With many of us stuck indoors (thanks, coronavirus), many are looking for some new tools to keep happy and inspired. Here's a list of free and discounted music gear to put a smile on your face.
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Yes, yet another Mooer GE series amp simulation and effects floor unit. Surely, the world has enough variations of this unit already? The new Mooer GE 300 Lite suggests that, no it does not.
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Could the new Neural DSP Quad Cortex with its machine learning, be the most powerful DSP based guitar rig on the market? It certainly looks impressive.
2019 was a great year for gear - here are the most often-viewed posts on gearnews.com from last year. They included a courtroom battle, some destroyed guitars, some leaked guitars an more!
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The new budget friendly Mooer GE250 multi-effects processor and amp simulation pedal has just been announced. This unit manages to pack in a whole slew of fantastic features into one pedal.
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The latest Hughes & Kettner Black Spirit 200 FLOOR packs in a 200-Watt power amp, four channels, digital effects, FX loop, pre-FX loop, a built-in Red Box AE+ and an IEM mixer. Wow.
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Kemper's new floor unit was spotted on Instagram today, and it looks like a full-on Profiler in a floorboard format! We managed to grab the image before it was pulled, presumably at Kemper's behest.
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UPDATE: Since this post was published, an image of what looks like a new Floorboard Profiler has been spotted on Instagram. And it looks like a whole lot of Profiler, in a floorboard format.
The new Powercab 212 Plus is Line 6's attempt colure pro players to using their FRFR active speaker system and it certainly packs some punch with an active 500 watts of stereo power.
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Do you want a Hermida Zendrive, Analogman Prince of Tone, King Of Tone V4 and a Moog Moogerfooger for your Helix? Well today you can finally have them and more!
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The "amp modelling vs tube amp" debate has been heating up of late: Have amp modellers finally won the war? Are tube amps out-dated? Don't write off tube amps just yet, we say...
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Mooer's GE300 virtual amp/multi-FX system is now available! Given its impressively low price and extensive feature set, we think this unit could become a serious contender...
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Craig Anderton's new Amazing Multiband Helix Presets pack gives your Line 6 Helix access to true multiband distortion for more dynamic, open and wider sound.
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The new Gem Box III from Joyo manages to pack in a staggering array of features into a pedalboard format for a low price. But can it match its competitors in sound and build quality?
The new Fractal Audio FM3 shares the Axe-Fx III interface and amp modelling, but in a far more convenient, compact floor pedal unit, putting it directly in competition with the Line 6 Helix range.
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The highly customisable Line 6 Shuriken Variax guitar that once only came in black will now be available in the UK with new colours for 2019.
