ESP Godzilla: Radioactive monster riffs from the ESP Custom Shop

The ESP Custom Shop in Japan has created a radioactive tribute to the ultimate monster icon of film and TV to celebrate 65 years of the Godzilla franchise. It comes with a monster price tag, too...

Electro-Harmonix BASS9 Bass Machine: Get nine different bass tones from your guitar

The new Electro-Harmonix BASS9 Bass Machine pedal gives guitarists the opportunity to get low down and dirty, without the need for detuning or other laborious shenanigans.

Music Man Ball Family Reserve for August: A valentine steak bursting with cherry

The Ball Family Reserve August releases include the new Valentine Target Burst, Majesty Blue Steakhouse and the Bongo 5HH Wild Cherry Burst - some very tasty limited edition models here...

Deal: Buy a Nektar MIDI controller & get the Steinberg Padshop Pro granular synth

Until September 30, buying a keyboard - any model out of Nektar's range, anywhere in the world - gets you a copy of Steinberg's Padshop Pro virtual synth.

Townsend Labs Sphere 1.4 adds 10 new mic models

Townsend Labs has added ten new microphone models to its Sphere plug-in. With the new additions in Sphere 1.4, the company’s L22 microphone is capable of emulating 30 microphone models.

Ocean Swift OSS Enterprise: A hybrid vector synth for sonic explorations

Ocean Swift has released the OSS Enterprise hybrid software synthesizer. It offers additive, subtractive, and wavetable synthesis, vector morphing and extensive modulation options.

UAD 9.10.0 update brings rare UA 175B/176 tube comps & DSP pairing

The UAD 9.10.0 update spans a pair of rare tube compressors, enhancements to Apollo DSP functionality, 10 Sphere mic models and a hefty number of bug fixes among other things.

Mojo Hand FX’s new RVT and Park Theater pedals mash up multiple effects

The new Mojo Hand FX RVT and Park Theater pedals both combine multiple effects in one unit. One of the pedals also includes a donation to charity in its price.

Deckard’s Voice will speak the language of the CS-80 into your Eurorack

Black Corporation has taken a single voice from the Deckard's Dream and squished it into the Eurorack format as the fabulous looking Deckard's Voice with a load of CV control.

A trippy finish: Strandberg debuts Boden Metal Sarah Longfield edition

The new Strandberg Boden Metal Sarah Longfield signature model is available in either six, seven and eight-string varieties. A stunning new modern guitar for high performance playing.

Mix up to 8 IRs at once with LIBRA IR mixer by STL Tones and Ignite Amps

The brand new LIBRA IR mixer is the world's first to allow guitarists to blend up to eight simultaneous Impulse Responses at once using its Cartesian Mixer front end!

Marshall Studio Vintage SV20H, a 20-Watt Plexi head, hits dealers

The Marshall Plexi amp tone is associated with so many classic recordings - now Marshall aims to give you those tones at a far more manageable 20W with its new Studio Vintage SV20H amp head.

RYM2612 FM Synthesizer based on the Sega Mega Drive console now available as VSTi

RYM2612 pulls out the classic FM synthesizer from the Sega Mega Drive (AKA Sega Genesis) and stuffs it into an easy to use GUI that's available on VST, AU and AAX for the first time.

Krakli Plugins Roland inspired SK7 polyphonic synthesizer is yours for free

Krakli Plugins does it again with another polyphonic virtual synthesizer that's yours for free. This time it's based on the vintage Roland SH7 with its gloriously weird split oscillators and Autobend.

Wintergatan Marble Machine X – the ultimate mechanical groove box

After a couple of years of development Wintergatan's Martin Molin takes the rhythm section of the new and improved Marble Machine X for a spin

Thorpy FX launches the Heavy Water Dual High Headroom Boost pedal

The new Thorpy FX Heavy Water dual boost pedal combines the clean boost of the DANE along with a grittier Germanium diode boost to give you up to three boost tones available in one pedal.

John Mayer PRS Silver Sky: An upcoming new maple neck version?

This weekend John Mayer was spotted playing a new version of his signature PRS Silver Sky. Is this a pre-production version of the Silver Sky with a maple neck? Can we expect a new Silver Sky soon?

Yamaha releases next level digital workstation in the PSR-SX700 and SX900

If you're someone into styles, kits and innumerable voices that work together in perfect harmony then check out the new flagship PSR-SX series keyboard workstations from Yamaha.

New video of Gibson destroying guitars, this time it’s ES models

YouTube channel BJs World has now uploaded another video of Gibson destroying new ES model guitars. The whole process looks pretty severe and will make you cringe.

Mystic Circuits Portal will wrap you into another dimension of distortion

Portal offers three flavours of simultaneous harmonic distortion that pulls waveforms apart and devours their souls. A horror story of a module that's not for the faint-hearted.

EMG leaks new Fender Jim Root signature Jazzmaster

EMG has teased a new Fender Jim Root signature Jazzmaster model on their Instagram page, which will come loaded with a new set of his signature pickups.

Gibson Brian Ray Custom Shop ’62 SG Junior

Brian is the lead guitarist for Paul McCartney’s band and his new Custom Shop '62 SG Junior has lots of features to make his job a lot easier and give him a smooth ride.

The new G&L Espada: Leo Fender’s vision for the future of the Telecaster?

The new G&L Espada was a design that Leo Fender was kicking around in the late '60s. Now the old blueprints have been found and this very Telecaster like guitars has been released.

Peavey to auction off $12 million worth of parts and returns

Peavey is auctioning off $12 million of parts, raw materials and customer returns, following the closure of two factories that were shut down in Mississippi back in 2015.