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Arkinaut: Plucked Resonator electroacoustic instrument

The Karplus-Strong driven Arkinaut from Puremagnetik is a virtual electroacoustic instrument inspired by ancient sounds and materials.

Crumar Performer: Italian polyphonic String Machine captured

Crumar has released an authentic emulation of their classic 1979 string machine Performer. The deluxe version comes with a t-shirt!

Reason Studios Friktion: Modeled strings for bowing and plucking in Reason

Reason Studios has a new physical modelling synthesizer called Friktion which will bring some wonderfully authentic string sounds to Reason by bow, pluck, vibrato and resonating bodies.

ElectroNylon weird looking nylon guitar/electric piano hybrid virtual instrument

From Sampleson's new Luthier Series comes ElectroNylon where you can morph from fully nylon guitar to electric piano and everything in between in this unique and unlikely hybrid instrument.

The Pedal Steel Synthesizer gives us an old-time slide approach to sound generation

What if you could employ the slide and expression of the veritable pedal steel guitar as a synthesizer interface? Meet The Pedal Steel Synthesizer.

Make your cheap Squier play like an American Fender: Three easy upgrades

Make your Squier Stratocaster play like an American Fender with a few simple upgrades - these three tips focus on tuning stability to help propel your Squier guitar into the big leagues.

Softube Modular gets slapped and excited with Mutable Instruments Rings

Softube Modular acquires another official Mutable Instruments module. Rings is a popular physical modelling Eurorack module that's helped define the sound of Eurorack over the past 3 years.

Dark Arcade: earthy and cybernetic low cost hybrid hardware synthesizer

Wave blending digital oscillators running 4 voices through an analog filter, VCA and envelope and a Karplus-Strong synthesis mode the Dark Arcade has a lot of cool things to play with for only $120.

Scanned: an organic wavetable oscillator that dynamically grows waves

Scanned contains a string floating in space and time onto which you attach mass, stiffness and damping and then excite it with a hammer. Sounds like a fun way of generating wavetables.

FR3TZ° – brings Euclidean beats to string harmonics in a Reaktor instrument

FR3TZ samples the harmonics from 4 guitars, feeds it through Reaktor's granular synthesis module and triggers it with 3 channels of competing Euclidean patterns. The result is deliciously percussive and ...

Pitch Pilot: A cool new pitch bending add-on for your guitar

You want country style bends, but don't want to ruin your guitar with routing? Well then forget the B-Bender and get yourself a Pitch Pilot instead, it's simple to fit and easy to use.

TC Electronic Aeon String Sustainer: The new EBow in town?

The new TC Electronic Aeon String Sustainer has just been announced and it looks like it could well be giving the EBow a run for its money pretty soon!

Switch Pick – The plectrum with dual personalities?

A simple solution to making the guitar plectrum a more flexible solution! You can strum with the best of them or speed pick like an '80s hair metal diva - with the same guitar pick!

NAMM 2018: Qu Bit Scanned Organic Wavetable VCO

Qu Bit have created a Eurorack module that puts Scanned Synthesis into hardware for the first time. The Scanned Organic Wavetable VCO is like a string held in space that you can manipulate in interesting ways

NAMM 2018: Waldorf STVC String Synthesizer and Vocoder

Waldorf will reveal their leaked string machine at NAMM 2018. The Waldorf STVC String Synthesizer and Vocoder has string oscillator banks, a 16-voice synthesizer and vocoding filters.

Finally! Ola Englund’s Solar Guitars brand is here – what Type are you?

Ola Englund's highly anticipated guitar brand has just launched, aimed all those of you looking for a high-performance guitar to play metal, progressive and hard rock. He also wants to know what Type you are...

OD Guitars’ Cybele: a new Telecaster(-ish) guitar for high performance styles

When you want an updated version of a classic '50s guitar shape designed for high performance playing styles and offering lots of bespoke options, this guitar should be on your radar.

Jef’s Tips for making your Gibson Les Paul play like a dream, Part 2: Truss Rod

A lot of guitarists are more scared of truss rod adjustment than they are of an angry bear after hibernation. This week we take the fear out of the dreaded truss rod adjustment on a Gibson Les Paul.

The Submarine Pro: A split personality for your guitar?

No tools, no damage, no mess. Just lots of cool extra pickup sounds for your favourite acoustic or electric six-stringed guitar. This new pickup system will give your instrument a split personality.

Bare Knuckle gets heavy with Ragnarok Misha Mansoor signature pickups

These brand new signature pickups from Misha Mansoor of Periphery look set to take the modern humbucker into hitherto unknown realms. Ragnarok is coming!