49 Results for "gig"

What Guitar Case Should You Buy? Soft or Hard?

Finding the right guitar case can be a difficult task. Do you invest, or should you cheap out? Check out this guide of great value soft and hard cases.

Sónar Festival 2025 Reported a Record Attendance of 161,000 People!

In mid-June, the 2025 Sónar Festival brought together superstars, avant-garde artists, and tech visionaries in Barcelona. The festival attracted 161,000 visitors!

Successful Soundchecks: 5 Essential Tips for Bands

Soundchecks? What's the big deal? Just turn up and make a bit of noise right? Wrong! We've put together 5 essential soundcheck tips for gigging musicians to ensure a smooth soundcheck!

Live Nation pushes artist pay cuts for 2021. Can things get any worse?

2020 is shaping up to be the live music sector's worst nightmare. And 2021 might be just as bad: Live Nation plans to cut artist fees and introduce new punitive clauses. How bad can this get?

Dave Sommerfield GiG: Turn your guitar case into a portable workshop

The new Dave Sommerfield GiG Personal Guitar Workshop makes working on your guitar a lot easier when you're on the road, providing a neat, portable solution that uses your guitar case.

Boss WL-60 wireless system: 14-channels, a big display and up to 25h battery life

The new Boss WL-60 wireless system uses a body pack transmitter and pedalboard-mounted receiver, has a large LCD display and automatic channel selection, so should be easy to use for live players.

Joyo Guitto GBP Pedalboard Series: Saying goodbye to Velcro?

The new Guitto GBP pedalboard range has a unique system that uses clamps to hold your pedals in place - without messy Velcro! Could this be the pedalboard attachment system you've been waiting for?

Echo Fix EF-X2: A real tape echo for the modern world?

The new Echo Fix EF-X2 is a real tape echo, but with some extra features that help it integrate into a modern world. These include DSP reverb and preamp, making this a great tool for studio and live.

RockBoard + Mooer = MOD 5 – The ultimate pedalboard tool?

Could the new Rockboard MOD 5 be the ultimate tool for your pedalboard? Designed in conjunction with Mooer it packs in a lot. Well, if you own a compatible Rockboard pedalboard, then yes it probably is.

NAMM 2019: HeadRush FRFR-108 powered guitar cabinet with 2000-Watt 8″ speaker

HeadRush has designed the new FRFR-108 powered speaker to be lighter and smaller than the previous model while still packing 2000 Watts of power and costing below $200.

Boss Nextone-Artist and Nextone-Stage: The next big thing in combo guitar amps?

Boss has just announced two new amps, the Nextone-Artist and Nextone-Stage. Both combine tube amp modelling and useful features with a light-weight combo design that should be easy to transport.

DSM Noisemaker OmniCabSim Mini, a tiny power amp and cab sim pedal

DSM Noisemaker's new OmniCabSim Mini pedal is designed to emulate the way that a power amp and speaker work together, potentially saving you the hassle of lugging both (!) to gigs...

Mooer’s new Black Truck revamps the Red Truck multi-effects pedal

The new Mooer Black Truck multi-effects pedal tweaks the older Red Truck design to produce a new version that looks more flexible, with a new 5-band EQ and more versatile footswitch functions.

SoundBrut DRVA Overdrive + Boost Mk.II: 12 drive flavours on tap

With a drive section comprised of a NE5534 op-amp for hard clipping and a MOSFET variable boost section, the new DRVA MK II pedal also manages to cram in 12 voicings, making it pretty versatile indeed.

BluGuitar TwinCab – A new lightweight 2×12 gigging solution?

If you need a lightweight yet full-powered speaker cabinet, the new BluGuitar TwinCab 2x12 could be the answer to your prayers. Coming in at under 20 kg, there's still 150 W power on tap.

Waggi Pedalboards: A solid, safe, gig-worthy solution for pedal junkies?

A new range of customisable pedalboards with a unique system of cable management, dual levels and available in three sizes, these look like a pedal junkies dream.

NAMM 2018: Fractal Audio System AxeFX III

With even more power, more effects, more cabinet simulations and virtual amp craziness the latest iteration of the AxeFX has been announced via their Facebook page and it looks insane!

NAMM 2018: IK Multimedia iRig Stomp I/O announced

The new iRig Stomp I/O is set to take you to new levels of gigging flexibility, but unfortunately, it revolves around using it with an iPad, surely that is not a safe bet for a gigging guitarist?

Poly Expressive: A creative MIDI floor controller for guitar on Kickstarter

A completely customisable foot controller with almost limitless control possibilities for your guitar rig setup. Will this control surface be a tap dancing success or a floor dwelling disaster?

Boss introduces Katana 212 guitar cabinet with 2×12″ speakers and 150 Watts

Boss has just released a premium 2x12 speaker cabinet designed specifically for their 100 watt Katana amp head, with variable porting and plenty of grunt.

Boss collaborate with JHS on Angry Driver JB-2 overdrive pedal

When two pedal companies work together, anything can happen. But will this new collaboration be the start of something special? Will it herald collaborations between Boss and other pedal makers?

TabBank: Write, save, and print guitar tabs on iOS

This week will see the release of a new iOS app for guitarists that need to create, curate and share their tablature, promising lots of handy features. Oh, and it's free, too...

Positive Grid is positively teasing…

It's pre-NAMM Show time and those advertising gurus are all in a fever and trying to whip up a frenzy and get us all excited. So what could it be?

Mooer Red Truck: Compact multi-effect for gigging guitarists on a budget

Mooer are out to prove they can offer a shedload of useful features on a lightweight solution at a low price. But is the new Red Truck multi-effect slowed down by too many compromises?