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Finding the right keyboard on a budget for a beginner can be fraught with many pitfalls. This guide is here to help you make your choice.
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Getting good results in your home studio can be tricky on a limited budget. We check out the best budget studio monitors under $300.
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30 Mar in
We review the anniversary model Harley Benton ST-25th Firemist with its classy golden finish and its sound on a budget. How close does it get?
We review the Harley Benton JA-60CC and ask: is this the best budget Jazzmaster you can get? It's one of the most beautiful ones, to say the least.
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The best guitars, amps, effects and basses from 2020 for those on a smaller budget looking for reliable, good-sounding gear!
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Here are 8 more great budget effects pedals that you should try before you die. They include tube overdrives, classic chorus effects, reverbs, tremolos, and more. All for around £60 each!
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Vintage pedal snobs: the truth is that there are distortion, fuzz, delay, chorus and flanger pedals that sound great going for around or under £60/$80! Here are 8 cheap pedals you need to try.
The choice at the lower-priced end of the USB mic market has a new contender: Reloop's sPodcaster Go. But can a respectable USB condenser mic really be had for EUR 60?
Looking for a quality guitar with an ST, TE, LP or SG shape in the £300-500 range? These quality, affordable guitars with either single coils or humbuckers should be on your radar!
Are you in lockdown and need a new mini practice amp for guitar? These six tiny guitar amplifiers by Marshall, Fender, Blackstar, Yamaha, Orange and Boss should be on your radar.
The new Sterling By Music Man RICHARDSON7 is Jason Richardson's new signature 7-String Cutlass model, but at a lower price point than last years Ernie Ball Music Man release.
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Fano launches the Omnis Series with sub-$1,000 versions of its JM6, SP6, GF6 and MG6 models - great for those who've lusted after a boutique Fano guitar but were unable to afford them.
Need some suggestions for Christmas gifts or stocking fillers for the plucker in your house? Here are our Top 10 gift ideas for guitarists - and you won't need to break the bank to buy any of these!
Swamp ash, bird's eye maple, splitable humbucker and two gorgeous paint finishes: The G290 FAT has some boutique chops at low prices. Dare we say it: this has some Suhr-like vibes going on...
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Joyo has just released two new feature-packed, compact pedalboard friendly wah pedals. Best of all both pedals are seriously wallet-friendly and offer lots for your money.
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Joyo's new D-Seed II is a stereo digital delay that's pretty feature packed given the price of under USD 90. Could this be the perfect delay/looper for newcomers to echo-type effects?
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A super-affordable dual-channel modulation pedal with a staggering 18 effects onboard for $90. Will the Joyo R-09 Vision pedal clean up in the contest for best budget modulation pedal of the year?
A new, slightly more wallet-friendly Premium version of Steve Vai's famous JEM guitar is being premiered at Ibanez's NAMM 2019 booth - and it screams shred!
Looking to pick up a cheap 7-string baritone electric guitar? Loaded with EMG RetroActive Super77-7st pickups, the new Cort KX257B seven-string will command your attention.
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Could the new Joyo R-Series pedals be the next big budget effect range? The Tauren R-01 is the first effect in the new range and could be illuminating stages near you soon.
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New Line 6 HX Stomp combines all the sounds and effects of the Helix range, yet manages to squeeze them into a much smaller pedal format.
Golden Age is introducing Premier versions of its affordable Neve 1073-style preamps, the PRE-73 and PREQ-73 Premier. Priced reasonably and built with high-quality components, these could eat up the market!
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The T Series benefit from much of the technology developed for the company's flagship S & AX Series monitors, yet are cheaper. We think ADAM's new monitors will easily find their way in project studios...
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Yet another slew of TC Electronics vintage-inspired effects pedals using digital technology - we just hope they will be cheap enough to warrant taking a punt on.