52 Results for "Budget"

Best mini amps: 6 tiny amplifiers for lockdown guitar practice

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.

NAMM 2020: Sterling By Music Man Jason Richardson 7-String Cutlass

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.

NAMM 2020: New Fano Omnis Series to retail for just under $1,000

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.

Best Christmas gifts for guitarists: Top 10 stocking fillers for guitar addicts

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!

Can Cort disrupt the boutique guitar market with the dual humbucker G290 FAT?

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...

Joyo launches new Classic and Multimode Wah/Volume pedals

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.

Joyo D-Seed II digital delay/looper pedal: The ideal entry-level echo effect?

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?

Joyo R-09 Vision: 18 modulation effects in one pedal for under $90!

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?

NAMM 2019: Ibanez cuts costs on new JEM7VP Steve Vai Premium guitar

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!

Can Cort conquer the budget baritone market with the KX257B?

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.

Joyo launches new R Series with R-01 Tauren overdrive pedal

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.

Line 6 HX Stomp: All the power of Helix in a smaller format?

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 PRE-73 Premier and PREQ-73 Premier 1073-style preamps are coming

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!

NAMM 2018: ADAM aims to entice entry-level producers with new T Series

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...

NAMM 2018: TC Electronics churn out four more “Sonic Specialists” effect pedals

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.

TC Electronics Tube Pilot – Budget valve overdrive pedal

Yet another budget-friendly pedal from those crazy Danes, but please let us hope that it is not a re-badged Behringer VT911 pedal, as they were shockingly bad.

Summer NAMM 2017: Epiphone Les Paul SL for $99!

Epiphone has often tried to push the boundaries in terms of offering some measure of quality at low prices. But this Les Paul SL might just be a game changer...

G&L debuts Kiloton bass Tribute Series for those on a budget

Taking Leo Fender's Kiloton bass design and making it more affordable for the masses: Have G&L made enough savings for this to be a contender in the budget bass market?

Hotone Audio B Station bass preamp and DI Box available (at last)

Finally available to buy 9 months after being announced, Hotones B Station is now reaching dealers. Was it worth the wait? You cannot argue with the price, at least, given the features on offer.

HK Audio extend the meaning of portable PA with LUCAS NANO 602

Building on their LUCAS NANO 600 and 608i portable PA systems, HK Audio introduce the 602, in turn delivering several compact stereo PA solutions.

NAMM 2017: TASCAM sounds out musicians’ market with TM microphone range

Tascam's expanded range of budget microphones includes the TM-280 and TM-180 condensers, TM-Drums set and TM-AR1 acoustic screen...

Gibson 2017 S Series – USA-made guitars at bargain prices

Looks like Gibson know that many guitarists want a cheaper option: The new S Series range has been announced for 2017. But how are they managing to cut all those costs?

Budget guitar recording, Pt. 3: Recording your guitar amp

This week I cover some microphone techniques and share my love for small guitar amps!

Budget guitar recording, Pt. 2: Choosing an audio interface

Time to look at your room and choose an audio interface for your recording. But what should you be looking for?