW: Still King of the Hill for amp modelling?

Looking for warm, fat, amped-up guitar tones? Maybe you're looking to add analogue grit to your mixes? Here's the Guitar Rig 7 review...

Midweek Modular: Trolley Bus, Kicks, Snares and 3D printed cases

Befaco gives us more power than we need, Blue Lantern has percussion covered and a modular 3D printed case for making your modular more modular.

iZotope Ozone 11 Review: Still the Industry Standard for Mastering?

In this iZotope Ozone 11 Review we look at the latest version of the industry standard mastering plugin. Is it still the best out there?

Gibson Murphy Lab Aged Acoustic Guitars launched

Gibson Murphy Lab aged 1933 L-00, 1942 Banner J-45, 1942 Banner Southern Jumbo, 1957 SJ-200 flat top and 1960 Hummingbird.

D16 Group’s Drumazon 2 Will Get New Effects, Busses, Trigger Outs

Is it the one after 909? The long-awaited update for D16 Group’s Drumazon 2 will release this 909 Day, September 9, with effects, busses and more.

Guild S-100 Polara Kim Thayil USA and Standard models

Guild S-100 Polara Kim Thayil models announced for the Soundgarden guitarist and available in two versions

Guitar Gear Gems: Fender Custom Shop Waylon Jennings

Fender Custom Shop Waylon Jennings, Magnatone Billy Gibbons Super Fifty-Nine M80 and Mythos Pedals The Fate BBD Chorus

Fender Kevin Shields Blender standard edition announced

The Fender Kevin Shields Blender octave fuzz pedal is the standard edition of the signature effect announced earlier this year

LD Systems MON G3 Series: Coaxial Monitors with built-in DSP

The new LD Systems MON G3 series features four active floor monitors with a coaxial design, built-in DSP, and versatile connections.

ThorpyFX The Dane MKII – Smaller and new clipping mode

ThorpyFX The Dane MKII is a more compact version of the Danish Pete signature overdrive/boost and adds an extra clipping mode

Endless immersive listening with the Shure Aonic50 Gen 2

The Shure Aonic50 Gen 2 is a major upgrade on the previous model, with improved battery, ANC, and the addition of 3D audio simulation.

Fender Japan Deluxe Jazz Bass V Kazuki Arai for King Gnu bassist

Fender Deluxe Jazz Bass V Kazuki Arai is latest signature release for the King Gnu bassist and it is exclusive to the Japanese market

IK Multimedia iRig HD X adds Loopback+ streaming

IK Multimedia iRig HD X adds Loopback+ allowing direct streaming from AmpliTube into any other app, including TikTok and Instagram

Noise Engineering Xer Mixa and Expando Expandi

There's a new Eurorack mixer in town. Xer Mixa has 10 stereo analogue channels and a digital control system for state saving, pan, sends and recall.

Skeleton Key offers the QOTSA tones of Josh Homme

Funny Little Boxes is back with a new pedal, the Skeleton Key and it aims to get you that Queens of the Stone Age tone

Fender Waylon Jennings Phaser with Sweet Switch

The Fender Waylon Jennings Phaser offers three distinct analogue phasing voices along with a special Sweet Switch.

Jackson Andreas Kisser Pro Series Signature Soloist Quadra

The Jackson Andreas Kisser Pro Series Signature Soloist Quadra is a stripped-back Thrash Metal machine emblazoned with Sepultura album artwork

Midweek Modular: Legs, Tongues, Neutron Stars and Decision Trees

This week Herbs and Stones gives percussion some Legs, Robaux randomises gates and Knob Technology takes us to distant percussive galaxies. 

OXI Instruments CORAL: 8-voice multi-engine synthesizer available now!

CORAL is a massively polyphonic Eurorack module with multiple sound engines, sample playback, groove box rhythms and built-in effects.

Gibson Custom Color Series Les Paul Standards launched

The Gibson Color Series offers guitarists the chance to own a Les Paul Standard in a myriad of new colour options in both plain and figured tops

Review: Cherry Audio Harmonia Synthesizer

Cherry Audio's Harmonia sees the team set aside their interests in synths of old and refocus on something new, exciting and rather unique!