NAMM 2020: New guitars! New synths! New pedals! New studio gear!

02 Jan 2020 by Angus Baigent | Approximate reading time: 1 Minute

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The 2020 edition of the Winter NAMM show is upon us. From 16-20 January, purveyors of all manner of musical instruments and gizmos will be touting their wares, trying to grab your attention with new releases and clever new technologies. While the sheer volume of news can be overwhelming, we’ll be at the show to sift through all that flashy marketing to bring you the most exciting news from the show. It’s gear galore!

NAMM Show 2020, January 16-20

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NAMM 2020: BluGuitar AmpX with Neural Analog Nanotube power

18 Jan 2020 in Guitar

The new AmpX from the German amp manufacturer Thomas Blug is in the tradition of its Amp1 - but has really interesting features that make the amp even more useful and versatile

NAMM 2020: Laney launches the new Cub-Super range of amps

18 Jan 2020 in Guitar

Laney has just announced a new all tube Laney Cub-Super amp and combo range. Utilising an onboard digital spring reverb from their Black Country Customs line of pedals to good effect.

NAMM 2020: LEAK! Squier Paranormal Series

18 Jan 2020 in Guitar

The new 2020 Squier Paranormal Series is imminent and has been leaked online. It includes models like the Toronado, Supersonic, Baritone P90 Cabronita and more

NAMM 2020: Massey Plugins Golden Master – Soft Clipper for Pro Tools

18 Jan 2020 in Studio

At the request of users, Steven went to work and developed this new tool which deals with soft clipping - in the typically elegant behavior of Massey plug-ins

NAMM 2020: Beetronics Fatbee Overdrive: Drive that’s thick as honey

18 Jan 2020 in Guitar

An independent JFET drive from the collaboration with the legendary Howard Davis (Deluxe Memory Man): the Beetronics Fatbee Overdrive. Sweet and thick like honey.

NAMM 2020: Serrano 87 pays tribute to the K87 German condenser

18 Jan 2020 in Studio

Serrano 87 is a high quality replica of a very famous mic with hand-made K87 capsule and SER-T13 transformer, original 2N3819FET amplifier biased to genuine spec, and Styroflex capacitors...

NAMM 2020: Antelope teases Galaxy 64, world’s first 64-channel AD/DA converter

18 Jan 2020 in Studio

The Galaxy 64 is shaping up to be a landmark product for Antelope. Remarkably, it's the first-in-world 64-channel AD/DA converter and also Antelope's first Dante interface.

Friedman Twin Sister Jake E. Lee & Steve Stevens

NAMM 2020: New Friedman amps: Twin Sister, Jake E. Lee and Steve Stevens

17 Jan 2020 in Guitar

Friedman Amplification has three new amp heads to drool over at this years Winter NAMM. A new Twin Sister, a new Jake E. Lee signature and an updated Steve Stevens model.

NAMM 2020: Verbos Electronics introduces 3 new compact modules

17 Jan 2020 in Synths

Verbos Electronics brought along their new Foundation Oscillator, a Noise & Filter module and Amp & Tone looking gorgeous and unusually compact in their trademark silver, black and red.

NAMM 2020: Catalinbread Giygas fuzz/EQ and Epoch Boost

17 Jan 2020 in Guitar

Two new pedals from Catalinbread one is the new Epoch Boost based on the classic Echoplex EP-3 preamp, the other a new fuzz/EQ pedal called the Giygas.

NAMM 2020: Tracktion announce Waveform 11 and more RetroMod, Waverazer and Biotek 2

17 Jan 2020 in Studio, Synths

Tracktion Corporation has set out its plan for 2020 which includes a huge update to Waveform, more RetroMod synths, updates to Waverazer and Biotek 2. Oh, and there'll be a new free DAW.

NAMM 2020: Fullerton Ukulele Series – Fender builds the coolest Ukes!

17 Jan 2020 in Guitar

Have you always wanted a Jazzmaster-style offset body with tide pool paint job? No problem: The Fullerton Ukulele Series brings rock 'n' roll to the range!

Ibanez Nita Strauss JIVA X and JIVA Junior

NAMM 2020: New Nita Strauss Ibanez models announced: JIVA X, JIVA10 and JIVA Junior

17 Jan 2020 in Guitar

Nita Strauss has new two new JIVA signature models for 2020. Luckily she has been sharing pics of these awesome looking rock machines on her Instagram account and they look ace!

NAMM 2020: Fender brings back the HM Strat in a Limited Edition

17 Jan 2020 in Guitar

Fender has now officially launched the new HM Strat and we got our hands on one at Winter NAMM. The real question is "Would you buy one of these limited editions or an original?"

NAMM 2020: soothe self-adjusting dynamic EQ plug-in gets a big budget sequel

17 Jan 2020 in Studio

Rewritten from the ground-up, soothe 2 expands its processing engine to all frequencies (not just three bands), gets important attack and speed parameters, and two new processing modes.

NAMM 2020: Victory VC35 The Copper Deluxe

17 Jan 2020 in Guitar

Victory’s Chief Designer Martin Kidd brings classic British amp tone into the company's Heritage Series Deluxe with the new VC35 The Copper Deluxe model for 2020.