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Fender Custom Shop has revealed all their mid year releases including two new signature models. One for Steve Ray Vaughan and the other for Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy
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Kemper debuts its new Profiler Stage floor pedal unit, aimed at gigging musicians and melding the Remote controller with Profiler Rack. Will Profiler Stage shake up the floorboard FX market?
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Fishman launches the TriplePlay MIDI controller system to turn your guitar noodling into MIDI data - and it comes with a rather handy app for the Apple iPad. The best thing: it's non-invasive.
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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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The new Brandon ‘Taz’ Niederauer Atlantic Signature is based on the single-cutaway solid body Atlantic, the signature model comes with retro styling and a custom Sonic Blue finish.
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Jimmy Page has officially announced the new Sundragon Standard amp for release later this year. Which is great as the limited edition versions all sold out already!
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Fender has announced new a Tone Master amp series with digital Deluxe Reverb and Twin Reverb guitar amps. Will these new lightweight combos, stack up tonally though?
Fender has expended their pedal range with six new models. Including their first pedal for acoustic guitar, an ambient delay/reverb, a new valve overdrive pedal and more!
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EVH are commemorating the 40th anniversary of Van Halen II with ’79 Bumblebee tribute guitar, with that classic yellow on black stripe paint job and loads of Van Halen goodies
Spoon guitarist Britt Daniel and Lincoln Brewster get new Signature model Fenders. Plus the Fender Signature model series gets some updated colours for this year as well
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Unexpectedly, Electro-Harmonix introduces a small transistor combo named Dirt Road Special. 40 watts, clean to dirty overdrive and four in-house reverbs based on the Holy Grail Max
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Gibson has announced the first boutique guitar companies to sign on for their Authorized Partnership Program. Could this be the beginning of a new era?
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After last weeks announcement of the new Boss SY-1 synth pedal, now we have the new Source Audio C4 modular synth pedal! Could Summer NAMM be a massive synth fest, but for guitarists?
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The Gyrock pickup system rotates two drums implanted into your guitar, each fitted with different bespoke SD pickups - for 15 combinations! It's insane! And very expensive...
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Potentially boutique builders may only be able to build a certain amount of those Gibson authentic guitar shapes, but will have to pay a royalty or license for the privilege to do so.
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The latest addition to Supro's Reissue Collection is its Silverwood model that comes loaded with Gold Foil Clear Tone pickups and sporting some lovely finishes.
Is it Metal Mickey's chest plater or Knight Industries Two Thousand's front lights? Or, is it another guitar tuner?
Is PRS about to launch a cheaper John Mayer Silver Sky SE model? Or is the rumour mill just in overdrive pre Summer NAMM? PRS's COO stokes the flames of speculation ahead of Summer NAMM...
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US dealer sites accidentally leak photos of a new Classic Vibe Starcaster model! The photos have since been pulled, but fortunately someone managed to grab some screen shots before they disappeared.