Roland tease Plug-out Number 3 for System 8. Which synth are they emulating?

A video on Facebook suggests that Roland are about to announce their third virtual Plug-Out recreate of a classic synthesizer for the System-8 on 808 Day. Firm favourite is the JX3P - what do you think?

Is ESP going to finally release the James Hetfield Purple Snakebyte?

Metallica's James Hetfield teases that purple Snakebyte signature model on Facebook, so will we finally see this new version of his signature guitar for sale in 2018?

Is Fender’s Ryan Adams Signature Master Blaster Strat due for imminent release?

That Ryan Adams MasterBlaster Stratocaster wasn't officially launched at Summer NAMM as we were all hoping, but Ryan has unboxed one via his Instagram account, so it can't be too long!

Is Moog about to announce a polysynth called the Moog One?

An unsubstantiated email posted on a forum spills the beans on the spec of what could be a huge polyphonic synthesizer from Moog, probably called the Moog One. Is it real? Hopefully Moog can set us straight.

Tom Cram and the entire Digitech/DOD team fired: A double whammy!

Harman, it seems, has fired the entire DOD/Digitech design team! And it looks like they might have had some really cool effects in the pipeline that we now may not see for quite some time.

Moog and ROLI to launch Memorymoog and Seaboard ‘frankensynth’!

We've just received an image of a new synth apparently being built by ROLI and Moog, looking like a hybrid of the Memorymoog and the ROLI Seaboard! So, how much would you pay for this thing?

Fender’s “Roasted Earth”: A reply to the PRS Silver Sky!

Images have surfaced of a new guitar by Fender - the "Roasted Earth"! This reply to the Silver Sky has it all: two humbuckers, a tremolo system and a funky reverse headstock. It's too good to be true!

Heard the “Yamaha buying Gibson” rumour? Here’s why that would make sense.

The rumour mill says Gibson is about to be bought out - by a Chinese consortium, by Yamaha, by the Tooth Fairy, depending on who you believe. Gibson needs Yamaha - or someone like them - to step in.

Is Behringer making a Sequential Circuits Pro One clone?

Behringer drop another teasing naked PCB image into their Facebook feed and the general consensus is that it's a clone of the Sequential Circuits Pro One. What do you think?

Behringer rumour mill points to Jupiter 8

We can't let a week go by without another Behringer synthesizer rumour. This time they were spotted playing with a Roland Jupiter 8 and a TR-909 - what could it possibly mean?

Is the PRS John Mayer ‘Stratocaster’ about to drop?

It's been rumoured for a year, and for the first time John Mayer has posted the first clean photo of a PRS model that looks a lot like a Fender Stratocaster...

Is Elektron Digitone going to be a Monomachine MKIII?

Elektron seems to have registered the name "Digitone" worldwide - could this be a new product in the works? A synth, perhaps, in the form factor of a Digitakt? Speculation is rife.

Is RME planning a new Dante or AVB interface?

RME have tweeted about a new product due to be announced on 14 December - could it be a new product using AVB technbology, as hinted at IES 2017? Or is this something completely new?

Ibanez teases new NAMM 2018 guitar models via Facebook

The Ibanez UK Facebook page today teased new models that are to be revealed at Winter NAMM 2018 - and they look very fine indeed, with a hint of old and new in the design.

Korg to roll out new synth at NAMM 2018 with name that “starts with P”

The name of the brand new synth, Korg reveals, starts with a P, has eight letters and contains numbers. Is it Poly8000, Proph88, PEEOWWW5, P8976367? What? What the heck is it?

TC Electronics to launch JUNE-60 Chorus Effect pedal

This pedal has been sneaking around undetected for a few days on the internet now and it looks as though it could be getting an actual release date sometime soon!