Reverend Guitars to honour Mike Watt with signature Wattplower bass

Mike Watt has designed a lush-looking short-scale instrument that looks like it can take on the world - enter the Wattplower!

Kontrol Master – For real this time?

A good seven months late from the original release and four months since the last shipping announcement the innovative Kontrol Master knob controller might be ready this time.

Kush debuts allegedly “groundbreaking” 458A plug-in tube emulation

Designed to partner their Omega pre-amp, Kush will have us believe that the new 458A 'Transformer' plug-ins "re-define" tube emulations...

Electro Harmonix to reissue MIG 50 Sovtek amp

EH's old Bassman/Plexi style amp circuit from the '90s is to be re-released as the MIG 50 - just with better quality components and (hopefully) for those on a lower budget...

Nozoid OCS-2 semi-modular digital synthesizer for knob addicts

The OCS-2 is a 30 knob, 50hp semi-modular synthesizer based upon the Arduino Due micro-controller with lots of analogue style but not a lot of flair

PC44: A field of knobs from Faderfox

68 knobs, 8 buttons and 1 encoder the PC44 gives you more control than you could ever need in a compact space - small hands recommended.

Pigtronix Disnortion Micro: Squeal dirt box, squeal!

Smaller, more versatile and just as dirty as before: The Pigtronix Disnortion looks very handy for guitar, bass or even synths.

ROLI now include STROBE2 polysynth with all Seaboard controllers

Fresh from LA LA Land the ROLI Seaboard controllers now come with FXpansion's STROBE2 analogue modelling polysynth

New ADAM S Series details emerge: Our interview with ADAM CEO David Angress

In a Gearnews exclusive, ADAM CEO David Angress reveals some hidden functions slumbering within their new S Series...

Boz Digital Labs Transgressor: A new drum transient processing approach?

Transgressor, a name you need to say carefully, offers a new form of transient processing. This isn't just another transient shaper or designer though...

The River polyphonic analog synthesizer flowing from the Moog Source

Anticipation starts to build as more details emerge about The River polyphonic synthesizer based upon Moog Source VCO's

Climb into Endorphins Cockpit Stereo Eurorack Performance Mixer

Endorphin's Cockpit packs 4 stereo channels, compression, sidechain ducking, iPad effects routing and line and modular level mixing into a very unassuming mixer module.

SX-1: Digitana expands beyond the EMS Synthi

The SX-1 started life as an expander for the classic Synthi AKS Keyboard Sequencer but is being developed into a stand-alone synth in it's own right.

Blue’s “new” budget SL mics: Major upgrade or marketing exercise?

Blue's stylish mics are found in many pro and home studios - are their latest Blue Essentials models, seen at NAMM 2017, worth closer a look?

Maag Audio show some fresh thinking with MAGNUM-K compressor

New compressors pop-up all the time, many are replicas of classic models. Maag Audio however, demonstrate fresh thinking with the MAGNUM-K compressor.

1979 fuzz by Mojo Hand Fx: A late 70s Big Muff you can rely on?

The new 1979 takes its classic '70s Big Muff tones and puts them into a modern day pedal, without all the hassle of the originals.

API revamp the 3124 pre-amp for modern workflows

API have announced two new pre-amp variants, the 3124V and the 3124MV. That's right, now there's a 3124 with output volume control!

Yeco 1.1 and Live: The best touchscreen music making app ever?

With Yeco 1.1's new browser you really can make music touching Ableton Live without ever having to look at it

Walrus Audio RED Distortion: A new saturated drive for Shoegaze and ’90s Metal

The new RED pedal is anything but transparent, so if you like lots of gain, this is one to check out; in other news, their popular Julia Chorus/Vibrato pedal gets a limited run, as well...

TipTop Audio’s multi-sequence matrix sequencer – Z8000

If you want to sequence 10 streams of modulation simultaneously through 16 parameters in a single module then the Z8000 is your thing.

Fender Tune finally comes to Android

It's free, well laid out and simple to use: Following on from its launch last year on Apple's iPhone, Fender Tune is now finally available to Android users.

Have you seen this 808 in a Eurorack?

A mysterious video appears on YouTube of a Rhythm Composer 808 in Eurorack. It's stunning, sounds awesome - tell us more!

Mine: roll-your-own MIDI controller now on Kickstarter

The Mine modular MIDI controller is available for pre-order on Kickstarter, but is their goal too high and the units too expensive for a bit of controller customisation?

Ibanez celebrates 40 years of endorsement by George Benson with two signature guitars

Ibanez and George Benson go way back - four decades, to be precise! The Japanese maker is releasing two high-spec signature guitars at (slightly) different price points.