Equipment News, Leaks and Tips
NAMM 2018: Nita Strauss – First female Ibanez Signature Artist!
26 Jan 2018 · From The Iron Maidens to holding down lead guitar for Alice Cooper, Nita Strauss is one seriously gifted guitarist and this year finally gets her own signature Ibanez!
NAMM 2018: Line 6’s Helix 2.5 update imminent – and it’s huge.
26 Jan 2018 · It's official, the list of effects and new boutique amp models for Line 6's Helix has been finally announced and it is coming soon!
NAMM 2018: Suhr Mini Riot distortion pedal announced
26 Jan 2018 · The ever-popular Suhr Riot distortion pedal has been given a makeover for 2018 and lost a fair bit of size, but hopefully none of its riotous drive tones
NAMM 2018: Five12 Vector Sequencer might be nearly ready almost
26 Jan 2018 · Five12's stunning advanced 8 channel digital sequencer for Eurorack might be nearing completion. It's at NAMM somewhere, can anyone find out when it's going to be ready?
NAMM 2018: Reverend Guitars Billy Corgan Terz model
26 Jan 2018 · The Smashing Pumpkins main man has a new short-scale signature model guitar launching at the NAMM Show this year based on a 19th Century tuning.
NAMM 2018: WMD announce Fracture multi-particle percussion synthesizer
26 Jan 2018 · Fracture is an extraordinary module of bursting noise, percussive shakes, claps and rhythmic applause from the generation of particle clouds from micro samples.
NAMM 2018: Korg to release SDK developer kit for Prologue
26 Jan 2018 · Korg is opening up the Prologue so that you can design your own oscillators and modulation effects with an SDK software developers kit and open development API - wow.
NAMM 2018: Line 6 Variax Limited Edition Onyx
26 Jan 2018 · Limited to only 300 guitars worldwide the new Onyx Variax comes in a sleek translucent black finish for 2018.
NAMM 2018: Black Corporation give a sneak peak at a new synth
26 Jan 2018 · A tweet from Richard Devine appears to have revealed a new unreleased synthesizer from Black Corporation. Apparently it will be ready for Superbooth. Does anyone know what it's called?
NAMM 2018: ESP LTD M-1007MS intros its first multi scale guitar
26 Jan 2018 · Loaded with Seymour Duncan Custom Angled Nazgul and Sentient pickups this new multiscale 7 and 8 string model is the start of something new for LTD
NAMM 2018: Mooer demos new Preamp Live pedal
26 Jan 2018 · At NAMM, Mooer has just unveiled a brand new preamp pedal that could outshine everyone else, we even have some cool video footage of it in action ahead of the official release.
NAMM 2018: DEK innovative MIDI controller by Soundwell
26 Jan 2018 · DEK is an innovation and smart grid-based MIDI controller that can automatically detect lock into the key of a song and let you play along. Is that worth 2499 of your hard earned dollars?
NAMM 2018: Gretsch celebrates its 135th anniversary in style!
26 Jan 2018 · Gretsch is celebrating 135 years in the guitars business with the G6118T-135 and the G5420TG Electromatic limited edition models for 2018
NAMM 2018: Futuristic Neuman synthesizer prototype
26 Jan 2018 · The Neuman prototype synthesizer from the same Japanese manufacturer that brought us the cardboard cutout Kami-Oto with a whopping great big touchscreen interface. Looks amazing, will it ever be real?
NAMM 2018: WM Devices Geiger Counter Pro arrives after 7 long years!
26 Jan 2018 · The WM Devices Geiger Counter Pro has been brewing for a very, very long time and finally this year it is ready for release, so hopefully it was worth the 7 year wait and will have a half-life that lingers on
NAMM 2018: Mordax GXN Granular Synthesis System
26 Jan 2018 · Good looking GXN Granular Synthesis System from Mordax for sweeping grains and scrubbing samples. Hampered by a lacklustre demonstration but then this is a pre-production prototype.
NAMM 2018: Chapman Guitars new releases for 2018
26 Jan 2018 · Chapman Guitars is 'going large' for 2018 and has some really great new models and cool new upgrades for this year, oh and plenty of left-handers as well!
NAMM 2018: Native Instruments open up NKS to effects plug-ins
26 Jan 2018 · NKS took one step closer to being a "standard" by supporting effects plug-ins for the first time. Native Instruments also hosted their first Native Summit to talk about the future of sound.
NAMM 2018: Way Huge now in way small MkIII flavours?
26 Jan 2018 · It looks like Way Huge are downsizing for 2018 in a bid to help you cram more effects pedals onto your pedalboard. The Russian Pickle, Blue Hippo and Aqua Puss all now available way small!
NAMM 2018: SSF Bantam, Muton, Detect RX and Zero Point VCO modules
26 Jan 2018 · SSF was showing off the modules they hope to release this year including a complete semi-modular Eurorack synth voice called Bantam, the Muton 8 channel VCA, Direct Rx envelope follower and Zero Point VCO.
NAMM 2018: Rupert Neve Designs RMP-D8 8-channel remote control Dante mic preamp
26 Jan 2018 · Rupert Neve Designs brought a new 8-channel, remote-controllable, Dante-compatible mic pre for live sound applications to NAMM: the RMP-D8, its first Dante interface.
NAMM 2018: Suhr Aura Singlecut – Update
26 Jan 2018 · Could this be the new guitar of the show? The whole guitar world knew it was imminent and we have a few sneak leaked photos of it here. Check out the new Suhr Aura Singlecut...